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Public Artist Roster

Arts and Culture maintains a Public Artist Roster to select artists for new projects.

The Public Artist Roster will be used for the following:

  • Permanent artwork that can be site responsive and/or site integrated. Artists for these projects would work closely with the project design team to develop public artwork in interior or exterior locations. Artists selected for these projects generally have examples of past work within the public art field.  
  • Temporary artwork that can be site-responsive and created with materials that have a shorter lifespan. Examples of this would be the Downtown Sculpture Walk, Rotating Art Exhibitions and more. 
  • Design-only artwork is site-specific and has a scope in which the artist creates the design for the artwork. The City of Lee's Summit would be responsible for the fabrication with another entity. 
  • Social Practice is an art medium that focuses on engagement through human interaction and social discourse. It can include participatory art and socially engaged art. Past experiences and proposed projects can also be included. 

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Cesar Lopez

Kansas City, MO

Cesar Lopez

Email: contact@lopezcesar.com

Website: https://lopezcesar.com

Biographical Statement: Cesar E. Lopez Mejia (B. Coatepeque, Guatemala; Kansas City-based) Cesar is an artist working in Kansas City. He immigrated to the United States at an early age, this event shaped his life and practice today. The works are a distillation of graphing his migratory pattern on the surface of a globe. This single curve motif is the building block for the broad systems of structures in his studio practice.

Artist's Statement: Lopez has selected sculpture to commemorate Guatemala. The works expand, contract and rearrange into many forms. The sculptures shift from a surrogate globe, landscapes, bridges and flowers of Central America. In the latest works, he articulates his memory by utilizing soil, sand, red iron oxide and coffee from Guatemala. The sourcing of the materials continuously orients the works towards the motherland.

Experience Level: 4-7 years

Project Preference: all of the above

What is your experience in the Public Arts: I've participated in temporary public-facing events, the True False Film Festival in Columbia MO, the 3rd Friday Art walks in Kansas City. Although no permanent installation of works outdoors, plenty indoors.

Category: Sculpture

Location and Duration: Interior,Exterior,Permanent,Temporary

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