Kemper Museum reaches into its vaults to showcase artist Virginia Jaramillo

Photography by Kenny Johnson.

Although she is internationally known, New York-based artist Virginia Jaramillo has a long exhibition history and relationship with the scions of the Kansas City art world. That relationship is currently on display in a retrospective of her work at the Kemper Museum. Jaramillo’s ties to Kansas City date back to the late 1970s, when her… Continue reading Kemper Museum reaches into its vaults to showcase artist Virginia Jaramillo

Grammy-award winning vocalist Samara Joy to headline Folly Theater’s Jazz Series

Photo courtesy of Folly Theater.

Earlier this year, twenty-three-year-old jazz vocalist Samara Joy won two Grammy awards. Joy’s project Linger Awhile––which brought some classic Great American Songbook standards back into the limelight––won Best Vocal Jazz Album, and her velvet voice and brilliant, captivating storytelling earned her Best New Artist.  Joy will take the stage in Kansas City on October 14,… Continue reading Grammy-award winning vocalist Samara Joy to headline Folly Theater’s Jazz Series