Art And Artifacts

Saturday night, May 2, the Kansas City Museum opened it's doors for the season with a combination of special art projects and artifacts from its extensive collection.   The art:  "Divining the Museum: Visions of Past, Present, and Future" was selected from entries submitted by area artists and students at the Kansas City Art Institute.  Above, Loula Longs favorite carriage...  items were displayed in the main house, the Storytarium and the Carriage House.

Helping kick off the Exhibit were, left to right, Mark McHenry, Director of KCMO Parks and Recreation, Anna Marie Tutera, Director of the Kansas City Museum, and Paige Beltowski and Max Adrian, curators of the Exhibit.

                              Above and below, art pieces and items in the museum collection.

                                       Above, Katherine Shields attended, below, as did Paul Messner.

Windy Water

       Concourse Fountain in Historic Northeast.  One second exposure with ND and Polarizing filters.

Renewal

                                    The front lawn of the Kansas City Museum, Corinthian Hall.

If It's Spring There's A Waterfall

                          Carl Dicapo Fountain on Cliff Drive in Historic Northeast Kansas City.

The Bottoms Of West

 A few images from KC's iconic West Bottoms.  It's slowly being renovated one building at a time, but some of these rough edges are still capture worthy.

One-Hundred Years Young

The Twelfth Street Viaduct was completed in 1915 thus increasing ready access to the West Bottoms.

Reflections Of Spring

                                                    DST Building downtown Kansas City.
                                                         Only added contrast to the photo.

Bloomin' KC

                                      Downtown KC on a sunny Saturday... March 28th, 2015.

The View From The Top...

......the top of the Kansas City Museum, Corinthian Hall.   On a bright Spring day several years back.

Couldn't Decide

    Having taken two images at the Liberty Memorial, I couldn't decide whether to go vertical or
                                               horizontal.... so, when in doubt, do both.

Magnolias

 These blossoms are on the grounds of the Kansas City Museum on Gladstone Boulevard and in the                      
                                     yard of the 1902 Steven's House right across the street.

Shadows, Kessler Park

                       End of day with the Kansas City skyline barely visible in the background.

Winter's Last Gasp

Kaw Point

Shadow As Structure

                                                                         Corintian Hall

Sunset Kaw Point

Full Moon, Indian Mound

In The Garden

The City On A Hill

Very Few, Thanks For Asking

 So, you were drafted and sent to Alaska.  I'll bet you took a lot of pictures.   These are it, but thanks for asking.   Shot one roll of Kodak Tri-X... a bad choice for sun on snow-covered slopes...  but, to be truthful, I hadn't yet discovered a passion for the craft.   It is a beautiful land.

Sunset From Northeast

Full Moon And Colonnade

Storefront KC

Downtown Glimpses