Fall Studio Classes at The Nelson for ages 3-15 every Saturday starting September 21st and runs through November 2nd. Groups include Start in Art (ages 3-5), Opposites Attract! (ages 6–7), Printmaking Adventures (ages 8–10), Manga, Comics, and Zines (ages 10-12), Maker Studio: Prints and Manga (ages 13–15). Check The Nelson website for times, tickets, and…
Adult Studio Classes at The Nelson every Saturday. Topics included Reduction Prints, Figures from History, The Art of Gelli Plate Prints, Everyday Objects: Watercolor, Gallery Sketch Class, and Make Waves. Check The Nelson website for times, tickets, and more information.
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) is one of the most famous Japanese artists in history, thanks largely to his instantly recognizable print known familiarly as The Great Wave. Hokusai: Waves of Inspiration features roughly 300 works of art, including works from the artist’s own expansive and versatile career as well as hundreds of objects by the generations…
Kansas City Kansas Community College Art Gallery presents “The Art of Storytelling” exhibition, featuring artist Bryce Holt. The exhibit will be open to the public October 1 through November 21 with a reception on October 11.
In the weeks ahead of the festival, The Nelson will install an altar display in Kirkwood Hall. The altar will feature traditional Día de los Muertos elements, including cartoneria style Calaca masks, flores de papel, and richly patterned sawdust rugs. Guests are invited to visit the altar and commemorate their loved ones who have passed…
Powell Gardens ushers in fall with Dark Forest, an immersive and multimedia walk-through experience in the woods. As the dark lush veils of nightfall sweep solemnly across an eerie Midwest sky, Dark Forest invites you to journey through a magical and mysterious wooded landscape where the channels of nature’s mortal realms are fiercely pierced by…
On the First Friday of every month, thousands of residents and visitors fill the Crossroads Arts District in Kansas City to enjoy what has become the City’s most dynamic and popular event: #firstfridayskc. The community comes alive as arts organizations, galleries, studios, and a wide variety of businesses in the district feature local, regional, national,…
The West Bottoms extends the monthly First Friday celebration through the end of the weekend, bringing food trucks, special happenings and more to the historic district. With the area boasting a staggering selection of shops to wander and a growing roster of entertainment options, you can spend your whole weekend there and still find more…
The annual The Olde World Christmas display at Strawberry Hill Museum and Cultural Center will be available on weekends starting November 2 and running through the weekend of January 25th. The display created by volunteers changes every holiday season. The museum was originally a home, then an orphanage, and now a museum. The original living…
Face Painting - 11:00am - 5:00pm Food, Art, Ofrendas, Car Show - 12:00pm - 9:00pm Live Entertainment - 2:00pm - 6:00pm VIP Lounge - 2:00pm – 8:00pm Walking Catrinas - 3:00pm - 6:00pm Parade - 6:00pm - 7:30pm All fun ends at 9:00pm Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de Muertos) is a Mexican holiday…
