Art Roundup: August 6, 2010 to August 13, 2010

Weekly roundup of the best art shows and art related events in and around the Lawrence/Kansas City area.

FRIDAY AUGUST 6

• Jeromy Morris: Masked Portraits
The Invisible Hand Gallery (801 1/2 Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, KS)
Friday, August 6, 7-10pm
From the organizers: A series of masked, mixed media portrait paintings, with a hint of nostalgia, inspired by an early photographic process. www.jeromymorris.com

• Jeanette Powers: Self-Portrait as the Mad Hatter
Plenum Space (504 E 18th Street in Kansas City, MO)
Friday, August 6, 6-10pm
From the organizers: Jeanette Powers is a graduate physics student at the University of Kansas and a self-taught painter. Her expressionist paintings are imaginative and intense and have been collected for the last ten years throughout North America. She enjoys representing chaotic motion and fluid dynamics in her paint application, without losing the focus of the mind. Portraiture is the mainstay of her work thanks to her belief in the importance of friends and family. www.arttract.com/jeanettepowers.htm

• re:vision quest
The Slap & Tickle Gallery (504 E 18th Street in Kansas City, MO)
Friday, August 6, 6-9pm (Also open Saturday, August 7, 1-4pm)
This show features new paintings by Gryphon van der Hole. This quote directly from the artist’s statement for this show, “gay culture. queer aesthetic. kinky indulgences.”, is all we need to hear to peak our interest. We are not sure if the name Gryphon van der Hole and his photo on Myspace does the same or scares us away. www.myspace.com/gryphons_hole

• Molly Murphy: Spatial Constructions
BNIM Architects (106 W 14th Street in Kansas City, MO)
Friday, August 6, 5-7pm
From the organizers: Spatial Constrictions is an installation of paintings, drawings, text and human hair to be housed in the display windows of BNIM Architects. The show of multiple paneled works will span around the the block of 14th and Baltimore in the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri. www.mollymurphyartwork.com

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SATURDAY AUGUST 7

• I’M OK
Love Garden Sounds (822 Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, KS)
Saturday, August 7, 7pm (Ongoing until September 2nd)
New art quilts by artist Ha Johnson. Lawrence bands Strong Smells, Lite Loins, and Weird Wounds will perform starting at 7pm. Plus plenty of cookies to munch on. Yay!

• Get Your Pink On
Alcott Arts Center (180 S 18th Street in Kansas City, KS)
Saturday, August 7, 6-10pm
An art show fundraiser benefiting Passionately Pink for the Cure. This show includes art for sale, live music by Eu4ik (rock/heavy metal), a caricature artist, raffle and door prizes. Light food and beverages by Whole Foods, Tapatio Mexican Grill, and Boulevard Brewery. Admission is $5 children under 12 free.

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MONDAY AUGUST 9

• Dirty Business: “Clean Coal” and the Fight for Our Energy Future
Lawrence Arts Center (940 New Hampshire Street in Lawrence, KS)
Monday, August 9, 7-9pm
From the organizers (Films For Action): In the digital age, half our electricity still comes from coal. Dirty Business reveals the true social and environmental costs of coal power and tells the stories of innovators who are pointing the way to an alternative energy future. Free and open to the public.
Watch the Trailer: http://dirtybusinessthefilm.com/dirty-business-trailer