About
In partnership with the Charlotte Street Foundation, the Nelson-Atkins is excited to transform the previously known Artists Walks to the newly revamped Charlotte Street Artists’ Virtual Walks. Featuring CSF’s 2020 Award Fellows—Vi Tran, Kathy Liao, Cory Imig, Stacy Busch, and Glyneisha Johnson. Zoom in as each local artist briefly discusses their work and the role and impact the museum’s collections have had on their artistry.
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Since 1997, Charlotte Street’s Visual and Generative Performing Artist Awards have supported over 125 outstanding artists living in Kansas City through annual, unrestricted cash awards distributed directly to the artists. Charlotte Street envisions Kansas City as a dynamic home for artists of various career stages and disciplines to thrive, while serving as natural catalysts for an exciting, innovative, and culturally rich city.
Featured Artists
VI TRAN / 2020 GENERATIVE PERFORMING ARTIST AWARD FELLOW
Wednesday, April 7
6:30-7pm
Virtual Event
“I am a generative performing artist and don’t identify just as a musician or a songwriter or an actor or a playwright, I kind of identify as an architect. I like to build blueprints for things but instead of buildings, I like to build stories.”
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KATHY LIAO/ 2020 VISUAL ARTIST AWARD FELLOW
Wednesday, May 5
6:30-7pm
Virtual Event
“I am an Asian-American artist who explores the fluid state between experience, memory, and place. As an immigrant, the distance between myself and my family in Taiwan is palpable, especially in these times; my work explores that space in between and the immensity of being in limbo, for what comes next.”
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CORY IMIG/ 2020 VISUAL ARTIST AWARD FELLOW
Wednesday, June 2
6:30-7pm
Virtual Event
“I create large-scale site-specific installations that alter spaces physically, visually, and temporally. My work asks the viewer to imagine space differently, including how it interacts with their body, how they move through it, and the objects within it.”
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STACY BUSCH/ 2020 GENERATIVE PERFORMING ARTIST AWARD FELLOW
Wednesday, July 7
6:30-7pm
Virtual Event
“I am a composer/performer who utilizes my voice with electronics to build unique sound worlds.”
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GLYNEISHA JOHNSON/ 2020 VISUAL ARTIST AWARD FELLOW
Wednesday, August 4
6:30-7pm
Virtual Event
“I’s about making a safe space for myself and my community through mixed media, through photography, through installation, through whatever it needs to be at the time.”
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