Crossroads Hotel Gallery and Studio
The Crossroads Arts District has been the hub of Kansas City’s thriving arts community for 30 years. The neighborhood has undergone a fascinating transformation, largely driven by energy generated by artists. The hotel’s art collection—installed throughout public spaces and guest rooms—recognizes that cultural legacy, draws it into the hotel, and shares it publicly.
Over 40 artists’ works are on view throughout the hotel, and each of them are either based in Kansas City or emerged from here—representing both the local roots and global reach of Kansas City’s artists. Crossroads Hotel is not a place to pass through, it is a place to experience the best of Kansas City. It is a place where one can meet artists, see their work, and have an intimate experience of the cultural vibrancy of the city. The program offers a dynamic, unfolding window into the ongoing vitality of Kansas City.
Crossroads Hotel’s gallery and studio program is organized by el dorado inc. and Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.
Gallery
With 2,000 square feet dedicated to local art and artists, Crossroads Hotel is not just community-minded, but also artist-driven. Its gallery is a dynamic exhibition space that changes quarterly to reflect and amplify the energy of the neighborhood and Kansas City’s thriving arts community. Exhibitions, artist commissions, performances, and unexpected artist-driven experiences intimately connect visitors to the creative life of the Crossroads Arts District.
Studio Program
Along with the public gallery and local creative contributions to the interiors, amenities and delicacies, Crossroads Hotel also offers an artist-in-residence program. The studio program is curated by CAMH Executive Director Hesse McGraw and architectural firm el dorado inc. in support of the artistic, social, and cultural flourishing happening in Kansas City.
Current and Past Exhibitions
Hadley Clark: Gone Not Forever
Beyond Houston
In Gone Not Forever, Hadley Clark deepens her ongoing exploration of material reuse, presenting an installation of plant-dyed sculptural garments crafted from textiles discarded by the Crossroads Hotel in Spring 2024. Clark transforms the hotel lobby into a stage for transient experiences—an unfamiliar space to be briefly inhabited.
Israel Alejandro Garcia Garcia: CAPIROTADA No. 1
Beyond Houston
Israel Alejandro Garcia Garcia’s exhibition, CAPIROTADA No.1 at the Crossroads Hotel, offers a powerful narrative on the immigrant experience in the Americas, exploring how cultural identity is maintained amidst displacement and hostile environments. Drawing from personal experiences of migration and the intricate dynamics of ‘documentation’ and border politics, the multimedia exhibition explores the fight against gentrification and the concept of boundaries.
Kathy Liao: Reading the Tea Leaves
Beyond Houston
Kathy Liao’s Reading the Tea Leaves captures the interplay of experience, memory, and place. Through a process of exploration and revisitation, Liao’s painting allows images and memories to evolve, intertwine, and eventually degrade, resulting in a fusion of the tangible and the ephemeral. Traces of history linger on the canvas, reminiscent of faint whispers from the past.