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Section of mural with girl in Believe shirt

We Are Latinos | Art at the Heart of the Matter

Jenny Mendez, a third-generation Mexican American artist born and raised on the West Side of Kansas City, is cultural arts director at the Mattie Rhodes Center. The neighborhood, and its people, have inspired her for decades. That inspiration found its fullest expression in the West Side mural project.

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A boy in a laundromat stares at the camera in a scene for the movie "Vie."

Art House | KC Filmmaker Vies to Share Black Perspective

More diverse representation in local cinema comes through strongly in two compelling short films by DeVonte Brown, “Vie” and “Now What?”

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Section of mural with girl in Believe shirt

We Are Latinos | KC Artist Reconnects With Her Childhood in Mexico

Aquetzali (Kiki) Serna preserves fading memories of her early childhood in Mexico through her art today in Kansas City.

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Jackie Cruz in a scene from the movie "BOYMOM."

Art House | ‘BOYMOM’ Seeks to Spark Missouri Filmmaking

“BOYMOM” is the first short film produced by the Missouri Stories Production Lab, a program of the Missouri Film Office designed to encourage Missouri stories produced in the state.

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Young people painting at the Mattie Rhodes Center.

‘Art Moves Us’ | Mattie Rhodes Center

The arts play a big role in the Mattie Rhodes Center’s ongoing efforts to serve Kansas City’s most vulnerable people.

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