Facebook Drama Club is one of several opportunities available to young community members through Drama Time KC.
From producing at-home art tutorials to sewing thousands of masks, Kansas City artists have pivoted in unexpected ways to stay creative throughout the pandemic.
Like many of us, artists have struggled with the isolation brought about by the pandemic. Musicians who make a living playing live events took to Zoom for at-home virtual concerts. Even successful artists have been set back decades just in the past 15 months.
In the spring of 2020 when we knew so little of the pandemic that has since reshaped our lives KCUR spoke with four area artists to give our readers some ideas for how to stay creative at home.
Kansas City graduates of summer school dance program show off skills
Students can earn one fine arts credit for completing the five-week course Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey Share Updated: 4:32 PM CDT Jul 22, 2021
Kansas City graduates of summer school dance program show off skills
Students can earn one fine arts credit for completing the five-week course Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey Share Updated: 4:32 PM CDT Jul 22, 2021
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Show Transcript IT’S DESIGNED TO BRING THE ARTS TO UNDERSERVED STUDENTS AND UNITE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH DANCE. IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE SOME OF THESE STUDENTS ARE BRAND NEW TO DANC BUT THEY GOT A CRASH COURSE ISTH SUMMER. THE PROGRAM IS A PARERIPTN BETWEEN THE KANSAS CITY FRIENDS OF ALVIN AILEY AND KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR MANY OF THESE STUDENTS. TYRONE: IT’S VERY IMPORTANT THAT UNDERSERVED STUDENTS HAVTHE SAME ACCESS AS ALL STUDENTS, BECAUSE WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT LEVELS T
Franklin began training at the age of 11. After graduating from Howard University, she was an NBA dancer for the Washington Wizard Girls for part of her career. In 2017, she joined the Hiplet Ballerinas. Previously, she performed in Paris Fashion Week and on the television show “Empire.
Omaha-native Harsh has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dance from the University of Missouri Kansas City, where she performed with the Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey for two years. She joined Hiplet Ballerinas in 2019.
Towe was a student at Chicago Multicultural Dance Center before getting her degree from the University of Missouri Kansas City. She joined Hiplet Ballerinas in 2020.
Jun. 2 The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is unveiling its first new exhibition since the pandemic hit Kansas City more than a year ago. "Testimony: African American Artists Collective," spotlighting 36 local artists, will open June 5. It is the first of five new exhibitions, called "Past, Present, Future," that will fill the museum's Bloch Building galleries through March. The others are .
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