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Culture Lab
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Interview with Photographer Jeanine Michna-Bales about Her Traveling Exhibition Through Darkness to Light
Find Out MoreThey left during the middle of the night—often carrying little more than guidance of the north star. An estimated 100,000 enslaved people between 1830 and the end of the Civil War in 1865 chose to embark on this journey in…
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Underground Railroad Photo Exhibition Opens in Kansas City June 6
Find Out MorePhotographer Jeanine Michna-Bales to Attend First Friday at Culture Lab On Friday, June 6, Kansas City audiences are invited to experience a rare visual exploration of the Underground Railroad. Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad will be…
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On View in the Culture Lab: Elisa Harkins’s Teach Me a Song
Find Out MoreElisa Harkins’s Teach Me A Song will be on view at M-AAA’s Culture Lab beginning January 13 and continuing through April 7, 2025. Teach Me A Song is a single channel video with sound, playing from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. each day. Location: Mid-America…
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M-AAA’s Culture Lab Features Artist Christina Shmigel
Find Out MoreMid-America Arts Alliance’s Culture Lab will be open on First Friday, September 6 and October 4, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri, and will feature an exhibition, this blasted tender beautiful world, just as it is, by Ukrainian-American artist Christina Shmigel.…
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On View at M-AAA: Danielle Hatch Installation
Find Out MoreA new installation by Arkansas-based artist Danielle Hatch is on view now at the Mid-America Arts Alliance’s Culture Lab. Although, the gallery building is not currently open to the public, visitors may enjoy the full installation on display both inside and…
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Artist Sukanya Mani’s Installation On View at M-AAA
Find Out MoreFirst Friday in the Kansas City Crossroads Mid-America Arts Alliance’s Culture Lab is open on First Friday in Kansas City, Missouri, and will feature the artwork of Sukanya Mani. Sukanya Mani is a St. Louis-based, Indian-born interdisciplinary artist whose work…
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Mid-America Arts Alliance’s 50th Anniversary Block Party
Find Out MoreCelebrating 50 Years of Art with Live Performances and an Art Exhibition Join us Friday, June 2, 2023, 5:30–8:00 p.m. 2018 Baltimore Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri In its 50 years, Mid-America Arts Alliance has awarded more than $51 million in…
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On view at M-AAA | Art by Jill Downen
Find Out MoreMid-America Arts Alliance presents the exhibition I Spoke Truth and Someone Listened, featuring artworks by Kansas City-based artist Jill Downen. The exhibition is on view September 22–November 11, 2022, at Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA). Artist Jill Downen’s newest series seeks…
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