Photogallery: "You're Such A Good Sport!"
Scenes from the "You're Such A Good Sport" group show at Paragraph Gallery
Monday, March 22, 2010
Photo Gallery
"You're Such A Good Sport"
Opening night at the group show at Paragraph Gallery
While sports fans around the country were in the grip of March Madness this weekend, a team of artists and performers were busy spreading their own colorful strains of sports fever.
"You're Such A Good Sport," a group exhibit that opened Friday at the Paragraph gallery, included performances and displays related to sports and sports culture, from the "Rah Booty" cheerleaders strewing pink confetti to blindfolded guests beating a pinata shaped like a referee. Strands of basketball nets and clusters of tennis balls were draped across the gallery, and a green mascot handed out hot dogs on a platter.
The project, curated by Michael Schonhoff and presented by Urban Culture Project, includes artwork by Matt Dehaemers, Robert Heishman, Megan Mantia, Mike Hill, Miki Baird, Pellom McDaniels, Brett Reif, Pablo Helguera, Chris Doyle, Phil Peterson, Ray Noland, Adriane Herman, Brian Reeves, Shelley Buffalo, Linda Trunzo, and Megan Gallant. The show also features images and video borrowed from the Kansas City Museum, and reference materials borrowed from the Negro League Baseball Museum.
"You're Such A Good Sport" is on view through May 6 at the Paragraph gallery and Project Space at 21-23 East 12th Street in downtown KCMO. The Exhibition hours are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from noon to 5 p.m.
Additional You’re Such a Good Sport Public Programs & Events Include:
•Friday, April 9, 10-2pm - WHB 810 Sports Radio broadcast live from Paragraph gallery
•Saturday, April 3, noon: Gallery walk through & discussion with curator Michael Schonhoff & art historian Milton Katz
•April 17th, 4pm - 90.1 KKFI, Urban Connections, Donna Wolfe with Michael Schonhoff & featured artist Pellom McDaniels.
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