Kathleen Patton

Open Studios was great fun and I hope to expand on that success in 2010. As for this year, I plan on participating in some art fairs and move forward with a new body of work. Stay tuned.

Please join me, and 14 other artists, at The Livestock Exchange Building, Studio #626 for the 2009 Open Studios Event!

Friday Evening:  Oct. 16, 5-9 pm
Saturday: Oct. 17, 11-5
Sunday: Oct. 18, 12-5

As always, food, wine, and plenty of art!

Livestock Exchange Building
1600 Genessee, #626
KC, MO 66102

Near Kemper Arena in the West Bottoms
Parking behind the Exchange, west of the building and next to the Golden Ox Restaurant.
Entrance is: in front on Genessee or in back of the building
Handicapped accessible

The new studio is taking shape – finally. I’m getting ready for the KC Artist Coalition’s Open Studios in October. There are a lot of artists exhibiting this fall so it should be another successful event.

Stay tuned for updates.

I’m very proud to announce that I was a recipient of a Jurors Award from the Overland Park – Art at the Center 2009 Juried Art Exhibition. The Jurors were Lewis Nerman from the Nerman Museum of Contempory Art and & Prof. Ann Wiklund from The University of Kansas. While it’s always exciting to be part of a Juried show, it was especially a reward to be acknowledged by these two judges.

The Plaza Art Fair was an unbelievable success; I want to thank everyone who helped me out during that weekend – we had a great time. It was a three-day holiday with of lots of people, food, and great art. We were busy constantly and sold out all of three pieces.  Needless to say, I was thrilled with the response my art received.

Over the winter I moved out of my old basement studio and into new space at the Livestock Exchange. Built in 1909 and completed in 1911, the Livestock Exchange is located in the West Bottoms and was the headquarters of the old Kansas City Stockyards; it was renovated a while back.  Privately owned, it’s now on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. This is a wonderful building with a variety of businesses, other artists, even restaurants.   Attached are a couple of photos. I’ll be adding more for I’m in the process of cleaning up the space.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_Stockyards

Coming Events:
APRIL: Overland Park Art in the Center – Juried; Overland Park, KS. April 4.  2009
Juried by: Lewis Nerman, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art at Johnson County Community College & Prof. Ann Wiklund, Tulane University, Dept. of Art History.

OCTOBER: Kansas City Artist Coalition Open Studios – October 2009

I’m very excited that I’ll be in Kansas City’s Plaza Art Fair, September 19, 20, 21, 2008. I will have some new pieces to exhibit so plan to stop by. When I get my booth assignment I’ll post it to the site.

For those of you who are not familiar with the Plaza Art Fair. “The Plaza Art Fair marks the beginning of autumn for all Kansas Citians, and attracts art enthusiasts from all over the nation. This annual celebration is located on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Mo., recognized as the oldest shopping center in the country and a beloved destination in Kansas City. The Plaza Art Fair exhibits have grown in quality and creativity over seven decades to become a nationally recognized fine art event. The three-day celebration of the arts allows visitors to experience the personalities and diverse talents of world-class artists firsthand. Beyond the colorful collections of art, this extraordinary event offers even more. With delicious food, magnificent music and interactive art experiences for all ages, there is something new around every corner.” Plaza Art Fair 2008 www.countryclubplaza.com

Open Studios was a success. I enjoyed meeting a lot of new people and friends who stopped by to see my new pieces. Thank you for making this show so enjoyable.

Coming event:
I’ve been working on a lot of new paintings this winter. Leawood Fine Art & Gallery is sponsoring a show at the Town & Country Bank on Friday, June 6. I was showing with another artist who has some wonderful pastels…Chris Jackman. Thank you to all my supporters who came to the opening.

That time of year is upon us yet again. As part of Open Studios 2007, I’ll be showing at the Arts Incubator November 3rd & 4th from 11-4 PM. Stop by and say hi.

Arts Incubator
3rd Floor
115 West 18th Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
816.769.8163

Exciting news – Leawood Fine Art Gallery has taken on a few of my pieces. The Gallery is beautiful and has a variety of wonderful works by a variety of artists. I feel privileged to be part of their current collection. If you have a chance stop by and check out their gallery.

Leawood Fine Art
11843 Roe Blvd.
Leawood, Kansas

Leawood Fine Art Gallery
913.338.4999

“Art at Work” included me in their “Meet the Artist” event at Vintners Cellar, 13011 State Line Road, Kansas City, Mo. on July 18 2007. Our host was most gracious and patrons were able to purchase wine with their favorite artist art work on the label – how cool was that! i was so surprised by all who turned out for the event… I’m still not sure if it was the wine or the art – regardless it was a great evening. If you have a chance stop by for the work will be up till the middle of August.