Raechell Smith Raechell Smith has served as Director and Curator of the H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute since its founding in 1999. As a contemporary art space with a strong teaching mission, the Artspace has been recognized for excellence in architectural design, graphic design, and public programming within the region. Smith […]
Martina Castro, founder of Adonde Media and co-founder of Radio Ambulante, will discuss storytelling and podcasting in the Americas as part of MECA&D's Visiting Artist lecture series. The talk will be hosted in MECA&D's Osher Hall. Martina Castro is a bilingual radio producer, sound designer and podcast consultant. She is CEO & Founder of Adonde Media, […]
Jason De León is an anthropologist whose multidisciplinary approach to the study of migration from Latin America to the United States is bringing to light the lives and deaths of clandestine migrants crossing the U.S.–Mexico border into the Sonoran Desert of Arizona.
Since 1999 he has been working in and around the Middle East and Africa collaborating with communities to produce photographs and videos that often challenge preexisting images and perceptions of a culture and/or place as well as the concept of singular artistic authorship
Meredith Host: Windgate Visiting Artist Lecture Thursday November 8, 2018. 12–1pm Porteous Building, Osher Hall, second floor Meredith Host was born and raised in Detroit Rock City and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics from Kansas City Art Institute in 2001. Meredith has spent time at numerous ceramic residencies including The School […]
Ranu Mukherjee makes bodies of work and large scale installations by combining drawing, painting and print on fabric or paper alongside video, animation and choreography
Charles Tracy is a landscape architect with the National Park Service who guides long-distance trail development and regional landscape conservation initiatives in New England.
Susannah Coffey's portraits are investigations of the iconic human head. The work is driven by questions about what a portrait image can mean. What is a beautiful appearance?
Kevin’s expanded drawing practice centers around mark-making, obsession and the phenomenology of time.