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1Urban Suburban Exhibition: September 18 – October 15, 2011 | Art Auction: October 15, 2011, 7pmKANSAS CITY JEWISH MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART | EPSTEN GALLERY

2011 EXHIBITION & ART AUCTION EVENT

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Dr. Lawrence Cohen moved to Kansas City in 1972 with his late wife, Helen, and their four children, to serve as the head of the Cardiology Department of Menorah Medical Center. He is currently in solo practice and a member of several professional organizations.

His wife Donna moved to Kansas City in 1985 with her late husband, Robert, who transferred to the city as CEO of DST Systems, and two of their three children — the eldest remained in Boston with his wife. Donna has served on a number of community boards including Harvesters and the Ronald McDonald House. She has also served on boards for a number of Jewish organizations including Jewish Family Services, the National Board of

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Association of Jewish Family and Child Agencies, and the Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art, where she continues as an active volunteer. Donna has also worked at the Center for Management Assistance (CMA) as volunteer professional assisting non-profits with Board Governance and Fund Development.

Some of Lawrence’s interests include music, the Stock Market, and fine wine, and Donna’s interests include social services, especially those serving the elderly population such as seen at KCJMCA, art, books, and travel. Together, they also enjoy their family of seven children and 13 grandchildren!

Thank you for your appreciation and enthusiasm for KCJMCA and its programsthat serve Village Shalom and the Kansas City region.

We are proud to have your generous support during the Seventh AnnualUrbanSuburban at the Epsten Gallery during KCJMCA’s 20th anniversary!

2011 HONORARY CHAIRS DR. LAWRENCE COHEN & DONNA GOULD COHEN


DONNA & LARRY,We are so proud of your continued and generous contributions to the community. As your children and grandchildren, we hope to someday follow your example.

Today, we offer our heartfelt congratulations on the latest honor.

WITH ALL OUR LOVE,Joel, Daphne, Beth & Ben Gould

Karen, Larry, Sam & Jacob CourtneyMatthew, Erin, Ian, Noah, & Adam Gould

Adam, Rachel, Jesse & Harlan CohenDavid, Roxanne, Helena, & Jacob Cohen

Jonathan & Reuben CohenSarah Cohen

CONGR ATUL ATIONS

2011 HONOR ARY CHAIRSDR. L AWRENCE COHEN & DONNA GOULD COHEN

Image: Jason Pollen: Wounded/Healing, May 29 – July 10, 2011, Epsten Gallery. Courtesy of E.G. Schempf


Kansas City Jewish Museum Of Contemporary ArtEpsten Gallery | Museum Without Walls

URBANSUBURBAN 2011 EXHIBITIONSeptember 18 – October 15, 2011

Opening Reception: Sunday, September 18, 2011 from 2 - 4p.m.

URBAN SUBURBAN 2011 AUCTION EVENTSaturday, October 15, 2011 from 7 - 10:30p.m.

HONORARY CHAIRSDr. Lawrence Cohen & Donna Gould Cohen

EVENT CO-CHAIRSHarriett Charno & Susie Sachs Cantor

LIVE AUCTIONEERMike Williams

URBANSUBURBAN COMMITTEE

Herb Adler • Julie Altman • Sylvia Rose Augustus • Jonquil Baugh • Leslie Birmingham

Bill Buschling • Marcus Cain • Julianne Charno • Carol Crater • Mark Cowardin

Patty Dover • Susan Evenberg • Eileen Garry • Barbie Glass • Debbie Glassberg

Debra Goldstein • Alan Goodheart • Bruce Goodheart • Paul Hilpman • Linda Hyken

Lynn Intrater • Michael Klein • Regina Kort • Jennifer Kraenzle • Sherry Cromwell-Lacy

Sandra Latham • Sharon Lund • Janell Meador • Beti Weber Moskowitz & Jules Moskowitz

Abby Rufkahr • Lynn Schweig • Barbara Smith • Paul & Debbie Sokoloff

Ellen Taylor • Lisa Theiss • Joni Weiner • Megan Wendelton


Cover Images, from left to right, top to bottom: Misha Kligman, Lynn Hodgman, Bernadette Torres, Phil Shafer, Linda Lighton, Hugh Merrill, Maria Creyts, Gerry Trilling, Janet Satz, Meredith Host, Rachel Hayes, Deanna Dikeman, Anne Pearce, & Janet Kuemmerlein.

2011 HONORARY CHAIRS PROFILE: DR. LAWRENCE COHEN & DONNA GOULD COHEN

20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF KCJMCA FOUNDERS NORMAN & SYBIL KAHN

URBANSUBURBAN 2011 EVENT CO-CHAIRS AND COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS

KCJMCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

FRIENDS OF KCJMCA 2011 MEMBERS

LIVE AND SILENT ART AUCTION GUIDELINES

A 2011 LIVE AUCTION FOCUS: THE ART OF LESTER GOLDMAN

A SAMPLE OF JUST SOME OF OUR 2011 URBANSUBURBAN PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

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2011 URBANSUBURBAN PARTICIPATING ARTISTS(Bold denotes catalogue entry)

Diana Abitz . Eric Abraham Asheer Akram . Jane Almirall

Alberto Aguilar . Sylvia AugustusMarci Aylward . Miki Baird Jennifer Boe . Marcus Cain

John Davis Carroll . Beth Cosner Mark Cowardin . Maria Creyts

Bowie Croisant . Deanna Dikeman Melissa Eder . Lorrie Crystal Eigles

Andrea Flamini . Ryan Fletcher Burton Freeman . Rachelle Gardner Stephanie Garry & Sandi Weinstein

Bev Gegen . Rhonda Ginsberg Lester Goldman Estate

Mindy Goodman . Steve Gorman Shea Gordon . Tom Gregg . Rain Harris

David Harrison . Tanya Hartman Rachel Hayes . Marilyn Higgins

Lynne Hodgman . Reilly Hoffman Meredith Host . Jennifer Jarnot

Calder Kamin . Stephanie Kantor Ritchie Kaye . Amy Kephart

Misha Kligman . Don Kottman Michael Krueger . Janet Kuemmerlein Christopher Leitch . Beniah Leuschke Linda Lighton . Kathy & Logan Lyerla

Marilyn Mahoney . Julie Malen Megan Mantia . Karen McCoy

Hugh Merrill . Maryellen Munger Laura Nugent . Anne Pearce Lee Piechocki . Jason Pollen

Jane Pronko . Robert Quackenbush Carlyle Raine . Janet Satz

Phil Shafer . Margaret Shelby Lynn Smiser Bowers . Colby Smith

Irma Starr . Mary Ann Strandell Carolyn Summers . John Sutton III

Caleb Taylor . Larry Thomas Bernadette E. Torres . Gerry Trilling

May Tveit . Jane Voorhees Alan Winkler . Jessica Wohl

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Established in 1991, the purpose of the Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art (KCJMCA) is to provide innovative art exhibitions and related programming that engage seniors and diverse audiences from all segments of our community to enrich lives and celebrate our common humanity through art. KCJMCA realizes this goal through a cooperative partnership with Village Shalom, an assisted living facility that houses KCJMCA’s Epsten Gallery, and through partnerships with local,regional and national institutions that participate in KCJMCA’s Museum Without Walls exhibition program.

DONATE | CONTRIBUTE | JOINKCJMCA is a non-for-profit 501(c)3 and a member of the national Council of American Jewish Museums.

