The KCAI end-of-semester exhibition and sale of student work takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. today on the KCAI campus, 4415 Warwick Blvd., and continues from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 8, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 9.

"Trade Show," an exhibition of work by soon-to-be Kansas City Art Institute graduates Sara Cramer, John Hilger, Aly Parrott and Sean Starowitz, will open with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 7.

The student artists describe the show: "Over the three weeks occupying the gallery, the collaborators will facilitate alternate systems of exchange through barter. Objects made from repurposed materials will be offered for appraisal by visitors who will then determine a comparable trade. Dialogue between the artist and the audience is integral, and the hope is that the trade process will provide an item for the visitor that will prove meaningful and functional in their everyday lives. The artists, while not looking for any specific item or service from traders, are seeking an active kind of engagement in which the person or group they are trading with will attempt to quantify the value of what is being offered to them. This bartering process allows an interaction not facilitated by monetary systems in which value is predetermined by producers."

Deadman Flats, a bluegrass band from Lawrence, traded with the students to play the opening and closing nights of the show. In exchange for this acoustic performance, they refurbished the inside of the band's tour bus. The bus will be on view during both performances.
 

The KCAI end-of-semester exhibition and sale of student work continues from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today on the KCAI campus, 4415 Warwick Blvd., and also from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 9.

The KCAI end-of-semester exhibition and sale of student work continues from noon to 5 p.m. today on the KCAI campus, 4415 Warwick Blvd.

Noon to 1 p.m.

H&R Block Arstpace
16 E. 43rd St.

Art history and creative wriitng students will read from "Compendium 2010," an anthology of the writings and images.

A closing reception for the Annual B.F.A. Exhibition will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at the H&R Block Artspace, 16 E. 43rd St.

"Trade Show," an exhibition of work by soon-to-be Kansas City Art Institute graduates Sara Cramer, John Hilger, Aly Parrott and Sean Starowitz, will be on view from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 14.

The student artists describe the show: "Over the three weeks occupying the gallery, the collaborators will facilitate alternate systems of exchange through barter. Objects made from repurposed materials will be offered for appraisal by visitors who will then determine a comparable trade. Dialogue between the artist and the audience is integral, and the hope is that the trade process will provide an item for the visitor that will prove meaningful and functional in their everyday lives. The artists, while not looking for any specific item or service from traders, are seeking an active kind of engagement in which the person or group they are trading with will attempt to quantify the value of what is being offered to them. This bartering process allows an interaction not facilitated by monetary systems in which value is predetermined by producers."

Today is the last day to see the Annual B.F.A. Exhibition at the H&R Block Artspace, 16 E. 43rd St.

Today is the last day to see the Northland Alumni Exhibition at KCAI's Northland Campus for Special Programs, 1801 N.W. Platte Road #275, Riverside, Mo.

Commencement exercises take place at 2 p.m. today at Unity Temple, 707 W. 47th St., on the Country Club Plaza. Artist Kerry James Marshall will be the commencement speaker, and honorary doctorate of fine arts degrees will be presented to Marc Wilson, director of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and, posthumously, to Robert Rauschenberg, who studied fashion design at KCAI from 1947-48. Rauschenberg's sister and nephew, Janet and Rick Begneaud, will accept the degree on his behalf.

"Trade Show," an exhibition of work by soon-to-be Kansas City Art Institute graduates Sara Cramer, John Hilger, Aly Parrott and Sean Starowitz, will close with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 21.

The student artists describe the show: "Over the three weeks occupying the gallery, the collaborators will facilitate alternate systems of exchange through barter. Objects made from repurposed materials will be offered for appraisal by visitors who will then determine a comparable trade. Dialogue between the artist and the audience is integral, and the hope is that the trade process will provide an item for the visitor that will prove meaningful and functional in their everyday lives. The artists, while not looking for any specific item or service from traders, are seeking an active kind of engagement in which the person or group they are trading with will attempt to quantify the value of what is being offered to them. This bartering process allows an interaction not facilitated by monetary systems in which value is predetermined by producers."

Deadman Flats, a bluegrass band from Lawrence, traded with the students to play the opening and closing nights of the show. In exchange for this acoustic performance, they refurbished the inside of the band's tour bus. The bus will be on view during both performances.