Art Roundup: June 4, 2010 to June 10, 2010

Here is the first in what will hopefully be a weekly roundup of the best art shows and art related events in and around the Lawrence/Kansas City area.

FRIDAY JUNE 4
• First Fridays in the Kansas City Crossroads Arts District
18th Street between Baltimore and Broadway to the West / Grand and Holmes to the East (map)
Check out www.kccrossroads.org for a listing of many upcoming shows and read about a few below.

by Ryan Mosley

• Ryan Mosley Painting Séance
Grand Arts (1818 Grand Boulevard in Kansas City, MO)
Friday, June 4, 6pm
London painter Ryan Mosley shows off his loose and colorful work that was produced in the Grand Arts studios.

Zach Eubank at work in his studio

• Zac Eubank Labors of Geniusness
Slap-n-Tickle Gallery (504 W 18th Street in Kansas City, MO)
Friday, June 4, 6-11pm
Large paintings of funky lovely ladies.

• Color Magazine’s One Way or Another
Escapist (405 Southwest Blvd Suite 100 in Kansas City, MO)
Friday, June 4, 6-11pm
See the full Rathaus article for this show

SATURDAY JUNE 5
• Art in the Yard
Breezedale Neighborhood (51 Winona Avenue in Lawrence, KS)
Saturday, June 5, 9-5pm
2D art, ceramics, jewelry, textiles, robots, and more on display.
From the organizers: A small group of artists are banding together to revive the Art in the Yard event that was a hit a couple years back after Art in the Park was canceled. Well, this year the Park festival went off without a hitch, but this group of artists would like to invite the community to celebrate the arts in the Yard once more and also hang out and enjoy a wonderful neighborhood.

• Rock Camp Concert
Eagles Lodge Ballroom (1803 W 6th Street in Lawrence, KS)
Saturday, June 5, 6-10pm
From the organizers: Rock Camp gives teenagers their first experience playing with a band. This is their recital, a Rock Concert! 5 student bands followed by “The Magentalmen” (formally sharkhat). Free Show! Eagles will be open for food and drink!

by John Stamos

• John Stamos Personal/Professional Works
The Invisible Hand Gallery (801 1/2 Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, KS)
Saturday, June 5, 7-10pm
Stamos shows off his stunning, funny, wacky, and engrossing work from his professional illustration portfolio along with his personal work at the recently new Invisible Hand Gallery.

SUNDAY JUNE 6
• Mark S. Luce Endurance + Memory
The Bourgeois Pig (6 East 9th Street in Lawrence, KS)
Sunday, June 6 at 7pm
From the organizers: Luce, who grew up in Central Kansas, has traveled the state during the last 18 months photographing small towns and abandoned buildings. At the outset of the project, the operating concept was rural decay. But in actively searching the state for things that had fallen apart, “I realized the resilience of the structures that were being photographed,” he said. While the pictures answer the question of what happens when people leave, the fiction provides a complementary context to consider rural life in Kansas.

TUESDAY JUNE 8
• Skateboard Art
Lawrence Public Library (707 Vermont Street in Lawrence, KS)
Tuesday, June 8, 1:30pm
From the organizers: Meet a skateboard artist and design your own deck. (Sign up at White Chocolate or the Teen Zone.) Open to 7-12 graders, free, snacks provided.

posted by: Scott Stewart