You are invited to contribute at the next Artist Voices meeting: Artist Spaces!
After receiving direct feedback from over 80 artists who participated in the Voice is Yours: Artist Summit from July 6, 2019, a collective group of arts organizations have listened to artists’ needs and have curated three programs through the beginning of 2020! Voice is Yours: Artist Spaces takes place on Wednesday, October 30, 2019 from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM in the lower level auditorium at KC Health Department.
Voice is Yours: Artist Spaces is the second in a series of gatherings offered by a collaborative team made up of representatives from artist organizations across the KC metro. The Artist Spaces topic was identified as a top priority by artists at our first summit held in July of this year. The goal for the series is to connect, inform and empower artists, so they will be better equipped to confront the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly changing built and cultural landscape.
To catch up on the progress made from the last event, and you can read the electronic zine version of the event here. You can read the full summary of the event here.
Appetizers and drinks will be provided at 5:30 PM with presentations beginning at 6:00 PM. This discussion is hosted by the KC Health Department at 2400 Troost Avenue in Kansas City, MO.
Artists are encouraged to park in the south public parking lot and enter in the main entrance. You can access elevators to the left of the opening lobby and ride to the Lower Level to access the auditorium. There will be signage and guides present.
Please email communications@charlottestreet.org if you have any questions regarding accessibility (transportation, child care, ADA needs, etc.).
You must RSVP for this event. You can RSVP through the Facebook event linked here.
Artists are encouraged to attend a presentation of 9 pecha-kucha style slide show presentations from other artists who cover the topics of:
1. Artist Venues
2. Affordable housing/studio space
3. Artist Ownership and investment
Confirmed presenting artists will be announced soon.
Attendees will be able to break out into discussion groups after presentation themes to share ideas and connect with other peers for more resources. After all presentations are made, an “Idea Marketplace” will round out the program, allowing artists to match up based on needs/interests and brainstorm what their next action steps should be.
The goal of the “The Voice Is Yours” is to unify, educate, and activate the artist community around their self-identified top priorities.
Future meetings and topics include:
“The Voice is Yours: Representation” (Date: January TBD)
“The Voice Is Yours: Leadership” (Date: Spring TBD)
Organizations Involved
Arts KC
ArtsKC has developed programs and services designed to “unleash the power of the arts.” This includes programs for the arts community, the business community, and services to the civic community. Each specific program or service we provide to artists, arts organizations or the community at large was developed to address a need within our local arts ecology. ArtsKC continually assesses and adjusts our services to respond to the needs of our growing arts community.
OUR MISSION
To unleash the power of the arts.
OUR VISION
We will build a city of great dreams and vigorous life, where everyone participates in and benefits from the arts.
OUR MESSAGE
We Promote, Support and Advocate for the arts.
We are a nonprofit organization serving the five-county region- Clay, Platte and Jackson in Missouri; Johnson and Wyandotte in Kansas.
Learn more about Arts KC and their opportunities for artists at www.artskc.org/
Artist INC
Artist INC provides cutting-edge training seminars that address the specific daily business needs and challenges artists of all disciplines face. Limited to twenty-five participants per seminar, artists gather for one night a week for eight weeks to learn business skills specific to their art practice and apply those skills cooperatively with their peers. The program is supported and maintained by Mid America Arts Alliance.
Artist INC seminars provide a host of benefits to artists of all disciplines through mentorship opportunities, expert presentations, and peer networks to develop their entrepreneurial skill and strengthen their artistic practice. Artists gain:
– Skills in arts planning, marketing, finance, law, and technology;
– Increased knowledge and the ability to access local and national art business resources;
– Strategic planning for pursuing, marketing and sustaining their art; and a
– Long-term network of cross-discipline, diverse artists to provide peer learning and support into the future.
Artist INC is open to any artist of any discipline, from emerging through established careers. Applicants should communicate how the Artist INC program will support or strengthen their own business practice as well as show promise of participation in their local artist community network. Learn more about the program at www.maaa.org/professional-development/artist-inc
Charlotte Street Foundation
Charlotte Street identifies the needs and fuels the evolution of an ever-changing multidisciplinary arts ecosystem, acting as its primary provocateur. Charlotte Street cultivates the contemporary, the exceptional, and the unexpected in the practice of artists working in and engaging with the Kansas City art community.
