Studios Inc is ecstatic to announce that our resident alum, Kathy Liao, is one of the recipients of this year’s Joan Mitchell Fellowship! Kathy is one of fifteen artists from across the United States who will receive $60,000 in unrestricted funds, distributed over five years alongside flexible professional development and convenings that facilitate community building and peer learning. Congratulations, Kathy!

Sam Ventrillo writes on Kevin Townsend’s At Home in Time. Sam is a current lead intern at Studios Inc and a senior student at UMKC.

Kevin Townsend recently shared about his studio practice and investigations during his artist talk about the work in his solo exhibition, AT HOME IN TIME

Studios Inc announces the two artists accepted into its Residency Program in 2022: Harold Smith and Hong Chun Zhang

Studios Inc’s latest exhibition, CURATOR’S CHOICE, invited nine curators to chose an artwork from the Studios Inc Collection to showcase and share their thought about the work.

Emily Spradling, a freelance writer interested in the intersections of art, culture and LGBTQ+ issues, wrote a review of Benjamin Rosenthal’s solo exhibition “and the band played on, and on on” for KC Studio Magazine.

Every artist needs a place for respite and recharge. Emily Sall created a place of refuge outside of her studio in the alleyway at Studios Inc. Read intern Kirsten Markley’s interview with the artist. Photo credit: Lauren Markley

Artist Emily Sall will continue at Studios Inc for an additional two years by participating in the Extension Program. Extension Program residents are responsible for fundraising to underwrite cost of the studio space.

Studios Inc welcomes Peregrine Honig into its Residency Program. Honig recently celebrated the 21st year of the West 18th St. Fashion and currently has a solo exhibition on view at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum in St.Joseph.

“I gathered parts of objects, partial projects, miscellaneous drawings and ideas that had accumulated in my studio and in my head over the time that I had been in my generous studio, pulling things together and seeking synergy and a cohesive direction. By early spring of 2020 I had a plan against which I was ready to execute. Or so I thought.” ~ Susan White

Studios Inc exhibition intern, Christian Banez, writes about Kathy Liao’s artwork exploring relationships, family, distance, and memory.

Studios Inc intern, Sydney Smith, writes about Susan White’s solo exhibition The Untangling. The exhibition opens Friday, January 22nd from 6-8pm and will be on view thru March 6th, 2021.