"Kansas City 2020"
April 30th through June 26th, 2020
ONLINE EXHIBITION DATES: APRIL 30 - JUNE 25, 2020
VIRTUAL FIRST FRIDAY RECEPTION: FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020, 6PM - 9PM
For the second year, Buttonwood Art Space is excited to partner with KC Parks & Recreation on this special exhibition featuring works of Kansas City, it's icons, sports teams, jazz themes, and beautiful cityscapes! You won't be disappointed! Artworks include paintings, photographs, 3D pieces and much more!
Each art purchase will benefit our city's beautiful parks with 50% of net sales benefiting KC Parks & Recreation and the remaining 50% going directly to artists!
As part of KC Parks' "Walktober" series in October 2019, 2 "Quick Paints" were hosted, producing wonderful works of Cliff Drive and historic Old Red Bridge in Minor Park (also known as Kansas City's love lock bridge). The three First Place winners will be auctioned off online on Friday June 5th. Bidding ends at 8pm.
Quick Paint winners can be bid on until 8pm on June 5th here, https://event.gives/kcart/items
KC Parks' mission is to improve the quality of life, health and wellness of our community by providing socially equitable, community-driven programming and environmentally sound natural resource management. The department maintains 221 parks, 12,242 acres of parkland, 159 miles of trails and bikeways, 29 lakes, hundreds of athletic fields and tennis courts, 106 playgrounds, and five public golf courses.