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The Epsten Gallery

Connecting Communities & Generations through the Arts

Connecting Communities & Generations through the Arts

The Epsten Gallery's mission is to provide innovative programs and art exhibitions that engage, inspire and enlighten a diverse community through all stages of life, celebrating our common humanity through art.

Look Me in the Eye: Portraits of Kansas City 65 works by 65 artists curated by Elisabeth Kirsch and Mike Lyon Fernando Achucarro, Ricky Allman, Ione Angilan, Rhonda Barber, Philomene Bennett, Joe Bussell, Ariana Chaivaranon, Tom Corbin, Steff Crabtree, Sherry Cromwell Lacy, Dominique Delgado, Ryan Delgado, Julie Farstad, Jessie Fisher, Barbara Florez, Aimee Fresia, Elise Gagliardi, Rachelle Gardner-Roe, Jeremy Garton, Tom Gomersall, Tanya Hartman, Jennie Haugen, Diane Henk, Corin Hoke, Peregrine Honig, Kwanza Humphrey, Jennifer Hutton, Robert Jinkins, Linda Jurkiewicz, John Keeling, Alex Krahenbuhl, Dean Kube, Sara LaGrand, Jim Lawrence, Christopher Leitch, Yue Li, Kathy Liao, Kim Lindaberry, Ritchie Lynne, Mike Lyon, Clinton Marstall, Michael McCaffrey, Jean McGuire, Wilbur Niewald, Melanie Nolker, Benjamin Parks, Anne Austin Pearce, Jason Pollen, Lonnie Powell, Johne Richardson, Jim Sajovic, Hasna Sal, Jon Schroeder, Roger Shimomura, Hyeyoung Shin, Chico Salvador Sierra, Harold Smith, M.C. Snodgrass, Chloe Sotomayor, Emily Stark, Sonié Joi Thompson-Ruffin, Rebecca Tombaugh, Michael Toombs, Mark Walter, Ryan Wilks

President's Welcome

What is this place we call The Epsten Gallery?

It’s a room with walls that can be transformed into an interactive art space for multi-generational use; a place where art becomes therapy; a place to explore different media and learn how art and life intersect; a place to explore and get your hands dirty.

It’s a room where I remember my mother-in-law, Jackee Epsten. She wanted to share art with the community of Village Shalom, a facility with a vision to enable senior adults to flourish in a safe, caring, compassionate community. She wanted families to come inside, look at art together and become engrossed in projects. Jackee loved to share her passion of art and movement with her grandchildren. She hoped people would come visit quality gallery exhibits that make us pause, think and appreciate life, as she did.

The Epsten Gallery’s mission is to provide innovative programs and art exhibitions that engage, inspire and enlighten a diverse community through all stages of life, celebrating our common humanity through art.

Join us as we explore outside the gallery, too. The Epsten supports art therapy at Children’s Mercy Hospital, St. Mark Child and Family Development Center, as well as at Village Shalom.  We enjoy collaborating with art organizations throughout the Kansas City community and beyond.

Please tour our website and come visit us in the Gallery and consider joining our efforts as a Friend of the Epsten Gallery.

Sincerely,

Ginny Epsten
Board President

Winter Stream

November 22, 2015 – January 24, 2016 Brendan Meara, Video still image from “Continental Bald Eagle Project,” 2015 – ongoing,  Courtesy the Artist Public Opening: Sunday, December 6, 1-4 p.m. Regular hours: Tuesday – Friday, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Sunday, 1-4 p.m. (Closed Saturdays and Mondays) The Epsten Gallery is pleased to present Winter Stream, a […]

Winter Stream

Winter Stream November 22, 2015 – January 24, 2016 Public Opening: Sunday, December 6, 1-4 p.m. Regular hours: Tuesday – Friday, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Sunday, 1-4 p.m. (Closed Saturdays and Mondays)     The Epsten Gallery is pleased to present Winter Stream, a collection of video art, documentaries and short films to entertain, […]

UrbanSuburban XI: Transition, Experience, Adventure

UrbanSuburban XI: Transition, Experience, Adventure August 30 – November 1, 2015 Public Opening Reception: Sunday, August 30, 1-4 p.m. Artist Meet and Greet starting at 2:00 p.m. Contact: Heather Lustfeldt, Curator hkl.kcjmca@gmail.com | 913-266-8414 | www.epstengallery.org The Epsten Gallery is pleased to announce the spectacular annual benefit exhibition, UrbanSuburban XI: Transition, Experience, Adventure, opening on […]

UrbanSuburban XI

August 30 – November 1, 2015 Public Opening Reception: Sunday, August 30, 1-4 p.m. Artist Meet and Greet starting at 2:00 p.m. Contact: Heather Lustfeldt, Curator hkl.kcjmca@gmail.com | 913-266-8414 | www.epstengallery.org The Epsten Gallery is pleased to announce the spectacular annual benefit exhibition, UrbanSuburban XI: Transition, Experience, Adventure, opening on Sunday, August 30, 2015, with a […]

Urban Suburban XI

Direct link to the flipbook http://www.flipdocs.com/showbook.aspx?ID=10004308_505961 You are invited to a benefit for the Epsten Gallery honoring Eileen Garry, director emerita. 6:00 – 8:30 pm Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Home of Theresa and Brad Freilich 5252 Sunset Drive Kansas City, MO 64112 TRANSITION: Join us as we celebrate our transition from an art gallery to […]

Pop-Up Artist Residency

Pop-Up Artist Residency at the Epsten Gallery Summer 2015 June 29 – July 31, 2015 The Epsten Gallery is pleased to present Pop-Up Artist Residency this summer, a series of one-week interactive residencies and related programming with five artists: Casey Whittier, Barb Wishnow Jacobs, Matt Dehaemers, Mark Cowardin, and Hugh Merrill. The artists are invited […]

Women to Watch: 2015 (Women, Nature & Art)

February 8 – March 22, 2015 Diana Heise, your father growing flowers for your mother, 2013, single channel video, Courtesy the Artist Lara Shipley, Having Heard the Old Stories (from the series, Devil’s Promenade), 2013, Archival Pigment Print, Courtesy the Artist Linda Lighton, Untitled, 2014, low fired clay and glaze, Courtesy the Artist Rain Harris, […]

Phenomena: The Material Image

November 16, 2014 – January 11, 2015 Prairie Fire, 2014 by Dan Frueh, Archival Ink Jet Print, Courtesy the Artist Green House, 2014 by Raïssa Venables, Archival Pigment Print Courtesy the Artist and Galerie Wagner + Partner, Berlin Book of grass #1, 2012 by Jon Scott Anderson, Archival Pigment Print, Courtesy the Artist and Haw/Contemporary, […]

A Creative Spark – The Art of Anna Ilona Gondos

April 6 – May 18, 2014 In conjunction with Looking At After is A Creative Spark: The Art of Anna Ilona Gondos. Mrs. Gondos (1910 – 1985), her husband, Dr. Bela Gondos (1903 – 2003), and their only daughter, Dr. Judy Gondos Jacobs, survived the Holocaust after leaving their home in Budapest, Hungary on June […]

Looking At After

April 6 – May 18, 2014 Invalid Displayed Gallery The Epsten Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition, Looking At After: Four Contemporary Artists Reflect on Legacy, featuring Tanya Hartman, Cima Katz, Misha Kligman and Benjamin Rosenthal. Four artists, ranging in age from 29 – 64, invoke their Jewish heritage as they look back […]