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Guests this week include Poet Laureate of Missouri, William Trowbridge, artists Donna Bachman & Sharon Hunter-Putsch, Jeanette Powers, & members of the Hear Now Festival.

William Trowbridge holds a B.A. in Philosophy and an M. A. in English from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Ph.D. in English from Vanderbilt University. In April, 2012, he was appointed to a two-year term as Poet Laureate of Missouri.
His poetry publications include six full collections: Put This On, Please (Red Hen Press, 2014), Ship of Fool (Red Hen Press, 2011), The Complete Book of Kong (Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2003), Flickers, O Paradise, and Enter Dark Stranger (University of Arkansas Press, 2000, 1995, 1989). He has also published three chapbooks, The Packing House Cantata (Camber Press, 2006), The Four Seasons (Red Dragonfly Press, 2001), and The Book of Kong (Iowa State University Press, 1986).

www.williamtrowbridge.net

RE: GENERATION
Often people think of teachers as “givers” when in fact, there is much gained from the exchange of ideas in educational settings. This is evident in the works of the Albrecht-Kemper seven-woman show, “Re: Generation”. These Kansas City artists and teachers have moved in converging circles for many years, drawn together as friends and colleagues, though not as collaborators. Each has experienced the same generational events, spent professional careers as artist-teachers and arrived at a time of life when studio practice can be paramount and uninterrupted. Following unique paths of expression, they work in two and three dimensions through painting, printmaking, photography and multi-media; their work is figurative, representational, abstract, surreal, and sensuous. Their work also displays the regenerative energy of their art processes, which have brought them to the unique visions that are exhibited in this show.

Sharon Hunter-Putsch looks to family histories via old photographs and transforms them into monumental images. Her figurative oil paintings derive from particular families but speak eloquently of all families.

Donna Bachmann, doing the most sculptural work of the group, produces decorative and abstract assemblages with a recurring menagerie of things whose unknown histories add a layer of mystery and narrative to her work.
The public is invited to meet the artists at an Opening Reception Friday, June 10th from 4-7 pm.

The Albrecht-Kemper Museum
2818 Frederick Avenue Saint Joseph, Missouri 64506
(816) 233-7003
www.albrecht-kemper.org

Jeanette Powers is a Kansas City based performance artist, poet, and live show producer. She acts as the entertainment director of the Arts Bar, a venue dedicated to cultivating emerging performance artists, and each month executive produces and oversees more than fifty original arts events that feature a wide array of local and national artists. She also serves as the Creative Editor for Spartan Press’ POP POETRY: 12poetsin12months series, which releases a book of poetry each month from a different regional poet and hosts a corresponding book release and open mic event. In 2015, this project was awarded an Inspiration Grant from Arts KC.
Ms. Powers is widely known for her public performance art pieces, which she refers to as Exposure Art. These performances are created in the moment and take art outside of traditional venues, thereby allowing direct engagement with the public in shared spaces.
www.jeanettepowers.com

The National Audio Theatre Festivals (NAFT) present the 4th Annual HEAR Now: The Audio Fiction & Arts Festival June 9-12, 2016. HEAR Now is the audio equivalent of a film festival for contemporary audio story-telling in all its forms: live and scripted solo performances, multi-voiced performance, classic radio drama, experimental narrative, and much more. This four-day Festival will offer a multi-faceted program showcasing the many forms of audio fiction and sound art story-telling in theaters and other “listening” venues.
www.hearnowfestival.org


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