ART EVENTS
In the book Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia, the postmodern philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari describe the artistic production of the schizophrenic as filled to excess and finished only when nothing more can be added.
GIFTED HANDS GALLERY: 99.7 the Boulevard Rock Art Show. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. May 16; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. May 17; noon-5 p.m. May 18.
For Terry Winters and Creighton Michael, the line reigns supreme. Etched and sketched, painted and tinted, dipped, molded and drawn, the line courses through Winters’ prints and Michael’s paintings, drawings and sculptures on display at the Belger Arts Center.
BLOYD ART GLASS STUDIO AND GALLERY: Hand-Blown Glass by Tom Bloyd. Exhibition with guest artists on site for live demonstrations. 6-9 p.m. May 2.
Last Friday Ben Jones ran over his art with a steamroller. Jones used this unconventional technique to press woodblock prints during the Kansas City Art Institute’s recent Beaux Arts celebration, an annual event notorious for creative high jinks.
Bloyd Art Glass Studio and Gallery: 2022 Washington. (816-221-0122) Brookside: 63rd and Brookside. www.brooksidekc.org
You could wax eloquently about Cheryl Toh’s paintings. Or you could just … look at the wax. That’s because the Kansas City painter uses hot wax in her paint to craft her “dreamy” abstracts. “My paintings generate a peaceful calm and happy feelings,” she said. “They’re kind of serene.”
ART ON THE HILL: More than 30 artists display and sell their work, music by the Overtones (11 a.m.-1 p.m.) and children’s make-and-take art area. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. April 26. Free. Located on grounds of two residences: 17606 and 17614 N.E. 134th, Kearney.
Art on the Hill: (816-628-3996; 816-550-3268) Concourse Park: St. John and Benton boulevards. www.chalkwalk.org (816-808-2789; 816-810-8991)
