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The Guitar Syndicate (www.guitarsyndicate.com) is a brand new Guitar & Music Store located at 1819 Central in Kansas City, MO’s Crossroads Arts District. Featuring gear by Epiphone, Eastwood Guitars, Airline, VOX Amps and Effects, LAG Guitars, Marshall, Saint Blues Guitars, Ernie Ball, GHS, Gretsch, DR Strings, Martin & Co., Shure, D’Addario, and many more.

Check the recent feature in the Wall Street Journal!

Mid America Manifesto by DJG Design & Never Sleeping

“Mid America Manifesto” BEST OF THE WEEK PICK – InkKC.com

1819 Gallery featured in KC STUDIO Magazine (Jan./Feb. 2010)
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Opening Night Photos courtesy of InkKC.com – Click to view

Though it began as an afterthought, the gallery at 1819 Central has attracted some impressive artists in just four months of existence. Displayed so far: photographer Lisa Law; screen printer Jeff Wood and painter George Frayne. Coming soon: the digital art of Mark Mothersbaugh.

The thread that ties these artists together is music. Mothersbaugh, scheduled for an exhibition and video conference in May, is a member of Devo. Law has captured in black and white some of the biggest names in rock and roll. Wood, designs psychedelic posters for jam and bluegrass stars. View the complete article!

1819 Central Gallery + Event Space presents:

The show features never before-seen uncut sheets of past studio work. For those unfamiliar with what an uncut sheet is, it’s the raw press sheet before the posters are cut and trimmed. What makes them interesting is often times two different posters are run on a sheet creating some interesting juxtapositions like Judas Priest and Rufus Wainwright. Many have handbills run across the bottom also. Uncuts are usually limited to 5-10 sheets, so they are pretty rare items.

Jeff has never really offered any of these sheets for sale or shown them except for the occasional festival or charity fundraiser. He decided he would like to show people some of the more interesting combos Drowning Creek has done over the years and let them see the light of day. Visit www.drowningcreek.com

‘Flashing on the Sixties: The Photography of Lisa Law’ offers a snapshot of the decade.
By Timothy Finn, The Kansas City Star

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Famous Subjects by Chris Packham
The 1960s, like the current decade, was an era of upheaval, some of it violent, some of it countercultural. Back then, photographer Lisa Law found herself in the right places at the right times. An artist and activist whose work hangs in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, Law is considered an important chronicler of a pivotal era. The 1819 Central gallery (1819 Central), which specializes in rock art and photography, has booked a two-month exhibition of Law’s moody and iconic portraits, culled from a long career documenting the social changes and cultural turmoil that defined America in the 1960s. Many of the famous figures documented were her house guests, affording a unique intimacy with people such as Bob Dylan, who is less a subject in Law’s instantly recognizable portraits than a collaborator. The exhibit also features her photos of the Beatles, the Byrds, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding and the Velvet Underground.

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Mutual Musicians Foundation in The New York Times Style Magazine.
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