By Zelda McAfee, The Shout

Through the annual prompt-based art challenge Februllage, Kinta McGhee has created a body of work that revels in the act of collage and image appropriation. McGhee creates captivating scenes that play into the fanciful.

One such piece is “Feminism in the Aspic” (2024). Here, the artist mixes a classical tableau with advertisements for mayonnaise and Jell-O salads. The title of the piece and the prompt that inspired it (“jelly”) make me wonder who or what is encased in this decadent and arguably disgusting dish.

Throughout this series, McGhee demonstrates the potential of internet art challenges. Her work is on view at Art House 310 through April 20. The gallery is open to the public from 1-4 p.m. today (April 13), 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, and 6-9 p.m. Thursday, February 17. — Zelda McAfee, SHOUT intern

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• In the face of "significant financial challenges," the Goodland Carnegie Arts Center is hosting an emergency public meeting to engage constituents in a conversation about "options for keeping this vital institution alive." The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, at the Goodland Carnegie Art Center in Goodland, Kansas. Read the announcement on the art center's Facebook page. 
• Kansas Poet Laureate Traci Brimhall is the Guggenheim Museum's 2025 poet-in-residence. The museum announced Brimhall's appointment earlier in April, which also happens to be National Poetry Month. In collaboration with the Guggenheim's education department, Brimhall will create programming and participate in readings and "discursive programs" in collaboration with the Academy of American Poets. The poet recently shared a picture of her poem that was distributed at the Guggenheim in observance of "poem in your pocket day."

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