| | Eleanor Foy, The Object, 2022. Ceramic, steel, electrical components, found plastic, 9.75 x 12 x 4 in. Courtesy of the artist. | The Belger Arts annual resident exhibition, Groundwork, opens Friday, June 3 at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery (2011 Tracy Avenue., KCMO 64108). The opening reception is from 6 to 8 pm, with artist remarks at 6:30 pm. Groundwork includes work by current Artists in Residence: Summer Brooks, Elaine Buss, Eleanor Foy, Sun Young Park, Adams Puryear, and Nicole Woodard. For the six artists, the past year has been one of processing and navigating uncertainty, while persistently evolving, creatively thriving, and laying the “groundwork” for what’s to come. The exhibition remains on view through September 3, 2022. | | | | Sarah Gross, Consumption, 2019. Slip-cast ceramics, 58 x 417 x 1.75 in. | Also, opening first Friday, June 3 at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery is Imprint, a two-person exhibition featuring ceramic works by Sarah Gross and fiber works by Mary Anne Jordan. Sarah Gross uses pattern and repetition to build complexity and engage the viewer’s eye. Her imprint is evident in the labor-intensive surface decoration of her vessels and in her installation titled Consumption, a 36-foot-long carpet of red-glazed ceramic tiles. Mary Anne Jordan uses nontraditional quilting processes to create hand-dyed, quilted, and stitched works. Creating pattern using bold colors and intensive hand-stitching, she allows her dyes to run and smear to reveal the artist’s imprint and a humanness to the work. The exhibition is on view through August 6, 2022. | | | First Friday Glassblowing Demo | | Join us at the Belger Glass Annex (1219. East 19th St.) this First Friday, June 3 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm for a free glassblowing demonstration led by Robert Flowers. Watch as a team of glassblowers heat and shape hot glass into a work of art. This demonstration is an open-house-style event, so pop in for a little while or stay the entire time! | | | | June Mug of the Month featured artist is Bill Jones, a current resident at Red Lodge Clay Center in Montana. He likens his stoneware mugs to drawings. They carry his thoughts, feelings and memories. They are available online and in the Belger Crane Yard Gallery. Learn more about Bill Jones by visiting his artist page.
A Mug of the Month subscription is not required. However, a monthly subscription reserves your spot before they go on sale to the public. If you missed a month, shop online or come by the Gallery to see if mugs by previously featured artists are still available. | | | | | Robert Stackhouse, Red Flyer, 1999, watercolor, 60 x 126 in. Photo Courtesy of the Belger Collection. | Passages includes more than 30 sculptures, prints, paintings, and drawings by contemporary art icon Robert Stackhouse, all from the Belger Collection.
His two-dimensional artwork often documents large-scale outdoor sculptures that were created with his students and volunteers. Many of them were of a scale where visitors could enter and pass through the installations. Often A-frame wooden structures, the sculptures were literal passageways through art. Frequent imagery in Stackhouse’s output includes boats and ships (reflecting earthly and spiritual passages) and snakes (symbolic of regeneration and death). This exhibition continues through August 6, 2022. | | | | Sharif Bey, Nazarite, 2020. Earthenware and mixed media, 15 x 11 in. Courtesy of Albertz Benda and Sharif Bey. | New Arrivals includes recent additions to the Belger Collection by local, national, and international artists and builds on the Collection’s educational focus and support of contemporary artists. Most of the sculptural and functional works were created in the last three years by emerging and established artists, with ceramics as the predominant medium. The exhibition continues through August 6, 2022. | | | | Don't miss your chance to see and purchase Stephen Creech's Digital Debut work. Creech’s unconventional techniques and experimental exploration of materials and processes result in multi-layered surfaces and unique glazes that reflect his fascination with the cosmos and other dimensions. Shop online or visit the Belger Crane Yard Gallery to view his newest artworks. | | |
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