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 Mattie Rhodes Art Center & Gallery 919 W. 17th Street Kansas City, MO 64108 816-221-2349 Gallery Hours Tuesday-Friday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Saturday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
For more information: Jmanco@mattierhodes.org
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MARIA CALDERON The Power of Intention
February 3- 24, 2012 links: |
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pastel, acrylic, and graphite on paper, 4' x 5' |
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MARIA CALDERON:
Energetic Ceremony, Messengers of Light, and The Power of Intention
February 3- 24, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, February 3, from 6-9 pm
A series of spatially engaging portraits, interactive sculpture, and full sensory awareness stations that heighten the viewer's engagement through Individual interactions shared with the Artist.
Performers in the installation:
Lacey Wozny will be initiating Palo Santo smoke immersions.
Stephen Bushman will be serving handmade Chai.
Maria Calderon will be serving root and herbal medicinal teas in mason jars.
Dalton Carter and Jim Button will be at the check in table distributing Astrological sashes.
Pedro Calderon will be providing improvisational music on Andean pan flutes throughout the evening upon the fall of each hour.
Live music by Andean Express.
Feature Artist Workshops
Moving and Drawing with Intention
Saturday February 18, 2012
Yoga related movement and posture to engage body awareness and enhance hand-eye coordination, incorporated with intuitive drawing practices.
Noon - 3:00 pm All Ages Class Fee: $30.00
All Materials provided
Call: 816-581-5631 or email: Jmanco@mattierhodes.org to RSVP
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 Side Gallery... Corazones Valientes February 3 - April 20, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, February 3, from 6-9 pm
Second Reception: Friday, March 2, from 6-9 pm
Closing Reception: Friday, April 6, from 6-9 pm
Mattie Rhodes Gallery is excited to introduce Kansas City to the Corazones Valientes(Brave Hearts), a collective group of female painters and muralists from the village of La Unión de Monterrey, San Carlos, in northern Costa Rica. The side gallery will feature new works from Corazones Valientes artists' Toribia Mayrena Guido, Marina Méndez Cruz, Patricia Quesada Méndez, Viria Salas Araya, Luz Ríos Duarte, Ivannia Zambrana Ríos, Lany Zambrana Ríos, and Esmeralda Rivera Ruíz. For the past nineteen years, the Corazones Valientes have been exhibiting and selling paintings of tropical landscapes and colorful scenes of rural life across the United States, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Their artwork has also been published in several children's books, posters and cards.
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ART CENTER & GALLERY WORKSHOPS
 Valentine Art Attack Saturday February 11, 2012 Impress your Sweethearts this Valentine's Day with handmade gifts. Kids will have fun designing their own unique Valentine's Day cards and gifts for their friends and family. Call to RSVP and join us in the art center to create art that will give your family and friends a shock!
All Materials provided
10:00 am - Noon Ages: 5 - 12 Fee: $ 30 Call: 816-581-5631 or email: Jmanco@mattierhodes.org to RSVP | |
Corazón 
Saturday February 11, 2012
Express your creativity and love this holiday by making gorgeous handmade metal Valentine's inspired by El Corazón Sagrado "The Sacred Heart". Call to RSVP and join us in the Gallery to create one of a kind artwork that celebrates the passion that unites us all!
All Materials provided
10:00 am - Noon Ages: 16-Adult Fee: $ 30
Call: 816-581-5631 or email: Jmanco@mattierhodes.org to RSVP
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Coming soon...
Juan ChawukMarch 2 - April 20, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, March 2, 2012 from 6-9pm
Closing Reception:Friday, April 6, 2012 from 6-9pm
In conjunction with the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, Mattie Rhodes Center presents Juan Chawuk, a Tojolobal Maya from Las Margaritas, Chiapas, Mexico, located near the famed Palenque Mayan Ruins. Chawuk is a painter, muralist, sculptor, photographer, and graphic artist who has been in solo and group exhibitions throughout Mexico and the United States. Recently, Chawuk conducted arts workshops in Turin, Italy, and Bogota and Cartagena, Columbia. The main gallery will highlight new works by Chawuk, and there will be a series of events, artist lectures and workshops coinciding with the exhibition.
links: for more information visit Juan Chawuk |
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