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 Mikey Yates in conversation with Kimi Kitada, Gallery & Programs Manager, Charlotte Street, 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.
Programs may be subject to change. For the latest information, including other rsvp sign-up opportunities contact the venue directly. Follow us on Instagram @artspace_kcai and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/artspacekcai, or visit www.kcai.edu/artspace, to receive the most up-to-date information about these programs.
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.
Mikey Yates was born in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany and currently lives and works in Kansas City, Missouri. He earned a BFA from Missouri State University and an MFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Yates has presented recent solo exhibitions at COMA Gallery, Sydney, Nazarian/Curcio, Los Angeles, and Taymour Grahne, London. His work has also been included in group exhibitions at the Columbus Museum of Art, The Hole, New York, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, and 1969 Gallery, New York among others. Yates is a two-time recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant and was a 2023 resident at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
Kimi Kitada is a curator and arts educator based in Kansas City. Currently, she is the Gallery and Programs Manager for Charlotte Street Foundation. Previously, she was a Curatorial Assistant at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles from 2019-2020. From 2014 to 2018, she served as Public Programs & Research Coordinator at ICI. Her recent exhibitions include: A Scattering of Jades at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO (2026); The River Remembers at Charlotte Street (2025); Ways of Listening at Charlotte Street (2024); Potential Futures: Prototypes at Charlotte Street (2023); and where we came from & where we are going at Transformer, Washington DC (2019); among other exhibitions. Kitada received a BA in Art History and Classics from Bucknell University and an MA in Museum Studies from NYU.
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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