Artists are often the first to move into crumbling neighborhoods and the first to move out when those neighborhoods become trendy and expensive. In one corner of Kansas City, they are trying to disrupt that cycle.
Tony s Kansas City
Saturday, April 24, 2021
Kansas City Northeast Art Saves The Planet
Community news nice note that offers a glimpse at the new gentry sprucing up their corner of this urban enclave.
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Rebecca Koop celebrated Earth Day by unveiling her mosaic mural on the facade of her studio, Back Door Pottery at 3922 St. John Ave. I m happy, I m very happy, Koop said while friends and neighbors admired the 450-foot mosaic, seeking out different designs hidden in the tiles.
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Rebecca Koop s mosaic building facade is made up of thousands of one-inch tiles.
Rebecca Koop has worked on beautifying her corner of Northeast Kansas City for decades. She ll show off her tile mosaic on April 22.
This Earth Day, artist Rebecca Koop will show off a project she’s worked on for years: rehabbing and beautifying her corner of historic Northeast Kansas City. At a garden party, she’ll debut the 450-square-foot tile mosaic that now covers the façade of her building.
“I’m making an investment. I want an oasis. I want more art in this community. This was my way of doing that,” Koop says.
Tony s Kansas City
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
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Fighting For Attention
UFC middleweight Julian Marquez made local and national headlines last week when he cut a WWE-style promo after winning his matchup against Sam Alvey by way of submission in the second round. In the post-fight conversation, the Kansas City native called out Kansas City Chiefs Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill - challenging them to pickleball or badminton.
Local Masterpiece Debuts
The completed mosaic. // Photo by David Remley While many of us have purchased paint-by-numbers or adult coloring books to pass idle time, half-finished them, and then placed them in a closet to collect dust, Rebecca Koop completed a mosaic mural that covers over 460 square feet and took over five years to conceptualize, gather materials, and create.