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Jan. 8, 2020St. Joseph, Mo. |  By: Lily Lopez

St. Joe Museum to honor Missouri artist

                                              (Photo courtesy of https://www.stjosephmuseum.org)

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - The Glore Psychiatric Museum is honoring a Missouri artist whose work touched many in the Show-Me State. The museum will be hosting an exhibit on painter, sculptor, muralist and Kansas City-native Arthur Kraft.

People may not know who Kraft is, but many have seen his work in Kansas City. “Court of the Penguins,” which features three bronze penguins playing, is on the Country Club Plaza.

As for Kraft’s St. Joseph connection, Kathy Reno, the Glore Psychiatric Museum’s director of marketing and public relations, said Kraft wrote a book about his experience at the St. Joseph State Hospital, titled “Sounds of Fury.

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The exhibit will be a temporary feature from Jan. 16 through July 16. For more information, you can call 816-232-8471 or visit stjosephmuseum.org.