Simone Leigh, American contemporary artist, will speak at 7 p.m. in Epperson Auditorium in Vanderslice Hall on the Kansas City Art Institute campus as part of the college's "Current Perspectives" lecture series. For more information, visit www.kcai.edu/events/current-perspectives.

In keeping with the social design of Beyond the "Black Crack" (recorded 40 years ago in the Epperson Auditorium), this new work creates a communally shared space with composer/performer/audience equality. Collaborators include current/former KCAI students Sebastian Thomas, Will Bradley and Frances Maley, KCAI faculty member Dwight Frizzell and the director of Gamelan Genta Kasturi, Patrick Conway.

The performance is part of the ArtSounds series, a collaboration between KCAI and the Conservatory of Music and Dance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. This is the 10th year of ArtSounds performances.

The event is free and open to the public.

Mumbai-based artist Sahej Rahal will speak at 7 p.m. in Epperson Auditorium in Vanderslice Hall on the Kansas City Art Institute campus as part of the college's "Current Perspectives" lecture series. To learn more about Rahal, visit http://kcai.edu/currentperspectives.

2015 Charlotte Street Visual Artist Award Fellows Jill Downen, Misha Kligman and Rashawn Griffin will speak at 7 p.m. in Epperson Auditorium in Vanderslice Hall on the Kansas City Art Institute campus as part of the college's "Current Perspectives" lecture series. For more information, visit www.kcai.edu/events/current-perspectives.

KCAI will be closed through Sunday, Nov. 29 for the Thanksgiving holiday.