KC Studio - Covering Kansas City's Performing, Visual, Cinematic & Literary Arts

1. KC STUDIO
Covering Kansas City’s Performing,
Visual, Cinematic & Literary Arts
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And the artists, organizations and
patrons that make Kansas City a vibrant
center for the arts and culture.
kcstudio.org

2. KC STUDIO PRESENTS KANSAS CITY ARTS
IN A LIVELY AND ENGAGING WAY

3. FEATURES& DEPARTMENTS
Honors Artist To Watch Susan Schmelzer on Arts Policy
Artist Pages Art News Last Glance Arts Consortium
Julius A. Karash on Business and the Arts Collector’s Corner
Planned Giving KC Studio Kids Fine Art Camps

4. KCSTUDIO.ORG

5. Kansas City’s most COMPLETE
digital ARTS CALENDAR
5,000+ CULTURAL EVENTS
VISIT KCSTUDIO.ORG/EVENTS
Classical Music Art Exhibitions Jazz Shows
Poetry Readings Artist Talks
Dance Performances Gallery Shows
Classes & Lectures Kids Events Workshops
Plays Happy Hours & Networking Events
Art Films Musicals and More….

6. KC STUDIO and KCPT: ARTS UPLOAD PARTNERSHIP
KC Studio and KCPT
are engaged in a
content partnership
that includes
coordinating video
and written stories in
each issue of the KC
Studio Magazine, each
season of Arts
Upload, and digital
video shorts
on FlatlandKC.org.
Editorial decisions are made between the editor of KC Studio, Alice Thorson, and
the Executive Producer of KCPT’s Arts Upload, Randy Mason.

7. Alice’s experience includes 23 years as art critic
for the Kansas City Star and as managing editor of
the New Art Examiner in Chicago and Washington,
D.C.
After earning a master’s degree in art history at
Northern Illinois University, she continued her
graduate studies at the University of Chicago,
spending two years in the art history Ph.D.
program on a full tuition fellowship.
She has taught courses in art history and
contemporary art at the University of Illinois,
Chicago; the Corcoran School of Art and the
University of Missouri-Kansas City, and
contributed articles and reviews to Art News, Art in
America, the Washington City Paper and
the Washington Times, where she was a gallery
columnist.
KC Studio’s editor Alice Thorson
leads an expert team of writers in
visual art, dance, music, theater,
film and literary arts in Kansas
City.

8. We’re different from
Kansas City’s other magazines
Household income
 53% earn $100,000
 28% earn $150,000+
Reader Profile
 Graduate Degrees
 Professional Careers
 High Disposable Income
 High Net Worth
 Active in volunteering,
politics, community
programs
 84% are Homeowners
 54% ages 35-64
KC Studio’s distribution list is
selected from the top tier arts
patrons and season ticket holders
from the combined membership of
the Arts Consortium.

9. Bi-Monthly
Distribution
22,000 households
Comprised of a non-duplicate
contributor and member database
of the Arts Consortium
3,000 at 150 key locations
Throughout the metropolitan area,
including arts-related charitable
events.

10. Spending on the arts is growing
Our audience spends
more than
$8,700,000
on the arts
Probably More!
($335.19 x 25,000
KC Studio
households)
– and there is a need for information

11. A few of KC Studio’s advertisers…

14. E-Mail Marketing
& Content Marketing
KC Studio provides keyword research and analysis, optimization of meta gas, header
tags, mages and hyperlinks. Content is posted on KC Studio social media platforms
and shared across your social media. Additionally, content is submitted to social
bookmarking websites, high PR links, article directories and blog posting websites.
Target your emails to over 10,000
KC Studio subscribers
Content marketing — Facebook,
Twitter, Blogs and Email — managed
through KC Studio to be completely
integrated for maximum impact

15. 3,500 + Facebook Likes 6,800 + Twitter Followers

16. ARTS CONSORTIUM
ArtsKC – Regional Arts Council Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Harriman-Jewell Series Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Kansas City Public Library Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
UMKC Conservatory of Music & Dance Performing Arts Series
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts at Johnson County Community College
Belger Arts Center & Belger Crane Yard Studios
KC STUDIO’S expanded arts coverage is made possible through generous support from
the following:
Victor E. Speas Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee
Ever Glades Fund
Hall Family Foundation
Lighton Fund
J.P. Morgan
Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation
The Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts

17. KC STUDIO IN YOUR ADVERTISING MIX:
 Puts you in the hands of Kansas City’s top-tier donors and patrons of
the area’s leading arts organizations
The KC Studio audience spends over $8.7 million on
the arts each year
53% of KC Studio households earn more than $100,000
28% earn $150,000+
 Places you within the pages of the most informed and authoritative
editorial coverage of Kansas City’s arts community
 Links you to KCStudio.org and the area’s most comprehensive digital
arts events calendar
KC Studio is the only magazine serving Kansas City’s most active
and influential benefactors and community leaders.
Engagement Worth Investment

18. Call or email me today to engage Kansas City’s
most influential readership – KC Studio!
Jennifer De Luca
Senior Account Executive
KC Studio
jenniferd@townsendkc.com
(816) 361-0616 ext. 3057 office
(816) 679-7183 mobile
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