# 1 – Introductions & Old Ones

On March 12th, we gathered for the first session of Center of the Universe and started with introductions: ourselves, the project and the long, long history of urbanity in Indian country… [...]

MagiNation

Closing Reception for “Traces and Trajectories”

On Friday, March 4th, participants gathered for the closing reception of “Traces & Trajectories”, an exhibit featuring the work of selected regional artists who have completed [...]

“Arts, Community S(h)eroes, and Race” Nedra Bonds and Michael Toombs

  On Thursday, February 11th at the La Esquina Gallery, guests arrived at 7 pm to listen to a talk held by Nedra Bonds and Michael Tombs.  Nedra explained that her Rocket-talk topic was [...]

Rocket Talk: Place-Making vs Place-Keeping: Dave Loewenstein, Sara Taliaferro, and the USDAC

  On Saturday, February 6th at La Esquina, just after Jessica Borusky and Judith G. Levy’s cross-dialogue on Persona and Place, visitors wandered about the gallery while technicians and [...]

Rocket Talk: Judith G. Levy and Jessica Borusky on “Persona and Place”

Saturday, February 6th, a comfortable crowd gathered to sit in a few rows of chairs, set to one side of the “Traces and Trajectories” exhibition. The show had its opening debut the night before, [...]

50/50’s next exhibition SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF opens Friday, Feb. 19th

    February 19th – April 2nd 1628 Wyoming St., Kansas City, Missouri 64102 Brook Hsu (CT) Annie Woodfill (KC) Caitlin Horsmon (KC) Billboard by: Mariah Randell (KC) Inherent to [...]

Express Yourself, first event Saturday February 27, noon

Join One Struggle KC and Una Lucha KC in a four part series of Art + Healing sessions to help people of color express struggles and achievements within our communities. Events are FAMILY [...]

Traces & Trajectories exhibit features Rocket Grants projects from the first six years.

Friday February 5, 2016 from 6-9 PM at La Esquina Gallery (1000 W. 25th Street) Please join Charlotte Street Foundation and the Spencer Museum of Art at KU at an opening reception for Traces [...]

Royals Manager Ned Yost’s Advice About Pie

Hey Adriane! It’s been almost a year (and 27 pounds) since you convinced me to Let Go of junk food as part of the Freeing Throwers project. Thanks for the brilliant reinforcement lesson [...]