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Central Standard
9:42 am
Thu August 30, 2012

Inside Jim Leedy's Art Studio

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Credit Tomeka Weatherspoon
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The legendary artist Jim Leedy gives this piece of advice to any budding artist: always be conscious of where you've been when heading in a new direction. Jim Leedy’s known for his many journey's and new directions, now documented in an upcoming film.

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Visual Arts
5:00 am
Fri August 24, 2012

Jim Leedy: The Documentary

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Jim Leedy is known as the "founder of the Crossroads Arts District." His gallery, the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center at 20th and Baltimore, was founded in 1985.
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Artist Jim Leedy and seniors in the sculpture department at the Kansas City Art Institute during a critique session, October 2007.
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On the back of Jim Leedy's wheelchair, the words "Leedy's ride." October 2007, Kansas City Art Institute.
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Jim Leedy gave this student work a mixed review. He called the birds "beautiful," but he thought the tree pedestal was "too easy a solution...takes away from the piece." October 2007
The sculpture department at the Kansas City Art Institute. Leedy taught here for 42 years, from 1966 to 2008.
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The Crossroads, a once blighted area in downtown Kansas City, is now a thriving arts district. 

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