Alcott Arts Center will kick off its 2018 season with a student art exhibit on Saturday, April 14.
According to Chris Green, executive director, the arts center will exhibit the work of about 60 young artists from local schools.
“I am so impressed, it is so phenomenal,” Green said about the artwork of Kansas City, Kansas, students.
A wide variety of media was employed by the students, including pencils, inks, chalks, clay sculptures and more, she said.
The Alcott galleries open at 6 p.m., with the event lasting until 9 p.m. Saturday, she said. A reception for the artists will begin at 6:30 p.m.
The art exhibit will run from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Saturdays until May 5, she said.
The exhibit is open to the public, and there is no admission charge, she said.
Green said the idea for the exhibit came about after she put out a call for anyone interested in exhibiting artwork with Alcott this year. A friend referred a visual arts teacher from Washington High School who called and said her students would love to have an exhibit there.
That got the process started, with several schools joining in. Also, a Girl Scouts representative called and started the process to exhibit two students artists’ artwork, she added.
Students from Washington, Wyandotte and Turner high schools, Argentine, Arrowhead and Northwest middle schools, as well as Midland Trails, Oak Grove and Edison elementary schools, KCK Council of PTA, and Faith Christian Academy will exhibit their works at Alcott on April 14, she said.
For most of the student artists, it will be the first time outside of school that their work has been exhibited, she said.
The Alcott season is starting well, she said.
“We’re all booked up all season long in the fall, with exhibits, productions, and we have a couple groups that will come in and do some productions with us,” Green said about this season.
Alcott Arts Center is at 180 S. 18th St. in Kansas City, Kansas. It is not ADA accessible. For more information visit www.alcottartscenter.org or call 913-233-2787.
