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First Friday gallery guide for Nov. 2

Empty Bowls art show and auction benefits Harvesters.
Empty Bowls art show and auction benefits Harvesters. File photo

Here’s a guide to what’s happening at art galleries across downtown Kansas City this First Friday weekend.

18th and Vine Jazz District

What: First Friday with music, art, food and more. 4-9 p.m. Nov. 2.

Info: American Jazz Museum, 1616 E. 18th. americanjazzmuseum.org, 816-474-8463

ArtsTech

What: Empty Bowls art show and auction. Benefits Harvesters. 6-9 p.m. Nov. 2.

Info: 1522 Holmes. emptybowlkc.com. $25-$30.

Beggars Table Church and Gallery

What: “The Sea is Not Full” by Olivia Moore. First Friday, 6-9 p.m. Nov. 2.

Info: 2010 Baltimore. beggarstable.com

Belger Crane Yard Studios

What: “Gypsy Hymns” by Bede Clarke. Through Dec. 15.

Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday.

Info: 2011 Tracy. craneyardstudios.org, 816-474-7316

Beth Ingram Administration Building

What: Lyric Opera of Kansas City First Friday. Theme will be “Puccini Power.” 5-8 p.m. Nov. 2.

Info: 1725 Holmes. kcopera.org, 816-471-7344

Box Gallery

What: “Ekphrasis.” Opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Nov. 2; runs through Jan. 25.

Gallery hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Info: Commerce Bank Building, 1000 Walnut, Suite 211. theboxgallery.org, 816-760-7885

Bredin-Lee Gallery

What: Artists from 323CLAY. 5-10 p.m. Nov. 2.

Info: 1729 McGee. facebook.com/bredin-lee-gallery-982484361893045, 816-254-7552

Buttonwood Art Space

What: “Visions of the Flint Hills.” Through Nov. 16.

Gallery hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Info: 3013 Main. buttonwoodartspace.com, 816-285-9040

Cerbera Gallery

What: “Binger’s Return” by Tom Binger. Opening reception, 6-9 p.m. Nov. 2; runs Dec. 9.

Gallery hours: 1-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday.

Info: 2011 Baltimore. cerberagallery.com

City Market

What: Be Part of the Art. 6-10 p.m. Nov. 2.

Info: 205 W. Fifth. thecitymarket.org, 816-842-1271

Haw Contemporary Crossroads

What: “One Hundred Seventy-Three” by Lisa Grossman. Opening reception, 6-9 p.m. Nov. 2; runs through Dec. 1.

Gallery hours: Noon-6 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday.

Info: 15 W. 19th. hawcontemporary.com, 816-715-4838

Haw Contemporary Stockyards

What: “Broken-riddle piece” by Anne Lindberg and Ginny Threefoot, “Interrupted Flow” by Shane Lutzk and “Tornado Warning” by Hong Chun Zhang. Through Nov. 7

Gallery hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. Saturday.

Info: 1600 Liberty. hawcontemporary.com, 816-842-5877

Hilliard Gallery

What: “Drawing on the Infinitive” by Ron Fondaw. Through Nov. 26.

Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, noon-4 p.m. Saturday.

Info: 1820 McGee. hilliardgallery.com, 816-561-2956

H&R Block Artspace

What: “For Freedoms: 50 State Initiative” (through Nov. 6), Charlotte Street Foundation Visual Artist Awards exhibition (through Dec. 15), “Commonspace” (through Dec. 18).

Gallery hours: Noon-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.

Info: Kansas City Art Institute, 16 E. 43rd. kcai.edu/artspace, 816-561-5563

Jones Gallery

What: KC Society for Contemporary Photographic Artists Group Show. Runs Nov. 1-30: First Friday show, 6-9 p.m. Nov. 2.

Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Thursday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday.

Info: 1717 Walnut. 816-421-2111

KCAI Crossroads Gallery

What: “Province of the Surreal.” Through Dec. 8.

Gallery hours: 6-8 p.m. First Friday, noon-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday.

Info: 1819 Grand. kcai.edu/crossroads-gallery, 816-914-5394

La Esquina

What: “Mirror Eupepsia” by Julia Chams, Haper Hair and Sepideh Majidi. Through Dec. 1.

Gallery hours: Noon-5 p.m Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday.

Info: 1000 W. 25th. charlottestreet.org, 816-221-5115

Leedy-Voulkos Art Center

What: “Cultural Legacy: What’s Going On?” group show. Through Dec. 1.

Gallery hours: 6-9 p.m. First Friday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.

Info: 2012 Baltimore. leedy-voulkos.com, 816-474-1919

Mid-America Arts Alliance

What: “Small Wonders: Insects in Focus.” ExhibitsUSA touring exhibition. 6-8 p.m. Nov. 2.

Info: 2018 Baltimore. maaa.org, 816-421-1388

Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art

What: “Remnants” by Tom Jones, “Winter Light” by Douglass Freed, “Dreams and Other Things” by Gloria Baker Feinstein. Opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Nov. 1; First Friday, 7-9 p.m. Nov. 2; run through Jan. 19.

Gallery hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.

Info: 2004 Baltimore. sherryleedy.com, 816-221-2626

Studios.gallery

What: “Conceptual views” group show. Through Nov. 20.

Gallery hours: 5-9 p.m. First Friday, 10 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, noon-4 p.m. Saturday.

Info: 1708 Campbell. studios.gallery, 816-994-7134

Travois

What: “Keìyah (Land)” by Dakota Mace. 6-8 p.m. Nov. 2.

Info: 310 W. 19th Terrace. travois.com/news-events/first-fridays, 816-994-8970

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