Front/Space wins 2013 Rauschenberg Foundation SEED Grant

One of the current Rocket Grants recipients Front/Space (see Leandra Burnett, Sarah Murphy and Kent Szlauderbach’s project Civilian Stories) is a surprise recipient of three year’s [...]

Chicago Artist Alberto Aguilar presents work at JCCC October 1

Don’t miss this chance to see Alberto Aguilar (http://albertoaguilar.org) present his recent work! Hudson Auditorium, Nerman Museum Tuesday October 1, noon to 1 PM In addition to his [...]

BEN WEBSTER: from Kansas City to Copenhagen

The Society for the Prevention of Un-necessary Demolition (s.p.u.d.) in partnership with the Mutual Musicians Foundation of Kansas City and the Ben Webster Foundation in Copenhagen Denmark [...]

Awein's Dream Cart taking shape

  When Awein Lual Wol was eight years old, her Aunt Arek took her from war-torn South Sudan to Kenya. In Nairobi, Arek and Awein worked as servants in various private homes and restaurants. [...]

Requiem for Virgil Thomson

The Society for the Prevention of Un-necessary Demolition (s.p.u.d.) presented its first movement of the Public Service Announcement: KC Endangered project on Friday August 9, 2013 at the site of [...]

Give take give project featured in keynote address at KU

Lawrence-based artist Dave Loewenstein has recently completed his 2012 Rocket Grants project Give Take Give, in which he documented the informal gift economy that had arisen around a dumpster [...]

Opening of Spark Farm Park (with sculpture) this Saturday!!!

Saturday June 15, 2-6 PM 1800 Felix Street, St. Joseph, MO Map and RSVP Come see a permaculture food forest in its infancy, experience the key-line swale, hugelkultur berms, plant guilds and [...]

Pictures from the 2013 Rocket Grants Awards Ceremony

The Awards Ceremony for the 2013 Rocket Grants recipients was held last Thursday, May 30, at the Just Off Broadway Theater in Kansas City, MO. The images in this slide show were taken by Lindsay [...]

Those Things That Protrude, now installed!

. Please join 2012 Rocket Grants Award winners Rie Egawa and Burgess Zbryk to celebrate the installation of their 2012 Project Those Things That Protrude. Friday June 7, from 6-9 PM, 1824 Grand [...]

Spark Farm Park (with Sculpture) opens June 15

.. Don’t miss the Grand Opening at Spark Farm Park with Sculpture! Saturday June 15, 2-6 PM, in St. Joseph MO For more information about the project, location and the event, please see the [...]