When Dyani White Hawk visited fall 2023 (just before she won the MacArther Genius grant!) we were able to sit down and chat about her work in the museum’s collection. A video of her speaking specifically about Untitled (All the Colors), and the transcript, are now available online:
Category Archives: Exhibitions
Video of dialogue between artist Ruben Castillo and curator Stuart Hinds now available!
If you missed the dialogue between artist Ruben Castillo (exhibiting in the Charlotte Street Fellows 2023 exhibition) and Stuart Hinds (curator of special collections at UMKC, including GLAMA) on March 7th, it’s now available!
the Charlotte Street Fellows exhibition closes April 14 so make sure to see the exhibition one more time before it closes!
Video from Kahlil Irving talk with curator Jordan Carter now available!
If you missed the in-person/livestreaming talk between artist Kahlil Irving and curator Jordan Carter on March 21st, you can check out the video online now.
If you are interested in reading the transcript (with timestamps for each section) click on the description below the video and click “show transcript”.
Enjoy!
Artist Kahlil Robert Irving Wins Cultured Magazine’s Young Artists Prize
More resources for AnticKS & MOdels + My theater to your eyes: Kahlil Robert Irving
A few more references that may be helpful when considering the current exhibition AnticKS & MOdels + My theater to your eyes: Kahlil Robert Irving
Kahlil told me that this is one of his favorite articles written about his work: Underneath the Pavement, A Swelling of Grief – Guernica (guernicamag.com)
The artist curated a Spotify playlist to accompany the exhibition:
Spotify playlist for AnticKS & MOdels
Enjoy!
Video of Guest Curator Talk, Mary Frances Ivey discusses Elizabeth Layton: Drawing as Discourse
AnticKS & MOdels + My theater to your eyes: Kahlil Robert Irving opens next week!
Some references about the artist’s work:
https://www.kahlilirving.com/ (link opens in new tab)
Projects: Kahlil Robert Irving | Studio Museum in Harlem (link opens in new tab)
Part of the installation includes a pot by David Drake:
Elizabeth Layton: Drawing as Discourse now open!
What a wonderful way to open the exhibition Elizabeth Layton: Drawing as Discourse here at the Nerman Museum yesterday! Guest curator Mary Frances Ivey gave an insightful gallery talk and joining the dialogue in the audience two of Layton’s granddaughters, Judy and Carla, and also by the artist’s close friend and dedicated advocate Don Lambert. They added such wonderful personal anecdotes and memories to the discussion. We were able to record the talk and will hope to have it available soon for those who couldn’t make it to the talk in-person.
Elizabeth Layton: Drawing as Discourse | Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Happy New Year! More resources for Charlotte Street Fellows exhibition
Happy New Year! As we begin 2024 there is a lot in transition in the museum’s galleries. Installation work for our two upcoming exhibitions will mean that all of the first-floor galleries will be closed for a few weeks. It may seem a little quiet, but there is a LOT going on behind the scenes.
This is a good time to take a deeper dive into the Charlotte Street Fellows 2023 exhibition, which is open through April 14!
A review of the exhibition here has some additional information that you may find helpful: Review: Charlotte Street Visual Artist Award Exhibition – Sixty Inches From Center
Also, we were able to interview Stuart Hinds, Curator of Special Collections and Archives at the University Libraries at UMKC about Ruben Castillo’s research of the Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America. A transcript of that conversation is here: Interview with Stuart Hinds UMKC Libraries Special Collections GLAMA (PDF)
And if you would like to know more about Drew Shafer, there is a great article on KCUR about the importance of his activism (and it has more info from Stuart): Meet Drew Shafer, a Kansas City man behind the Midwest’s gay rights movement | KCUR – Kansas City news and NPR
Patty Caroll Wins BBA Photography Prize
Berlin-Based BBA Gallery awards Patty Carroll 1st place in the the BBA Photography Prize 2023! Read prize announcement post on Facebook. 
Patty Carroll, Party’s Over, 2021, Archival inkjet print, Collection Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, 2023.007, Acquired with funds provided by the Barton P. and Mary D. Cohen Art Acquisition Endowment at the JCCC Foundation