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Central Standard
9:27 am
Tue September 18, 2012

Connecting To Visual Arts With PLUG Projects

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Artist Carrie Scanga makes an adjustment to a honey-colored tissue paper panel in PLUG Projects’ gallery space. Scanga has created a hive-like structure for the new exhibit, "BREATHE : The Emergent Colony."
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Carrie Scanga makes a final sweep of a golden canopy inspired by bee colonies. Scanga is working with four area artists to create an experimental, collaborative workspace.
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Carrie Scanga adjusts a paper panel in PLUG Projects’ gallery space.
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Ron Harrity, (from left) Carrie Scanga and Amy Kligman, prepare the floor for the installation.
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Amy Kligman, a co-curator and artist, drapes the floor with a drop cloth to protect delicate paper panels.
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Carrie Scanga laughs as she rolls extra panels.
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Ron Harrity, (from left) Carrie Scanga, and Amy Kligman peer up to get a better look at the way gallery lights flow the tissue paper honeycomb. Harrity traveled with Scanga from Portland, Maine, to help her install her work.
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Folded tissue paper structures imitate the matrix of hexagonal cells in beehives.
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Ron Harrity, (from left) Amy Kligman, Carrie Scanga, and Misha Kligman survey the series of panel before installing them on gallery walls.
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Soft folds of gold surround Carrie Scanga in the transformed space at PLUG Projects gallery.
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Misha Kligman (from left) and Caleb Taylor, co-curators and artists at PLUG Projects gently move the fragile panels before installing them on the gallery walls.
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Misha Kligman (from left) and Caleb Taylor, co-curators and artists at PLUG Projects measure and install the painted panels.
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A swarm of yellow paint hangs over Caleb Taylor as checks the overlap of a triptych of painted panels.
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Thin paper painted with honeyed hues line one wall of the gallery in alcoves between the honeycomb structures.
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Carrie Scanga discusses the flow of air with Caleb Taylor as they install the panels.
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Carrie Scanga takes a final look at the installation before finishing up on Sunday.
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As Ron Harrity, (from left) Misha Kligman, and Caleb Taylor install the final panels Carrie Scanga and area chef Craig Howard discuss Howard's role in the collaboration at the exhibition's opening Friday.
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Area chef Craig Howard will infuse the gallery with a honeyed scent and create honey candy for visitors to taste as they experience the exhibition opening on Friday.

On this Tuesday’s Central Standard, plug into a conversation with the artists behind the new arts gallery PLUG Projects. We’ll discuss their efforts to bring more thought-provoking works to Kansas City, local fundraising initiatives and resources to help develop local art writing and critique.

Later in the hour, visiting artist Carrie Scanga talks about "BREATHE: The Emergent Colony," her new experimental, collaborative exhibition that's transforming PLUG's gallery space.

GUESTS:
Cory Imig, PLUG Projects
Amy Kligman, PLUG Projects
Misha Kligman, PLUG Projects
Caleb Taylor, PLUG Projects
Carrie Scanga, artist

SLIDESHOW:
Check out the photos above to see Scanga working on her bee colony-inspired installation. She used folded tissue paper structures to imitate the matrix of hexagonal cells in beehives.

COMING UP:
The exhibition opening for BREATHE: The Emergent Colony will be 6 - 9 p.m. on Friday, September 21 at PLUG's gallery, located at 1613 Genessee St., KCMO. The installation will stay up until November 3.

Tags: 
visual arts
Plug Projects
Carrie Scanga
Arts & Culture
art

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