In case you missed it, last night was the launch party for vol 19 of Kansas City Voices literary magazine. I was there because they had selected one of the drawings I had put forward for publication in this issue. I was also among the contributors who were invited to speak briefly on their contribution to the issue.
Read MoreAs we’re closing in on the and of the year, this seemed like as good a time as any to revisit the various projects and shenanigans of 2022…
Read MoreI don’t know just how new of a thing this is, or if social media has simply made it more obnoxiously apparent, but I’ve been noticing an uptick in recent years in rallying around talking points to the tune of “free speech”…
…usually by people who don’t have the first clue what that actually means.
Read MoreI was recently approached by Mr. Murray and Ms. Waytz about doing some cover art for a book of collected dark poetry they have been compiling…
Read MoreThis past weekend I started working on getting my new work space together…
Read MoreAs I’m writing this, I’m watching reports from various outlets on Russian attacks happening in every major city in Ukraine. I’m also watching an entire spectrum of reactions to it. Everything about it feels disjointed and dissonant.
Read MoreOpening night exhibition and holiday market of small works by various artists hosted by The Smalter Gallery, at 1802 West 39th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, 64111
Read MoreFirst of all I want to thank Chris Canter at Procession Magazine for taking the time to pick my brain. I had submitted to see if they needed artwork to go along with anything they were publishing and it turned into an interview request.
Read MoreThe headline itself is a lot to process. While Jean-Michel Basquiat’s body of work was never really my vibe, this punctuates a lot of my skepticism that NFTs are as “great for artists” as they have been touted…at least in their current application.
Read MoreColor me intrigued. I generally don’t have a reason to venture into southern Missouri. The lure of the Ozarks and its myriad overpriced faux-rustic resorts just don’t have any appeal to me, so that would explain how this would never land on my radar on its own.
Read MoreFor those in the back, NFT is a “non-fungible token”, which is a unique, encrypted data string containing a ledger of “ownership”. This ownership can come about in many ways, whether it be bough, acquired, or “mined”. For the sake of clarity, the NFT is not the art itself…
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