Contributions to KCJMCA are tax deductible and donations may be sent to 5500 West 123rd Street, Overland Park, KS 66209.

KCJMCA membership, volunteering and sponsorship opportunities are always available.

Connecting Communities & Generations through the Arts

PAST PRESIDENTSSaul Kass*Michael KleinLarry MeekerHugh Merrill

FOUNDERSSybil & Norman* Kahn

KCJMCABOARD OF DIRECTORS

Regina Kort, PresidentSylvia Augustus, Vice PresidentLynn Intrater, Vice PresidentLynn Schweig, SecretaryPeter Beren, Treasurer

Herb Adler, HonorarySherry Cromwell-LacyJacqueline Epsten, HonoraryLinda LightonBarbara SmithPaul SokoloffIrma StarrSherman TitensShirley White

STAFFEileen Garry, Executive DirectorMarcus Cain, CuratorAbby Rufkahr, Administrative Assistant

(*Of Blessed Memory)Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art

Epsten Gallery | Museum Without Walls5500 West 123rd Street, Overland Park, KS 66209

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PAST PRESIDENTSSaul Kass*Michael KleinLarry MeekerHugh Merrill

FOUNDERSSybil & Norman* Kahn

A Letter from the President & Event Co -Chairs

Urban Suburban 2011Co-Chair Harriett Charno

Welcome to our seventh annual UrbanSuburban Exhibition & Art Auction and the Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art (KCJMCA) 20th anniversary celebration! Through the efforts of our dedicated volunteers and staff, we are delighted to present this evening of great art and delicious food at the Epsten Gallery.

We are especially grateful to this year’s Honorary Chairs, Donna Gould Cohen and her husband Dr. Lawrence Cohen for their generosity and support of KCJMCA and for their philanthropy and support of great causes throughout Kansas City.

We wish to give very special thanks and congratulations to KCJMCA founder Sybil Kahn, and we present this celebration in loving memory of Norman B. Kahn, for their efforts to establish KCJMCA and the Museum Without Walls program, which has had a tremendous impact on this organization and the community it continues to serve.

We would also like to congratulate KCJMCA Executive Director Eileen Garry on becoming Executive Director Emeritus upon her retirement this year, and we thank her for being one of the driving forces behind our success for the past 20 years.

An important acknowledgment must also be made to our UrbanSuburban Patrons, sponsors, and participating artists whose contributions allow KCJMCA to continue doing its good work for the residents of Village Shalom and the whole community. We truly appreciate your support. We also wish to thank Village Shalom for providing an in-kind gift of space for KCJMCA and its programs, and to the residents, staff and extended family for their participation.

We hope you have a great evening. Enjoy the food and the company, but most of all enjoy the art. By being a successful bidder, you have the opportunity to support the Epsten Gallery, the artists, and to enrich your own life with art.

We hope you will have a wonderful time!

Regina Kort, President

Harriett Charno & Susie Sachs Cantor, 2011 UrbanSuburban Co-Chairs

KCJMCA Board PresidentRegina Kort

Urban Suburban 2011Co-Chair Susie Sachs Cantor


2011 Friends of the Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art

Patrons ($1000+)Herb AdlerMichael KleinWilliam & Regina KortLinda Lighton & Lynn AdkinsShirley White

Donors ($500+)Richard AlpertDick & Gloria AndersonPeter & Sarah BerenJonathan & Ellen ChiltonSybil & Norman* KahnJames Lacy & Sherry Cromwell-LacyJerry & Margaret NermanJane Voorhees

Gerry GoldbergAllen GutovitzWilliam & Lynn IntraterJill JacobJustin & Beverly JohlHarvey & Michelle KaplanAndrew & Lynn KaufmanDeedee KingLarry & Cynthia MeekerJD & Alayne MooneyLewis & Sue NermanCarlyle RaineMarjorie SackinAlan & Julie SchneiderStuart & Marcia ShankerPaul & Deborah SokoloffDan & Jennie StolperEllen TaylorJudy WassermanLawrence & Joni WeinerBob & Jean Zeldin

Collectors ($300+)Randy & Meg AdlerIrwin & Rita BlittPeter & Lynne BrownJosh & Ronna GarrySharon Lund

Sustaining ($118+)Sylvia AugustusPaul & Kathleen BastaschSol & Mickey BatnitzkyIrene BettingerHenry & Marion BlochMichael & Jennifer BlumMark BrodkeyHarriett CharnoAnn CohenPaul & Bunni CopakenPaul FlamJonathan & Rebecca FreidenEileen GarrySteve & Janet Gershon

A HEARTY THANK YOU TO CURRENT KCJMCA SUPPORTERS!On behalf of those whose lives we touch, KCJMCA would like to thank the following KCJMCA Friends and contributors. Your enthusiastic support allows KCJMCA to stand tall among our community’s many venerable art institutions. Thank you, and we look forward to your support in the future!

Young Friends ($35+)Jennifer BoeRachel KortAndy Maugh

*Of Blessed Memory

Individual ($50+)Lewis & Carol BereyBetty BiksonBill BuschlingMarcus CainAnita DanielsNicole EmanuelArthur FedermanIsak & Ann FedermanDorothy FrommSteve JossFlorence KaplanTiberius & Carla KlausnerMichael & Beth LissEvan Luskin & Andrea KempfRuth MossJulia SteinbergLorraine StiffelmanLisa & Dan TheissBernadette Torres

Household ($75+)Kimberly AndersonMark & Roni BeshearsPhil BraxdaleNeil Breslow & Louise HipschRichard & Charlotte BrockmanAlan Edelman & Deborah Sosland-EdlemanEdward Feinstein & Gloria Baker FeinsteinRudolf & Phyllis GreenEdward & Rickie HaithRon & Barbara HillBaruch & Donna KaelterSanford & Mary RadomHarold & Carol SaderJacob SchreiberRobert & Aletha SimonBarbara SmithMarion & Dave WilsonGary & Darlene Zimmerman

As of 8.15.2011


Image: Between Thee & Me: Arists Respond to the Judaica Collection of Michael Klein, July 24 – September 4, 2011, Epsten Gallery. Courtesy of E.G. Schempf

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IN KIND CONTRIBUTIONS

The Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art wishes to thank the

following UrbanSuburban 2011In-Kind Contributors & Sponsors

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Major BrandsPatty Dover

State of the Art Framing Sterling, Inc. USToy

Village Shalom Williams Land & Cattle Auction Co.

And all of our catalogue sponsors and advertisers!

Young Friends ($35+)Jennifer BoeRachel KortAndy Maugh

*Of Blessed Memory

To the Kansas City Jewish Museum of

Contemporary Art on another

successful year! Mazel Tov!

To the Kansas City Jewish Museum of

Contemporary Art on another

successful year! Mazel Tov!

As of 8.15.2011


A MUSEUM WITHOUT BOUNDARIES: The Gift of Sybil & Norman Kahn

Established in 1991 under the innovative foresight of Norman and Sybil Kahn and a small group of dedicated founding members, the Kansas City Jewish Museum Foundation (renamed Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art in 2010) was born with the belief that contemporary art with Jewish content could thrive outside the walls of traditional art venues in Kansas City.

For ten years, Sybil, Norman, and their lead volunteer Eileen Garry presented museum-quality programs throughout Kansas City under the identity of Museum Without Walls. Then, from 1998-2000, the organization was invited to create and administer an exciting exhibition program inside the newly relocated Village Shalom. The Epsten Gallery of the Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art (KCJMCA) was born, and Eileen Garry became its first full-time staff member as Executive Director.

