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S.E. Nash

Visual

S.E. Nash is a visual artist who engages with microbial life through the inclusion of edible fermented foods in sculptural installations. In May 2017, Nash’s solo show Lactobacillus Amongus at PLUG Projects included all of Kansas City’s sourdough starters (that the artist could find and collect) in a series of sculptures. At the closing event, participants made sourdough baked goods to eat at a gallery potluck. Nash has had recent shows and events at Living Arts, in Tulsa, OK, and at Paragraph Gallery in Kansas City, MO. Nash’s first solo show with fermented foods was held at Black Ball Projects in Brooklyn, NY in 2016. Nash was born in Memphis, TN in 1980. They received an MFA in painting from Yale University in 2005 and a BFA in painting from the University of Tennessee in 2003. Nash is currently a Charlotte Street Foundation studio resident for a second term. They received an Arts KC grant for Lactobacillus Amongus and were awarded a Rocket Grant Research and Development award in 2017 for a project involving community gardening and fermented sodas. Nash teaches in the Foundation Department at the Kansas City Art Institute as a Visiting Assistant Professor.

David Newsome

Visual

The majority of my art work would be best characterized as “abstract - pop art” with two main subcategories being "real-life" and “geometric shapes", then juxtaposition them together or placing them in concert with other shapes to create movement and life. This combination is enhanced by color selection and the placements of light to form a bold statement. Employment of real life objects with unusual or in unexpected combination to present something unique. This work is created with different mediums acrylic, oil on canvas and wood. With a wide variety of application techniques are used to applied layers and achieve a finish ART work. My greatest inspiration come from the desire to explore and discover new ways of using something old or familiar shapes and objects to combine them in a rendering.

Dane Newton

Visual

I am a photographer from the Kansas City area whose work, as a whole, largely works with communities and the emotional value hidden beneath the surface. Often dealing with topics of intense emotional release, my work serves as commentary to the human condition while acting as a cathartic experience for myself. When focused on my own internal emotions, my work strives to reflect my own internal experiences and serve as a beacon to those who may feel similarly. When photographing others, I capture their emotions in my images to represent pieces of the collective, highlighting moments of intense emotional exchange within the community. The subject matter of my work can also vary greatly. I also create quite a bit of work that showcases the natural world, using dynamic landscapes to wildlife photography to bring awareness to our nation's grand and beautiful, but slowly declining natural wonders.

Linda Nickell

Visual

Residing in Leawood, KS, I currently have studio space in my home and enjoy spending lots of time creating art. I primarily use oil and cold wax which allows me to develop history in my paintings with layers, textures and lines. My goal to engage the viewer and bring a sense of place to my paintings is expressed by abstracting the landscape and nature. I strive to express the beauty, intrigue and depth in the world around us. As a former manager of school programs and an educator at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art I have enjoyed opening up the world of art to students of all ages through creative programming. Before employment at the museum, I was an art educator in public and private schools as well as a graphic designer and illustrator for corporations in the Kansas City area. Exhibitions include solo and group shows in the Kansas City and Dallas areas with works held in private collections in New York, Chicago, Portland, Dallas and Kansas City.

Ada Niedenthal

Visual

Following her 25 year career as a Landscape Architect, in 2002 Ada Niedenthal became a full-time artist. She uses fiber, fabric and textiles. Her art quilt wall-hangings often feature hand painted and hand dyed fabrics crafted by the artist in her studio. The inspiration for her work comes from patterns and forms found in nature, and from the emotions generated by the events of her daily life. While she applies a trained designer's approach to her work, sometimes images unfold without prior design or intent and her art-making is guided by technique and process. While this method of working might make some pieces appear to be without intention, in reality they are all very well-planned. Ada Niedenthal strives to make art that stirs in viewers an appreciation for the world around them. Perhaps in the hope that no amount of hunger, poverty, guns, anti-choice sentiment, misogyny, and stupidity will ever squelch the desire for a better world.

Elnora Nokes

Visual

I have been creating art since childhood and have worked in all two-dimensional media including photography and found mixed media collage is the best way to complete my ideas visually. I am inspired by the visual world. Relationships between the colors, patterns, and shapes found in nature and the way they relate to the built environment fascinate me. I create images to share those relationships I find most interesting. I use cut and torn paper, found images, personal photographs, and any other scraps that fit my needs. I also love to study art and art making. I visit museums, galleries, and look at as much art as possible. I read about how and why artists do what they do. Artists that have had an impact on my work include Helen Frankenthaler, Richard Diebenkorn, Vincent van Gogh, Faith Ringgold, Marsden Hartley, and countless fellow artists that continue to inspire me. I learned volumes about art making during my 30 year career as an art teacher simply by being in the same room day after day with children as they created art. Their honest and real approach has inspired me through the years.

Brittany Noriega

Visual

Brittany Noriega is an emerging contemporary artist, a community organizer, a lifelong learner, and a lover of humanity. She is an interdisciplinary artist exploring the connectedness in visual art and emotion through large-scale, detailed, and otherworldly works. Brittany is a Kansas City native but spent much of her youth traveling the globe and collecting experiences. These experiences shaped her beliefs, her love of people, and continue to influence her work today. Brittany studied studio art and sociology in the Black Hills of South Dakota and is currently studying Health Science and how the arts affect our bodies and minds.

Mundo Nouvo

Music

This collection of Kansas City veterans play Latin music with roots in Cuba and Haiti. A versatile project that has adapted itself to a number of settings, Mundo Nouvo (pronounced "moon-doe, new-voe") is devoted to a long-standing tradition of Caribbean storytelling through sound. Whether playing uptempo numbers for the dance crowds or improvising a ballad in a more intimate space, Mundo Nouvo is a wide-ranging cast of talents interested in extending the rich music catalogue of Latin America.

Laura Nugent

Visual

In March of 2020, my panic buying was at the paint store. When I ran out of canvases, I dug into a stack of paper that had long lived under my studio futon. I cut the large sheets into shapes and painted until they were thick as leather. Discarded boards, also laying about the studio, were jig-sawed to resemble the paper works. I painted these surfaces for months on end. Distinct, figure-inspired shapes appeared, sitting comfortably around and on top of each other. Color and texture attempted a congenial relationship. With a new, motivating body of work to occupy me, the cancellation of planned projects and exhibitions seemed more like opportunity than loss. As one curator wrote (about this work) “there is joy and exuberance even in isolation…we can be resourceful and creative if we use what we have at hand.” I vacillated between titles “Changing Bodies” and “Bodies Change” as a nod to the inevitable, a less dire look at what we can not control. These days, as before, anything in the studio is fair game to become a newly found object on which to paint. Prior works, at one time considered resolved, are now repurposed with motifs I have been exploring on and off for years. Merged together, I recognize a subtext which supports and expands the origin of these works: unplanned, unhurried and without pre-determined destination. I am mining my own art history to observe the impact of time on ideas and ability.

Anne Nye

Visual

I see the extraordinary in the ordinary world around me. I am drawn to the magic of light and the effects it produces. I have been involved in photography for more than 40 years, have an art degree and have studied photography. My work has been in many juried shows in the area. Galleries that have hosted individual shows for me include the Steeple of Light Gallery at Community Christian Church, MO, Endres Gallery, Prairie Village, KS, Lenexa City Hall, KS and Care Choice Gallery in Salina, KS. Other than cropping, my work in edited in camera.

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