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Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art stands in solidarity with every member of our community who condemns the murder of George Floyd and countless other black Americans.
Safety is our number one priority. Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art values the health and well-being of our visitors, our community, our staff, and our volunteers. We are working to create a new and safe environment for a public re-opening during the current pandemic.
"Extra Helping is a new community-sourced cookbook featuring recipes from chefs and bartenders around the region, including popular spots like Indo, Harold's Doughnuts, Nathaniel Reid Bakery, Olive + Oak, Rye, Q39, Sardella and more, developed by Feast magazine in collaboration with the team at Small Circle Recipes.
Food critic Kelsey Cipolla published her top plates from the past year in last month’s issue of IN Kansas City magazine ––and listed Café Sebastienne with top honors saying:
"Our local, independent restaurants are closing their dining rooms to help protect Kansas Citians. Now you can help protect them. 100% of the net proceeds from KC Runs on Hospitality shirt sales will go directly back our locally-owned restaurants to distribute to their employees.
Looking at beautiful art can bring such joy, especially in uncertain times. Each April we welcome a new collection of Studio Editions by Dale Chihuly to the Shop, made available each year as a way for Museum patrons to support the exhibitions and programs of Kemper Museum.
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art welcomes fifteen community leaders as the inaugural members of Creative Action Initiative, a new annual project to design a collaborative response to community needs and desires using contemporary art, with Kemper Museum as its platform.
Kansas City designer Katie Minion of DoodleStation has created a Kansas City Coloring Book to help fight back against the toll COVID-19 is taking on Kansas City.