The Annual Undergraduate Student Juried Exhibition is one of the most the most popular exhibitions at KCAC as it showcases young talent from across the region. The Exhibition is juried by a prominent local curator and offers cash awards to three students.

Exhibitions: Present, Future, Past

Here you’ll find what’s happening right now, what’s just around the corner, and ten years’ worth of shows that have made KCAC what it is today. Whether you’re here to see what’s fresh or to deep-dive into our archives, you’re in good company — we’re nerds for this stuff too.

This is what’s up right now — the art you can actually stand in front of, breathe in (respectfully), and get lost in. If you’re local, consider this your cue to grab a friend and swing by. If you’re browsing from afar, we’ve got plenty of eye candy to tide you over until you can make the trip.
Here’s your sneak peek into what’s coming next at KCAC. Think of it like looking over our shoulder while we hang the show — you’re in on the secret before the paint’s even dry. Mark your calendar now so you can be the person who says, “Oh, I saw that before it was cool.”
This is where we stash the receipts — the last ten of 50 years’ worth of artists, shows, and ideas that have rolled through our galleries. It’s proof of just how much creative energy has pulsed through KCAC. Feel free to dig deep… you never know which artist you’ll spot before they hit the big leagues.

Current Exhibitions

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The Distance Between…, by M. Willie Garcia

Edge Effect, 3 person exhibition Kevin Kelly, Justin Korver, Tim Stone

Main Gallery, Edge Effect, a three person exhibition by Kevin Kelly, Justin Korver, and Tim Stone

The three artists in Edge Effect are most concerned with the collision between rural spaces and wilderness. The paintings of both Kevin Kelly and Tim Stone depict the porousness of this barrier: Cola vending machines sitting in scrubby underbrush, deflated tube men lying in cracked and weed-festooned parking lots, wooden structures whose lath opens up into neon skies. Justin Korver’s installations lead us further into that other-than-human land with immersive sights, sounds and even smells.

Snap Space Gallery, The Distance Between…

In this site-specific mixed media print installation M. Willie Garcia explores what it means to live alongside the unknown. Drawing from science, science fiction, and personal identity, the installation invites viewers to reflect on their place within a universe that has been expanding for 13.8 billion years. It’s a meditation on awe, curiosity, and the willingness to release the need for certainty.

Using printed matter, projection mapping, and sculpture, the space is transformed into an observatory, a temple, and a queer sacred space. The work explores the visual language of the cosmos, employing sumi- and fluorescent inks alongside the luminosity of projected light to evoke a space that hovers between the flatness of surface and the depth of the universe. This shifting dimensionality gently destabilizes the viewer’s sense of gravity and scale

Preview Reception: Friday September 18, 2026, from 5:00 - 8:00 PM

Opening Reception: First Friday, October 2, 2026, from 5:00 – 8:00 PM

Closing Reception: First Friday – November 6, 2026, 5:00 – 8:00 PM

On View: September 18 – November 6, 2026