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From YouTube: NTDF supports Kansas City Artists Coalition
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Learn about upcoming events supported by the Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund of the Office of Culture and Creative Services.
A
The
Kansas
City
artists
coalition
has
been
around
for
over
40
years
and
who
all
much
has
changed
in
the
arts
and
cultural
landscape
of
the
city.
Wood
has
remained
consistent.
Is
the
focus
of
the
artists,
coalition's
mission,
which
is
on
local
and
regional
visual
artists
here,
to
tell
us
more
about
the
organization.
Is
new
executive
director
Marissa,
stark
Marissa?
Thank
you
so
much
for
having
us
here.
Thank
you
for
joining.
B
A
B
So
1976
a
handful
of
artists
actually
gathered
just
up
the
street
on
Delaware
in
the
studio's
of
philomene
Bennett
and
Lane
Merrick,
to
discuss
this
concept
of
how
to
bring
local
awareness
and
local
voice
and
representation
to
local
artists.
At
that
point,
there
was
no
crossroads.
There
weren't
a
whole
lot
of
galleries.
A
B
So
it's
kind
of
a
two-part
approach
that
we
have.
We
provide
solo
exhibitions
like
the
one
we're
standing
in
currently
in
for
gallery
spaces.
We
also
do
group
exhibitions
and
those
are
educational
in
and
of
themselves.
We
really
work
with
emerging
artists,
an
artist
at
mid-career
to
help
them
learn
how
to
properly
install
a
show,
how
to
promote
themselves
and
how
to
just
be
good
voices
for
their
own
art
and
business.
B
On
the
other
side
of
the
educational
component,
we
are
looking
at
workshops
that
teach
kind
of
the
business
of
art
so
talking
about
legal
advice,
accounting
services
in
the
community
for
artists.
Specifically,
we
also
talk
about
social
media
marketing
strategies
and
a
variety
of
other
generals
of
how
to
be
a
good
artist
and
be
a
good
business
person
at
the
same
time.
So
we're
kind
of
tackling
it
from
two
different
sides.
B
Yes,
so
the
organization
has
been
graciously
hosted
in
the
current
spaces
for
the
past
33
years
and,
as
you
mentioned,
with
the
changes
in
cityscape
and
landscape,
we
also
are
looking
to
maybe
change
it
up
a
little
bit.
The
building
was
sold
in
October
of
this
last
year
and
so
now
we're
looking
at
maybe
changing
our
current
venue.