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Justin Canja collaborates with a patron on an artwork in the Mountain Gallery at the Central Library.

Artist Justin Canja Invites Library Patrons to Tell a Collage Story

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Exhibits

Work on a collaborative artwork or create your own collage on Saturdays in February at the Central Library. ...

A black and white photograph of a butterfly on a leaf in the staff show at the Central Library.

Library Staff Show Reveals Hidden Talents and ‘An Exchange of Gifts’

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Exhibits

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A public reception at Central Library on November 2 celebrates the nearly 50 works of art on view created by Library staff....

Collage Artist Andrea Burgay Repurposes Discarded Books at the Library

Friday, July 12, 2024

Exhibits

An exhibition featuring Andrea Burgay's “Fictions” series opened June 1 at the Central Library’s Genevieve Guldner Gallery and runs through Aug. 17....

A bull standing over a bloody bullfighter

Artist Chico Salvador Sierra Explores Overlooked Narratives

Friday, February 23, 2024

Exhibits

Chico Salvador Sierra's "Eikonographia Radicale: Reimagining Cultural Icons," Feb. 24 - May 11, 2024, Central Library....

Art Exhibit Examines Indigenous Experiences

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Exhibits

As part of the Library’s Big Read 2022, the exhibition The Heart Is a Fist: Contemporary Art from Haskell Indian Nations...

An Artist at Home in America: Michael Mardikes’ Photographs of Thomas Hart Benton

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Exhibits

In 1956, Thomas Hart Benton invited young photographer Michael Mardikes into his Kansas City studio and home. In their time together, Mardikes took 1,...

From Art to Aviation, Library Exhibits Highlight History and Community

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Exhibits

Lucile Bluford

Missouri Valley

With Library buildings open, one of the experiences patrons can once again enjoy in person is viewing exhibits in our galleries and spaces. Check out...

Community in Color: Library’s Digital Exhibit Spotlights Historic Northeast Murals

Monday, July 5, 2021

Exhibits

Colorful murals and other public art have become a distinguishing feature of the richly diverse Northeast area of Kansas City. Some 40-45 paintings no...

‘Nearest by Air to Everywhere’ - Library Exhibit Charts Kansas City’s Aviation History

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Exhibits

As construction of a new $1.5 billion, single-terminal Kansas City International Airport moves toward completion in March 2023, a new Library exhibit...

Remembering Gabriella Polony Mountain: Art ‘Was My Passion’

Friday, May 22, 2020

Exhibits

In Memoriam

Gabriella Polony Mountain was passionate, expressive, indelible. And so was the art  created by the namesake of the Rocky and Ga...

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