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| Asilia Guillen (Nicaragua, b.1887, d.1964), Heroes and Artists Come to the Pan American Union To Be Consecrated, 1962
oil on canvas mounted on cardboard, 20” x 24", Collection OAS Art Museum of the Americas, Gift of Jose Gomez-Sicre
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Exhibition Celebrates Artists from the "Other" Americas
PUBLIC RECEPTION
THURSDAY, APRIL 14
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Belger Arts Center
2100 Walnut
Kansas City, MO 64108
816-474-3250
www.belgerartscenter.org
For more information contact:
Kelly Seward, Marketing Manager
kseward@belger.net
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Kansas City, MO—Licia Clifton-James, wife of Kansas City Mayor Sly James, is cutting her curatorial teeth on a new exhibition at the Belger Arts Center. Her selection of 20th century American paintings, photographs, and works on paper; however, doesn’t include a single work of art by a United States citizen.
The Belger Arts Center is proud to present Art of the Americas, curated by Clifton-James, Vice President and Board Member of the Pan American Association of Kansas City and doctoral student in Art History at the University of Missouri – Kansas City. The exhibition includes works from 27 of the 35 countries represented in the Organization of American States. Clifton-James’ goal is to encourage cultural knowledge about our neighbors in the Western Hemisphere while establishing Kansas City as the cross-cultural hub of the heartland.
Presented in partnership with the Pan American Association of Kansas City, the exhibition includes works from the Organization of American States’ Art Museum of the Americas. The selected works reflect the rich diversity of artistic expression found North, Central, and South America and provide an overview of stylistic and iconographic trends beginning in the early 20th Century. Because the exhibition is a celebration of the “other” countries of the Americas, no works by United States artists are included.
According to Clifton-James, “It is my hope that by viewing these works of art representing various peoples and cultures, that we will see the uniqueness and beauty of each culture and realize there is a large hemisphere connected to us, worthy of our acknowledgement, collaboration, and respect.”
Art of the Americas runs April 8th – August 6th. The exhibition’s opening reception coincides with the national Pan American Day on April 14th.
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| About Belger Arts Center:
Since 2000, the Belger Arts Center has encouraged viewers to explore, question, and deepen their understanding of art and of the world around them. Drawing upon the extensive John and Maxine Belger Family Foundation collection as well as a rich variety of local, national, and international artists, the Belger Arts Center has staged over 70 large-scale exhibitions that represent some of the best in contemporary art.
In 2013, Richard and Evelyn Craft Belger expanded the Foundation's commitment to the creative process by opening Belger Crane Yard Studios, a facility dedicated to providing studio and exhibition space for artists working in a variety of media. A range of programming in ceramics education, in addition to a recognized artist residency program, has made the Belger a center for contemporary ceramics.
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| Asilia Guillen (Nicaragua, b.1887, d.1964), Heroes and Artists Come to the Pan American Union To Be Consecrated, 1962, oil on canvas mounted on cardboard, 20” x 24", Collection OAS Art Museum of the Americas,Gift of Jose Gomez-Sicre |
| | Homenaje a Orlando, (Chile, b.1916, d.1990), Belisario Contreras, 1977, oil, enamel, and paper on formica, 83.5" x 41.75", Collection OAS Art Museum of the Americas, Gift of Marta Contreras |
| | Celeste Woss y Gil (Dominican Republic, b.1890, d.1985), El Vendedor de Andullo, 1938, oil on canvas, 50” x 34", Collection OAS Art Museum of the Americas, Gift of IBM |
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