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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Jan. 26, 2011) –– The Kansas City Art Institute and the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance announce the spring schedule of ArtSounds performances. ArtSounds is celebrating its fifth year of collaborative performances by composers, performers and visual artists.

Performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8, March 8 and April 12 in Epperson Auditorium in Vanderslice Hall on the KCAI campus, 4415 Warwick Blvd. An additional performance at 7:30 p.m. April 26 will take place at La Esquina, 1000 W. 25th St.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Jan. 25, 2011) –– “On Screen: Global Intimacy” opens with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 4 at the H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute, 16 E. 43rd St.. The exhibition is curated by guest curator Tumelo Mosaka and organized by the Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It will be on view through March 31.

“Global Intimacy” brings together 10 artists from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the United States whose works investigate the transnational reach of globalization.

Landfall Institute of Graphic Arts will offer apprenticeships for printers or print-based artists

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Jan. 13, 2011) — The Kansas City Art Institute is pleased to announce the spring lineup of artists, designers and scholars who will speak as part of the college’s “Current Perspectives” lecture series. Unless otherwise noted, all lectures are free and will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursdays in Epperson Auditorium in Vanderslice Hall, 4415 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, Mo. For more information, visit www.kcai.edu/currentperspectives. The spring schedule includes:

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Jan. 7, 2011) –– The Kansas City Art Institute will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 17 in Epperson Auditorium, which is located in Vanderslice Hall on the KCAI campus, 4415 Warwick Blvd. The program is free and open to the public; however seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Dec. 15, 2010) – A new Artspace Project Wall has been installed at the H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute, 16 E. 43rd St.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Dec. 8, 2010) –– This March, high school students with a passion for art can spend a weekend on the campus of the Kansas City Art Institute and get a better feel for what it would be like to be a college student. They also will have a chance to study with emerging artists who are gaining a national profile in fields such as fashion and photography.