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These are some of the excellent press reviews that have been written so far about the Rocket Grants program and individual projects.

Kansas City Star article about the new Rocket Grants program: kc-star-rocket-grants-boost-local-artists-6062010 and an update review in January 2011: KCStar-review_1_1_11

Warhol Foundation link to Star article about the Rocket Grants program: http://www.warholfoundation.org/foundation/37_detail.html

Lawrence.com announcement of 2010-2011 award recipients: http://www.lawrence.com/news/2010/jun/03/winners-rocket-grants-announced/

BroadwayWorld.com announcement of awards ceremony for 2010-2011 grant recipients: http://kansascity.broadwayworld.com/article/Recipients_of_Rocket_Grants_for_20102011_Announced_Ceremony_Held_615_20100615_page1

Reviews of Johnny America: JohnnyAmericaPresentMagazineDec2010, JohnnyAmericaReviewMagazineDec2010

Article about Johnny America and WorkArtOut: JA/WAOLawrenceJournalWorld11.10

Article about ASP/SPA/PAS: ASP-SPA-PASReviewMagazineDec2010

Article about Kurt Flecksing and the S’mores Cart: kurt_flecksing_kc_confidentiaAug2010l

Article about Endless Boundless: Endless_Boundless_KC_Star_August2010

Article about WorkArtOut: WAO_ereview_1-11

Brief article about WE: WE_KCStar_3-26-11

Review of WE: WE_KCStar3-27-11

Radio broadcast about WE on KCUR National Public Radio: WE shakes up relationship between audience and performer

KC Star article about Deep Ecology’s “Haven“: Working Sculpture is a Haven for Honey and Bees

KCUR National Public Radio interview with Jarrett Mellenbruch on “Up To Date”, starts at 42:30 into the podcast: 
http://kcurstream.umkc.edu/UTD/UTD_6-10-2011.mp3

NBC Action News spot about “Haven“: http://www.nbcactionnews.com/dpp/lifestyle/beehive-sculpture-in-kansas-city-has-community-buzzing

KCUR National Public Radio interview with A. Bitterman : Point of Interest Explores Significance Closer to Home

Kansas City Star Article about Point Of Interest: Nature is everywhere, including artist’s Brookside yard

New York Times Magazine shout out to Point of Interest: Our Favorite Reader Mail, Ever

National press (the Architect’s Newspaper) for Point of Interest: Front Lawn Wayfinding in Kansas City

Warhol Foundation report on 2011-2012 award recipients: http://www.warholfoundation.org/foundation/42_detail.html

UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance announcement about award to “Dark Matter Presents: Ascent”: http://conservatory.umkc.edu/news-release-detail.cfm?id=210

Lawrence Journal World article about 2011-2012 award recipients Judith Levy, Eric Dobbins and Kelly John Clark, July 15 2011: Rocket Grants reward local artists for their creativity 

UMKC College of Art and Science NEWS, recognizing Caitlin Horsmon‘s  2011-2012 Rocket Grants award for Resistant History

Lee’s Summit Journal article about the upcoming Dark Matter “Ascent” balloon launch

KC Star article about the opening of PLUG projects KC artists plug into a new gallery in the West Bottoms

Pitch review of Julia Vering‘s You Live Here Too at the Brick

KC Star review of Amber Hansen‘s Story of Chickens Art project destined to end in slaughter of chickens

Lawrence Journal World review of Amber Hansen‘s Story of Chickens Controversy swirls around artist’s plans for project detailing the life – and death – of chickens