2025 Community Partners and Collaborators

Learning & Engagement Community Partners

*Programming Collaborator

Individual Partners
Alber* 
Zach Arias* 
Ciara Barton* 
Anna Boehm* 
Graham Carroll*  
Mike Carroll* 
Dr. Brian Carter* 
Doug Catt* 
Heehyun Choi* 
Liz Cook* 
Shaun Crowley* 
Sophia Cuevas* 
Celina Curry*
Simone Davis*  
Joe Donley* 
Heidi Eberhardt* 
Zsolt Eder* 
Molly Emanuel* 
Jordan Faught* 

Organizational Partners
American Jazz Museum* 
Art As Mentorship* 
Big Brothers Big Sisters KC* 
Caricatures by Marietta* 
Charlotte Street* 
Consulate of Mexico in Kansas City* 
Gem Theater* 
GoChew Korean BBQ* 
Groove Algorhythm* 
Haskell Indian Nations University* 

José Faus* 
Kaydee Gabel*  
Anne Gatschet* 
Juan Diego Gaucin* 
Marissa Gencarelli* 
Karen Griffen* 
Sascha Groschang* 
Alteronce Gumby*  
Stuart Hamby*  
Lillian Himmelberg* 
Peregrine Honig* 
Piper Hutson* 
Alyx Jacobs* 
Julia Kingsbury* 
Courtney King*
 Kimi Kitada* 
Rachel Kitley* 
Clarissa Knighten* 

Jazz Storytellers* 
Kansas City Art Institute* 
Kansas City Music Teachers Association* 
Kansas City Public Library* 
Kansas City Streetcar Authority* 
Kansas City University* 
KC Estilo Car Club* 
KCAI Animation Club* 
Kona Ice* 
Lead to Read KC* 

Lee Langston* 
Gardner Littleton* 
Kirstie Lynn* 
DeAndre Manning * 
Desmond Mason* 
Doris Mattingly* 
Soileh Padilla Mayer*  
Sam McReynolds* 
Huascar Medina* 
Lydia Middleton* 
Ellie Naeger * 
Glenn North* 
Vincent Orsolini*  
Abby Oyesam* 
Andy Ozier*  
Sheri Purpose Hall* 
Andre Reyes*  
Logan Reynolds* 



Linda Hall Library* 
Literacy KC* 
Manor Records* 
Midtown KC Now  
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 
Nelson Atkins Teens* 
NewEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble* 
Rebel Song Academy* 
Silent KC* 

The Royal Chief* 
Taylar Sanders*  
Paula Saunders* 
Molly Sloan* 
Kara Smith*  
Jay Standley* 
Kaite Stover*  
Joe Straws III*  
Gloria Sutton* 
Lauren Thompson* 
Kayla Traxel*  
Robert Tribbet* 
Amber Underwood* 
Boris Vayner* 
Emara Vonae* 
Sharra Wagner* 
Christina Webster* 
Kevin Willmott* 

Spencer Library at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art* 
Sugar Skull Grill* 
Teen Tix* 
Turn the Page KC* 
UMKC* 
UMKC School of Medicine* 
University of Kansas* 
Yoli Tortilleria* 
Zahner* 

Exhibitions & Collections Partners/Collaborators

*Programming Collaborator

Museum Partners
Remai Modern 
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 

Commercial Galleries 
Altman-Siegle Gallery 
Blum Gallery 
Bureau Gallery 
David Zwirner Gallery 
Diane Rosenstein Gallery 
Jessica Silverman Gallery 
Kadel-Willborn Gallery 
Karma Gallery 
Kaufmann-Repetto Gallery 
Nazarian / Curcio Gallery 
Nathalie Karg Gallery 

Ortuzar Projects Gallery 
Pace Gallery 
Perrotin Petzel Gallery 
Proxy Co Gallery 
Salon 94 
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery 
UOVO 

Independent Curators, Artists, Scholars, Lenders 
Aida Hotel  
Andrea Carlson* 
ARTworks of Kansas City 
Atelier 4 
Firelei Báez* 
Iris Colburn 
Bard College 

Christopher Bass 
DeOrnery FAS 
Dolphin Frames 
Stan Douglas* 
DRAW Architecture + Urban Design LLC 
Element Ten
Bill and Christy Gautreaux 
Raven Halfmoon* 
Hoffman Collection 
JEPS PR CORP dba Shipping UNLTD 
Michelle Bolton King 
José Lerma* 
Pepe Mar* 
Edwing Mendez 
Masterpiece 

McEvoy Family Collection 
Mid-America Contractors 
Joiri Minaya* 
Kevin Moore* 
Aliza Nisenbaum*  
Angel Otero* 
Paul Henry Ramirez* 
Panos Tsagaris 
Samurai Woodworks 
E.G. Schempf 
Edra Soto* 
USArt 
Lucía Vidales* 
WelPak Corporation 
Zahner Metal Conservation 
Sarah Zapata* 

Kemper Museum Shop Artists

*Local Artists

Tana Acton Rachel Akin* 
Andre’s Confiserie Suisse* 
Megan Auman 
Debbie Barrett-Jones* 
Arianne Bojko* 
Pierre Bowring / Bow Glassworks 
Janine Carter* 
Elissa Carto* 
Vanassa Chan 
Rene Churchill* 
City of Fountains Foundation* 
Tom Corbin* 
Monica Curiel 
Jackie Denning* 
Lizzie Drake*  
Claudia Fajardo 
Melissa de la Fuente 

Rosalba Galati 
Olivia Gibb* 
Cheryl Goodwillie* 
Hammerpress Print Shop* 
Milli Hershman 
Chloe Hough* 
Jack’s Daughters* 
Alyx Jacobs Repair* 
Jennifer Janesko* 
Benny Johnson / Glue Press* 
Dahlia Kanner 
Kansas City Art Institute* 
Sara Kharatyan / Crown & Heart
Jewelry* 
Tyler Kimball / Monarch Glass Studio* 

Tamara Kelly 
Clarissa Knighten*
Grace Knott* 
Eve Krahn* 
Lisa Lala* 
Barb Levy 
Whitney Manney* 
Jean Meinhardt 
Messner Bee Farm* 
Katherine Moes*
Boyan Moskov 
Mudpuppy Ceramic Studio 
The New Territory Magazine* 
Pat O’Brien* 
Oddities Prints*  

Rachel O’Flannagan* 
Opal & Gold* 
Paulina Otero* 
Anthony Pack* 
Kelsey Pike* 
Sara Pilchman Ceramics 
Lilli Powell* 
Emily Reinhardt* 
Barbara Setsu-Pickett 
Barbara J. Silverstein 
Tammy Smith* 
Kathryn Stanko 
Irma Starr* 
Kathryn Swagerty* 
Cuong Ta