Although Museum Without Walls projects grew less frequent as KCJMCA found walls within Village Shalom, and the profile of the Epsten Gallery began to grow, the spirit of its effort remains rooted in Sybil and Norman’s initial effort. The catalyst for the Epsten Gallery’s rise and success over the past decade is due in some measure to Norman and Sybil. Like two interlocking links within an unbroken chain, Norman & Sybil Kahn and Robert & Jacqueline Epsten have paved the way for KCJMCA to reach a milestone in its existence.

In 2011, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the birth of the Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art and the gift that this organization represents to the community from Norman & Sybil Kahn. This year we have also celebrated the 20th anniversary of our Museum Without Walls program through partnerships with the Charlotte Street Foundation’s Urban Culture Project (The Dining Room Project), Kemper

Museum of Contemporary Art (Jewish Museum, New York Curator Norman Kleeblatt lecture), and Rockhurst University (Between Thee & Me).

Our mission has been to provide innovative art exhibitions and related programming that engage seniors and diverse audiences from all segments of our community to enrich lives and celebrate our common humanity through art. In celebrating important milestones such as this, we hope to keep the Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art at the forefront of both mind and effort – to bring contemporary art and Jewish culture to the whole community.

Thank you Sybil! We honor the contributions that you have made to the community through our organization and we offer this celebration in loving memory of your late husband Norman B. Kahn (1918-2011).

Sincerely,The Board and Staff of The Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art

Images, left: Collage of Museum Without Walls brochures & images of Sybil & Norman Kahn at various KCJMCA events

Image, above: Norman (Of Blessed Memory) & Sybil Kahn at KCJMCA’s 2010 UrbanSuburban Event


CONGR ATUL ATIONS

DR. L AWRENCE COHEN & DONNA GOULD COHENTHE 2011 URBANSUBURBAN HONOR ARY CHAIRS

Thank you for your t remendous support of the arts in the Greater Kansas City Community!

Best wishes, John & Trudy Jacobson

We also want to thank the art ists, volunteers, staff , and Patrons of the Seventh Annual UrbanSuburban!

Image: UrbanSuburban VI, September 5 – October 23, 2010, Epsten Gallery. Courtesy of E.G. Schempf

Thank you for your t remendous support of the arts in the Greater Kansas City Community!

Best wishes, John & Trudy Jacobson

We also want to thank the art ists, volunteers, staff , and Patrons of the Seventh Annual UrbanSuburban!

DR. L AWRENCE COHEN & DONNA GOULD COHENTHE 2011 URBANSUBURBAN HONOR ARY CHAIRS


Eileen moved to Kansas City in July of 1946 as the wife of Marshall Garry. She has raised three children: Joshua, Paul, & Stephanie; and has had the pleasure of seeing them all marry and provide her with both grandchildren and great grandchildren.

She has also spent several years serving the community as a professional volunteer and in 1991 became one of the founding members of the Kansas City Jewish Museum Foundation (Renamed the Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art in 2010). We are grateful for the 20 years she has dedicated to the development and growth of this organization, first as a volunteer, then as Assistant Director, and finally as Executive Director.

We are excited to announce that Eileen will remain active in KCJMCA as Executive Director Emeritus in 2012 and beyond, and we look forward to sharing in her progress. Here are just a few of her many leadership roles and achievements:

• Executive Director Emeritus, Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art, 2011.• Executive Director of the Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art, 2000-2011.• Assistant Director of the Kansas City Jewish Museum Foundation, Museum Without Walls, 1991-1999.• Served on the National Conference of Community and

Justice during the Museum Without walls “People Puzzle” program at the Town Pavilion.• Chairman of Women’s Campaign & President of Women’s Division of the Kansas City Jewish Federation.• Third President of Congregation Beth Torah.• Participated in founding Congregation Beth Torah with a group of 19 other couples under the direction of Rabbi Mark Levin.• Chaired the Central Agency for Jewish Education for four years under the direction of Alan Edelman.• Past Officer and Board member of Family and Children Services – Chaired the “Plays for Living” Committee and was a member of the national “Plays for Living” Board.• Officer and Board Member of Congregation B’nai Jehudah.• President of Sisterhood of Congregation B’nai Jehudah, Member of the National Board for six years.• Served on the J.C. Nichols Parent-Teacher Association.

Congratulations Eileen, and thank you for 20 years of dedication to this organization and for your service to the community!

Sincerely,KCJMCA Staff and Board of Directors

Images, above: Eileen Garry at various KCJMCA events.


A YEAR IN REVIEW

Images from the 2011 Exhibition Season


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BIDDING NUMBER PADDLESGuests may obtain bidding number paddles upon checking in at the auction event. These numbers will be your unique identifier to be used when placing your bid on objects in the live and silent auctions.

SILENT AUCTIONThe silent auction will be held in two (A & B) segments, each closing independently over the course of the evening. Please refer to the Auction Schedule, which will be printed on the back of the bidding number paddles distributed during the evening of the auction.

LIVE AUCTIONThe live auction will be held immediately following the closing of the first (A) silent auction. (Silent-auction objects without a single bid at the close of Silent Auction A automatically transfer to Silent Auction B.)

WINNING BIDSObjects are awarded to the highest bidder, and only bids made in the increments designated on each bid sheet will be honored at checkout.

BUY-IT-NOWA Buy-It-Now option is available on select items. These may be purchased by circling the price designated for this option and writing in your bid number and name. The bidder must also notify an auction volunteer to immediately close the bidding on that item. These purchases will be processed when the auction segment associated with the piece has closed.

SEALED BIDSSealed bids will be available to those individuals who are not able to attend the auction. These bids will be opened the day of the auction and entered accordingly. Consult staff in the KCJMCA office for sealed bidding information.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL.Allow at least 20 minutes after each auction segment closes to retrieve your purchases. Payment by cash, check, Mastercard, Visa, Discover, and American Express will be accepted.

All items purchased must be paid for and removed from the premises by the end of the evening unless special arrangements are made with the staff.

Some items may be wrapped for their protection.


2011 PARTICIPATING ARTISTSThe Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art wishes to thank the participating artists of Urban

Suburban for their participation and generous donations of exceptional artwork!(The following list is a partial list of participants and objects confirmed for auction as of 8.15.2011)

SPECIAL FEATURE . SPECIAL FEATURE . SPECIAL FEATURE

LESTER GOLDMANA major presence in the Kansas City art world for nearly forty years, Lester Goldman was undeniably one of the most complex, experimental and consistently provocative artists of his era. His works are so intelligent and comprehensive they contain all of painting’s history without owing allegiance to any particular era. Goldman’s work is inspiring in it’s ability to convey a sense of sheer vitality, both painterly and intellectually. His paintings as well as sculptural assemblages are at once exuberant and playful, even when containing a darker subtext.

Goldman’s great grandfather, a Russian immigrant of Jewish origin sold rags from a pushcart on the streets of New York to feed his family. This became the inspiration for “Rag Pusher” the premier painting from his 2001 solo exhibition “Welcome to the Rag Ball” (at the Joseph Nease Gallery). The painting features large biomorphic shapes and high key colors. The hectic clustering of fractured shapes at the lower right includes his signature black and white stripes. Goldman related the stripes to the concentration camp prisoners’ uniforms of World War II.

See complete artwork information on page 32.

