Third Thursday is Oct. 22 at Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Johnson County Community College
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| Robin Case, Our Bones are all the Same Color in the Grave (detail), 2005-2007, Acrylic and latex on wood with gold leaf |
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art at Johnson County Community College continues the popular program, Third Thursday • Visiting Artists Presentations, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Oct. 22 in the museum’s Hudson Auditorium with special guest artists Robin Case and Jaimie Warren and moderators Allison Smith, JCCC associate, professor, art history, and Larry Thomas, professor, fine arts. The program is free and open to the public. No tickets or reservations are required.
Robin Case creates paintings, jewelry and mixed media assemblage sculptures imbued with personal symbolism. Case is originally from New Orleans and is now based in Kansas City part of the year. She earned a degree from the University of Kansas in glassblowing in the 1980s, and she returned to New Orleans to found her own business “Gypsy Tinker Arts.” Since Hurricane Katrina, her studio has been divided between her personal art and her work as an artisan.
“I'm a builder and purveyor of fine funque art treasures, shrines, paintings, jewelry and assorted embellishments for fellow artisans. ... I love to find unusual materials and vintage oddities you can make art with, decorate with, or wear,” Case said of her work.
Recently she participated in an Urban Culture Project group exhibition at La Esquina in Kansas City. The JCCC Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion exhibits her painting Our Bones Are All the Same Color in the Grave.
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| Jaimie Warren, Untitled (Self-portrait red with flowers, Tokyo) detail, 2007, photograph |
Artist Jaimie Warren is a photographer and performance artist who creates unique self portraits in various settings and situations.
In a 2007 interview, the artist said, “I try to present my work in series, where you will see a party pic next to a tree or a plate of food, as I am trying to show my appreciation for all of these varied subjects. I think if I present an image, it’s because I see something weird or funny or pretty about it.”
Born in Wisconsin, Warren studied at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and received a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute. Her jobs, internships and grants have taken her from New York to Western Europe to Japan. Her photographs have appeared in many group exhibitions locally, nationally, and internationally, and she also leads theatrical workshops and performances as a member of Whoop Dee Doo, a public access variety hour. She recently had a solo exhibition at the Kemper Museum’s Crossroads gallery, and she is a 2009 Charlotte Street Foundation award recipient.
The next Third Thursday program is scheduled for Nov. 19. These free programs feature two artists working within the Kansas City region, with each artist giving a 20-minute presentation followed by discussion in the museum’s Hudson Auditorium. Museum staff facilitate conversation and audience participation by pairing each artist with a JCCC faculty moderator. Third Thursday programs promote student interface with area artists.
The Nerman Museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. The museum is closed Mondays and all JCCC holidays.
For more information, call 913-469-3000 or visit www.jccc.edu/museum.
Admission and parking are free.
Third Thursday programs are supported in part by an Ovation Grant from the Arts Council of Greater Kansas City.
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