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Today is the last day to view the Arboretum Sculpture Exhibition, an installation of sculptural work by sophomore sculpture students at the Overland Park Arboretum, 8909 W. 179 St., Overland Park, Kan. Students were challenged to create ephemeral works of art that would complement the installation sites’ surroundings and change with nature over the months leading up to October. Materials incorporated into the works include hay, rocks, dyed cloth, wood and vinyl. The work can be seen along the Cottonwood Trail, West Trail and in the Prairie. Students with work on view include William Bradley, Benjamin Bradshaw, Charles Cintron, Oliver Clark, Kimberly Davidson, Rebekka Federle, Kirsten Holt, Elizabeth Howe, Lauren Lanza, Nicholas Missel, Maxwell Newman, Laura Valle, Erin Van Jura, Zachary Voss and Wyatt Wood. The arboretum is open from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Sunday and admission is free. For more information, contact Julie Bilyea, recreation supervisor for the City of Overland Park, at 913-344-8656.

ArtSounds: Christina Vantzou and Verdana Valley Mini Chamber Orchestra
7:30 p.m.
Epperson Auditorium, Vanderslice Hall

For more information, visit www.kcai.edu/artsounds.

Current Perspectives lecture series: Saul Becker
7 p.m.
Epperson Auditorium, Vanderslice Hall

Co-sponsored by the Kansas City Artists Coalition
Saul Becker is a painter and sculptor based in Washington. His work is focused on landscape painting and its implications in contemporary attitudes toward the reception and defining of nature. For more information, visit www.kcai.edu/currentperspectives.

“2012 Charlotte Street Foundation Visual Artist Awards” opening reception
6 to 8 p.m.
H&R Block Artspace at KCAI, 16 E. 43 St.

“2012 Charlotte Street Foundation Visual Artist Awards” features new work by 2012 CSF fellows Anne Austin Pearce (attended), Marcus Cain (’98 painting) and Luke Rocha (attended). Since 1997, the Charlotte Street Foundation has recognized and provided support for visual artists in Kansas City and has helped fund projects for 77 artists through its fellowship program. The exhibition will be on view from Oct. 13 through Dec. 12. For more information about the Charlotte Street Foundation Fellowship, visit www.charlottestreet.org/initiatives/visual. For more information about the exhibition, call 816-561-5563 or visit www.kcai.edu/artspace.

Pictured: “Pulse,” Marcus Cain, 2012, acrylic, ink, latex, spray paint and watercolor on wood panel. Image courtesy of E.G. Schempf.

Parents Day at KCAI

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak Street, Kansas City, Mo. (directly east of the KCAI campus)

8:30 a.m. Check-in and continental breakfast - Atkins Auditorium, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak Street

9 a.m. Welcome and liberal arts presentation; art history and creative writing presentation

KCAI Campus, 4415 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, Mo. (directly west of the Nelson-Atkins Museum)

10:15 to 11 a.m. AND 11:15 a.m. to noon

Department visits. Choose any of the following:

• Foundation studio
• Animation studio
• Ceramics studio
• Digital filmmaking studio
• Fiber studio
• Graphic design studio
• Illustration studio
• Painting studio
• Photography studio
• Printmaking studio
• Sculpture studio
• Study-abroad program
• Community Arts and Service Learning certificate program

Current Perspectives lecture series: Julie Beeler
7 p.m.
Epperson Auditorium, Vanderslice Hall

Co-sponsored by the graphic design department at KCAI
Julie Beeler is the co-founder and managing director of Second Story Interactive Studios, with a background in visual design, art history and liberal arts. Beeler leads the studio in shaping unique, innovative, interactive experiences that pique curiosity, spur discovery and inspire audiences. For more information, visit www.kcai.edu/currentperspectives.

Pictured: Interactive tables at the National WWI Museum in Kansas City, designed by Second Story.

Current Perspectives lecture series: Nick Van Woert
7 p.m.
Epperson Auditorium, Vanderslice Hall

Co-sponsored by The School of the Foundation Year at KCAI
Nick Van Woert’s work draws on the tools and rituals developed throughout Western civilization. It simultaneously criticizes and surrenders to the built environment and our tendency toward territorial and material expansion. Common materials are imbued with meaning through our daily relationship to them outside the context of art. For more information, visit www.kcai.edu/currentperspectives.

National Portfolio Day will take place today on the KCAI campus.The schedule:

9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. - Student registration, Vanderslice Hall

9:30 a.m. - Tours of the KCAI campus

10:45 to 11:15 a.m. - Welcome remarks and information session at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church (4501 Warwick Blvd.)

Noon to 4 p.m. - Portfolio reviews, throughout the KCAI campus

Schools that will be represented on campus during National Portfolio Day include:

• The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University
• California College of the Arts 
• Columbus College of Art & Design 
• Corcoran College of Art + Design 
• Cornish College of the Arts 
• Delaware College of Art and Design 
• École Parsons à Paris 
• Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising 
• Herron School of Art + Design 
• Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University
• Lawrence Technological University 
• MICA: Maryland Institute College of Art 
• Massachusetts College of Art and Design 
• Memphis College of Art 
• Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design 
• MCAD: Minneapolis College of Art and Design 
• Moore College of Art & Design 
• Oregon College of Art & Design 
• Otis College of Art and Design 
• Pacific Northwest College of Art  
• Parsons The New School For Design 
  
• Ringling College of Art + Design 
• Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design 
• San Francisco Art Institute 
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago 
• School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 
• The University of Central Missouri 
• The University of Kansas - Departments of Visual Art and Design 
  
• Washington University College of Art in St. Louis 
• Watkins College of Art, Design & Film