URBAN CULTURE PROJECT PRESENTS TWO ONE-NIGHT EVENTS IN DECEMBER!

*Urban Culture Project galleries will be closed during normal gallery hours on Dec 27 + 29, in observance of the
holiday season

TIME-BASED WORKS BY
FRANK HEATH AND ERIC ATWOOD
in conjunction with As Loud as the Sky and Pasture: new work by Brendan Meara and Jules Hearne

Sat, Dec 15, 6 - 8p
Paragraph / 23 East 12th
free and open to the public

Frank Heath’s “Morningside Park” (2007) is a disembodied slide lecture made with and transmitted over a vintage Wollensak presentation unit from the late 1960’s. The device, housed in a suitcase, synchronizes the playback of an audiotape with a series of 35mm slide projections. Throughout the presentation, a narrator describes, in absurd detail, images of various detritus found throughout the park. Frank Heath received a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2004 and an MFA from Yale University in 2006. Frank is a current resident of New York City.

Eric Atwood, a 2003 Kansas City Art Institute graduate in Photo/New Media, who has exhibited his films in festivals internationally, presents two short films, “Between Games” and “Help Your Self.” Between Games (USA), 2006, 8 minutes, is about a gamer’s obsession, which leads to the destruction of what he loves. Help Your Self, (USA), 2007, 13 minutes, is about a salesman’s constant need for improvement to become something more than he is; this misguided salesman loses himself in the world of self?-help. For more information, visit www.ericatwood.org.

Carnal Torpor hosts
MANAFEST: THE WINTER SOLSTICE

la Esquina / 1000 W 25th
Sat, Dec 22, 6:08 am - midnight
free and open to the public

It is astronomically inevitable and geographically correct that on December 22, 2007, artist collective Carnal Torpor will host MANAFEST: THE WINTER SOLSTICE within a new iteration of the CalmDome at La Esquina.

Beginning at 6:08 AM and continuing each hour until midnight, the solstice will be celebrated in a multitude of transdenominational forms, taking on abstractions of all types. There will be ritual feasting, gift giving, light therapy, caroling and a guided meditation upon the omni-point perspective embedded within the sacred geometry of the Metatron's Cube. There will be performances of both formal compositions and spontaneous revelations by numerous participants. A 20 foot diameter geodesic model of the CalmDome containing an interior tent structure held in tension within will be the stage for the activities.

For more information about MANAFEST, the CalmDome, and Carnal Torpor, visit www.calmdome.com/overmind.

For directions to la Esquina, click here.

AS LOUD AS THE SKY AND PASTURE
- Jules Hearne and Brendan Meara

Paragraph / 23 E 12th
through Jan 5, 2008
Hours: Thurs + Sat, 12 - 5p

As Loud as the Sky and Pasture is a site specific exhibition of new work by emerging Kansas City artists Brendan Meara and Jules Hearne.  

Meara, a 2004 Kansas City Art Institute graduate, employs a wide range of media to construct an environment in the gallery where, as he describes it, “moments of brightness and audacity co-exist with a sense of quiet meditation.”  

Jules Hearne, also a 2004 KCAI graduate and a former Urban Culture Project Studio Resident, presents a series of “gestural” artworks combining electronics and assorted other media.

UCP Studio Focus: EMERALD CITY
- new work by Dane Bonner, Amanda Gehin, and Bob Glinn

Project Space / 21 E 12th
through Jan 5, 2008
Hours: Thurs + Sat, 12 - 5p

The first in a series of bi-annual curated exhibitions spotlighting the work of artists featured in UCP’s Studio Residency Program, Emerald City includes new work by three current studio residents:  Dane Bonner, Amanda Gehin, and Bob Glinn.  Curated by CSF Programs Administrator Jared Panick, Emerald City is built on ideas of material deception, ideal beauty, and fantasy. Alongside individual works, the exhibition will include a collaborative, site-specific installation.

UCP CALL TO ARTISTS

Urban Culture Project is currently seeking single channel video submissions to be considered for a series of curated one-night video screenings to begin in early 2008. Single-channel videos, of no more than 45 minutes each in length, should be submitted on DVD for consideration. First consideration will be given to works submitted by December 15, 2007. Artists may submit up to five works for consideration. DVDs will not be returned.

Please mail to:
Video Submissions
Urban Culture Project
c/o Charlotte Street Foundation
PO Box 10263
Kansas City, MO 64171.

Include a resume or bio, including contact information, as well as a brief narrative description of the work submitted. Email info@charlottestreet.org with questions.

UCP Studio Residency Application

UCP STUDIO RESIDENCY - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Urban Culture Project seeks applications from artists interested in being considered for its Studio Residency Program. Applications are next due Friday, February 29, 2008.

Launched in January 2004, the Studio Residency Program provides free studio spaces for talented and dedicated local artists in need of space in which to work.

The Studio Residency Program is currently housed at two locations: Bonfils, a storefront space at 125 East 12th Street accommodating five to six artists at one time; and on the 13th floor at pARTnership Place, 906 Grand, accommodating approximately seven artists. In both locations, studios for each artist are designated areas within a large open space; UCP offers no private studios at this time.

KC ARTIST LINC

The results from the Town Hall meeting with approximately 100 artists are in!
Check out www.charlottestreet.org/linc/index.html to see what the Top Ten issues artists listed as the most important needs and issues facing KC's community of artists. Which issue do we take on - fundraise for - and try to impact artists' lives? Advocacy, professional development, spaces, etc?

We have scheduled 4 meeting for artists and arts leaders to give your opinions on which issue KC Artist LINC focuses on. If you are an artist or arts leader - please try to make ONE of these meetings:

Arts Incubator / 115 W 18th
Mon, Dec 17th, 5:30 - 7p

Kansas City Artists Coalition / 201 Wyandotte
Wed, Dec 19th, 4 - 5:30p

la Esquina / 1000 W 25th (click here for directions)
Tues, Jan 15th, 5:30 - 7p

Location TBD
Thurs, Jan 17th, 4 - 5:30p


An inititative to support artists of all kinds in the KC Metro area - actors, dancers, musicians, writers, fashion designers, film, video, and visual artists!

KC has been selected as one of 14 national "Creative Communities" by LINC - Leveraging Investments in Creativity. LINC is a national initiative - funded in part by the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations with matching funds from local sources - to support artists of all disciplines with prototype strategies like health insurance, live/work space, professional development, market demand and others.

If you are an artist, please sign up at www.linc.artskc.org to stay abreast of this initiative to support artists. Please forward this email to artists you know.

Charlotte Street Foundation and the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City are co-sponsors of this initiative locally.