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The Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City reveals its first "Lost-and-Found" art
As part of a public awareness campaign for its ArtsKC Fund, the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City has created a series of blank billboards with the message, "If we don't support artists, there is no art," replacing the billboards on April 5 with "found art," images of art and arts venues representing Greater Kansas City. In addition, the Arts Council will unveil a series of three "Lost-and-Found" art pieces from different areas of the city as a way to suggest the potential loss of public art in the absence of patronage.
The Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City wrapped the first of a series of three pieces of "Lost-and-Found" art, one of the horse's heads on the Parks and Recreation's J.C. Nichols Memorial Fountain by sculptor Henri Greber, yesterday Tuesday, March 30, at Mill Creek Park.
As part of a public awareness campaign for its ArtsKC Fund, the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City has created a series of blank billboards with the message, "If we don't support artists, there is no art," replacing the billboards on April 5 with "found art," images of art and arts venues representing Greater Kansas City. In addition, the Arts Council will unveil a series of three "Lost-and-Found" art pieces from different areas of the city as a way to suggest the potential loss of public art in the absence of patronage.
J.C. Nichols Memorial Fountain is the best-known and most-photographed of all of the city's fountains. It is located at the east entrance to the popular Country Club Plaza district. The sculptures were created by Henri L. Greber in the early 1900's and adorned the Mansion of Clarence Mackay in Long Island, NY. The fountain was transported to Kansas City, refurbished and dedicated to the memory of J. C. Nichols, the developer of the Plaza in 1960. The fountain has four equestrian fugues which are said to represent four rivers: the Mississippi River (the rider fending off an alligator), the Volga River (with the bear), the Seine and the Rhine. The J.C. Nichol's Memorial Fountain's horse's head will be wrapped at 11:00 a.m. at Mill Creek Park at the intersection of 47th Street and J.C. Nichols Parkway.
The ArtsKC Fund campaign was launched March 1. Two other "Lost-and-Found" art pieces will be Soundsuit by Nick Cave on April 15 at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art at Johnson County Community College and Water Plaza by Jun Kaneko at Bartle Hall on a date to be determined in late April or early May.
About the ArtsKC Fund
The ArtsKC Fund, an initiative of the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City, is a united arts fund that raises new money to support a wide range of arts organizations and programs. Its purpose is to provide stable sources of new financial support for the arts, broaden access to high-quality arts experiences, and sustain excellence in the arts and arts administration. The Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City is a not-for-profit organization that serves the five-county Kansas City metropolitan area and strives to strengthen and enrich the community by growing appreciation, participation, and support of its arts resources. For more information about the ArtsKC Fund, visit http://www.ArtsKC.org.
For more information about the Arts KC Fund, call Julia Smith at 816-994-9224 or e-mail at Smith@artskc.org.
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