The Kansas City metropolitan area started gearing up yesterday for the season's first winter storm. One to three inches of snow was forecast for the area overnight.
As the President and Republican Congressional leaders continue to butt heads in Washington, the “fiscal cliff” and its 10 percent across-the-board spending cuts loom.
Michael Wickerson's nine-panel bronze installation is near the front entrance at the South Branch Library in Kansas City, Kan.
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Michael Wickerson, associate professor and chair of sculpture at KCAI, stands in front of three bronze panels.
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There are six panels with vertical stacks of books "towering to the sky."
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A middle panel designed by Wickerson provides the perspective of looking down. It includes objects personal to Wickerson, like his grandfather's right-angle tool.
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Imagery on this middle panel "anticipates things going up." It was designed by KCAI student Keyan Alemifar.
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Wickeson describes this middle panel as "later in life, reflecting on things you know, like the golden mean." This imagery was conceived by KCAI student Lizzy Olson.
At the new South Branch Library in the Argentine district in Kansas City, Kan., nine 700-lb. bronze panels flank the entrance, some with images of vertical stacks of library books.
As prosecutors work to bolster their case to a Kansas City federal court jury, it's apparent the State is on a path leading events directly to the fiery 2008 arsonists' explosion at Hereford House Restaurant.
