In Creative Mapping, art and text act as domain and range for memory and place. Together, memory and place allow for a distinct realm of creativity and production. Creative Mapping connects the limit experience of military service with signification in art and literature. Personal experience and idem-identity are revealed to be accretive rather than linear. The gallery becomes a space where memory, place, and service inform a world of contemplation and exploration.

Creative Mapping is a curatorial collaboration between D2 Research and Studios Inc. featuring work from the Kansas City Veterans Writing Group with Julie Urbanik and Studios Inc. artists both past and present.

Launched to serve mid-career artists, Studios Inc is Kansas City’s nonprofit arts organization offering pivotal three-year residencies to mid-career artists who are poised to significantly expand their careers.  Studios Inc offers a unique immersion experience for resident artists. Proceeds generated from sales of exhibited work through studios.gallery help fund Studios Inc programs.