Painting at the Kansas City Art Institute

We work to develop artists whose bold ideas dictate their materials. Painting majors are not defined by one chosen medium, and student work is diverse. Experimentation is encouraged, and students are pushed to take risks in their work and are asked to participate in a high level of critical discourse.

KCAI provides individual studio spaces so that students can begin building their studio practice. Group critiques and discussions with visiting artists foster a dialogue about contemporary art and culture, helping students to understand painting as an expanded field in which materials and methods are not constrained by traditional boundaries.