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Site Four Participating Gallery @ion_gallerykc Invites Artists: ✨Johnny McCaffery, Johanna Brock✨

About Site Four:🛹🛹🛹
Reigniting the Site Series, this is a one-day outdoor exhibition and collaboration between independent, artist-run galleries and alternative venues in Kansas City that will take place at the Harrison Street DIY Skate Park 10/18/2026. Artists are invited to activate the Columbus Park skatepark, while also creating a network between spaces. As an important community-building initiative and creative achievement, this project also aims to celebrate the park before it's impending demolition and serve as a fundraiser in order for the skatepark to be built again.

✨About Johnny McCaffery @jahnknee ✨

Johnny McCaffrey is a woodworker and sculptural artist from Olympia, Washington now living in Kansas City, Missouri where he grew up. Johnny earned his BFA in Craft and Fine Art from Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA in 2021, attended Penland School of Craft in 2023 for a fall concentration in woodworking, and completed a yearlong Artist Residency at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN in 2025.

✨About Johanna Brock✨

Johanna Brock (pronouns she/they) is a multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Kansas City. A music educator and trained orchestral violist, Brock creates other-worldly sonic landscapes that blend genres, reflecting her love of classical music, free jazz, synthesizers, field recordings, and queer nightlife. At Site 4, Brock is excited to share a sonic collage of down tempo beats, field recordings, viola flutters, and synthesizer drones that evoke the emotional landscape of humans interacting with a skate park. Brock’s ultimate goal is to create immersive environments wherein she can play at the interstices of movement, music, and language by @ion_gallerykc

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Thanks to @sk__paints @rebeccablocksome @itsthewaitingroom @harrisonstreetdiy for all the work in applying for the Rocket Grant for Site 4.

Last night was an inspiring evening hearing different artist’s visions for our community. It was hosted and sponsored by @charlottestreetfoundation in support with the @spencer_museum and the @warholfoundation making the rocket grants possible.

The Rocket Grant helps fund artists pursue artistic projects that support both individual artists and our Kansas City community! Congratulations to all the recipients! taken in Charlotte Street by @ion_gallerykc

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Elise Gagliardi, @elise_gagliardi, is an artist who enacts rituals of memorial and cleansing across performance, photography, film, and installation. A third-generation florist, Gagliardi lives this matrilineal legacy by carefully curating altars in her studio of flowers, fruits, fabric, oil, water, and her body. Rich with symbolic objects and acts, they are documented as films and photographs, preserving time through the lens of her camera. The process emphasizes Gagliardi’s interest in time, the cycles of life and the myth of eternal return—the simultaneously slow and fast passage of time we experience throughout our lives.

Gagliardi’s performance and installation work is meant to engage the viewers in the space with reflective tropes such as labyrinths, art in the round, and empty space for movement guided by sound and video projections. She invites her audience to remember that, like flowers, life is fragile; therefore, it is important to live with care and intention. Yet, there is also a hopeful acknowledgment of nature’s regenerative power, which cycles through death and rebirth. The fleeting beauty of the natural world mirrors our own impermanence while also symbolizing resilience, beauty, and opulence.

I’M PRECIOUS — A Grand Finale
Saturday, September 26, 2026
Doors open at 6pm
Performance art takes place at 6:30 | 7:30 | 8:30
1712 Main Street, Kansas City, MO, 64108

A spectacular reveal awaits you at: 6:30 | 7:30 | and 8:30. Witness a special ascension of art in motion with live music by @flutienastiness and the SoulPatrol. Celebrate with the Precious Frivolities community and toast to our next chapter. We are all PRECIOUS!

RSVP Requested | Tickets: $20 (includes entrance to the event & one complimentary drink)
preciousfrivolities.com/grandfinale or 💗LINK IN BIO 💗 by @ion_gallerykc

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It’s been an art-full weekend. It’s good to be back in KC and engaging with my art family again 💗💗

Thursday was the closing reception for “Anthology of light” curated by @thebeanstalkprinter across two floors of the @hok_kc architecture firm. I was honored to be showing with an amazing line up of artists.

Artist talks @preciousfrivolities

Three art openings at Haw Contemporary Friday night.
Loved hearing @lisajogrossman painting process.

@davinwatne is an in person must see in person exhibit.

@kcaialumni has engaging art programing all weekend! by @ion_gallerykc

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ARTIST TALK SERIES at Precious Frivolities 🎨

Four exhibitions. Multiple artist talks. One night—you won’t want to miss it!

Join us Friday, September 11, from 6–8 PM at Precious Frivolities for an evening of artist talks featuring Mark Allen, Elise Gagliardi, Mathew Morgan, and Mackenzie Fulmer, each discussing their current work and exhibitions.

Mark Allen presents NFS (Not for Sale) at Simulation Gallery, an exhibition featuring more than 50 artists represented in his personal art collection. A selection of local artists from the collection will join Mark to speak about their work and the relationships, exchanges, and community behind the collection.

Elise Gagliardi presents photography and installation work from her MFA thesis project at SAIC, exploring the intersections of image, object, and installation.

Mathew Morgan will discuss his latest series, Brutal Pop Squish, featuring his distinctive mixed-media paintings on glass and the process behind these unique works.

Mackenzie Fulmer will share her painting and illustration practice, including her beautifully observed realist paintings that find significance and beauty in the everyday.

Come hear directly from the artists, explore four exhibitions under one roof, and spend an evening with Kansas City’s creative community.

