Showing in March

Opening March 11, 4 - 5:30pm and March 12 5 - 8pm

The March 12 KCK Second Friday Art Walk will feature works by students of the Kansas City , Kansas Public Schools. The Art Walk will be from 5:00 - 8:00 pm in downtown Kansas City , Kansas .

Over 200 two-dimensional and 40 three-dimensional works will be displayed in four downtown KCK galleries. Student art will be hung in the Kaw Valley Arts and Humanities Gallery (756 Armstrong), the YWCA Fine Art Gallery (6th & State Ave. ), the Townhouse Gallery (7th & State) and at in the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library (625 Minnesota Ave.).

Yearly, the Kansas City , Kansas Public Schools host a student art show entitled Beyond the Classroom. Student work is professionally matted and framed, featured in the annual art show, then distributed to area businesses to hang for the duration of the calendar year. In January those works are gathered, the art is removed from the frames, new art is matted and displayed in the same frames, and the cycle goes on.

“This is a great way for our community to see the wonderful talents of our KCKPS kids and art teachers,” said Jean Ney, Coordinator of Fine Arts & Physical Education. “We are so grateful to the downtown galleries for allowing students to show in bona fide art spaces.”

The opening reception for the students, art teachers, and general public is Thursday, March 11 from 4:00-5:30 pm at all four galleries. The public is welcome, and shuttle vans will run between galleries.