First Friday in the Kansas City Crossroads

Mid-America Arts Alliance’s Culture Lab is open on First Friday in Kansas City, Missouri, and will feature the ExhibitsUSA exhibition The Perfect Shot: Walter Iooss Jr. and the Art of Sports Photography.

The event is open to the public on Friday, May 3, 2024, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Other viewing times are available by appointment and are subject to staff availability, please call 816-800-0926 to make arrangements.

ExhibitsUSA, a program of Mid-America Arts Alliance, is pleased to present a brief preview of our nationally touring exhibition, The Perfect Shot: Walter Iooss Jr. and the Art of Sports Photography.

Over his long career, photographer Walter Iooss Jr. had the opportunity to work with some of the greatest athletes of the past sixty years, capturing on film carefully crafted moments of triumph and disappointment—universal emotions that athletes and non-athletes alike know so well. The touring exhibition is an adaptation of the original retrospective exhibit organized by the Oklahoma City Museum of Art (OKCMOA) and is drawn from their permanent collection.

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ExhibitsUSA, the national touring exhibition program of Mid-America Arts Alliance, sends more than 25 exhibitions on tour to over 100 small- and mid-sized communities every year. These exhibitions create access to an array of arts and humanities experiences, nurture the understanding of diverse cultures and art forms, and expand the depth and breadth of cultural life in local communities, rural and urban.

Header Photography: Walter Iooss Jr., “The Blue Dunk,” Michael Jordan, Lisle, Illinois, negative, 1987; archival pigment print, 14 3/4 x 22 inches; Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Gift of Chetan Patel in honor of the Museum’s 75th anniversary, © Walter Iooss Jr.