Exhibition Title: Sacred Seams

Exhibiting Artist: Kim Alexis Newton

Location: Bruce R Watkins Cultural Heritage Center

Duration of Exhibition : May 30 - August 15th

Exhibition Description:

Sacred Seams is the debut solo exhibition of textile artist Kim Alexis Newton, whose portrait quilts merge contemporary portraiture with the ancestral language of quilting. Through layered Indonesian batiks, symbolic patterning, and sculptural textile work, Kim explores memory, resilience, identity, healing, and transformation through figures that feel both deeply personal and universally recognizable. Structured through movements of awakening, reclamation, endurance, origins, hope, and power, the exhibition reflects on what shapes us, what sustains us, and what ultimately holds us together. MAY 30TH - AUGUST 15TH, 2026 BRUCE R. WATKINS CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER 3700 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. BLVD., KANSAS CITY, MO 64130 Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 6pm Closed on Mondays, Sundays and major holidays

Connect with the Artists! : @kimalexisnewton