Belger Arts Center
Current Exhibition

Akio Takamori Sleeping Woman in a Red Dress (detail), 2013 Stoneware with underglaze 9 x 32 x 19 inches Courtesy of Vicky Takamori Akio Takamori: LUST May 3rd - August 24th, 2013 (Exhibition Details) **Special Location: 2011 Tracy Ave., Kansas City, MO 64108** By appointment only. Tue - Fri 10AM - 5PM, Sat 10AM - 4PM. Please Call the Red Star Studios Gallery at 816-474-7316 to make an appointment. Belger Arts Center, in collaboration with Red Star Studios, Kansas City Art Institute, and Barry Friedman Ltd., is pleased to present LUST, an exhibition of figurative sculptures by Japanese-American artist, Akio Takamori. Takamori has received international recognition for his diverse body of work, which is informed by his multicultural background, ideas of cultural identity, and by ever-changing global influences. He explores and crosses boundaries physically and mentally between East and West, letters and words, and form and meaning.

Renée Stout We Do Tattoos (detail), 1999 Mixed Media 26.25 x 20.5 inches Courtesy of the John and Maxine Belger Family Foundation Adornment February 1st - June 8th, 2013 (Exhibition Details) In this exhibition, adornment tells a story. The adornment we choose defines the way we see ourselves and others see us. It may reflect a mood, an aspiration, our job or a specific set of values. It is a choice, whether conscious or unconscious, and that in itself is revealing. The artists of Adornment include: Terry Allen, Shae Bishop, Nick Bubash, William Christenberry, Viola Frey, Misty Gamble, Ellen Greene, Guy Johnson, John Kacere, Kate Kretz, Marilyn Levine, Ed Massey, Jack Mendenhall, Moses Nornberg, Judy Onofrio, Herb Snitzer, Renée Stout, William T. Wiley and others from the Belger Collection.

Jessica Brandl Schooner, 2012 Red Earthenware 18 x 12 x 2.5 inches Courtesy of the artist Jessica Brandl May 3rd - June 29th, 2013 (Exhibition Details) Red Star Studios is pleased to present an exhibition by resident artist Jessica Brandl that is a culmination of her artistic residency at Red Star Studios. With her new body of work, Brandl has created visual prose through monochromatic narrative scenes painted on functional ceramics.

"The Belger Arts Center is amazing in its presence in Kansas City; not quite a museum, not a university gallery, not a commercial gallery. It is an entity in itself that defies definition. It is an incredible resource and contribution to the visual arts in Kansas City." - Dr. Kathleen Desmond, REVIEW magazine, November 2004

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