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Sarabeth Dunton, Happy Trails to You: A Road Movie, digital film still, 2012.

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J d Fl i I& 2012 68 48" Oil P l

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Jared Flaming, I&, 2012, 68 x 48", Oil on Panel.

Jared Flaming, These/Those, 2012, 68 x 48", Oil on Panel.

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Ryan Haralson, Fishpeddler(detail), videostill f rom Sketchbook Series with Ryan Haralson, 2010, Produced by ITZU Media. 2009, Camera Zac Eubank.

Ryan Haralson's Studio, videostill from Sketchbook Series with Ryan Haralson, 2010, Produced by ITZU Media. 2009, Camera Zac Eubank.

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Cory Imig, Failing Structure, 2012; artist tape and balloon, 30 x 10' x 20".

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Brett Chenowith, Schrodinger's Cat Dreams My Lif e.

Conversations 1 First and Last Show at Animals and Buildings

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Conversations 1, First and Last Show at Animals and Buildings

Sarabeth Dunton, Where the Light is Bright and Clear and Brittle: Guy Greene?s Desert, pen and marker on paper, 24 x 36".

Ani mals and Bui ld ings1427 West Ninth StreetSuite 600West Bott omsKansas City816-719-0614Conversation, Part 1

May 13, 2011

By BLAIR SCHULMAN

Animals & Buildings, a temporary gallery in KansasCity's West Bottoms, hosts theexhibitionConversation, Part 1 for two weeks, openingFriday, May 13, 2011. Artists in the exhibition areBrett Chenowith, Sarabeth Dunton, J ared Flaming,Lori Raye Erickson, and Ryan Haralson.

Most of the artists have studios in the Hobbs Building.

Animals & Buildings is on the sixth floor. The idea forthe exhibition was to provide an larger exhibitionspace for Hobbs Building artists above and beyondthe "pop-up" opportunities they create for themselvestwice a year with Hobbs Building Open Studios.

Brett Chenoweths works on paper are amythological connection to a dreamlike past. His ruinsmay represent the ending of an era but, like all ruins,they endure, providing a bridge to our dreams and toanother time.

Chenoweth has shown ocally and nationally. Hisstudies in literature, philosophy, and theology informhis work. He has been an art instructor in Kansas Cityand on the East Coast. He lives in Kansas City withhis daughter and his dog.

Sarabeth Dunto n creates intricate pen and inkdrawings that mimic the growth and solidity of thehome, inside and out. This series of drawings hint atNeutra-inspired planks flowing into intricate Asianfloral and mountainscapes, as East meets West.

Dunton received her BFA in painting at the Universityof Michigan in 2006. A recent transplant to KansasCity, Sarabeth and her husband moved from NewOrleans. She has lived in Michigan, Louisiana,Vermont, Greece, and India. Dunton has had workshown in Kansas City,Missouri; Ann Arbor, Michigan;New Orleans, Louisiana; and Paros, Greece.

Long established as a Kansas City artist, Lori RayeErickson is a graduate of Kansas City Art Institute.She received a Charlotte Street Award and anAvenue of the Arts grant. Her work is infused withbright colors, text, numbers, sideshow freaks, andhumor, This particular group of work embodies acarnival flair, without the representational imagerytypical to most of her work.

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Jared Flaming, Discourse in a Public Forum, 2011, Carved wood, spray paint, printing in k, 4 x 4'.

Jared Flaming absorbs pop culture and its influenceis prevalent. Graffiti-type patterning fills his panelsedge to edge suggesting an undeniable permanenceof space. He integrates youthful symbols andpentagrams into every piece.

Flaming received his BFA from University ofOklahoma and is currently pursuing an MFA at

University of Kansas. In 2008 he collaborated withIcelandic artist J on r Birgisson and Americanartists Alex Summers, Marguerite Keys and ScottAlario to produce the limited edition book Princes ofRoyal Blood in Reykjavik Iceland. In 2011 he takespart in the traveling exhibitionPaper Politics organizedby the J ust Seeds artist co-op in Brooklyn New York.

The seriousness ofRyan Haralsons subjects arepunctuated with elements of good humor. Hissubjects confront some truth about ourselves;whether it be racism, classism or debt. Floating

around these heavy truths, Haralson also insertsbrightly colored hot air balloons that give us room tobreathe and observe this seriousness from a higherplateau.

Haralson is a 2007 graduate of the MilwaukeeInstitute of Art and Design with a BFA in IndustrialDesign. He has shown his work in and aroundKansas City.

The exhibition is co-organized byCory Imig andBlair

Schulman.

Imig is an interdisciplinary artist currently working inKansas City, Missouri. She received her BFA fromSavannah College of Art and Design in 2008 whereshe studied fiber and sculpture. After graduation Coryattended residencies at Virginia CommonwealthUniversity and The Vermont Studio Center. She hasparticipated in numerous shows in the Kansas Cityarea most notably a two-person show, Pitty Pattern,at the Kansas City Public Library with artist GarryNoland in 2010.

Schulman is an art writer who has contributed toArtTattler, Review, The Kansas City Star, FluentCollaborative, and Juxtapoz.

The exhibition is made possible by Mike Miller andWest Ninth, LLC.

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Ryan Haralson, Black Swan, 2010 (detail), Mixed medi a on canvas, 2 x 2'.

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Lori Raye Erickson, Danger.

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