DesignFind’s Spotlight is your in-depth guide to local design, antiques and arts events. This week on DesignFind’s Spotlight, we explore Kansas City. Make sure to also check out our DesignFind global design events guide!
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DIFFA’S DINING BY DESIGN IS COMING TO KANSAS CITY
Photo: DIFFA Archive, Student Design Initiative, Design by Fashion Institute of Technology with mentor Karen Dalzell
Looking for things to do in Kansas City?
Each Friday, we showcase the latest design events and happenings. This week our venue is Kansas City. Take a look at what is in store for the month ahead in the world of antiques, fine arts, architecture and design.
Photo: DIFFA Archive, Student Design Initiative, Design by School of Visual Arts with mentor Miles Redd
LOOKING FOR DESIGN-RELATED THINGS TO DO IN KANSAS CITY? Take a look at these events:
DESIGNER EVENTS & SHOW HOUSE
DIFFA’s Dining By Design (DBD) 2009 Tour in Kansas City
April 24-25, 2009
Kansas City
Ph: 212-727-3100
www.diffa.com
DIFFA’s DINING BY DESIGN 2009 KANSAS CITY is in our global top 3 design events. Book your tickets now. Dining By Design is presented by Design Industries Foundation Fighting Aids (DIFFA) who has once again brought together some of the most talented, eclectic and well-known designers in their respective industries.
The 2009 National Tour of DINING BY DESIGN launched on March 26th at Pier 94 in New York City next door to the Architectural Digest Home Design Show. DIFFA’s DINING BY DESIGN tour next arrives in Kansas City before heading to Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco and Boston. You can find the complete schedule at http://www.diffa.org/events.asp.
Photos: DIFFA Archive, Design by Allison Sarofim & Stuart Parr
Kansas City Symphony Association 40th Anniversary Designers’ Showhouse
April 25-May 17, 2009
5236 Cherry Street
Kansas City, MO
http://www.showhouse.org/
KCSA’s 40th Anniversary Showhouse takes place at the Nelly Don Estate. (Note: JWSA Junior Women’s Symphony Alliance is now KCSA Kansas City Symphony Alliance.)
ANTIQUES
City Wide Garage Sale
Chanute, KS
April 4, 2009 from 7:00am to 7:oopm
Ph: (877) 431-3350 or (620) 431- 4100
Sponsored by: The Chanute Tribune. Contact (620) 431- 4100 for more information.
Eastern Kansas Unique and Antique Hop
April 16-19, 2009
Ottawa, Kansas
Ph: Phone : (785) 242-1411
Visit one of over 30 stores in 10 communities for antique hunting and a chance at great prizes.
City Wide Garage Sale
Hiawatha, KS
April 24-26, 2009 from 7:00am to 7:oopm
Ph: (785) 742-7136
EVENT SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS (AIA) KANSAS CITY CHAPTER
Out and About Wright: Kansas City Tour
April 17 & 18, 2009
Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy
Ph: (312) 663-5500
Join the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy as they tour Kansas City architecture. On April 17, the Conservancy and their Leadership Circle members will enjoy a private tour and buffet dinner at the Wright-designed Frank and Eloise Bott Residence (1956), a double cantilever house that reaches out over the hill on which it sits toward the Missouri River, hosted by homeowners Homer and Mary Kay Williams. For information about becoming a Leadership Circle member and attending this rare evening event, please contact the Conservancy, 312.663.5500.
April 18, the Conservancy’s special events program, Out and About Wright, will host an all-day tour of architecture by some of the world’s most notable architects, including: Bruce Goff, Marcel Breuer, Barry Byrne, Edward Tanner, Louis S. Curtiss and of course, Frank Lloyd Wright. The tour will conclude at the Wright-designed Clarence Sondern Residence (1939) for a private tour and buffet dinner hosted by Kansas City native and Wright homeowner, Jim Blair. Cost per person is $150, includes a boxed lunch, architecture bus tour, private tour of the Sondern Residence and buffet dinner. Space is limited; please call the Conservancy to make your reservation now, 312.663.5500.
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN NOTES
Restored Thomas H . Swope Memorial Monument & Fountain Court
AIA Kansas City is spotlighting the work of local architectural firm Susan Richards Johnson & Associates, Inc., including the Thomas H . Swope Memorial Monument & Fountain Court restoration.
