The Belger Arts Center (BAC) is a non-profit organization located in Kansas City, Missouri. It houses a fine art collection and also holds exhibitions of various art. Nickname: City of Fountains or Heart of America Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Fine art refers to arts that are concerned with beauty or which appealed to taste (SOED 1991). ...

Exhibitions

The Center stages three exhibitions a year. Since 2000 the BAC has launched exhibitions of ceramics, painting, sculpture, digital photographic projections, black and white photography, and more.

Collection

In addition to the exhibitions, the BAC houses the John and Maxine Belger Family Foundation collection, which includes more than 1,500 pieces of fine art, mainly from American artists of the late 20th century. Extensive holdings of works by Jasper Johns, William Christenberry, Renee Stout, Robert Stackhouse, Terry Winters, Terry Allen, and William Wiley allow the BAC to loan complete retrospectives of those artists to museums around the country. In the spring of 2006, complete exhibits from the BAC were seen at Texas Tech University, the Untitled Gallery in Oklahoma City, and the St. Petersburg Arts Center in Florida. In addition, two of the BAC's holdings by William Christenberry were loaned to the Smithsonian American Art Museum for a year-long survey of Mr. Christenberry's career. A museum is distinguished a collection of often unique objects that forms the core of its activities for exhibitions, education, research, etc. ... Fine art refers to arts that are concerned with beauty or which appealed to taste (SOED 1991). ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... Jasper Johns, Jr. ... William Christenberry (born November 5, 1936) is a photographer, painter and sculptor who works with personal and somewhat mythical themes growing out of his childhood experiences in Hale County, Alabama. ... Robert Stackhouse (born 1942 in Bronxville, New York) is an American artist and sculptor. ... Texas Tech University is a nationally recognized doctoral/research university located in Lubbock, Texas (USA). ... William Christenberry (born November 5, 1936) is a photographer, painter and sculptor who works with personal and somewhat mythical themes growing out of his childhood experiences in Hale County, Alabama. ... The Smithsonian American Art Museum is a museum in Washington, D.C. with an extensive collection of American art. ...

External link

• Official website