Today the vibrant and renovated Crossroads Arts District is home to more than 60 galleries and art spaces, hundreds of artists, and many independent studios. On the First Friday of each month, thousands of visitors flock to the neighborhood to hop from gallery to gallery, enjoy live music, and dine at stylish restaurants.
Despite the Crossroads Arts District’s rapid growth and success, there is a broad gap between the number of working artists and the number of art collectors in town. That is why Todd Haenisch is passionate about bridging that gap by educating others on the thrill of collecting and its positive impact on artists and on our community.
“Collecting art in Kansas City changed my life,” Todd Haenisch stated. “When I started collecting in the mid 1990s, there were only a few galleries…and a few dozen artists in the Crossroads. It has been exciting to watch the progress over the years.”
Collecting in the Crossroads includes a wide mix of paintings, drawings, ceramics, and mixed media works from artists who live, work, or have exhibited in Kansas City.
Exhibit Artists
Jesse Small, Scrappers Lantern (2008), steel
Jim Leedy, Untitled platter (nd), stoneware
Jim Leedy, Untitled platter (nd), stoneware
Stretch, Chunk 1and 2 (c. 1999), etched glass on metal stand
Mark Southerland, untitled, instrument parts, fabric and fur
Jose Ika, untitled, paint and fabric on found wood
Dylan Mortimer, Portable Baptismal (2002), painted wood, vinyl
Matt Wycoff, Drawing of My Truck (2006), graphite on paper
Wilbur Neiwald, Red Apartment Building, oil on canvas
Stretch, Neon Bone (1996), edition 1 of 2, metal and neon
Jesse Small, Dragon Boat (2003), porcelain
Jack Rees, Surform 0881 (2008), flatbed printing with UV inks on polycarbonate, flexed and fastened with threaded steel studs, square nuts and rubber faucet washers
Asheer Akarum, untitled, wood, metal, ceramic and mixed media
Mary Ann Strandell, Paid Orb, ed. 1/5, (2004), 3D lenticular print on Sintra
David Ford, untitled (1992), acrylic on canvas
Eric Sall, Balls Out (2005), oil on canvas
Archie Scott Gobber, Play it Safe (c 1991), enamel on panel
Mott-ly, collection of untitled works (c1998-2007), found and mixed media collage
May Tveit, Cul de sac, ink on print
Rachel Hays, Scrap Bomb (2006), plastic, fabric, staples, wood
Lori Raye Erickson, Dang (2005), mixed media
Kendall Kerr, Esposito (nd), India ink, pencil and collage
Lester Goldman, untitled, oil on canvas
Mark Cowardin, untitled (faucet), paint on wood
Sharron Patten, Undisguised (1994), oil on canvas
Jeremy McConnell, untitled, oil on canvas
Peregrine Honig, untitled, drawing on paper
Susan White, Thought Pattern (2005), pyrograph on paper
Jim Leedy, Geometry in Space (1999), oil on canvas
Reilly Hoffman, Pharoglyph #2 and #5 (2011), torch carved steel
Lynus Young, untitled (2001), painted wood and mixed media
Jimmy Trotter, untitled (cartoons), drawing on paper
Anne Austin Pearce, untitled, watercolor on paper
Json Myers, untitled (2003), tryptich, scorched wood
Davin Watne, Untitled/Car Crash (c 2000), oil paint on car trunk
Warren Rosser, Double Dip (2001), oil on canvas
Debra Smith, untitled (c 2004), antique kimono fabric and vintage silk organza
Ken Ferguson, Adam & Eve (c1980), stoneware
Larry McAnany, Summer Breeze (2004), mixed media
Dan Frueh, untitled, photograph
Roxy Paine, Scumak (2001), polyethylene
Nate Fors, untitled (c2000), enamel on inflated inner tube
Jesse Small, Jibberish (2008), ghost sculpture, porcelain
Ken Ferguson, untitled (basket), stoneware
James Woodfill, United Signal (c 1996-97), steel, electromechanical components and light bulbs, prototype for the Freight House Signal Project
