Pinch & Zoom, a group exhibition featuring works by Aaron Howell and Justin Canja explores the duality between the micro and macro perspectives of queer relationships and social activism. Through various modes of materials and artistic applications the artists highlight the connectivity of their interpersonal reflections. The exhibition relays the portrayals of perspectives from the various people, keepsakes and instances inviting viewers to reflect on how we navigate through the intersection of the queer experiential narrative and societal norms.

Florescence closing reception with artist talk.

Join us for a closing reception of Florescence and a discussion with artists Shelly Pinto, Laura Nugent and Terri Pollack.

Cupcakes, wine and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided!

Join us for the opening reception of Florescence, a group show of works by Laura Nugent, Shelly Pinto and Terri Pollack.

“Florescence celebrates three artists’ transformation of their practices. Each experiment with unfamiliar materials and methods as a leap into unknown territory, entering an aspirational new phase that amplifies and extends previous work.” - CJ Charbonneau, exhibition essayist.

In this exciting and timely new series, mid-career artist Kwanza Humphrey tenderly pays tribute to those oft-forgotten African tribal artisans who inspired this work. Humphrey’s ancestral home is on the vast continent of Africa, and through this work, he reaches back in time to create a bridge with those in the motherland who have inspired him and so many others with their work. Working in the tradition of folk and vernacular art, Kwanza elaborates on ideas and concepts represented in the tribal narrative. Humphrey elevates and transforms the utilization of the masks from a primarily utilitarian purpose into a reflective concept. Through this process, the artist honors their tradition and introduces new audiences to these seminal creatives, their influential work, and their legacy of artistic brilliance and innovation.

Passing Go, a group exhibition featuring works by Kansas City artists Justin Canja, Brittany Noriega, and Chico Sierra, explores the interplay between inner emotional landscapes and external environments. By representing a variety of people, places, and things, each artist reflects on how our inner worlds intersect with the surroundings we navigate.

The Smalter Gallery is an art gallery in Kansas City welcoming emerging and experienced artists.

Join us for a celebration of the morbid and macabre. Opening Friday the 13th, 6-9pm.

Including works by Taj Mattingly, Brittany Noriega, V Holecek, Troy McEvers, Hannah Hyatt, Martina Michelova, Natalie Medellin, Tyson Schroeder, Philo Northrup, Teresa Mastro and others!

It's the return of the neighborhood show! Originally dreamed up in our first year, now on the other side of the pandemic we are bringing back our hyper-local showcase. This exhibition highlights the great artistic talent living right in the gallery's backyard, showing works in a range of mediums by artists who have lived, worked and loved on 39th street. Including works by Joe Bussell, Fred Trease, Shelly Pinto, Brittany Noriega, Terri Pollack, Madaline Marak, Jane Gilbreath, Celina Curry, Troy McEvers, Linda Jurkiewicz, Jackson Daughety, Jenna Bauer, Michael Cawthon and more!

Join us for our 1st Annual Core Showcase - an exhibition of works by artists who have been featured in the Core zine created by Brittany Noriega.

Including works by Bea Bonanno, Adam Crowley, Terri Pollack, Tanith K, Tj Templeton, JoAnna Termini, Derrick Schmidt , Hannah Lane, Blanca Herrada, Taj Mattingly, Allison Bowman, Tetiana Siedina, Jenna Bauer, Carlos Ortiz-Gallo, Anita Easterwood, Angela Olsson, SK Reed, Gwen Murphy, .E Lewis, Wolfe Brack, Clarissa Knighten, Zac Bendrick, Michelle Pond, Kwanza Humphrey, Cesar Lopez and more!

Deromanticizing Complex Narratives, created by Vivian Wilson-Bluett and curated by Harold Smith.

This body of work began at an isolated artist residency in January 2020 in response to a recent personal crisis. It soon evolved to address the global crisis in which we all found ourselves

A ongoing series of small panels painted from the artist's photographs. The images are shot from daily life, travel, and people and places that have become meaningful or symbolic over time. Whether thick brushstrokes or the woodgrain of the panel, the emphasis is on an underlying texture referencing emotions, memories, or even subatomic particles that flow through solid objects and time. Many of the paintings gave been slowly touched for years keeping the window to that memory and its possible conclusions open.

Join us for a show of small, beautiful and affordable works by 23 local artists! Great for the holidays.

Featuring: Taj Mattingly, Lori Raye Erickson, Annie Webster, Chelsea Klamm, Brenden Blue, Mike Hill, Terri Pollack, Laura Nugent, Adana Garrote, Andrea Cira, Brittany Noriega, Allison Bowman, Andrew Jones, Trish Nixon, Linda Jurkiewicz, Desiree Warren, Ellen Weitkamp, Benjamin Parks, V Holecek, And others!

