Jones Gallery

Jones Gallery, at 1717 Walnut Street in the Crossroads Arts District, is one of the metro’s largest fine art exhibition spaces — a 9,000-square-foot historic warehouse gallery founded in 2010 by David Jones and Cynthia Hagenhoff that has hosted 150+ art shows and given thousands of local and national artists a platform over 16 years.

Description

Jones Gallery occupies 9,000 square feet of exhibition space inside a historic over-100-year-old warehouse building on the National Register of Historic Places in the heart of the Crossroads Arts District. The scale of the space and the gallery’s open, rotating exhibition model have made it an unusually accessible venue: since opening in 2010, Jones Gallery has hosted more than 150 art shows and provided over 3,000 artists — local and national — an opportunity to showcase and sell their work.

The gallery operates on a recurring exhibition calendar featuring themed shows, group exhibitions, and one-on-one artist spotlights, with the space open Monday through Saturday. Art Director Cynthia Hagenhoff manages the curatorial program and exhibits her own work alongside the rotating roster. Founder David Jones recently began painting as well, and his work is shown in the gallery alongside represented artists.

The gallery’s model is more democratic and high-volume than typical commercial galleries — its focus is on consistent access and broad artist inclusion rather than a tightly curated represented roster — which gives it a distinctive role in the KC art ecosystem as a proving ground and exhibition platform for artists at multiple career stages.

Ownership and history

David Jones founded Jones Gallery at 1717 Walnut Street in 2010 — the same year he moved into the Crossroads Arts District location that the gallery has occupied ever since. David Jones attended Kansas State University; his background prior to founding the gallery is not extensively documented in public sources, but he has been a consistent presence in the KC gallery community for 16 years. Cynthia Hagenhoff serves as artist and Art Director, contributing both curatorial and creative direction.

The gallery’s building is itself a piece of KC history — a Nationally Registered historic warehouse over a century old, providing high ceilings, industrial character, and the physical scale to accommodate large-format works and group exhibitions that smaller Crossroads galleries cannot.

As of 2026, Jones Gallery has held its Yelp listing with an updated March 2026 review activity record and continues to operate six days a week.

Links

• Official site: https://jonesgallerykc.com/

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