Adult Programs

 

Get up close and personal! Learn from artists, curators, and other experts as they share insights into the exhibition.

  • Artist Kate Clements stands on a ladder and assembles her glass sculpture.

    Artist Conversation: Kate Clements with Linnea Seidling

    Saturday, November 14th, 6:00–8:00pm 

    Sliding scale: $10, standard ticket cost: $15, pay it forward: $30

    Kansas City, Missouri-based artist Kate Clements will be in conversation with Linnea Seidling, the CAT’s Assistant Curator of Glass. Starting at 6:00pm, learn more about Clements and her work featured in the CAT’s exhibition, Meet Me in the Forest, and have the opportunity to see the exhibition afterward.

    Kate Clements constructs delicate and ornate large scale paintings and installations comprised of kiln fused glass panels. Working with frit, a type of crushed glass, she sifts, scatters, and pushes the sugar-like substance on a kiln shelf to form dimensional drawings. The wafer-thin panels reference naturalistic designs and floral motifs that she uses to explore ideas of beauty, taste, and impermanence. Utilizing the seductive qualities of glass, Clements draws the viewer in, but upon further inspection the work reflects a nervous tension and precariousness that is palpable.

    For more about Clements, visit her website.

    The CAT is proud to participate in Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026, a nationwide initiative led by Craft in America to honor the handmade during America's Semiquincentennial. Through this artist conversation, we join museums, artists, and organizations nationwide in celebrating the craft traditions that connect us through history and time.

    Photo credit: © Kate Clements, photo by E.G. Schempf

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  • Visitors listen intently in the gallery.

    Curator-led Tours

    Thursday, January 14, 6:00pm led by Linnea Seidling

    Tickets $30

    Join us at the CAT for a special, intimate after-hours tour of Meet Me in the Forest, led by Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Jill Ahlberg Yohe and Assistant Curator of Glass Linnea Seidling. 

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  • Three adults lean in to look at an artwork in a case.

    Volunteer-led Tours

    Free; reservations required

    Experience the CAT’s current exhibition through a free guided tour led by trained volunteer docents on Thursdays and Fridays at 10:00am, 1:00pm, and 3:00pm.

    Advance reservations are required. 20 person maximum per tour.

    Reservations
    1–7 guests: Reserve online using button below
    8-20 guests: Please email info@thecat.org

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The de la Torre brothers posing with a museum board member.
A crowded museum lobby filled with party guests.
Women sipping champagne in the museum lobby.
Women chatting in the museum lobby.
People having a conversation in the museum lobby while holding champagne.
People having a conversation in the museum lobby.
People having a conversation near the library while holding champagne.