SPECIAL FEATURE . SPECIAL FEATURE . SPECIAL FEATURE


Born in Oklahoma City, OK, Asheer Akram is an emerging artist who moved to Kansas City at a young age. Akram attended high school in Blue Springs, MO, and college at the Kansas City Art Institute. He graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2007, majoring in Sculpture. Akram now has a studio in the east crossroads where he continues his sculptural work. He was recently the recipient of a Lighton International Artist Exchange Grant for travel to Pakistan, and he is currently working on a large-scale public commission for the Belger Arts Center.

ERIC ABRAHAMwww.ericabraham.net | 785.252.7722

The Good Farmer’s Barnyard Excellence Trophy!, 2011Porcelain with lusters and attachments, 15x7x8”

VALUE: $375

NOT PICTUREDSheep Trophy, Barnyard Trophy Series, 2011

Porcelain with lusters and attachments, 23x10x8.5”, Value: $450

Art is magic and I am an art magician who sees everything as potential material. Personal art history and popular culture are strong influences which become manifest as visual adventures.

Eric Abraham received his BFA in Painting from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1963 and his MFA in Ceramics from the University of Nebraska in 1969. He has been a studio artist since 1972 and is currently living in Lucas, KS.

ASHEER [email protected]

Truck Detail, 2011Steel, paint and found objects, 4x30x16”

VALUE: $800


Jane Almirall received her MFA in painting at Arizona State University in 2003 and was in the 2003 Birds in Art exhibition at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum where she has work in the permanent drawing collection. She was an artist-in residence at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in 2004 and since then – and in spite of her better judgment – she has been working as a full-time artist and exhibiting her work regularly. Jane lives in Kansas City, MO with her husband, daughter and son. Her work is available at Good Girl Art Gallery in Springfield, MO and g2 Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ.

Sylvia Rose Augustus holds a bachelors degree from Washington University in St. Louis; and graduate degrees from Cornell University and the University of California at Berkeley. Sylvia has exhibited and sold her paintings and photographs in Kansas City Metro area galleries. She resides in Kansas City, KS with her husband Scott and their dogs.

JANE ALMIRALLwww.janealmirall.com | [email protected]

More to love, 2009Gouache, walnut ink, coffee on hand-cut paper, 18x30”VALUE: $925

Wyoming Pickup Truck, 2011Digital photographic print, 24x36”VALUE: $800

NOT PICTUREDBadlands, South Dakota, 2011Digital photographic print, 24x36”, Value: $800

SYLVIA [email protected]


Miki Baird was born in Hays, Kansas and studied at the University of Kansas where she was awarded a full scholarship and received an MFA degree in art. Ms. Baird taught as a lecturer from 2000 through 2007 in the Sculpture and Interdisciplinary Arts departments of the Kansas City Art Institute. Her most recent exhibitions include Familiar: Portraits of Proximity at Epsten Gallery, November 2010 through January 2011 and Eric Fischl’s America: Now and Here May 2011; currently she is participating in Flatfiles 2011 at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis.

MARCI [email protected]

Abernathy Furniture, 2011Acrylic on canvas, 16x20”VALUE: $900

In life, color and light are what draws me. The endlessly changing land, sky, moving clouds, cast shadows and light is vital to life. The land has a constant and universal quality, evoking memories and triggering the senses. The experience of being out in the landscape is something that challenges me to capture and express the immediate response.

Being exposed to great works of art is inspirational. Artists such as Corot and Constable have had an impact on the work that I do. After graduating from KCAI, attended Parsons School of Design in New York. Traveling, living, working and surviving in various environments helped guide my direction along the path I am presently taking.

MIKI [email protected]

…about you, 2011Archival pigment prints applied individually to felt, 38x24.5”VALUE: $3,100


Marcus Cain is an artist, curator and writer based in Kansas City, MO. He holds a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute, and he actively exhibits his work throughout the Midwest and across the country. His work may be found in the public collections of BBC America Worldwide, Westin Hotels, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Sprint Corporation, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Blue Cross & Blue Shield, and CBIZ Corporation.

I grew up in New England and attended a small private art school called Swain School of Design where I received a B.F.A. in Painting. From there I went on to graduate school at Parsons School of Design in NYC and graduated with a M.F.A. in Painting. I have taught art in the Kansas City area for the last 17 years. Having lived in large cities, I observed how nature was twisted and squeezed by a created environment. I have also observed that no matter how far you may be from civilization there is evidence of human impact on the landscape. My intention is to express how human made structures interact and impose on the landscape.

Abernathy Furniture, 2011Acrylic on canvas, 16x20”VALUE: $900

…about you, 2011Archival pigment prints applied individually to felt, 38x24.5”VALUE: $3,100

MARCUS [email protected] | 816.876.7747

Light Outside, 2011Acrylic, ink, watercolor on wood panel, 14x11”VALUE: $1,400

* Artwork courtesy Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art

JOHN DAVIS CARROLLwww.johndaviscarroll.com

KC from the North, 2011Oil on Wood, 10x14”

VALUE: $800


Beth Cosner received her BFA in Design from the University of Kansas, where she studied Metalsmithing, and she received her Graduate Jeweler Diploma from the Gemological Institute of America. Cosner designs and manufactures each piece by hand with a careful attention to design and fine craftsmanship. She exhibits her work in art shows throughout the region and in stores and galleries throughout the United States. Cosner has also recently expanded her practice to include custom bridal jewelry.

After receiving his B.F.A. in sculpture from the University of Kansas in 1998, Mark H. Cowardin moved on to the University of Arizona in Tucson where he completed his M.F.A. in 2001. Mark’s sculptural work, which conceptually explores the intersection of humans and the natural world, has been exhibited widely on regional, national, and international levels. Cowardin is currently the head of the sculpture department at Johnson County Community College, and his work is included in numerous public and private collections, including the John Michael Kohler Art Center, Mississippi State University, and the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art.

BETH [email protected]

Agate Slice Pendant Necklace, 2011Black Spinel, Pyrite, Black Swarovski Crystal, 14k gold-filled

hammered oval, lobster claw clasp and chain, 22x2.75”VALUE: $250

MARK COWARDINwww.markcowardin.com

Plenty, 2011Ebonized walnut, poplar, paint and flocking, 14x26x5”VALUE: $1,500


Bowie Croisant earned a BFA from Kansas State University, studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and has been an Artist in Residence at Red Star Studios. Bowie’s work is in multiple private and public collections, including the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, and has been featured in Ceramics Monthly as an Emerging Artist and the cover of Pottery Making Illustrated.

Maria Creyts’ most recent solo exhibition, “neo PANOS,” was held at Leedy-Voulkos Art Center in March & April this year. In 2010, she exhibited photo-friezes (long panorama-format photos) at Centro Fotográfico Manuel Álvarez Bravo in Oaxaca, Mexico and Lyons Weir Gallery in Chelsea, New York City. Ms. Creyts earned her MFA from Yale University School of Art, and she signs her work mariaurora.

