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Submitted by Linda Koschmann from Kansas City, MO
Q: The Buttonwood Art Space at 3013 Main Street features different local artists approximately every 2-3 months. When we have our open house for each artist we would like to be listed in the Sunday Arts Calendar for that week. We also need a contact to send our press releases to. Who would be the best people to contact?
Answered 05/23/06 18:12:42 by Alice Thorson
A: Send calendar info as text e-mail (no attachments) to cibarra@kcstar.com
Submitted by scott from overlandpark ks
Q: ms alice i am having my frist art opening can /dose the star have a free event site. are there other area that will help romote my art work, this opnning. scott
Answered 05/22/06 19:04:27 by Alice Thorson
A: Send items for free calendar listings as text emails (no attachments) to cibarra@kcstar.com
Submitted by Art Exhibit from Kansas City, MO
Q: I have an art exhibit that I'm looking to list in the KC Star weekly arts, what's happening section. I'll need to submit on a weekly basis due to various workshops that will be running throughout the month. Who do I submit that to?
Answered 05/22/06 19:02:13 by Alice Thorson
A: Send calendar items as text e-mails (no attachments) to cibarra@kcstar.com
Submitted by Susie from Holden
Q: There is a program here in Kansas City called "1st Fri". How can I find out more about it?
Answered 05/22/06 18:58:45 by Alice Thorson
A: Go to http://www.crossroadscommunityassociation.org/ and click on First Fridays for a map of the district and details about the monthly event.
Submitted by Rolland from Joplin, Mo
Q: Alicd: We live in Joplin and would like to know the hours and days that the Nelson Atkins Art Museum is open and if one of the days is a "free"day.
Answered 03/27/06 15:00:50 by Alice Thorson
A: The Nelson-Atkins is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Mondays. Admission is free every day.
Submitted by Sasha McInnes from Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Q: Dear Ms Thorson,
I understand that there was an article during May of last year about Picasso and Peruvian art. I can't, however, find it on your website.
I hesitate to bother you, however, if you have time would you be so kind as to send me the link? Thank you so much in advance for your trouble.
Answered 03/27/06 14:59:40 by Alice Thorson
A: That article, by Theresa Bembnister, ran in the Sunday Arts section on May 29, 2005. It was about an exhibit of Peruvian textiles from the Fifi White collection at the Gallery of Art, Johnson County Community College. It's no longer on our website, but if you'll send me an email, I can email you the article. athorson@kcstar.com
Submitted by Tom Zart from Lenexa Kansas
Q: Katrina hit like a atom bom
Consuming the helpless in her path.
The waters of the deep surged forth
Flooding everything with their wrath.
The evil took advantage of absence of law
While the brave risked their lives for others.
The best and the worst were seen by man
Though many became like brothers.
May heaven show mercy apon the lost
Never to love, laugh, hate or sin.
God bless every man, woman and child
Whom we may never hold again.
By Tom Zart
The Westport POET
Author of Love War And More
Why never a story about me?
I've been on radio over a 1,000 times 5 years
every week on KCMO am and KMBZ am and many more.
Answered 02/08/06 20:17:08 by Alice Thorson
A: I cover the visual arts. Our books editor, John Mark Eberhart, covers poets.
Submitted by Anonymous from Columbia, SC
Q: Are you the same Alice Thorson that wrote "AfriCobra--Then and Now: An Interview with Jeff Donaldson" New Art Examiner 17:7 (March 1990): pp. 26-31?
Answered 02/08/06 20:15:38 by Alice Thorson
A: Yes.
Submitted by Anonymous from No location specified
Q: During the year 2005 there was a pictorial article about someone donating a Birger Sandzen lithograph to the Nelson, but I am unable to find it in the archives. Is it possible for you to find that article for me? Thank you for your time.
Answered 02/01/06 21:09:46 by Alice Thorson
A: I checked the Star's archives and talked to Scott Stuart in the marketing and communications department at the Nelson and we're not finding anything.
The last print by Sandzen to enter the museum's collection was in 1995. A Sandzen painting, "Long's Peak Colorado," acquired by the Nelson in 1938, was included in the museum's "Bingham to Benton" show last year.
The Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery in Lindsborg, Kansas, 785/227-2220, might have information about a recently donated lithograph.
Submitted by Joy Biernacki, Monte from San Diego, CA
Q: Hello. I am the Copyright Coordinator at Montezuma Publishing, a not-for-profit course reader service at San Diego State University. One of our art professors would like to use an article you wrote in her course reader this upcoming Spring semester, and this forum was the only way I could find to contact you. The reader will be sold in the SDSU Bookstore; proper acknowledgment of title, copyright owner and date will be given for all work reprinted with permission. The article we are requesting permission to use is "Conversation with a Peruvian Master: Fernando de Szyszlo" from Latin American Art (Winter 1990). I look forward to your reply.
