curiousKC | Muddy Water, Wildlife and Whiskey: Lewis and Clarkâs Stop in Kansas City, Kansas
curiousKC | Muddy Water, Wildlife and Whiskey: Lewis and Clarkâs Stop in Kansas City, Kansas
Explorers Regroup, a Few Unwind Share this story Published February 22nd, 2021 at 11:30 AM Above image credit: The view from Lewis and Clark Park at Kaw Point. A ridge of ice to the right of the statue marks where the Kansas River empties into the Missouri River. (Clarence Dennis | Flatland KC)
A curiousKC reader interested in local history reached out wondering:
Where exactly did Lewis and Clark stop in what would become Kansas City?
Julie Denesha
Originally published on December 30, 2020 8:36 am
Artist Kwanza Humphrey s studio at the InterUrban ArtHouse in Overland Park is surrounded by the colorful, large-scale portraits he paints. He likes to swathe his subjects in African textiles.
“Black Americans have been uprooted from Africa,” Humphrey says. “I ll have models come in and sit for me and I ll take photos and I say wear whatever you want. It doesn t matter because I m probably going to change it and wrap you in these beautiful patterns from Africa. For me, it s a way of reconnecting with that culture that is lost and to see that richness.”