2022 Art in the Loop Kick-Off Event

The public is invited to attend the kick-off event for the 2022 Art in the Loop Project: Sustainable, on Wednesday, June 22 at 5:30 p.m. at the Kansas City Public Library Central Branch located on the KC Streetcar line. This will be an evening of art and music as we introduce the 2022 visual artists and performance series selections. The reception will feature original poetry by Vanessa Aricco, who will perform from her new collection entitled "On the Cusp of Air and Water' as well as live music by Amado Espinoza and his "Junkyard Orchestra". Click here for the invite. The event is free and open to the public.

This year marks the ninth year for the Art in the Loop Project and includes artwork based on photography, painting, digitized illustrations and paintings, and more. The Art in the Loop Project is a curated outdoor exhibition of temporary artworks presented in partnership with the KC Streetcar Authority. Artists responded to the 2022 theme of “Sustainable” and addressed questions about how one defines sustainability, what are the intersections between art and sustainability and what does a sustainable Downtown Kansas City look like.

The following artists’ works will be displayed at streetcar stops and on one streetcar vehicle from June until November 2022. You can find images of each installation online at www.artintheloop.com.

Visual Artist and Art Installations:

• Devin Edwards, Darrius’s Garden, on KC Streetcar 806
• DINKC Galicia, Generations, at the Power & Light Southbound Streetcar Stop
• David Wayne Reed, Mother, at the Kauffman Center Southbound Streetcar Stop
• Jennifer Lapka with A.P. Visual, The Dieynaba Dress, at the Metro Center Northbound Streetcar Stop
• Raffaela Malazarte, Mahalaga, at the Library Northbound Streetcar Stop
• Dave Lowenstein, You Are Here, at the Union Station Streetcar Stop
• Sol Anzorena, Take Care of Who Cares For You, at the River Market West Streetcar Stop