National Wide Awakes Day Celebration

21c Museum Hotel Kansas City presents Wide Awakes: Eyes Open, a weekend celebrating National Wide Awakes Day!  Join us!
Saturday, October 2nd
5:30-7:30pm Wide Awakes: Eyes Open Exhibition Reception
Sunday, October 3rd
11:30am-1:30pm | Cape & Flag Making Workshop with Yvette Molina at 21c Kansas City
1:30-2pm | Wide Awakes Procession | 21c to Ilus W. Davis Park
2-3pm | Wide Awakes Celebration in the Park | Ilus W Davis Park (1000 Locust)
On view from October 2nd, 2021 – March 31st, 2022, this exhibition is curated by artist Michele Pred and Dwight Smith of Collection Elizabeth Oran.  Through the works of artists Nedra Bonds (Kansas City, MO), Autumn Breon (Los Angeles, CA), Summer Brooks (Kansas City, MO), Ebony Brown (Brooklyn, NY), Mona Cliff (Lawrence, KS), Michelle Hartney (Chicago, IL), Yvette Molina (Brooklyn, NY), Michele Pred (Oakland, CA), Lisa Marie Thalhammer (St. Louis, MO), and Sonié Joi Thompson-Ruffin (Kansas City, MO) the message of the Wide Awakes rings clear and we are challenged to imagine a future of radical love and democracy.
Complementing this exhibition are two community events on Sunday, October 3rd that are free and open to the public.  First, at 11:30 AM a cape and flag-making workshop led by artist Yvette Molina. Materials are provided and children are encouraged to join. We request you bring an item to decorate (i.e. cape, jacket, flag, bandana, piece of fabric).  Second, at 1:30 PM we will show off our newly adorned items in a procession to Ilus W. Davis Park where we will hold a small rally in celebration of Wide Awakes Day!  These events are organized by 21c Museum Hotel Kansas City together with Michele Pred and Dwight Smith.