125th Anniversary Gala
KCAI celebrated 125 years of educating student artists on Feb. 20 with a gala in the Grand Ballroom of the Kansas City Convention Center.
The black-tie-optional event featured an unforgettable performance by internationally acclaimed artist and KCAI alumnus Nick Cave. View the performance. Barbara Hall Marshall served as the evening's honorary chair.
Nick Cave (’82) Gala Performance Sponsored by
"Whether Nick Cave's efforts qualify as fashion, body art or sculpture, and almost regardless of what you ultimately think of them, they fall squarely under the heading of Must Be Seen to Be Believed."
--- Roberta Smith, The New York Times
Nick Cave ('82 fiber), who received a $50,000 United States Artists grant in 2006, creates fantastic, almost ritualistic costumes for performance and exhibition as sculpture. His Soundsuits, which rustle, swish, whoosh or crackle as they move, are in many private and museum collections. A professor in the fiber department at the school of the Art Institute of Chicago, Cave said, “What I learned at KCAI was the importance of being able to allow yourself to explore the possibilities and to know that if I were to fall, I would still have the support of my professors. They challenged me, which allowed me to build trust in myself and to have a point of view — to have the confidence and the belief that I could turn this into a serious career.”
, which took place in the Grand Ballroom of Kansas City's Convention Center.
Special sponsors
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Gala Sponsors
Ultimate Underwriters
Shirley & Barnett Helzberg Foundation
Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation
Catherine Asher Morgan
Major Underwriters
Halls, Inc.
Mrs. Robert A. Marshall
Margaret Silva
Sosland Foundation
Meg & Bill Zahner
Annie & Rick Zander
Underwriters
Mr. & Mrs. R. Philip Bixby
Blue Cross/ Blue Shield of Kansas City
Mary Lou & Tom Brous
Stanley H. Durwood Foundation
J. Scott Francis/Francis Family Foundation
Pam & Gary Gradinger
Adele & Donald Hall
Jill & Don Hall Jr.
Linda & Topper Johntz
Metzler Bros. Insurance
Marshall & Janet Miller
Bradley & Linda Nicholson
Tony & Marti Oppenheimer Brothers Foundation
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Major Benefactors
Ms. Suzie Aron & Mr. Joseph W. Levin
BNIM Architects
Robert & Phyliss Bernstein
Betty & Jordan Bushman
Faye and Mike Davis
Gastinger Walker Harden Architects
McCownGordon Construction
Mrs. Jeannette Nichols
Ms. Jane Voorhees
Benefactors
BKD, LLP
Grant & Wendy Burcham
Entertainment Properties Trust
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hayes
Carol & Dennis Hudson
Carolyn & George Kroh
Richard & Carol Levin Foundation
Barbara J. Marshall
Mr. & Mrs. Carl L McCaffree
John & Billie Owen
Mr. & Mrs. William T. Poppelwell Jr.
Sarah and Landon Rowland
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Shealy
Mr. & Mrs. Morton I. Sosland
Sprint
Lawrence D. Starr Charitable Foundation
Maurice A. Watson
Sally Kemper Wood
Patrons
Alexander Family Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Battmer
Mary Shaw Branton
Celebrations Party Rental
Bunni and Paul Copaken
Bill & Dorothy Curry
Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. DeBruce
J.E. Dunn Construction Co.
Enrollment Research Associates
Gregory M. Glore
Mr. Craig Heligman
John & Sharon Hoffman
Carol & John Kornitzer
Robert D. Long & Jane G. Shafer
Cindy & Jay Longbottom
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Mann
Merrill Companies
Mr. & Mrs. James L. Moffett
Sherrill Mulhern
Dr. Robert & Barbara Nash
Mr. & Mrs. F. A. Norden
Jack & Georgia Olsen
Robert & Merry Quackenbush
Mr. & Mrs. Randolph K. Rolf
Beth K. Smith
Mark & Sandra Spencer
Frank & Helen Wewers
Mark & Pam Woodard
Individual Patrons
Anne Sutton Canfield
Sherry Cromwell-Lacy
Hugh J. Zimmer
Young Patrons
Ms. Niki Lee Donawa
Matthew Hoffman
Gala Table Hosts
Andrews McMeel Universal Foundation
Mr. David H. Hughes Jr.
Bill & Peggy Lyons
Lewis & Sue Nerman
Payless ShoeSource
Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP
Clyde & Katie Wendel