Plenty, 2011Ebonized walnut, poplar, paint and flocking, 14x26x5”VALUE: $1,500

MARIA CREYTSwww.mariaaurora.net | [email protected]

Lace Drawing two, 2007Archival inkjet print from unique wet-process photo, 21x25”VALUE: $525

BOWIE CROISANTwww.bowiecroisant.com

[email protected]

Vaz - Iron, 2009 Soda Fired Porcelain, 6x13”VALUE: $300


Melissa Eder received her B.F.A. in Painting from Parsons School of Design in New York City where she studied with Sean Scully and a M.F.A. in Combined Media from Hunter College in New York City where she studied with Robert Morris and received a Meritorious Award from the Alumni Association. As a visual artist, her work has been shown nationally and internationally in such venues as the Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York University’s Broadway Windows Gallery, Art in General, and the Charlotte Street Foundation’s Paragraph Gallery in Kansas City, Missouri. Her work was chosen by Sarah Hasted for Photography Now, 2004, for the Photography Quarterly, and she has been reviewed in the New York Times among other publications. She lives and works in New York City.

Deanna Dikeman has been an artist-photographer since 1985. She received the United States Artists Booth Fellowship in 2008, the Charlotte Street Foundation Fellowship in 2006, and the Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer’s Fellowship in 1996. Deanna is represented by Dolphin Gallery.

DEANNA DIKEMANwww.deannadikeman.com [email protected]

Dump truck, 2000Silver gelatin print, 16x20”

VALUE: $700

* Courtesy The Dolphin Gallery

MELISSA EDER

New Jersey at Night (McDonald’s), 2002Digital print, 30x20”VALUE: $750


Andrea Flamini is an Italian-born, U.S.-based artist whose practice spans a broad range of media including video, photography, and sound installations. His work has been shown internationally in such venues as the Hong Kong Film Archive, Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Denmark, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki.

As a color pencil and ink artist, Lorrie Crystal Eigles has a highly intuitive and spontaneous approach to creating art. She begins drawing free hand on paper using black ink with the curvilinear imagery unfolding into whimsical art. Using so many intense colors in her work lifts her spirits and those of her viewers. Lorrie’s award- winning art has been in many solo and group art exhibits. Her art is in private and business collections, including the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, throughout the United States and New Zealand. Lorrie has a Bachelor’s degree in Art, Sociology and American Studies and a Master’s degree in Counseling from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.

LORRIE [email protected]

Floating Across Rainbows, 2009Color pencil and ink on paper, 18x25”

VALUE: $575

ANDREA FLAMINIwww.andreaflamini.com | [email protected]

Blind Files #100-2878, #100-2828, #100-2820 (triptych), 2009Digital C-Prints on panels, 12x12” each, overall dimensions variable

VALUE: $2,000


New York City based artist Burton Freeman studied Sculpture, Printmaking, Ceramics and Graphic Design at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. as an undergraduate and then continued studying at the Atlanta College of Art in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition to his time spent working in printmaking and sculpture, Freeman has also worked as a professional web designer and developer with such advertising firms as Crispin, Porter + Bogusky, MHI, Inc. and Frost Miller Group. He has also worked directly on projects for clients including Microsoft, Coca-Cola, VW North America, and World Wildlife Fund. He has also owned and operated his own web development and design business for over almost 10 years and his current project is a collaboration with a well-known Australian Textile Company, Michell 1870.

Rachelle Gardner is a mixed media artist and designer with a focus in fibers. Her work has been seen across Kansas City in solo and group exhibitions, as well as site-specific installations. Gardner is a past recipient of the ArtsKC Inspiration Grant, The Charlotte Street Foundation Studio Residency, and is an Artist Inc. alumnus.

BURTON FREEMANwww.burtonfreeman.com | [email protected]

Let There Be Light, 2011Silkscreen on paper, Artist Proof, 22x30”

VALUE: $1,250

RACHELLE GARDNERwww.mgardner.com

Crawler, 2010Needle felted wool, pit-fired earthenware, 10x4x2”

VALUE: $300


Bev Gegen has exhibited widely in group and solo shows in Kansas City, Salina, Manhattan, Lincoln, Des Moines and Los Angeles. Her work is represented in several public and private collections including the Stowers Institute of Medical Research, University of Northern Iowa and the Raphael and Intercontinental Hotels. She is a life long resident of Kansas City, MO.

Rhonda Ginsberg established her business in 1987. She attended Johnson County Community College in Commercial Art and the Kansas City Art Institute. She has been designing jewelry with an interest in Tibetan designs as well as learning the art of wire wrapping. She has shown locally in fine art galleries as well as in Las Vegas, NV, and Rancho Mirage, CA. Her limited edition wire wrapped pendants may currently be found at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art gift shop at Johnson County Community College.

BEV [email protected]

Maybe, 2011Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 26x30”VALUE: $1,300

RHONDA [email protected]

Jade Tibetan Necklace with Hill Tribe Flower BeadsHand-engraved silver, carnelian, Hill Tribe flower beads, agate, 12x2”VALUE: $375


Lester Goldman (1942-2005) was a popular Kansas City artist and KCAI Professor of Painting and Drawing. Over his 40-year career, Goldman’s work encompassed performance art, multimedia productions, and happenings in addition to hundreds of paintings, sculptures, and works on paper. Awards include two NEA Grants (1980s), four Andrew Mellon Faculty Development Grants (1984-1992), a Charlotte Street Foundation award (2001), and a KCAI Excellence in Teaching Award (2003). His works are in private and public collections of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Albrecht-Kemper Art Museum, Daum Museum, IBM, H&R Block, Polsinelli and many others.

Steve Gorman has recently retired from 25 years teaching and is now pursuing his art career full time. His recent solo exhibit at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art was well received, he has work in many private collections, and he is represented by the Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art Gallery.

Rag Pusher, 2000Oil on canvas, 96x70”

VALUE: $10,000

LESTER GOLDMANwww.lestergoldman.com | [email protected]

STEVE [email protected]

Full Belly Cups, 2011White earthenware, ceramic

stains (nonfunctional), 4x3x2.5”VALUE: $240

*Courtesy Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art


Inspiration gives birth to creativity…whether the inspiration comes from another person, a culture, or a spiritual calling; more fundamentally it comes from the expressive heart of the artist. I feel like the gentle quiet nature of the Asian culture is reflected in my work. I love the simplicity of form enhanced by the quiet black glaze or black and white; and the spontaneity of Shino glazes…each pot born to unpredictable effects of the firing. My work is a combination of several techniques. Using either porcelain or stoneware…I throw and alter, hand build, and sculpt; most often combining those processes in a single piece. Then they are fired in a gas kiln to cone 10. I have chosen to work with clay, as I find it reveals limitless possibilities and aesthetic integrity. I look toward growth in my work, as I continue to gain skill, knowledge and insight.

RACHEL HAYESwww.rachelbhayes.com | [email protected]

Open Agenda, 2010Mixed media on paper, 28.5x30”

VALUE: $1,200

Rachel Hayes hails from Kansas City and has recently moved back to Brooklyn, NY. She earned a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has had solo exhibitions with Bravin Lee Programs, New York, NY, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, Solvent Space, Richmond, VA, LAB Gallery, NY and Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM. Group exhibitions include the Sculpture Center, NY, Kansas City Jewish Museum, Grand Arts, Kansas City, and Fakespace LA. Awards and Residencies include Sculpture Space Residency, Art Omi International Residency, Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship in Sculpture and the Charlotte St. Fund. Most recently she was awarded the Augustus Saint-Gaudens Memorial Fellowship in Sculpture and had a solo show 2010 in Cornish, NH.

MARILYN [email protected]

Asian Serving Bowl, 2011Porcelain, glaze, 16.25x7.25x2.75”

VALUE: $250


My art addresses the mysterious abstraction of written language. I create language-like symbols I call Glyphs, which are wholly invented and one-of-a-kind. There is no alphabet or translation. I have made tens of thousands of Glyphs in many mediums. My work is repetitive, rhythmic, and obsessive, and often created in series.

