海角乱伦社区 to Host Exhibit by Kansas City Artist Bryce Holt

September 29, 2025 鈥� 海角乱伦社区 will host an exhibit featuring the work of , from Wednesday, Oct. 1, through Friday, Dec. 19, in the Campanella Gallery located inside Norrington Center on the University鈥檚 flagship Parkville Campus. Admission to the Gallery is free and open to the public. A reception for the artist will be held on Friday, Oct. 17, from 5-7 p.m. in the Gallery.

In the exhibit, titled 鈥淲hat a Pretty Story,鈥� Holt invite viewers of the exhibit to enter the role of storyteller for each vibrant painting. 鈥淟ike our lives, none of these are simple, straightforward tales,鈥� Holt said. 鈥淭he scene is set and you have a fragment of a narrative; like a line pulled at random from a book whose pages are now yours to fill. The figures on the canvas are frozen in a moment of pause waiting for your mind to begin telling you a story.鈥�

He adds: 鈥淎s your narrative comes into focus, I want you to tell the person next to you what bizarre circumstances brought the characters to this strange and beautiful moment. More importantly, what happens next? The core of 鈥榃hat a Pretty Story鈥� is that you and I are collaborating. I have offered up a prompt and a moment from the middle. It is now for you to imagine the rest.鈥�

In 2021, after 20 years in the software industry, Holt made a career shift and started painting full-time. A self-taught artist focused on figurative and representational pieces with a story behind each one, Holt says storytelling is at the heart of his work, with each painting having a narrative behind it before it is started. Read and view more about Holt鈥檚 work at thepatrons.com.

The Campanella Gallery is open during Norrington Center鈥檚 regular business hours:
聽聽聽聽聽鈥⒙� Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, 4 to 9 p.m.
鈥⒙� Regular business hour exceptions:
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽o聽 Saturday, Oct. 4, through Sunday, Oct. 12 (海角乱伦社区鈥檚 Fall Break): Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, closed
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽o聽 Tuesday, November, 11 (Veterans Day): closed
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽o聽 Wednesday, Nov. 26, through Sunday, Nov. 30 (Thanksgiving): Wednesday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday-Sunday, closed
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽o聽 Saturday, Dec. 6, through Friday, Dec. 19 (海角乱伦社区鈥檚 Winter Break): Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to noon; Saturday-Sunday, closed