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Her Art/Their Art Explores the Female Experience in the 21st Century

Elyse Bredfeldt, Staff Writer
March 12, 2024

  Her Art/Their Art is a collection that aims to answer the question: “What does it mean to identify, live, navigate, or be perceived by society as Womxn in 21st century America?”      The gallery was co-curated by Natasha Ria El-Scari, the director of the UMKC Women’s...

The Midwest Zine Archive will be up until March 21.

Defying Erasure: A Midwest Zine Archive

Aubrionna Mead, Staff Writer
February 22, 2024

  Zachary Fraizer, a professor in the UMKC Department of Media, Art, and Design and owner of Astringent Press, hopes to preserve the core of handmade art with the Midwest Zine Archive.    Located in the UMKC Gallery of Art, the collection emphasizes the permanence of...

Dr. Villamandos and Dr. Grieco in front of Sancho Panza in the Twentieth Century

UC Berkeley Art Historian To Speak on Historic Haag Murals

Lauren Zoller, Staff Writer
October 30, 2023

  A University of California Berkeley art historian will present her research on Luis Quintanilla, a world-renowned artist whose murals have long had a home in UMKC’s Haag Hall, in early November.   Christine Delia studied the impact that loss, distance and exile had...

Abigail Weiler holds her business card.

Clayful by Abbie

Gracey Saavedra, Staff Writer
October 18, 2023

 Abigail Weiler, fourth-year political science and French major at UMKC, delivers confidence in the form of handmade polymer clay jewelry.    Her hobby started as a way to kill her boredom during quarantine, but it quickly developed into an established local business and...

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UMKC Filmmaker and Photographer Captures Their Reality

Lauren Zoller, Staff Writer
October 11, 2023

  Ji Stribling, a senior communications major at UMKC, found their life’s work through self-expression and art.     Initially a neuroscience student, Stribling’s journey took a turn during the pandemic, leading them to pivot towards a new passion: filmmaking. They...

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