REILLY [email protected]

LYNNE HODGMANwww.lynnehodgman.com | [email protected]

Enigma III, 2011Watercolor, ink, thread on paper

19x25” framedVALUE: $495

Reilly Hoffman, Kansas City based sculptor and resident artist for Zahner Metal creates work by carving steel with fire. His use of innovative techniques and processes combined with influences from sources such as the cosmos, apocryphal literature, and natural systems comes together to produce elegant objects conveying a sense of lightness.

Pheonia, 2010Flame carved steel, 13x7x4”

VALUE: $1,800


Jennifer Jarnot is a professional artist living and working In Lawrence, Kansas. She received her undergraduate degree from SUNY at Fredonia (Cum Laude) and her MFA in painting and drawing from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Since moving to Lawrence, Kansas she has been teaching (since 2008) painting, drawing, visual language, printmaking, and digital media at Baker University. Last year, she also directed Baker’s Holt-Russell Gallery. Jarnot has exhibited her work regionally, nationally, and internationally with several group exhibitions in Mexico and a collaborative project with Alvin Gregorio and Josiah Lopez in the Philippines. She has twice been included in Snap to Grid at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, and numerous group exhibitions in Denver, Boulder, Albuquerque, Wichita, Memphis, and Fredonia, New York.

Meredith Host was born and raised in Detroit Rock City. She received her BFA in Ceramics from Kansas City Art Institute in 2001 and her MFA in Ceramics from The Ohio State University in 2008. She was recently named one of the 2011 Emerging Artists for NCECA and Ceramics Monthly. Currently, Meredith lives in Kansas City, MO and is a full time studio potter.

MEREDITH HOSTwww.meredithhost.com | [email protected]

Dot Dot Doily VasePorcelain with iron oxide decals, 13x5.5x5.5”VALUE: $250

JENNIFER JARNOTwww.jenniferjarnot.com | [email protected]

Xenophobia, 2011Digital print, 18x20”

VALUE: $525


Calder Kamin is an artist and art administrator in Kansas City, MO. Kamin’s fabricated fauna illustrate an investigation into our benevolence towards certain species, and cultural constructions of nature. Before completing her BFA, for ceramics and art history from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2009, she began curating for Red Star Studios, and the Kansas City Art Institute’s Ferguson Teaching Collection and off campus galleries. She has shown nationally, and is in several notable collections in Kansas City. Recently, Kamin has returned to KCAI as staff in Career Services to assist in the development of the professional practice programming.

Born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, Ritchie Kaye attended Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She majored in Painting and Printmaking, with a minor in Sculpture. She has done graduate studies at Virginia Commonwealth, Hampton University, and SACI, Florence, Italy. She currently lives in Fairway, Kansas.

CALDER [email protected]

Domestic Variations, 2011White earthenware, 8x4x7” each (overall dimensions variable)VALUE: $650

RITCHIE KAYEwww.ritchiekaye.com | [email protected]

Untitled (9.11.2001), 2001Archival print, 25x30” framed

VALUE: $1,500


Misha Kligman was born in Kazan, Soviet Union in 1978. In 2009, Kligman earned an MFA in Painting from the University of Kansas. Kligman’s studio practice is focused on painting, but also includes drawing and installation. Currently, Kligman lives and works in Kansas City with his wife artist Amy Kligman.

Janet Kuemmerlein studied at the College for creative Studies in Detroit, and the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. In 2009, she was awarded the Kansas Arts Commission Master Artist Fellowship. Her work is featured in collections of the Chicago Institute of Art, Smithsonian Museum, Washington, D.C., Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO, Rochester Institute of Technology, and the Georgia Institute of Technology.

MISHA KLIGMANwww.mishakligman.com

[email protected]

Young Pioneer, 2008Graphite, salt on paper, 26.5x38.75”VALUE: $600

JANET [email protected] | 816.842.7049

Mellow Rose, 2011Acrylic on canvas, 24x24”VALUE: $800


Christopher Leitch is an artist and educator in Kansas City. He currently serves as director of the Kansas City Museum at Corinthian Hall. His studio is in Merriam, KS, where he lives with Stuart and two indolent cats.

I agonize over the life I give my sculptures and how they will evolve into being through form and color. I believe their story may be told cogently and clearly by picking the right color, layering it and shining it into existence. The depth of a plum red, the languid pulsing of purple with blood and muscle underneath, the lofted softness of a creamy peach satin quilt, with just a bit of tartness – these are the colors, and their attendant emotions, that I try to achieve in my work.

CHRISTOPHER [email protected]

four nows, 2005Pencil and chalk on paper, colors chosen randomly,

drawn upside-down and backwards, left handed, 10x8”VALUE: $750

LINDA [email protected]

Luminosity Sconce, 2011Porcelain, glaze, LED light, silk cord,

Dimensions variableVALUE: $1,000


Julie Malen completed her BFA- ceramics at the Kansas City Art Institute in 2009. Currently she resides in Kansas City, and from 2009-2011 was an artist in residence of the Charlotte Street Foundation’s Urban Culture Project. Malen exhibits nationally including the Kansas City Artists Coalition and the Museum of International Ceramic Art- Denmark.

My recent work can be seen as a marriage of my continuing interest in architecture. Machinery, structure, tools, technical drawing, balance, visual relationships and man vs. nature, are some of my interests. These interests or experimentations aren’t logical, one foot in front of another algorithms, but are experiments with a good deal of jumping around. I allow myself to follow a scattered meandering path. The immense variation and possibility of visual opportunity definitely guides where my brush or pencil lands next. Process, is very important to me and makes simple routine and construction the backbone of what I do. My newer works are constructed out of Mylar pieces that are gritty, drawn, painted, cut and finally heat bonded together. Old media of graphite and new media of plastic together develop a relationship & cadence that seems to write it’s own story of mankind and the natural world.

MARILYN [email protected]

Fold Over, 2009Media mixed media on paper, 18x24”

VALUE: $1,200

JULIE MALENwww.juliemalen.com | [email protected]

The Joy of Folly, 2011Ceramic, glazes, acrylics 13x11x13”VALUE: $1,200


Megan Mantia is a photographer, organizer and all-around documenter who spends as much of her time & money as possible capturing landmark moments and behind-the-scenes secrets of the Kansas City art movement and beyond. She’s a 2006 graduate of KCAI, and a member of KC clans Ssion, Whoop Dee Doo & Rah! Booty Radical Cheerleaders.

Hugh Merrill is a printmaker, educator, community artist and the Director of Chameleon Arts Agency, a not for profit that facilitates new genre community and public art projects in Kansas City. He has taught at the Kansas City Art Institute for over 35 years and was awarded the Southern Graphics Councils Distinguish Teaching award in 2007. His artwork and prints are in the over 50 Museums internationally including the Museum of Modern Art New York. Merrill is a part President of the Jewish Museum of Kansas City. In 2011 the book Divergent Consistencies charting 40 years of Merrill’s studio and community artwork was published by the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center and is available on Lulu.com.

MEGAN [email protected]

White Tribal: Elisha Stetson, 2008Digital color print, Plexiglas, wood,

electrical light, 17x25x7” VALUE: $600

HUGH [email protected]

Torah, 2011Mixed media print on paper, 46.5x33.25”

VALUE: $1,500


Lee Piechocki is an artist living in Kansas City. He makes paintings about the weird experiences he has or the funny things he thinks of. Actually, his paintings are almost always a combination of these two, a good mix of fact and fiction.

