It may not look like much.
Twenty-four-year-old Tyler Coey's MUTT toy is a hand-assembled plastic box cut out of PVC with an angled face and a rounded tail. That's all. But hand the simplest of toy platforms to 50 artists, and the MUTTs become a heard of mixed-up mongrels beyond their creator's most paint-fume-enhanced fantasies.
Coey, an artist in his own right, got really into vinyl toys like those made by Kid Robot and, locally, Jeremy Madl, appreciating how they provided a canvas fo
"Sacred Heart" by Trenton MatthewsTonight, an art show at Mood Swings Salon asks "What the Fuck is Wrong With this Kid?"
1. Do the art thing. It's already First Friday again. (While you're in the Crossroads, head over to Union Station, for the opening night of Andy Warhol Portfolios: Life and Legends. Get a free beverage if you arrive between 5 and 9 p.m.)2. Get some culture in Lee's Summit. Today and Saturday, the Longview Campus of Metropolitan Community Campus is holding a literary festiva