Join us for our OPENING CELEBRATION
First Friday, May 6th, with DJ Spooky & DJ Sheppa w/Vjs Goonpox from 6pm-10pm. FREE!
Chuck Close ☆ Jasper Johns ☆ Jeff Koons ☆ Barbara Kruger ☆ David Ford
☆ Ed Ruscha ☆ Laurie Anderson ☆ Robert Rauschenberg ☆ Andre Serrano ☆ Cindy Sherman ☆ Peregrine Honig ☆ Sting ☆ Rosanne Cash ☆ Ssion ☆ Fischerspooner ☆ Phillip Glass ☆...
[read more] Join us for our OPENING CELEBRATION
First Friday, May 6th, with DJ Spooky & DJ Sheppa w/Vjs Goonpox from 6pm-10pm. FREE!
Chuck Close ☆ Jasper Johns ☆ Jeff Koons ☆ Barbara Kruger ☆ David Ford
☆ Ed Ruscha ☆ Laurie Anderson ☆ Robert Rauschenberg ☆ Andre Serrano ☆ Cindy Sherman ☆ Peregrine Honig ☆ Sting ☆ Rosanne Cash ☆ Ssion ☆ Fischerspooner ☆ Phillip Glass ☆ DJ Spooky ☆ DJ Sheppa ☆ Goonpox ☆ Hearts of Darkness ☆ Lou Reed ☆ Paul Simon ☆ Feist ☆ Edward Albee ☆ Mark Doty ☆ Jon Robin Baitz ☆ Glenn North ☆ Marsha Norman ☆ Robert Hass ☆ Bob Holman ☆ Carol Muske-Dukes ☆ Robert Pinsky ☆ Beau Sia ☆
...and 200+ more artists including filmmakers curated by The Sundance Institute and The Tribeca Film Festival.
A full calendar of our 40+ events taking place over the month of May can be found at
http://kansascity.americanowandhere.org
A NATION DIVIDED TO A NATION UNITED
From media to politics to the local diner, the dialogue across America has become increasingly angry and polarized, with a rapidly shrinking middle ground. We are a nation too often focused on our differences rather than on our mutual challenges. Creativity and innovation, inherent in exploration, discovery and meaningful dialogue, have lost their standing as fundamental American activities. In education, business, science and civic life, we are missing opportunities to shape a positive future together.
Envisioned by Eric Fischl and led in partnership with artists across the country, the goal of America: Now and Here is to bring people together, to inspire respectful conversation about America through the shared experience of art, and to renew our appreciation for exploration, creativity and innovation as individuals, communities and as a nation.
LAUNCHING A GREAT AMERICAN JOURNEY IN KANSAS CITY
Extending the legacy of American journeys that have defined Kansas City’s pioneering spirit, Kansas City proudly hosts the first America: Now and Here installation and begins what promises to be a historic national dialogue about America.