📍 Precious Frivolities
1712 Main St., Kansas City, MO
📅 Friday, September 11
⏰ 6–8 PM
🎟️ Free & open to the public
🥂 Refreshments provided
❄️ And yes—there will be AC! by @ion_gallerykc

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Jan Pilarcik’s Ange. Series is on view now @preciousfrivolities
@janp_photography

Gallery talks and refreshment’s this weekend.

View our website store of artwork acquisitions. #linkinbio taken in Kansas City, Missouri by @ion_gallerykc

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“Exhibit C” Opens this Friday 9/4 a group exhibit with works by Jàn Pilarčik @janp_photography.
Jàn is a Slovak artist currently based in Barcelona. This series “Ange.” are black and white photos taken of century old statuary angels living throughout Barcelona. Pilarčik is a perfectionist in his craft and composition. He seeks quiet moments, beauty, and simplicity. His photos create an intimate encounter for us as if we could reach out and touch the warm stone. These angels bring a life of their own as we are invited into their gaze.

We hope you can come by!
@preciousfrivolities @crossroadsartsdistrict taken in Plexpod by @ion_gallerykc

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🗞️🗞️In Other News Gallery is honored to announce the official acquisition of Gavin Benjamin’s “Heads of State #32” into the permanent collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

We extend our sincere gratitude to collectors Matt and Mandi Strange @the5mcollection for their generous donation and partnership in facilitating the placement of this significant work into the museum’s contemporary art collection. ✨🏛️

It was a distinct privilege to collaborate on this milestone alongside the incredible team at the Nelson-Atkins:
▪️ Dr. Stephanie Fox Knappe, Senior Curator of Global Modern and Contemporary Art
▪️ Reagan Duplisea, Registrar
▪️ Holly Bawden, Curatorial Assistant
▪️ Randall Roberts, Associate Vice President, Development

We congratulate Gavin Benjamin on this remarkable institutional achievement!
@nelsonatkins @gavinbenjamin

#IONGallery #GavinBenjamin #NelsonAtkins #ArtAcquisition taken in The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art by @ion_gallerykc

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Artist Melissa Wolf with her concrete wall reliefs.
Thanks to everyone who came by yesterday!
Works for sale and view on our website.
#linkinbio by @ion_gallerykc

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Closing Reception tomorrow @preciousfrivolities
3-6 pm 1712 Main St Kansas City, MO “Exhibit B. GRRRRRRRR: Little Dog, Big Bark”
Featuring the works of three artists. @calderful @alyssaunderwood.art @melissalupewolf
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This pop up exhibition is part of a collaboration with the city wide initiative to put local artists into empty business spaces. Thanks to @aprilmaddenstudio @preciousfrivolities for inviting @ion_gallerykc @elise_gagliardi to be one of the creative vendors in your space! taken in Plexpod by @ion_gallerykc

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Elise Gagliardi and Mark Allen present TWO CLOSING RECEPTIONS! 🎨✨

Join us Saturday, August 22 from 3–6 PM at Precious Frivolities, 1712 Main St., as we celebrate two exhibitions and two galleries under one roof.

Precious Frivolities is home to both ION Gallery and Simulation Gallery, two independent gallery projects presenting exhibitions within the larger Precious Frivolities space. This Saturday, both galleries come together for a shared exhibtion closing celebration.

ION Gallery, founded and directed by Elise Gagliardi, presents Exhibit B. GRRRRRRRR: Little Dog, Big Bite, the second in a three-part series of pop-up exhibitions inside Precious Frivolities. Featuring Midwestern artists Calder Kamin, Alyssa Underwood, and Melissa Wolf, the exhibition was chosen to remain on view throughout the World Cup as a playful, colorful, and engaging presentation highlighting three artists from the Midwest. Please contact Elise/ION Gallery if you’re interested in receiving the exhibition image and price list.

Just steps away, Simulation Gallery, also located within Precious Frivolities, presents Mark Allen’s solo exhibition, MYTHOS. The exhibition brings together photography, screenprints, and even a painted, image-adhered treadmill installation, with works originating from Mark’s MFA thesis at Pratt Institute, where he recently graduated with his MFA in Photography. Please contact Mark Allen if you’re interested in receiving a price list. We’ll also be celebrating Mark’s recent birthday—with cake, of course! 🎂

There’s another reason to celebrate: Elise is a recent MFA graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago! 🎓🥂 Congratulations, Elise!

Saturday, August 22 | 3–6 PM
Precious Frivolities
1712 Main St., Kansas City, MO

Afterwards, head over to @vulpes.bastille for another closing reception from 7–9 PM.

Come see the work, celebrate the artists, toast two new MFA grads, have a slice of birthday cake, and make a full Saturday of art in the Crossroads. 🎨🥂🎂 👩‍🎓

@ion_gallerykc @simulationgallery @elise_gagliardi @alfordkcrealestate @markallen.ltd @preciousfrivolities @calderful @alyssaunderwood.art @melissalupewolf by @ion_gallerykc

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Here is a sneak peek at some commissioned artwork by artist @markallen.ltd for one of our clients.
Mark just graduated with his MFA in photography from @prattinstitute These images were taken as a double exposure on medium format film camera.
We can’t say yet where these are going but stay tuned this fall we’ll be sure to share the final placement!

#kansascity #fineartphotography #darkroom #contemporaryart #interiordesign taken in Pratt Institute by @ion_gallerykc

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