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June 26, 2011
Kansas City Art Institute to host Fifth Annual Art of the Car Concours® on June 26, 2011
For more information, contact Anne Canfield
816-802-3426 or acanfield@kcai.edu
Kansas City Art Institute to host Fifth Annual Art of the Car Concours® on June 26
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (March 16, 2011) -
The fifth annual Art of the Car Concours®, featuring more than
180 vintage, classic and special-interest vehicles, including cars, trucks, racing cars and vintage motorcycles belonging to Midwest area collectors, will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 26 on the campus of the Kansas City Art Institute, 4415 Warwick Blvd.
“This event, a benefit for the KCAI scholarship fund, is growing in popularity and stature among vintage and classic collectors,” said Marshall Miller, a Kansas City attorney and vintage car afficiando who founded and serves as chairman of the event. “The Concours is unique for its size and scale in having no formal judging and no classes of vehicles. The intention is to provide a wide range of very high-quality, original, vintage vehicles in an eclectic, informal setting, without the pressure of traditional Concours events.”
Advance tickets may be purchased online for $12 at www.artofthecarconcours.com. The day of the event, tickets may be purchased for $15 at the gate. Children 10 years old and under, as well as active duty military (with identification), will be admitted free.
In addition, early-bird tickets are available online and at the gate for anyone who would like to arrive between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. to watch and photograph vintage cars arriving for the event and driving into position on the campus green. Those tickets cost $17 when
purchased online and $20 at the gate. Anyone who purchases a $12 ticket online but who then comes early to the event may pay another $5 to enter the campus. Proceeds from sponsorships and ticket sales will benefit KCAI’s scholarship fund.
One of the most popular activities at the concours is voting for “People’s Choice” awards. Ballots will be distributed to all who attend the event, and they will be invited to vote for their favorite cars. After the votes are counted, trophies created by KCAI students will be presented to the top five vote-getters. Corporate sponsors, the president of KCAI and the chairman of the Concours also will be present trophies to the owners of special vehicles chosen as the best in categories that range from “best color” to “car we’d most like to insure.”
“In five years the Concours has grown to the largest in the Midwest for high-quality original vehicles of a wide variety,” Miller said. “There is no similar event in Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, St. Louis or Dallas.
As a result, exhibitors, sponsors and visitors from around the country will be traveling to Kansas City for the Concours. This year we have many new vehicles that will delight our guests. We especially encourage multi-generations of families to attend, as that is how I started my interest.”
Miller said that he anticipates that from 180 to 200 vehicles, trucks and vintage motorcycles will be on display. Many of the local vehicles are in private collections and have not been publicly displayed. Amelia Island and Pebble Beach Concours winners also will be displayed.
Sponsors of the event to date are both local and national. Mercedes Benz is the presenting sponsor. Additional sponsors include Aristocrat Motors/Maserati of Kansas City; Baron Automotive; The Branson Collector Car Auction; Chubb Insurance; Commerce Bank; Curves Ahead Transport; Grass Pad; Harley-Davison Inc.; Hagerty Insurance Agency Ltd.; Heritage Tow; Hyman Ltd.; Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A.; Meguiar’s Inc.; Overland Park Jeep/Dodge/Chrysler; Thoroughbred Ford;and community partners DeLaSalle Education Center and McPherson College.
The Kansas City Art Institute is a private, independent, four-year college of art and design, awarding the bachelor of fine arts degree with majors in animation, art history, ceramics, digital filmmaking, digital media, fiber, graphic design, illustration, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and studio art with an emphasis on creative writing. The college also offers evening, weekend and summer classes in art,design, multimedia studies and desktop publishing for children, youth and adults.
Founded in 1885, KCAI is Kansas City’s oldest arts organization. More information about the Art of the Car Concours™ is available at www.artofthecarconcours.com.
Contact Anne Canfield at 816-802-3426 or acanfield@kcai.edu for more information.
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