ART SHOWS & MORE
ART GOES PLACES! Thankful for these opportunities.For more info visit www.POLLYMCCANN.com
RECENT SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES
UNIVERSITIES & ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
Hamline University – Picture Book Collaboration (Alumni), St. Paul, MN | Jan 2025
Emporia State University – Podcasting & Voice (Online), Emporia, KS | 2022
Greenville University – Teamwork & the Arts, Greenville, IN | 2021
Parkville University (AAUW) – Women’s Creativity Panel Discussion, Parkville, MO | 2012
Hamline University MFA Students – The Subconscious Writing Process, St. Paul, MN | 2011
📚 LIBRARY AND LITERARY CONFERENCES
The Writers Place – Intro to Children's Book Writing: Heart of Your Theme, Kansas City, MO | Aug 2023
SCBWI – Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (KS/MO) – Picture Books for Hire, Kansas City, MO | June 2023
Weatherby Lake Mini Outdoor Library – Author Reading: Tomie Q. BBQ, Kansas City, MO | July 2023
JoCo Library Writers Conference – Place & Power in Narrative Poetry | 2022
Reconciliation Services (Grandparents Program) – Doorway to Picture Book Workshops, Kansas City, MO | 2021
JoCo Library Writers Conference – Symbols for Freewriting | 2021
JoCo Library Writers Conference – Kids: Doorway to Story | 2020, 2021
JoCo Library Writers Conference – Five Ways to Revise a Poem | 2020
JoCo Library Writers Conference – Long Story Short: Short Stories | 2020
JoCo Library Writers Conference – Editors Panel Discussion | 2020
Mid-Continent Public Library Story Center – Author Panel: Short Fiction, Liberty, MO | 2020
MCPL – Kids' Creative Writing & Imagination Workshops, Kansas City, MO | 2020
Flying Ketchup PRESS – Y.U.R. Interesting: Narrative Poetry Workshop | Aug 2020
Flying Ketchup PRESS – Dream Journaling Online Workshops | Apr 2020
Flying Ketchup PRESS – Writing for Joy: National Poetry Month Workshops | Apr 2020
Steel’s Used Books – Write-in Workshop: Writers in Residence, Gladstone, MO | 2020
JoCo Library Writers Conference – First Page Reads Editors Panel | 2019
- Studio Artist Life, KC Art Lounge, Jan Jensen Artists, Dec 2020
- Creative Practice for Artists, InterUrban ArtHouse Spring 2020
NOTABLE SHOWS
Centering Souls Gallery, Parkville, MO Jan 2024, September 2024
Mixed Media Artists, Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO, 2022
Buttonwood Art Space, July-Sept, 2020, Fall, 2022, Honorable Mention, honorable mention. Jan-March, 2023.
Telephone: International Art Show, through more than 900 artists from 72 countries, March 2021.
Into the Wyld, 80SantaFe Gallery, Overland Park, KS Feb. 2024
Benedictine Faculty Art Exhibit, Potter Hall Gallery Missouri Western University, FAll 2023
Threads: Your Story Here, Metropolitan Community College, Carter Art Gallery, Feb 2023
- Found Objects Show, Kemper Museum, St. Joseph, MO 2022
- Wearable Art, BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2020
- #HoldFast, KCAC, River Market KC, Mo March 2019
- InterPortrait Show, BG Gallery Gestalt Space, Santa Monica, CA August 2018
- IASD Annual Conference, Rolduc Center, Netherlands, July 2019
- Her, Who does she think she is? InterUrban Art House, KC, MO March- April 2019, 2020
- Wings, Winging It Art Gallery, Boise, Idaho, August 2019
- Plug Projects Night, WestBottoms, KC, MO, July 2019
- Solar Girl Juried Art Show, Drugstore Gallery, KC, MO March 2019
- Interportrait Show, BG Gallery Gestalt Space, Santa Monica Los Angeles, CA August 2018
- Angels Wild and Winsome, Nails on the Wall Gallery Metuchen, NJ 2018
- Champagne & Chocolate, Living Arts Center, Tulsa, OK 2017
- Buttonwood Art Space, Kansas City, MO 2018,
- Hands That Heal, InterUrban ArtHouse, KS Feb-March 2018
AWARDS & GRANTS
MO Humanities Grant, KC BookBeat, Kansas City Poetry Jam, 2nd annual, KC, MO, 2025.