Anne Austin Pearce was born in Lawrence, Kansas and studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and Brighton Polytechnic. In 1993, Pearce received a full scholarship to James Madison University, where she received her MFA with an emphasis in drawing and painting in 1996. Currently she is a Professor at Rockhurst University and Director of Greenlease Gallery. Recent exhibitions of her work include; 2010- Anne Austin Pearce, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS; Body Image, Gallery 31 at Corcoran School of Art and Design, Washington, DC; 2009- Drawing a Line, Cara and Cabezas Contemporary, Kansas City, MO; 2008- Humours, Unit 5 Gallery, Kansas City, MO; Drawbridge, WORK, New York, NY; KC in LA, Milo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, New York, NY; Locate Navigate, La Esquina, Kansas City, MO; 2007- Rhetorical Black Holes, Frankfurt, Germany, Genetic Confetti, Emory, Virginia. Pearce is represented by Cara and Cabezas Contemporary in Kansas City, MO.

ANNE [email protected]

Pet (a.k.a. Furry), 2011Pen and ink on paper, 15x14”

VALUE: $1,200

* Courtesy Cara and Cabezas Contemporary

LEE PIECHOCKIwww.leepiechocki.com [email protected]

It’s All Over Now, 2009Acrylic on paper, 8”x12” (image) 11x14” (framed)VALUE: $400


Janet Satz’s multi-layered collages of manipulated photographs, drawings and prints, dramatically evoke the sights and dynamism of natural and urban environments. Clear-Cut Logjam marks her stance against deforestation. A recent profile on her art was in ereview (May 10, 2011). Born in Chicago, she has a B.F.A, Pratt Institute; M.A. in Art Ed., N.Y.U. Her art is in the collections of Sprint, General Electric, Mercedes Benz, and the K.U. Spencer Museum.

Robert Quackenbush is a full-time working painter, printmaker and sculptor. Since arriving in Kansas in 2005, He has had 13 solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group shows including the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, and currently, the American Jazz Museum and the Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art. His work has been added to the permanent collections of Sprint/Nextel, American Century Investments, Emprise Bank, West Plaza Properties, and most recently, the Truman Medical Center. In 2010 Robert was nominated for a Charlotte Street Foundation Visual Artist Award.

ROBERT QUACKENBUSHwww.artbyq.com | [email protected] | 913.814.7510

JANET [email protected]

Clear-cut Logjam, 2010Archival pigment print, edition 2/35, 43.75x32”

VALUE: $1,850

(Clarity), 201124x24x 2”VALUE: $1,800

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Margaret Shelby holds her B.F.A. from the Kansas City Art Institute and is currently an M.A. candidate at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. Most recently she hosted Now Serving at the Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art as part of the Dining Room Project in conjunction with the Charlotte Street Foundation and Urban Culture Project.

Margaret has won several local awards including an ArtsKC Inspiration Grant from the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City and was also selected to participate in the Artist, Inc. program, tuition funded in part by the Charlotte Street Foundation.

I’m a KCAI grad with a background in Photography and New Media. I work in a flat vector style, which I use to design t-shirts, music packaging, and logos. When I am not working for clients, I also promote and curate shows and events and DJ on the weekends.

PHIL SHAFERwww.sikestyle.com | [email protected]

Live at Standees, 2011Digital inkjet canvas print, 36x36”VALUE: $750

MARGARET [email protected]

Soldier Girl, 2011Mixed media on artboard, 20x20”VALUE: $350


Lynn Smiser Bowers is an alumnus of the Kansas City Art Institute and a studio potter who recently relocated to Dallas, Texas. Her main body of work continues to be art for the kitchen, the table, the garden and the human hand. Galleries that represent her work include Akar Gallery, Red Star Studios, Signature Gallery, Santa Fe Clay, and The Clay Studio.

She has taught many workshops including Anderson Ranch, Red Star Studios, Pre-NCECA Colorado 2003 and Baltimore 2005, and Santa Fe Clay. She also received the Lighton International Exchange Grant for a residency in Kecskemet, Hungary.

Caleb Taylor received a Joan Mitchell MFA Grant, a Charlotte Street Fellowship, and is published in New American Paintings. His work has been exhibited at the Dolphin, Grand Arts, and Brenda Taylor Gallery (NY). Taylor recently completed a commission for KC Medical Center and is a co-founder of PLUG Projects.

LYNN SMISER BOWERS

Pear Vase, 2010Porcelain, glazes, 10.5x7x5”

VALUE: $300

CALEB TAYLORwww.calebtaylor.com | [email protected] | 406.599.3193

Yellow Window III, 2010Mixed media on paper,

22”x30” (26”x34” framed)VALUE: $1,500


Larry Thomas received MA and MFA degrees in printmaking from the University of Iowa, where he studied with Maurcio Lasansky. He has been in over seventy regional, national and international exhibitions. His work is in more than sixty corporate and public collections including the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, and numerous private collections. He is represented by Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art in Kansas City, MO, and has taught at Johnson County Community College since 1991, where he is currently Professor and Chair of the Fine Arts Department.

Telling a great story is what Torres does. She communicates by using her hands and translating stories into clay. She earned a BFA at KCAI and an MFA from the University of Miami in Florida. She i s an art professor and Gallery Director at the Carter Art Center at MCC-Penn Valley. Bernadette is a 2009 Inspirational Grant and a Charlotte Street Foundation/KCAC 2008 Creative Capital Grant recipient. Bernadette’s ceramics can be viewed at the Blue Gallery and online at www.bluegalleryonline.com or become her fan on facebook.

LARRY THOMASwww.larrythomasart.com | [email protected] | [email protected]

Swirl, 2011Hand-colored Ultra Chrome print, edition of 515x18.75 (image size) 25x27” (framed)VALUE: $600* Courtesy Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art

BERNADETTE TORRESwww.bernadettetorres.com | [email protected]

Forgive Me, 2011Porcelain, glaze, fire wire, 8x9x5”

VALUE: $395

* Courtesy Blue Gallery www.bluegalleryonline.com


Gerry Trilling’s most recent solo show, Hiding Beauty, was in 2011 at Structural Madness Gallery. In the spring of 2011, she also created work for the Epsten Gallery portion of Between Thee & Me-artists respond to the Judaica collection of Michael Klein.

Note: San Telmo: 410 Eye Candy is based on a textile found in a Buenos Aires flea market.

Jane Voorhees earned her BFA from the University of Kansas and her MA in printmaking from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Voorhees teaches printmaking and painting at the Kansas City Art Institute and shows regularly around the country and has recently completed her fifth New York solo show. She is represented by the Dolphin Gallery in Kansas City and is looking forward to being included in the Overland exhibit at the Epsten Gallery in November, 2011.

GERRY TRILLINGwww.gerrytrilling.com | [email protected]

San Telmo: 410 Eye Candy, 2010Constructed painting, 42x42”

VALUE: $3,000

JANE [email protected]

Mesa, 2008Acrylic and gold leaf on paper, 37x29.5” (framed)

VALUE: $1,275

* Courtesy The Dolphin Gallery


Allan Winkler’s work has been the subject of more than 30 solo exhibitions and numerous group shows. Winkler received a BFA in Ceramics from the Kansas City Art Institute and his work has garnered many awards including two National Endowment for the Arts Awards. Winkler lives and works on the Westside in Kansas City, MO.