A great opportunity to support KCMO artists and find the perfect piece of affordable art for you or as a gift for a loved one.

Two artists offer up works separately inspired, but rooted in similar soil. Capturing the curves of time and space using lines and color. That is a Long Line, a dual exhibition by Chico Sierra and Jose Faus, opens June 12th and will be on view through July 9th.

Out in the Open is a solo exhibition by Gabriella Poulos, a graduating senior at KCAI.  Out in the Open explores pioneer America by reflecting on its history of expansion, conquest and hierarchy. Poulos considers how humankind has been led by the desire to conquer and tame natural wilderness and invites the viewer to consider their own relationship to the land, humans and animals.

"After Hours" is an expression of the ways in which we strip ourselves down after dark and become our rawest selves. Onnissia created these pieces to highlight the intimacy she felt she was missing during quarantine, and to honor the authenticity we allow ourselves to embody when we are alone. It beckons the viewer to consider who we really are, after we've removed our shoes, our belts, our work badges, and the literal and metaphorical masks we wear in public.

After the 27th, viewings will be available by appointment after sunset or on Fridays and Saturdays without an appointment, limited to a capacity of ten. Masks required.

In their new body of work, "Heaven," Wilks explores new territory in the product of everlasting life. If Hell is the tool of fear, what is Heaven if not the sell. Corruption, greed, abuse of power, and the fleeting visual of spirit are all conversations happening in 'Heaven.' Is Heaven the original gated community? How does this ancient concept translate and contribute to today's tensions?

Deoxyribonucleic acid is a molecule composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix carrying genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth and reproduction of all known organisms and many viruses. DNA and ribonucleic acid are nucleic acids

DNA, the code that informs how we will react to the world and how the world will react to us. Within that code are memories of our ancestors passed down as chromosomes, acids and molecules. We carry with us a very real history that we have access to instinctually. At times these memories are so woven into our genes that we are reacting to them without knowing it. As we begin to interact with our environments and those around us there is an intermingling of stimuli. The multitude of physical differences in the human species creates differing experiences and in turn differences in genetic trauma. This mix of culture, genetic memory, and the creations of divisions based on ethnic and racial differences are constantly engaging and changing. With this body of work I am not trying to make sense of any of it or clarify my specific experience, but I am acknowledging the factors that have gone into creating my experience.

A solo exhibition of recent paintings by Luke Reichle

This body of work began as an exploration into the dynamics of negative space as defined by figurative groupings. Work on these pieces began in earnest as the Covid Curtain fell and I found myself quarantined at my studio in Joshua Tree, Ca. For me, negative space has always elicited a kind of longing; a loneliness inherent in the separation of form. As the pandemic progressed, negative space became a metaphor for social distance and the withdrawal of physical intimacy in our day-to-day lives.

Onnissia Harries' solo exhibition "Onnissia: It Means Queen"

 A pronouncement of her name, a declaration of her strength and a celebration of the royalty and divinity within us all.

Drawing based paintings that combine different times, places, and emotional states inside invented landscapes.

A solo exhibition of recent works by Kwanza Humphrey. Kwanza is a Kansas City painter who creates beautiful portraits of figures against a cloud filled sky.

"The clouds represent wonder, hope, and unity. We’re all on this planet under the same sky. When you look up, the possibilities are endless. I want to share with the world that we are all a part of the same whole, and despite our differences, we all crave the same thing. Truth and love." -KH

A solo exhibition of works by Nicolas Gadbois. Using left over MDF board from the CNC machines at Hammerspace, Nicolas Gadbois creates incredibly striking and vibrant abstract works - a beautiful collaboration of man and machine.

This group show celebrates the magickal, mystical and morbid as we approach All Hallow's Eve, featuring V Holecek, Ryan Wilks, Jon Rollins, Daniela Failla, Kathryne Grimm, Scott Holloway, Muriel Fonseca, Harrison Larsen, Debbie Swan, Chelsea Klamm, Brittany Marie Noriega and Roy McDonald

Join us for Mike Hill's Birth of Tension - a return to abstraction and a culmination of two year's work.

Showing Works by:

Onnissia Harries, Benjamin Parks, Hubbard Savage, Wes Casey, Brittany Marie Noriega, Troy McEvers, Roy McDonald, Dylan Bond, Dani Coronado, Katherine C. Bello, Michael Cawthon, Linda Jurkiewicz, Dora Agbas, Austin McDaniel, F. Max Fearing, Eli Pupovac, Paper Monkey, Bianca Fields, Desiree Warren, Jim Needham & Chelsea Klamm