Answered 02/01/06 20:21:26 by Alice Thorson
A: I believe Latin American Art stopped publishing a good while back. If the writer's permission is sufficient in this case, it is fine with me for you to reprint the article. If you have further questions you can reach me by e-mail at athorson@kcstar.com
Submitted by harles Sylvester from Independence Missouri
Q: Dear Sirs: I am the father of Nancy Huffman. She is story teller for the library of Mid Continent. She has story sessions regularly in schools and libraries. Some of these story sessions are being recorded by your paper. I would like to know if I could get some of the pictures that the paper has taken. I will be glad to pay for them. She has a twelve month schedual of stories.Thank you. Chuck Sylvester
Answered 02/01/06 20:12:07 by Alice Thorson
A: Call the Star's photo reprints number, 816/234-4636, and say "operator."
Submitted by Laianna Marie from Liberty MO
Q: Dear Alice,
I am a disabled person living in Liberty Missouri, but have been given a unique knack for art. I design my apartment, paint, and make interesting and provoking pieces all the time. I've come to the point in my personal life that I am ready to share my creativity with others, but I do not know where to start. Please give me some suggestions.
Answered 02/01/06 20:08:31 by Alice Thorson
A: The Kansas City Artists Coalition would be a good place to start. Their website www.kansascityartistscoalition.org has details about their programs and opportunities for artists.
Submitted by Walter Schoemaker from Topeka, Kansas
Q: Dear Ms. Thorson,
Sometime within the last two years, my wife and I attended an exhibit at the Topeka Public Library. We enjoyed the work of Philemina Bennett. We are currently interested in purchasing some art for our home and having difficulty finding Ms. Bennett's work.
Have you heard of Ms. Bennett or do you know where I can see more of her work? Thank you for your time.
Yours truly,
Walter Schoemaker
Answered 05/31/05 18:47:56 by Alice Thorson
A: Philomene Bennett is represented by the Hallar Gallery in Kansas City, at 4540 Main St., just off the Plaza. The contact person there is Robin Hallar (816)561-5339, who says they have a large inventory of Philomene's work at the gallery, including several new pieces the artist just dropped off.
The gallery also told me that Philomene and her husband, Lou Marak, will have a show at Hallar in November. Hope you find some beautiful work for your home.
Submitted by Anonymous from Kansas City, KS
Q: Do you ever review online installations or artists who display/market their work primarily online?
Thanks
Answered 05/31/05 18:40:17 by Alice Thorson
A: Very rarely, mainly because there is so much to cover in the galleries and museums. Once in a while I've done stories or items on specific online projects, and when online art is included in an exhibition, like the recent "Calls to Ecstacy from the Edge of Oblivion at Grand Arts," it gets covered along with everything else.
Submitted by Amanda from Kansas City, MO.
Q: I was wondering if it would be possible to submit some poetry to the site. I am an unpublished poet looking to get a foot in the door. I appreciate your time in reading thing.
Amanda
Answered 05/31/05 18:35:08 by Alice Thorson
A: Get in touch with our books editor, John Mark Eberhart at jeberhart@kcstar.com
Submitted by Tracy Abeln from KC, Mo.
Q: In forming art reviews, why do you and many other reviewers, it seems, avoid interviews with the artists or direct quotations from them about their work? It seems that an "artist statement" is one thing, and that a writer can get (and often does) a lot of information from the marketing/gallery director, but misses an important element by not speaking with the artist directly. Is this a convention, tradition or preference?
Thank you for your time.
Answered 05/31/05 18:34:03 by Alice Thorson
A: Tracy, I'm not sure where you got the impression that we don't speak to artists. I frequently interview artists when I'm writing about their work as does our regular freelancer, Theresa Bembnister. Sometimes we will quote from written statements if an individual expresses him or herself more cogently in print than verbally, but generally, if an artist is available and we're doing more than a quick blurb or advance, we'll talk to the artist directly. Alice
Submitted by Barbara Briggie-Smit from DM, Iowa
Q: Do you also wear the hat of arts editor for the Kansas City Star? If not, could you tell me who does? We would like to send a press kit for an upcoming exhibition at the Des Moines Arts Center. Name and address would be most appreciated. Thank you.
Answered 05/31/05 18:30:08 by Alice Thorson
A: You can send press kits to me (Alice Thorson, art critic) and to Carol Powers, arts and entertainment editor at: The Kansas City Star, 1729 Grand Blvd., KCMO 64108
Submitted by Anonymous from Knasas City, MO
Q: I have been hearing about an "Art Walk" held downtown (?) each month. Where can I obtain the particulars on that event?
Answered 10/22/04 20:06:42 by Alice Thorson
A: You must be referring to the Urban Culture Project openings held downtown on the third Friday of every month.The art exhibits are presented in vacant downtown storefronts, and the openings, which are free and open to the public, often include performances and live music. For information, call(816)221-5115 or send e-mail to info@CharlotteStreet.org and you'll be put on the e-mail list for regular updates on projects and events.