Since 1997, Charlotte Street has distributed over $1.1 million in awards and grants to artists and their innovative projects, and connected individual artists to each other and to the greater Kansas City community.
WHAT WE DO
– Provide annual cash awards, project based grants, special commissions and specific travel opportunities to visual and generative performing artists
– Provide free studios and performance and exhibition spaces to theater, dance, music, film/video and visual artists for the creation and presentation of new work
– Facilitate venues and opportunities for public exposure to these exhibitions and performances, and facilitate artistic collaboration and exchange
– Plan and collaborate on behalf of Kansas City artists and the arts community with philanthropic, business and civic leaders
– Engage national philanthropic and cultural leaders with Kansas City artists and the arts community
For more information about Charlotte Street, its awards, programs, and initiatives, visit www.charlottestreet.org.
H&R Block Artspace
Dedicated to artists, art, and ideas since 1999, the Artspace serves the mission of the Kansas City Art Institute as a dynamic teaching museum, engaging students and introducing audiences to important contemporary art and artists.
To enhance and sustain a strong and vibrant regional arts ecology, the Artspace organizes and presents innovative and diverse exhibitions and public programs featuring established and emerging regional, national, and international artists.
Our vision is to contribute value and diversity to the artistic advancement of the city; to create meaningful collaborations that benefit regional artists and audiences; and to foster conversations and engagements that explore innovation, experimentation, knowledge, and create greater cultural understanding.
Learn more at www.kcai.edu/artspace/
KCAI Crossroads Gallery
In 2015, Margaret Silva; alumna, former board member, and longtime supporter of the Kansas City Art Institute, generously gifted 1819 Grand Boulevard, the building that housed Grand Arts for 20 years, to KCAI. The facilities include two galleries, a large cross-disciplinary studio and an artist-in-residence apartment. Renamed KCAI Crossroads Gallery: Center for Contemporary Practice, the space provides an exciting opportunity for the college to be a part of the popular Crossroads Arts District.
We envision programs that expand the academic curriculum by offering students a cooperative and cross-disciplinary learning environment. The site will also be the location for a new KCAI artist-in-residence program. Director Michael Schonhoff will guide the site’s programs, while a faculty group, the Center for Contemporary Practice Committee, will build the curricula for this location.
Learn more about the gallery at https://kcai.edu/crossroads-gallery/
Kansas City Artists Coalition
The Kansas City Artists Coalition was created to change the lives of artists living in Kansas City, Missouri.
On March 5, 1975 a large group of artists gathered in the studio of local artists Philomene Bennett and Lou Marak to address “How the Artist Can Benefit from Centralization.” Overwhelmingly the group felt a self-initiated organization was the only alternative to isolation, elitism, apathy, and ignorance. The ultimate result of that meeting was the incorporation of the Kansas City Artist Coalition in August 1976.
The Kansas City Artists Coalition (KCAC or Artists Coalition) is an artist-centered, artist-run alternative space that presents a variety of exhibitions of contemporary artists’ work in its Mallin Gallery, Jacqueline B. Charno Gallery, the Underground Gallery and the Snap Space Gallery.
Learn more about the coalition at www.kansascityartistscoalition.org/
KCMO Office of Culture and Creative Services
The Office of Culture and Creative Services (OCCS) was established in 2015 to lead cultural development efforts for the City of Kansas City, Missouri. The mission of the Office is to serve Kansas City residents by bolstering and catalyzing arts, culture and creativity and by leveraging the arts as a strategy for economic development, neighborhood revitalization, and cultural vitality for its citizens.
The creation of the office is a direct outcome of Mayor Sly James’ Task Force on the Arts and the convening of arts, civic and business leadership, involved in visioning processes that resulted in a community cultural plan, KCMO Arts Convergence Plan, adopted by the Mayor and City Council in late 2013.
The City will be strategic in preparing for continued cultural growth. Partnerships between the Office of Culture and Creative Services and for-profit and non-profit organizations are vital to the growth and development of the city’s arts sector. Investing time and resources in the arts will:
– Increase jobs in the creative sector
– Strengthen Kansas City’s communities and cultural identity
– Increase access to education and life-long learning in the arts, and
– Promote Kansas City as the heart of America’s Creative Crossroads and a destination for national and international visitors.
Contact
Get in Touch
Charlotte Street Foundation office address:
3333 Wyoming Street
Kansas City, MO 64111
Charlotte Street Foundation office number:
816.221.5115
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