May First Friday is here!

Subject: May First Friday is here!

May First Friday

Andrew Gilliatt, Mugs, 2021, Colored porcelain with glaze and iron transfers, 4 x 3.75 x 6 in.

Andrew Gilliatt is the next Digital Debut artist! His hotdog, pizza, and egg-covered mugs will be available online and at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery (2011 Tracy Ave., KCMO), starting Friday, May 7 at 10:00 am CST. He also makes a variety of vases, bowls, and tumblers, which you can see and purchase on our website. To learn more about Andrew and his process, visit his bio page.

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Ending Soon

Left to right: Bryan Czibesz & Shawn Spangler, Precis 56, 2020, Porcelain, glaze, overglaze, 9 x 4.5 x 7 in., Precis 50, 2020, Porcelain, glaze, overglaze, 6 x 6 x 12 in., and Precis 17, 2017, Porcelain, glaze, 4.5 x 4.5 x 4 in.

Saturday, May 8, is your last chance to see Bryan Czibez & Shawn Spangler: Object Index. This collaborative exhibition investigates how culture and technology are implicitly tied through the production of ceramic objects. Using hand-forming processes and digital reproduction technologies, Bryan Czibesz and Shawn Spangler recreate historical forms in a contemporary context.

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Tyler Kimball, End Table (detail), 2019, Glass, cold-attached, 18 x 16 x 16 in.

This is the last month to see After Hours: Belger Arts Employee Exhibition at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery (2011 Tracy, Ave., Kansas City, MO 64108). This exhibition showcases the artistic talents of the artists who are members of the Belger Arts staff. While Belger Arts (comprised of Belger Arts Center, Belger Crane Yard Studios, and Crane Yard Clay) is known for its ceramics exhibitions and programs, the artists who work here represent a range of media, including glass, wood, mixed media, and ceramics. The works on view also reflect a diversity of approaches, techniques, and themes. After Hours will remain on view through June 5, 2021.

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Don't Forget!

William Christenberry, (foreground) Sprott Church (Memory), 2005, encaustic on building construction, painted platform with red soil, installation size: 45 x 72 x 60 in.; (background) Grave II (detail), 1963, oil on canvas, 90 x 123 in. Both courtesy of the John and Maxine Belger Family Foundation.

In addition to Belger Crane Yard Gallery, add Belger Arts Center to your First Friday adventure. William Christenberry: Tracing Time at Belger Arts Center (2100 Walnut St., KCMO) has been extended through Friday, July 2. The exhibition offers an examination of art icon William Christenberry's relationship to Hale County, Alabama where he spent his summers as a child, its influence on his conceptual approach and artistic vision, and the psychology of place and memory. The exhibition includes photographs, drawings, paintings, and sculptures from the Belger Collection, some never before seen in Kansas City. Please call 816-474-3250 or email us to schedule your visit or group tour.

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