Artist Angel Otero Shares His ‘Diario’ at Kemper Museum

Angel Otero in front of "Diario"

Angel Otero routinely punctuates his sentences with “it’s dope” and a chuckle.  The 38-year-old artist from Santurce, Puerto Rico, is larger than life, but his mixed-media installation “Diario” at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art is even larger. It’s his largest work to date. The commissioned work is the fourth in the museum’s Atrium Project…

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Latino Arts Festival Celebrates Vibrant Culture

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The Kansas City area’s Chicanx culture is a fusion of tradition and art. This fusion took center stage at the Latino Arts Festival on Saturday. Horses nodded and pranced to the beat of banda on the grassy side of Bethany Park in Kansas City, Kansas. Lowriders lined the street close by, hoods agape, chrome shining…

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