ucp presents happy tree friends at la esquina, receptions march 6 + april 3, 6-9pm
Curated by Kate Hackman, Associate Director, Charlotte Street Foundation, Happy Tree Friends (or Standing: Tree as Agent, Index, Object of Desire) is a two-part exhibition project featuring works that depict, reference, incorporate, document, and otherwise derive or draw inspiration from trees. The exhibition is being organized in partnership with the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, which will concurrently present the exhibition Trees and other Ramifications: Branches in Nature & Culture.
Happy Tree Friends (Part I) at la Esquina, March 6-April 18 includes works by: Barry Anderson (Kansas City), Jeff Badger (Portland, Maine), Carnal Torpor (Kansas City/Omaha, NE), Julia Cole (Kansas City), Mark Cowardin (Kansas City), Jeanna Darby (Chicago), Dominique Davison + Robert Riccardi (Kansas City), Kristina Estell (Deluth, MN), Cari Freno (Richmond, VA), Diane Henk (Kansas City), Michael Krueger (Lawrence, KS), Sarah Luther (Milwaukee, WI), Kacy Maddux (Kansas City), Johnny Naugahyde (Kansas City), Benjamin Potter (Portland, Maine), Shawn Sanem (Kansas City), Margaret Shelby (Kansas City), Carlos Rosales-Silva (Austin, TX), Deanna Skedel (Kansas City), Jesse Small (Kansas City/China), Corine Smith (Detroit, MI), Maranda Stebbins (Kansas City), Davin Watne (Kansas City) , and Jennifer Whiteford (Kansas City).
Read full press release, which includes information about public programs organized in conjunction with Happy Tree Friends, and well as information about Part II, opening April 17 at UCP’s Paragraph gallery. Listen to KCUR-FM feature on exhibition. See The Kansas City Star’s review. See The Pitch’s review. See article in Review. View photos of the exhibition.
Upcoming:
First Friday April 3, 6-9pm – reception, with gallery talk with artists + curator at 6pm, and Try#2, a meal by Carnal Torpor.
Saturday, April 18, 2pm; departing from la Esquina – Urban Tree Identification Walk, led by Heartland Tree Alliance