Kansas City: Alive with art
Art is sparking a renaissance in KC
Kansas City is alive with art, music, theater, professional sports, eclectic local attractions and international events. The Crossroads Arts District in downtown Kansas City has energized the city and garnered national recognition for Kansas City as a center for the visual and performing arts. The Kansas City Art Institute, located in a historic arts district, is bracketed by two world-class art museums: the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Collections in both museums provide inspiration and historical context for KCAI students, who have only to walk across the street to view exhibitions or benefit from behind-the-scenes tours and talks with curators.
Parks, theaters, jazz clubs, coffeehouses and a dazzling array of shops and restaurants are abundant and close to the KCAI campus. Take your board to one of the local skate parks, hit one of the First Friday gallery crawls or hang out on the Country Club Plaza, or in Westport, or Crown Center, or at one of the many nearby foundaints for a game of chess or to take in some innovative street music.
Crossroads Arts District
The Crossroads Arts District lures thousands of gallery-goers on the "First Friday" of every month.
In 2006, Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine rated Kansas City in the top 10 among its list of "50 Smart Places to Live." Important to the ranking was its assessment of the area's local arts scene.
Below are links to Web sites with more information about all there is to see and do in Kansas City, a metropolitan area of nearly 2 million people.
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Convention and Visitors Association
Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City
18th and Vine Historic District
Kansas City Royals baseball team
