Art Roundup: August 13, 2010 to August 20, 2010

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

SATURDAY AUGUST 14

• Artilicious Craft Fair
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church (6422 Santa Fe Drive in Mission, KS)
Saturday, August 14, 9am-4pm
A large variety of craft work that really is closer to fine art will be shown and sold to benefit the nonprofit group Friends of Recovery. Types of work include purses, t-shirts, art dolls, home decor, and more. Artilicious on Facebook

Betsy Barratt

• Viva La Femme
Alcott Art Center (180 South 18th Street in Kansas City, KS)
Saturday, August 14, 7-10pm
From the organizers: Group art show. Featuring talented female artists who push the envelope and definitions of art. Brave, edgy, and bold. This is not a show of the timid of heart. This is a show of female artists who take their art to the max and live it like its all they know.
Featuring artists Dame Osaurus, Nikki Moreno, Rachel Asbury, Jessica Logsdon, Drew Orrin-Brown, Chrystel Ann Wentling, Jennifer Boe, Apryl Mcanerney, Sarah Thompson Lift, Lori Raye Erickson, Holly Matthews, Lacey Lewis, Mary Ware, Becky Buznedo, Molly Murphy, Christel Highland, Jessica Bloom, Joanne Schiller, Betsy Barratt, Rhianna James, Angelica Sandoval, Angelica Sandoval, and Sarah Burkhart. Plus a short film “Sunset of My I” by local film maker Rossana Jeran, refreshments provided by Edible Cake Art, theatrical performances, body art of Jessica Bloom, live dance, and burlesque. Live music by The Infamous and Mercury Mad and The Plastic Bitches.

• Fire/Water: Saving the Gulf
Conspiracy Room in the Uptown Theater (3700 Broadway in Kansas City, MO)
Saturday, August 14, 7-10pm
This benefit for the Sierra Club will have a silent auction and posters with the themes of fire and water on display by Zachary Trover, Matt Hawkins, Dan Padavic, Tad Carpenter, Daniel Bartle and Phil Shafer. Also, live music by singer songwriter Heather Thornton and a special aerial acrobatic performance by Voler – Thieves of Flight. $10 donation for admission.

FRIDAY AUGUST 20

• Lawrence Busker Festival
Downtown Lawrence (Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, KS)
Friday, August 20, 12-9pm (Ongoing until August 22nd)
Street performers will invade downtown Lawrence to delight young and old through out the weekend. Performances include fire dancing, juggling, sword swallowing, magic, aerial dance, fire eating, music, acrobatics, hula hoop dance, belly dance, living statues, puppets, chalk art, face painting, and balloon art. www.lawrencebuskerfest.com