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Courthouse Collection
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Article provides details concerning the opening of the Jackson County Museum of Art, located within the historic Truman Courthouse in Independence, Missouri. Some of the items on display, 27 paintings by George Caleb Bingham, are described. Ken McClain, the art collector who owns many of the works on display is interviewed. The museum's organization is discussed.
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2013-09-07
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Newspaper Article
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He Wants You to Think
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Description
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Profile of Kansas City artist Peter Cowdin, known to the arts community as A. Bitterman. The author writes that Bitterman was trained as a printmaker, moved to Kansas City in 1988 where he took a hiatus from making art, and decided to apply to the Avenue of the Arts in 2006. The controversies surrounding Bitterman's works are summarized, including: positioning a Wal-Mart sign against the Nelson Atkins Museum of Fine Art's Bloch Building, his proposal to attach a paper mache banana to the side of the Folly Theater, his billboard depicting himself aiming a gun at The Scout statue in Penn Valley Park, and others. Bitterman is interviewed and discusses his works and future artistic endeavors.
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2014-03-16
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Newspaper Article
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A New Heritage of Frustrations
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Description
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Article summarizes the current state of the 18th & Vine Jazz District redevelopment plan and problems that have held back its progress. Emanuel Cleaver, Ollie Gates, Troy Schulte, and other interested parties are interviewed and provide their assessment of the longstanding and troubled project. The author states that a lack of appropriate planning, a lack of sufficient funding, and the existence of two independent agencies that oversee development projects, i.e. the Black Economic Union (BEC) and the Jazz District Redevelopment Council Corporation (JDRC), are the primary factors that have stunted development in the area. Plans to address these concerns from U.S. Representative Emanual Cleaver and Kansas City barbecue icon Ollie Gates are covered.
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2013-11-24
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
