past events at belger Arts
June First Friday at Belger Arts
Join us this First Friday for the opening of two new exhibitions at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery and a glassblowing demo at the Belger Glass Annex!
More Than Meets the Eye is an exhibition of two- and three-dimensional works that challenge first impressions. View realistic artworks by six local and national artists, plus works from the Belger Collection.
In conjunction with More Than Meets the Eye, Natasha Goellner, owner of Mulberry and Mott, kicks off our “Replicake” series, where culinary artists replicate a specific work of art from the exhibition. View and taste Natasha Goellner’s “replicake” and purchase tasty treats at her pop-up.
Also, join us for the opening of Shifting Perspective: Belger Arts' Twelfth Annual Resident Exhibition. Meet our resident artists, learn about their work, and see what they have been working on during their artist residencies at Belger.
Artist Talk and Pop-up shop with Smoosh Collaboration
Join us on June 7 for an 11am Artist Talk with the Visiting Artists, SMOOSH Collaboration. A Pop-up of their work will immediately follow the talk!
SMOOSH is a collaboration that includes Cara McKinley and Katlin Shae. Katlin works primarily with weaving and sculpture, while Cara works with clay, ceramics, and sculpture. The artists are enthralled by the marriage of clay and fibers, and inspired by the theory of how these materials and their process are inherently connected through history.
April 2025
Visiting Artist Jason McDonald
Jason McDonald is a North Carolina-based glass artist with a passion for Venetian furnace glassblowing techniques. He was a contestant on Netflix’s “Blown Away,” a Windgate-Lamar fellowship recipient, and is the Glass Annex’s 2025 Visiting Artist.
The following free public programs coincided with his sold-out masterclass at the Belger Glass Annex from April 28 to May 2, 2025:
A free artist talk on Wednesday, April 30, 6pm.
A free glassblowing demonstration on First Friday.
His sold-out masterclass was open to the public
Glassblowing Demo with Elliot Walker and Jason McDonald
Glass Artists Jason McDonald and Elliot Walker gave a FREE glassblowing demo on Saturday, April 26. These superstars were competitors on the Netflix hit series “Blown Away” and will reunited for the first time in Kansas City at the Belger Glass Annex (1219 E. 19th St., KCMO).
Artist talk with steve gurysh and dr. benjamin sikes
Exhibiting artist Steve Gurysh and microbial ecologist, Dr. Benjamin Sikes gave a talk at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery on Saturday, April 5, 2025. Each talked about their research using Mars Global Simulant, a composite material used to simulate the mineralogy of another planet, and its applications in the fields of art and science.
March 2025
Belger Glass Annex Open House
Artist Talk with Hoseok Youn
February 2025
Artist Talk with Anne Yoncha
Multimedia Artist Anne Yoncha gave a talk on February 8, 2025 at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery. She spoke about her work, residencies in Finland and more. Yoncha had featured work in our exhibition Materialize: Visualizing Climate Change including her piece Peat Quilt 1 (pictured above) , which she spoke about in her talk.
Artist Talk with Caroline Landau
Glass Artist Caroline Landau gave an artist talk on February 6, 2025. She spoke about her process, practice and creating molds of natural elements in the outdoors. Landau's piece Prometheus (pictured above), featured in her talk, was on view at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery in our exhibition, Materialize: Visualizing Climate Change.