2008 AIA Merit Award Winner / Design Excellence Award
Power and Light by Helix Architecture + Design, Kansas City, MO
This bridge is not a bridge for people, nor a bridge for cars. Functioning as a link between the crossroads art district and the entertainment district, it is a utilitarian bridge to house power lines; a simple truss, clad in black zinc.
The cladding, through bumps and perforations, tells the story of its simple function – to house electricity. Taking inspiration from the 3 phases of power, sine waves are repented by 2 arcing movements of perforations on the zinc cladding, each one telling the motion of power. The third wave is represented through form, giving the skin undulations and shadows. The cladding was punched with small bumps, representing the field of electrons which electricity requires for movement.
Like electricity, the bridge becomes more noticeable at night. By day it lies dormant, with little impact on the surroundings. Lit internally with LEDs, the bridge pulses to the north, identical to the electricity held inside.
Kansas City Homes and Gardens magazine (KCH&G) 2009 Home of the Year Award
iCON Architecture, Lisa Jensen Design, RM Contracting (photos by James Maidhof)
KCH&G: “The material palette for the home includes a lot of wood, steel and windows, plus stone and bamboo for texture. Interior designer Lisa Jensen picked out interior finishes and furnishings that are both clean-lined and comfortable.”
To read more about the KCH&G 2009 Home of the Year Award and see more of the competitors, click here: http://www.kchandg.com/Kansas-City-Home-Garden/April-2009/The-2009-Home-of-the-Year-Awards/.
ARTS
From the Land of the Taj Mahal: Paintings for India’s Mughal Emperors
Now thru June 14, 2009
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO
Phone: 816-751-1ART
http://www.nelson-atkins.org/
Descended from the Mongols, a Muslim dynasty ruled most of India from 1526 to 1857 and some of its greatest leaders commissioned great works of art and architecture. The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, is one of the finest collections in the world of Indian paintings and calligraphies from that time. On display will be works commissioned by two of the greatest Mughal emperors of India: Jahangir (reigned 1605-1627) and Shah Jahan (reigned 1627-1658), who is best known for building the Taj Mahal. The exhibition demonstrates important interactions between Persian painting traditions and Christian imagery, and European ideas about spatial depth and perspective–developments that were revolutionary in their time. Admission: $8 adults, $7 seniors, $5 students, children 12 and under are free.
The Poetics of Space
Opens April 10, 2009
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
Phone: 816-753-5784
http://www.kemperart.org/
Inspired by French philosopher Gaston Bachelard’s book La poétique de l’espace (The Poetics of Space) (1958), this exhibition features photographs from the Kemper Museum’s permanent collection that focus on the spatial dynamics of our architectural and natural surroundings. Through photographs by William Christenberry, Lynn Davis, Walker Evans, Todd Hido, and Aaron Siskind, among others, the exhibition reveals the mysterious and poetic worlds dwelling within domestic, urban, and natural spaces. Admission: Free
How Green is My Gallery: Jay Hunt at Elements of Green
April 3 – June 4, 2009
Elements of Green
1919 Wyandotte St, Kansas City, Mo.
Ph: 816-842-0500
http://www.elements-of-green.com/
1st Friday is a great time to meet with artists to learn about thier work, explore locally owned shopping and indulge in food and beverage prepared by Kansas City’s finest chefs and baristas. Hours: 10 am-5 pm. Tue.-Fri.; 10 am-2 pm, Sat.
First Fridays in the Crossroads Arts District
May 1, 2009 from 7:00-9:00pm
Crossroads Arts District
Kansas City, MO
Ph: 816-472-5701
http://www.kccrossroads.org/
Join the thousands that explore the galleries and shops in the Crossroads Arts District for one of the nation’s largest art walks. Admission: Free.
For more Kansas City Arts & Events check out these sites:
The Events Calendar of VisitKC.com:
http://www.visitkc.com/events/exhibits/index.aspx
The Pitch Kansas City Events Guide:
http://www.pitch.com/events/category/art-5774/
If you have a chance to attend any of the events listed above, please share your feedback. Post your comments here. Also, if you know of new or upcoming design-related events please let us know.
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