Rites of Passage in Kansas City: Through the Labyrinth

Rites of Passage in Kansas City: Through the Labyrinth

Guest Post by Jamilee Polson Lacy I’m wrapping up my stint as Inaugural Curator-In-Residence for the Charlotte Street Foundation in Kansas City. My final project, rises Zora, a multi-venue visual and performing arts exhibition, explores Kansas City as an urban...
I AM MYSELF A CITIZEN OF NO MEAN CITY

I AM MYSELF A CITIZEN OF NO MEAN CITY

Guest Post by Wendy Lee Spacek Greetings from INDPLS, new friends! Caroline and I saw one another a few weeks back at a poetry reading I gave at Heavy Gel in Chicago. I gushed about life in Indianapolis to her, so she asked me to send a monthly dispatch...
Guest Post By Jamie Kazay

Guest Post By Jamie Kazay

Barbie and La Nouvelle Vague (part 2) I remember my first Barbie. I received her as a Christmas present from my Aunt Diane.  My aunt gave me other dolls (Strawberry Shortcake and Cabbage Patch Kids) over the years, but none consumed my imagination like Barbie. And...
Catholic Craft

Catholic Craft

Guest Post by Robert Burnier     I once had a penchant for the obsessive, compulsive traditions of certain Dutch painters like Paulus Potter, Adriaen van der Spelt and Jan van Cappelle, so whenever I was in an encyclopedic museum, I would always make my way...