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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

UrbanSuburban X: Perception & Reflection

September 7 – October 26, 2014   New in 2014, the Epsten Gallery hosted an exhibition without an art auction with works by 60 artists available for purchase. Artists may collect 50%  of the proceeds on the sale of their works with the remainder going to support Epsten Gallery’s programs. Additionally, the Epsten Gallery invited Joshua […]

Tale of the Eye: The Art of Lester Goldman

  Tale of the Eye: The Art of Lester Goldman April 7 – May 26, 2013 Opening Reception on Sunday, April 7, 2013 from 1-4pm (Artists Remarks at 2pm). A solo exhibition of paintings, sculptures, works on paper, and ephemera by Lester Goldman (1942-2005), including rare and never-before seen works from his estate. Read Full Press […]

BETWEEN THEE & ME

Show Slideshow Artists Respond to the Judaica Collection of Michael Klein July 24 – September 4, 2011 A Museum Without Walls collaboration by the Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art in partnership with Rockhurst University’s Greenlease Gallery, Between Thee & Me is a 10-week program featuring 25 artists in group exhibitions at the Epsten […]

A Bird in the Hand: Marion Wilson

Forever Cup 0545 from Clare Twomey: Forever exhibition at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art I entered this lottery to see if I could get one of Clare’s cup’s from the exhibit. My birthday is May of 1945 so I chose cup 0545 and I got it! I feel so fortunate to be the owner of cup […]

A Bird in the Hand: Grace Townley

This is my “bookshelf giraffe,” who sits on my bookshelf and watches over my room.  It was made for me by my boyfriend of 1 1/2 years, who is a puppeteer and therefore quite talented at making little creatures! We’ve made a rule that each Christmas we have to make something handmade for each other.  […]