Featuring recent work by over 100 artists majoring in Animation, Art History, Ceramics, Creative Writing, Fiber, Filmmaking, Graphic Design, Illustration, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, and Sculpture with minors in Asian Studies, Entrepreneurial Studies, Social Practice, and Sound, this annual exhibition provides many of these artists with their first public exhibition opportunity while also representing the culmination of their BFA degree program.

The 2023 Annual BFA Exhibition: Another Kind of Time is organized for the Kansas City Art Institute by guest curators Aleah Washington and David Alpert. Special thanks as well to the KCAI President’s Office, Visiting Artist Working Group, and the Professional Practice Center for their support of the 2023 BFA Awards.

2023 BFA Award Jurors
Paul Anthony Smith (‘10 Ceramics), visual artist, New York, NY
Kent Michael Smith, Director, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum, Kansas State University