Heartland 5 Glassblowing Demonstration | | Glass artist Nadine Saylor is the next guest artist to lead a free glassblowing demonstration at the Belger Glass Annex on first Friday, May 5, 6-8pm. Her work “Vanilla Pincushion” is in the Heartland 5, exhibition and received “Honorable Mention” recognition. Don’t miss Heartland 5, a juried exhibition of the Midwest region’s finest glass art, now in its final days at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery! Also, check out a new review of the exhibition by Elizabeth Kirsch in KC Studio Magazine.
Heartland 5 includes selected works by: Miguel Alaniz, Shelby Allen, Katie Burkett, Megan Chalifoux, Kate Clements, Brian Corr, Ethan Crawford, Hannah Fine, Robert Flowers, Katie Hogan, Cole Kennedy, Ryan Kepler, Tyler Kimball, Sara Sally LaGrand, Cecilia Labora, Jeremy Lampe, Jessalyn Mailoa, Kayla Ohlmer, Mary Peterson, Nadine Saylor, Evan Seeling, Alison Siegel & Pamela Sabroso, Kat Weltha, Casey Whittier, Nicole Woodard, and Hoseok Youn. This year’s guest jurors were Jessica Jane Julius, Associate Professor and Program Head of Glass at Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University, and Tera Hedrick, Curator at the Wichita Art Museum. | | | | | | | | New at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery | | Randi Bachman a multidisciplinary artist based in Iowa City, IA, is the next Digital Debut artist. Bachman received her BFA in Ceramics from the Kansas City Art Institute and will be working on her MFA at the Cranbrook Academy of Art beginning this fall. Her awards and recognitions include the Ken Ferguson Scholarship, the McKeown Special Project Award, Kansas City Art Institute Mentorship Award, and the Regina Brown Undergraduate Student Fellowship through the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts. Bachman is interested in the authentic expression of experience, clay, fiber, and noise. Her work will be available online and at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery from May 5 to June 30, 2023. | | | | Nikki Fanning is May’s Mug of the Month artist. You may have seen Nikki assisting in the Belger Crane Yard Gallery or providing customer support at Crane Yard Clay. Born in Kansas City, Nikki has a background in fashion design and attended Stephens College Columbia, MO. Nikki finds inspiration in music, movies, pop culture, and the vintage aesthetic. Combining this aesthetic with a fresh perspective, Nikki uses ceramic art to find fun ways to capture emotion in her work. Currently, her focus is on slip casting, special effect glazes, and raku firing techniques. Her vibrant textures and bright colors are evident in her processes. She continues to grow, adding new techniques and mediums to her process. Her mugs are available for purchase online and at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery.
Purchase a Mug of the Month even if you don't have a subscription! This means you can buy a mug by an artist you love when they become available. However, having a monthly subscription reserves your spot to receive a new mug every month before they’re made available to the public. | | | | | Sharif Bey, Star Child Series #1, 2019. Earthenware and mixed media 15 x 13 1⁄2 x 6 inches. Courtesy of the artist and albertz benda, New York and Los Angeles. | Inspired by modernism, functional pottery, Oceanic Art and Art of the African diaspora, Sharif Bey’s works investigate the cultural and political significance of adornment and the symbolic and formal properties of archetypal motifs. Ancestral Vestiges includes vessel-inspired mixed media works, mask-like sculptures, and large-scale power necklaces. These and other works in the exhibition reflect his continued exploration of functional and ritual objects, and the materiality of clay, metal, wood, and glass. This exhibition is on view at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery through August 5, 2023. To schedule a group tour, please call 816-474-7316 or email gallery@belgerarts.org. | | | | Terry Winters is a contemporary American painter and printmaker who is represented in depth in the Belger Collection. A native New Yorker, Winters graduated from Pratt Institute in 1971, focusing on painting. Through the 1970s, while studying nature, especially molecular level life forms, Winters honed his craft as a drawer and a painter until he was ready for his inaugural exhibition in 1982 at the prestigious Sonnabend Gallery. Later that same year he began his first foray into printmaking at Universal Limited Art Editions on Long Island. Winters became one of the leading printmakers in the United States. Over the years, Winters paintings, drawings, and prints have been featured in major retrospectives at the Boston Museum of Fine Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His upcoming exhibition at the Belger Arts Center opens on first Friday March 3 and runs through August 5, 2023. Stay tuned to our website for more information. The exhibition runs through August 5, 2023 at the Belger Arts Center. To schedule a group tour, please call 816-474-7316 or email gallery@belgerarts.org. | | | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 3D Sculpture Tour | | The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art will host a 3D Sculpture Tour on Saturday, May 20, 11 AM- 4 PM. The tour is presented with the exhibition, Alberto Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure. Stops on the tour include the Belger Glass Annex, Belger Crane Yard Studios, The Bunker Center for the Arts, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and Bird Lives! and A Jazz Pantheon. | | | For more information about exhibitions, classes, and programs, please visit our website. |
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