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Be Inspired! connected works new to the Permanent Collection and the opportunity for the community to hear from the artists who created them. New work in diverse media by Nicole Awai, Angela Dufresne, Bo Joseph, Matt Rich, Jim Sajovic and (non-Permanent Collection) filmmaker Stacey Steers was featured.

Installation View, Be Inspired!, at Kemper at the Crossroads, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
 Photo: Bruce Mathews.

Nicole Awai, Trinidadian, b. 1966
 Go Go Green Compression: Mix More Media!, 2010
 graphite, acrylic, nail polish on paper
 38 x 50 inches
 Collection of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
 Gift of the Vilcek Foundation, 2012.8.1
 © Nicole Awai. Photo: James Allison Photography, 2013

Nicole Awai, Trinidadian, b. 1966
 Go Go Gone, 2011
 acrylic, polyurethane resin, nail polish and graphite on wood and foam
 72 x 60 x 48 inches
 Collection of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
 Gift of the Vilcek Foundation, 2012.8.2a–w
 © Nicole Awai. Photo: Bruce Mathews, 2012

Bo Joseph, American, b. 1969
 Return to Plato's Cave, 2009
 ink, watercolor, acrylic, oil pastel, tempera, pencil on joined paper
 36 1/2 x 76 1/2 inches
 Collection of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri, Bebe and Crosby Kemper Collection, Museum purchase made possible by a gift from the William T. Kemper Charitable Trust, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee, 2012.4
 © Bo Joseph, courtesy of the artist and McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas. Photo: Bruce Mathews, 2013

Matt Rich, American, b. 1976
 Double Twist, 2012
 latex, acrylic and spray paint on cut paper and linen tape
 43 1/8 x 73 3/4 inches
 Collection of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri, Bebe and Crosby Kemper Collection, Museum purchase made possible by a gift from the R. C. Kemper Charitable Trust, 2012.6
 © Matt Rich, courtesy of the artist and Samsøñ, Boston, MA. Photo: courtesy of the artist.

Jim Sajovic, American, b. 1943
 The Fire and the Rose, 2011
 pigmented inks and acrylic on canvas
 49 1/2 x 45 inches
 Collection of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
 Museum purchase made possible by a gift from J. Scott Francis, Francis Family Foundation Discretionary Fund, 2011.26
 © Jim Sajovic.

Stacey Steers
 Night Hunter, 2011
 Handmade works on paper converted into film, 35 mm to HD, stereo sound
 duration: 15:30
 Music and sound by Larry Polansky
 Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt
 Photo: courtesy of Galerie Anita Beckers

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Angela Dufresne, American, b. 1969
 The lost fishing vilage of Diderot, Boucher, and Lorraine or the movie set of pioneer legacy, 2009
 oil on canvas
 72 x 90 inches
 Collection of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
 Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York: Hassam, Speicher, Betts and Symons funds, 2011, 2011.9
 © Angela Dufresne, courtesy of CRG Gallery, New York. Photo: courtesy of the artist