Contact us

For more information, feel free to contact us.

General phone number: 816-802-3333

Business hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday

Classes offered daytime, evening and weekends.

Tabitha Schmidt, director of the School for Continuing and Professional Studies
816-802-3445
tschmidt@kcai.edu 

  • Department oversight
  • Community outreach
  • Dual credit
  • Pre-College Art Lab (three-week residency for high school students)
  • Art educators programming including Educator’s Art Lab (one-week residency for art educators), graduate level classes and workshops
  • Professional development opportunities, including corporate teambuilding and creativity workshops
  • Certificate program for graphic design and multimedia studies 

Mary Dwyer, assistant director, main campus
816-802-3449
mdwyer@kcai.edu

 Youth and family programming

  • Course development
  • Instructor management
  • Supplies

High school programming

  • Instructor management and hiring
  • Supplies
  • Pre-College ArtLab Weekend Intensive
  • Summer intensives
  • Classes

Youth Fine Arts Certificate

Ruth Kartman,coordinator, main campus
816-802-3505
rkartman@kcai.edu  

  • Database/mailings
  • Grades
  • Main campus room scheduling and access cards
  • Inquiries
  • Support for dual credit, Educator's ArtLab, graduate level classes, Pre-College ArtLab and for-credit certificate classes

Jennifer Johnson, assistant director, North campus
816-802-3489
jljohnson@kcai.edu 

  • Marketing/communications
  • Public presentations
  • Community outreach
  • Special events
  • CPS instructor exhibition
  • North campus business operations

Leila Hybl, program specialist, adult studies
816-802-3487
lhybl@kcai.edu

Adult studies programming

  • Course development
  • Instructor management and hiring
  • Supplies
  • One-Day Seminars
  • Classes
  • Workshops
  • Fine Arts Certificate
  •  Student Exhibition

Leslie Burgess, coordinator, North campus
816-802-3488
lburgess@kcai.edu

  • Enrollments
  • Class go/no go
  • Refunds
  • North campus room scheduling and access cards
  • Inquiries
  • Support for adult studies, youth and family, high school intensives and classes

Kelsey Pike, assistant, North campus
816-802-3524
kpike@kcai.edu

Meghan Denney, assistant, main campus
816-802-3428
mdenney@kcai.edu

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