Benito Huerta : Silence
Benito Huerta at CreativeMornings Fort Worth, December 2019 Benito Huerta is an artist, and a professor at the University of Texas at Arlington where he has been Director and Curator of The Gallery at UTA since 1997. His work is included in the Menil Collection, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Albuquerque Museum of […]
Superman, World War II, and Japanese-American experience (Roger Shimomura, Diary: December 12, 1941)
Roger Shimomura, Diary: December 12, 1941, 1980, acrylic on canvas, 127.6 x 152.4 cm (Smithsonian American Art Museum, gift of the artist, © Roger Shimomura). A conversation with Dr. Sarah Newman, James Dicke Curator of Contemporary Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and Dr. Beth Harris. This Seeing America video was made possible by a generous […]
Tom Gregg: Still Lifes for Tense Times
Alice Thorson, May 1, 2019 Grenades and a MAGA hat, apples and playing cards. They’re all fair game for inclusion in the paintings of well-known Kansas City artist Tom Gregg, whose luminous, enigmatic still lifes have been mystifying and enchanting art lovers in Kansas City and beyond for the better part of 25 years. In […]
With America As His Muse, Kansas Painter Roger Shimomura Gives People Something ‘Stirring’
KCUR | By Julie Denesha Published April 5, 2019 at 5:00 AM CDT LISTEN: https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2019-04-05/with-america-as-his-muse-kansas-painter-roger-shimomura-gives-people-something-stirring Julie Denesha / KCUR 89.3FM Artist Roger Shimomura’s new show ‘Roger Shimomura: American Muse,’ subverts Asian American stereotypes with Pop Art. Roger Shimomura says he’s found “the deeper meaning of life in Pop Art.” Shimomura is one of the area’s most […]
Artist Pages – Russell Ferguson: “Data Riven”
KC STUDIO | Alice Thorson | March 20, 2017 Marc Wilson, former director and CEO of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, called Russell Ferguson “one of the great draftsmen of his generation.” The longtime Kansas City artist is also a profound thinker, whose artworks embed a lifetime of travel and quest. For the past two […]
Roger Shimomura: Mistaken Identity
January 27 – March 10, 2017 Macalester’s Law Warschaw Gallery, together with the Twin Cities Japanese American Citizens League, are pleased to present an exhibition from prolific American artist Roger Shimomura. Throughout his extensive career, Shimomura’s work has provided stealth commentary addressing sociopolitical issues of ethnicity. The exhibition includes a range of works on paper […]
Beloved Seattle ceramic artist Akio Takamori, ‘a very gentle soul,’ dies at 66
THE SEATTLE TIMES OBITUARY Originally published January 15, 2017 at 6:03 pm Updated January 17, 2017 at 11:33 am By Matt Day Seattle Times staff reporter Seattle ceramic artist Akio Takamori spent Wednesday working in his Magnolia studio. He put the finishing touches on some pieces with the help of his son, Peter, and loaded […]
Memories of Minidoka: An Interview with Roger Shimomura
Memories of Minidoka: An Interview with Roger Shimomura YouTube Beach Museum of Art Apr 14, 2016
Roger Shimomura – Third Thursday Visiting Artist’s Presentation
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Why America’s Greatest Artists Come to a Tiny Shop in Kansas City to Do Their Work
Printmaker Michael Sims never intended to open a business, but over more than three decades he’s built Lawrence Lithography Workshop into a supplier for some of the country’s most prominent art galleries and museums. BY LEIGH BUCHANAN, EDITOR-AT-LARGE, INC. MAGAZINE @LEIGHEBUCHANAN MAY 4, 2015 Behind every print, there’s a story. In 1981, 30 years after he accidentally […]