New Next Week: Meet Momoko Usami + Free Glassblowing Demo + More!

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Subject: New Next Week: Meet Momoko Usami + Free Glassblowing Demo + More!

Meet Momoko Usami at the

Belger Crane Yard Gallery

Left: Momoko Usami. Image courtesy of the artist. Right: Momoko Usami, Medicine Box (Sheep), 2024. Cone 6 Porcelain, mirror bend, and copper. Photo by Belger Arts.

Free First Friday Reception - September 6, 2024, 6 to 8 pm;

Artist remarks at 6:30 pm

Belger Crane Yard Gallery, 2011 Tracy Ave., KCMO

Meet the artist and explore her creations up close!

Many of Momoko Usami’s ceramic artworks are interactive, inviting the viewer to scroll, slide, or open them to reveal a new aspect or perspective. She states, “My role as an artist is to enrich a person’s everyday life by being able to touch and feel my work, and by discovering fresh views through it.”

Usami received a BFA and MFA from Kyoto City University of Art in Kyoto, Japan. She currently works out of her personal studio in rural Missouri near Kansas City where she teaches small art classes for the community.

Usami’s work is available for purchase online and at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery through September 28, 2024.

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Free Glassblowing Demo at the Belger Glass Annex

Katie Hogan (left) with Emily Potter (right), the newest member of the Belger Glass Annex team. Photo by Belger Arts.

Glassblowing demonstration - September 6, 6 to 8 pm

Belger Glass Annex, 1219 E. 19th St., KCMO

First Friday glassblowing demos are back! Watch the Belger Glass Annex team make a molten glass masterpiece! A new work of art is created every First Friday. This is a free event with plenty of free parking.

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New Mug of the Month

Our September Mug of the Month artist Joseph Rincones thinks of clay as a poetic material that ". . . possesses the ability to look soft but be extremely hard, or look hard yet feel extremely soft.” His elegant mugs, reminiscent of tufted fabrics, exemplify this phenomenon.

Rincones was born and raised in Southeast Kansas where he was introduced to clay at Garden City Community College. He has since received a BFA in ceramics from Wichita State University. He continues to live and work in Wichita where he is an active member of the ceramics community, teaching classes at Derby Rec Center and City Arts.

Purchase his mugs online or at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery from September 1 through September 30.

August 31 is the last day to enjoy 20% off the purchase of mugs made by the following previous Mug of the Month artists: Dehmie Dehmlow, Huey Lee, Paul Maloney, Kacey Ziegler, and the artist collaborative Alexander Krohn, Paul Mallory & Kat Ramsey. Treat yourself to a handmade mug or get an early start on your holiday shopping.

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