Chris Wright was born in Portland, Oregon in 1969. He received a BFA from PNCA in 1995 and a MFA from Pratt in 1999. Chris currently teaches painting at Pratt and with Pratt in Venice, Italy. He is represented by George Billis Gallery in New York City and Los Angeles.

ALLAN WINKLER

Flower Pot Face, 2011Ceramic, glaze, 6.5x7”VALUE: $150

NOT PICTUREDWoman Talking to Man Under the Moon, 2011Paper cutout, 12x24”, VALUE: $250

White Face Pot, 2011Ceramic, glaze, 5.5x8x7.5”, VALUE: $150

CHRIS WRIGHTwww.chriswrightpaintings.com | [email protected]

Seven Whiting, 2009Oil on linen mounted on panel, 12x15.75”VALUE: $3,000

* Courtesy George Billis Gallery, New York/Los Angeles


The Dining Room Project: Art, Food, & the Ritual of Eating, 2011

Image: Adrian Herman: Pick Me Up (a few things), January 23 – March 6, 2011, Epsten Gallery. Courtesy of E.G. Schempf

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tickets from $15: www.hmckc.org or 816.931.3338

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Discover Kansas City’s Most Unique Chorus‘Tis the season for HMC’s hugely popular holiday concert! This year,

we’re taking our cue from the hit television show Glee, presenting fun

Glee-inspired production numbers, and a hopeful, joyful, mirthful,

merry celebration of the holidays.

Holiday GleeDecember 2–4, 2011

The latest in our series of acclaimed “musical documentaries,”

this moving and inspiring concert will combine music, narration

and multimedia to explore the many different experiences of the

coming out process with special guest Dan Savage.

When I KnewMarch 24 & 25, 2012

Imagine the Fab 4 as the Fab 150!

You’ll hear thrilling new choral

arrangements of favorite songs made

famous by the Lads from Liverpool.

This concert marks HMC’s debut at

the new Kauffman Center

for the Performing Arts.

Let it be!

All You Need Is Love

June 16 & 17, 2012


KANSAS CITY MUSEUMAT CORINTHIAN HALL

Hours: Wednesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 4 p.m.3218 Gladstone Blvd. | Kansas City, MO 64123 | 816-483-8300 | kansascitymuseum.org

BILL MERCER, EXHIBIT CURATORTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 AT 6 P.M., UNION STATION

RECEPTION AT 5:30 P.M., ADMISSION IS FREE

COMMUNITY CURATOR

�e Kansas City Museum and Union Station Kansas City, with Smith Kramer Traveling Exhibitions, is launching a tour of Southwest Native American pottery. We are releasing a full color catalogue of the exhibit.

iew selections from Kansas City Museum’s exquisite Native American pottery collection before it starts a three year tour titled Pueblo to Pueblo: �e Legacy of Southwest Indian Pottery.

The book will be available in the Visitor Center Gift Shop. Mention this ad and receive a 10% discount!

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Caring and compassionate physicians don’t have to be a thing

of the past. At KCUMB Physician Associates, our doctors take

the time to understand your needs and health concerns. As

partners in your health care, we can help you initiate positive

changes in attitude and lifestyle, because we believe the best

way to fight illness is to prevent it.

KCUMB Physician Associates offers comprehensive medical

care by board-certified physicians.

•Same-dayappointments

•Preventivecare/osteopathicmanipulativemedicine

•Familymedicine,internalmedicineandpediatricphysicians

•ConvenientlylocatedatI-435andStateLine

Call (816) 941-1600 to schedule an appointment.

At KCUMB Physician Associates, our doctors understand the human heart.

PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATESHEALTH CARE WITH COMPASSION

KCUMB Physician Associates1010 Carondelet Drive, Suite 220 Kansas City, MO 64114 (816) 941-1600


hand-tossed, stone-fired pizzasalads . sandwiches . gelato . wine

IN THE NEOPOLITAN TRADITION

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The Tradition Continues

1247 Argentine BoulevardKansas City, KS 66105

913.281.5200www.libertyfruit.com

The Caviar FamilyArnold, Carol, Allen, Cory, Allison, Morgan


CONGR ATUL ATIONS KCJMCA ON A SUCCESSFUL URBANSUBURBAN 2011!

Image: Familiar: Portraits of Proximity, November 7, 2010 – January 9, 2011, Epsten Gallery. Courtesy of E.G. Schempf.

10406 Metcalf Avenue , Overland Park, KS 66212(913) 385-9996

JACKSON Pollock. Pablo Picasso. Salvador Dali.

Not Members Of Our Investment Team.

If your investment strategy looks like it was composed more by Jackson Pollock than Norman Rockwell, your portfolio might need a touch-up.

We congratulate the epsten gallery for enriching the lives of village shalom residents and our community.

Meritage portfolio management is an independent registered advisor managing $1 billion in assets for institutions and private clients.

www.MeritagePortfolio.com

(913) 345-7000

For Qualified Investors with $1 million or more in assets

CONGR ATUL ATIONS KCJMCA ON A SUCCESSFUL URBANSUBURBAN 2011!


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Richard S. Gilman, DDS, MS & Dan B. Ang, DDS, MS

PERIODONTICS & DENTAL IMPLANTS

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Call Us Today! (816) 444-8822

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Diagnosis,education andtreatment of theperiodontal patient

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American Legacy Gallery5911 Main Street ~ Kansas City, Missouri 64113 ~ (816) 444 -7944

Specializing in Regionalist Works ~ Historic and ContemporaryPaintings ~ Graphics ~ Sculpture ~ Pottery

Visit our new website: www.americanlegacygallery.comProudly Dealing in Quality Fine Art for 34 Years

THOMAS HART BENTON(1889-1975)


Glittersfine jewelry

Glitters Fine Jewelry4250 West 119th Street

Leawood, KS 66209

913.661.0834

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OVERLAND PARKSaint Luke’s South Medical Building

913-498-2827PRAIRIE VILLAGE

Prairie Village Office Center

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Antioch Hills Medical Building

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Shawnee Mission Outpatient Pavilion913-634-5583LEAVENWORTH

Cushing Medical Plaza913-682-1870

The Area’s Premier Audiology and Hearing Aid

PracticeLed by Dr. Tim Steele and Dr. Jim Wise.

For more information, visit us atwww.hearingyourbest.com

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Come view this outstanding collection at Kansas City Upholstery, 4646 Belleview, Kansas City, MO 64112

September 16th to December 16th

A special show highlighting the fiber art of SANDRA McMORRIS JOHNSON

and the jewelry of JANE SIGNORELLI

Visit P&M Artworks onlineat www.pm-artworks.comor contact us:[email protected]@pm-artworks.com


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64 Urban Suburban Exhibition: September 18 – October 15, 2011 | Art Auction: October 15, 2011, 7pm Urban Suburban Exhibition: September 18 – October 15, 2011 | Art Auction: October 15, 2011, 7pm

We don’t look our age either.

When it comes to graceful aging, we’ve had great inspiration.

One hundred years. In life or business, it’s certainly a rare feat. So as our organization

draws in on a century of service to the Kansas City area, we would like to thank the

countless residents, families, donors, volunteers and staff who have helped to make

Village Shalom what it is today. We couldn’t have done it without you.

We would also like to congratulate the Kansas City Jewish Museum of

Contemporary Art on 20 fabulous years, and wish them 100 more to come.

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