About this Event
In conjunction with its exhibition 2026 Charlotte Street Visual Artist Awards, the Emily & Todd Voth Artspace is pleased to host 2026 Charlotte Street Fellow Heehyun Cho in conversation with Caitlin Horsmon, Associate Professor of Film & Media Arts, UMKC, and Raechell Smith, Artspace Director and curator of the 2026 Charlotte Street Visual Artist Awards exhibition. The conversation will be followed by a Q&A, and it will be held in the Artspace first-floor main galleries.
Artists in Dialogue is a public engagement series that builds community through art and ideas while illuminating the depth and diversity of contemporary practice. Each program pairs an exhibiting artist with a fellow artist, curator, or thinker in a dynamic conversation exploring research, themes, material investigations, and artistic strategies. Through these exchanges, audiences gain insight into process, influence, and the broader cultural contexts shaping the work. This program is free and open to attendees with an rsvp.
RSVP: Space is limited, so reserve your spot through Eventbrite or email [email protected]. The program will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Artspace first-floor main galleries. Email [email protected], or call 816-802-3571 for directions and questions.
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LOCATION + PARKING: The Artspace is located at 16 East 43rd Street (at the intersection of 43rd and Walnut), Kansas City Missouri, 64111. Parking is available in the Artspace parking lot, on the north side of the building, the KCAI Fiber Warehouse parking lot next door at 4218 Walnut Street, and along the street.
Heehyun Choi is a moving image artist and educator based in Kansas City and South Korea. Her practice is grounded in interest in the physicality and virtuality in projected images, the unseen beings outside the camera frame, and the subjectivity and variability of the act of seeing. Her films have been screened internationally, including at Edinburgh International Film Festival, 25 FPS Festival, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul (EXiS), and Ann Arbor Film Festival, where she received the Juror Award. Choi’s work has been exhibited in gallery spaces, including her recent solo exhibition at LDK DT in Seoul and a Korea Arts Foundation America Awardee Solo Exhibition at Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles, as well as group exhibitions at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, AHL Foundation Gallery, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, among others. She currently serves as Assistant Professor in the Photography & Filmmaking department at the Kansas City Art Institute.
Caitlin Hormson is an award-winning artist, curator, and educator making films, videos, and installations. She is a former director of the artist-run space, Plug Projects and a founder of Stray Cat Film Center. Caitlin was trained in Cinema, Comparative Literature, and Media Production at the University of Iowa and graduated from Oberlin College. Before her move to academia, Caitlin worked as the community outreach coordinator for The Chicago International Film Festival and was the director of the Thaw media festival. Her work has been exhibited around the world and she has received numerous awards and grants including a Rocket Grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Charlotte Street Foundation and Spencer Museum of Art. Her work is distributed by The Collectif Jeune Cinéma.
Artists in Dialogue is organized by the Emily & Todd Voth Artspace in conjunction with the 2026 Charlotte Street Visual Artists Award, featuring new work by 2026 Fellows Heehyun Choi, Eric Conrad, and Mikey Yates. The exhibition is on view at the Artspace October 16 – December 12, 2026
Images courtesy of the participants, Emily & Todd Voth Artspace, and Charlotte Street.
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