Inspiration Grant, Artist community engagement for KC Poetry Jam, ArtsKC, KC, MO. Fall 2023.
Arts Across the Ages Grant with InterUrban Arthouse, curate an art show with low income housing apartment residents at Sante Fe Apartments. OP, KS. Fall, 2023.
Dear KC Poetry Contest Winner, KC Public Library, KC Street Car, KC, MO. 2023.
Parade of Hearts Award, Artist, Hybrid Hope Design, Public Art Installation, Kansas City, MO. 2022.
Poet Faculty Grant "for In Our Words" Youth Poetry in Public Schools and Annual Publication The Writers Place, KC, MO. 2021 2022.
Project Partner, Univ 401 Business Partner for Service Practicum Capstone Class, Greenville University Spring Term, Greenville, IN, online, 2021.
AmeriCorps Grant, Editor, Art Director, Reconciliation Services, Foster Grandparents, KC, MO. Spring, 2021.
- Poet Faculty for In Our Words- Youth Poetry in Public Schools and Annual Publication 2021-2022, The Writers Place, KC, MO 2022
- Faculty Grant for Pilot Course to explore use of new online tool, Kritik for Peer Review, MCC MapleWoods, KC, MO 2022
- 2020 Rocket Grant, Emergency Grant, Charlotte Street Foundation KC, MO 2020
- Kansas Leadership Center,Instructor grant #KSBeatsTheVirus Grant, KCKCC Dec 2020
- Urban Business Growth Initiative Grant, Elevation Lab, UMKC, 2019
- ENGAGE KC Grant, MAAA, Mesner Puppet Theater, KC, MO, 2018
- Ernest Hartmann Student Research Award, IASD, Berkeley, CA, 2014
- Kansas City Japan Festival, Haiku Contest Winner KC, MO, 2014
- Pollock Foundation Grant (to Design a Reggio Inspired Preschool Art Studio/ Atelier), HACC Harrisburg, PA 2006
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Studies in Blue, Copaken & Brooks, Now Showing ArtsKC, Nov to Feb 2026
Like the Dawn, Grover Gallery, Overland Park, Kansas 2023
- Deep Prayer Art Show Tour: Grantham Gallery, Harrisburg, PA; Elim/ Grain City Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; Transform, St. Paul, MN, Aug 2022-Jan 2025
- Folk Tales, Maplewood Elementary, Kansas City, MO 2024
- Intensions, Copaken & Brooks, Now Showing ArtsKC, Aug to Oct 2021
- Rise Over Run, Haas and Wilkerson, Now Showing ArtsKC, February-April 2021, 2026
- Flame of Hope, MidAmerican Nazarene University Library, September 2019
- Peace and Love, Wellness Wheel, KC, MO September 2019
- Sail to the Sun, George Schlegel Gallery Roeland Park, KS July 2019
- Morning Day Show, Liberty on the Square, MO January 2019
- Dwelling, Beggars Table Gallery, Crossroads, KC, MO August-September 2018
- Fire by Night, 504 Gallery, Kansas City, MO June 2018
- NeoPop Art: ArtsKC Now Showing, KC University of Medicine, Summer 2017
PUBLIC PROJECTS
- "Your Story Here" Installation, Carter Gallery, MCCKC, Kansas City, MO, Feb-March 2023
Centennial UMC Live Art demonstration, Jazz district, Spring 2023
- Glorious Days: Marcia Streepy Retrospective Overland Park, KSInterUrban ArtHouse May 2021
- Scraps KC, Upcycled Art, Revision Fashion Show, KC, MO, 2019.
- Audacity: The March to Women's Rights, KCKCC Gallery, Fall 2020
- Iron District Mural, NKC, MO 2019
- Scraps KC, Revision Fashion show, 2019
- Oak Street Mansion Welcome Mural, Kansas City, MO 2019
- 50-year Anniversary Mural, Lippert Mechanical, KC, MO 2016
- Grafik, Street Artists Show in honor of poet laureate Juan Phillipe Herrera, Curating for the Writers Place, Express Gallery, KC, MO 2016
- Hands of Hope, Kid’s Oncology Installation, Lung & Lymphoma Society, KC, MO 2012
- Bethel Seminary Curator, Founding Gallery, Bethel U, St. Paul, MN 2002-2003
- Assistant Curator Internship, Auginbaugh Gallery, Messiah College 1998-2000
- Catalog Internship, Oakes Museum of Natural History, Summer 1999
