Come to Shadowcliff for an evening of improvised performance. FireTale Productions, a Kansas City-based shadow puppet theater co-founded by Ritu Nanos and Mikal Shapiro, will weave movement and form in response to poetry spoken live by visual artist and writer José Faus. FireTale's work draws on oral tradition and cultural myth to explore what it […]
Join playwright Renae Jarrett for an open conversation about creative life, and what it feels like when it stops. Over the past few years, Renae moved from writing dozens of plays a year to a complete standstill. In this conversation, she'll share honestly about how that happened, how she has and hasn't found her way […]
Join artist and creative consultant Nick Leavens for a conversation about one of the most persistent questions in any creative life: how do we decide what creative work is worth? Drawing from his own path across theater, stone sculpture, and filmmaking, Leavens will explore how artists experience and internalize the value assigned to their work […]
Shadowcliff, in partnership with the Grand Lake Creative District, invites you to an event featuring artists from the Shadowcliff Artist Residency. Join us on Friday, September 11, at 7:30 PM, at the Grand Lake Community House. For as long as people have gathered at Shadowcliff, it has offered an environment that broadens people's creative horizons […]
Join saxophonist and multidisciplinary artist Matana Roberts for an evening of new solo saxophone improvisations in Shadowcliff's historic chapel. Roberts is perhaps best known for Coin Coin, an ongoing twelve-part cycle that weaves together history, narrative, community, and political life into what they have described as "panoramic sound quilting." Roberts has performed at Newport Jazz […]
Join mosaic artist Brenda Fraser for a conversation about making art and finding healing using things many people throw away. Brenda assembles mosaics from vintage jewelry and found objects as a way to honor matrilineal lineage. Her work draws on the natural world, the American West, and a deep conviction that beauty and wholeness can […]
The Portrait Society of America presents Faces & Places: Grand Lake 2026, a three-day celebration of art, artists, and the beauty of Grand Lake. From October 1–3, 2026, nine featured professional artists will immerse themselves in the community, painting throughout downtown Grand Lake, along the boardwalk, and on the grounds of Shadowcliff. Visitors are invited […]
The Portrait Society of America presents Faces & Places: Grand Lake 2026, a three-day celebration of art, artists, and the beauty of Grand Lake. From October 1–3, 2026, nine featured […]
The Portrait Society of America presents Faces & Places: Grand Lake 2026, a three-day celebration of art, artists, and the beauty of Grand Lake. From October 1–3, 2026, nine featured […]
