Michael Schliefke
@schliefke.bsky.social
Painter.
Northeast Kansas City, Mo.
Schliefkevision.com
Painting and Drawing classes, art shows & events
Northeast Kansas City, Mo.
Schliefkevision.com
Painting and Drawing classes, art shows & events
Pinned
Art of Deal(ing): Michael Schliefke's work uses dark comedy to cope and hope
Michael Schliefke uses his pen and paper to paint powerful pictures of the society in which we find ourselves in.
www.thepitchkc.com
The Pitch graciously took its time and energy away from important things to talk to me about my work!?!
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Wait til KCPD finds out KC'S buses are getting upgraded with charging outlets.
November 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Wait til KCPD finds out KC'S buses are getting upgraded with charging outlets.
Reposted by Michael Schliefke
Having an abolitionist symbol as your mascot even as you embrace neo-segregationism is something people will never forget.
Any KU grads out there - write to the chancellor and the alumni association to tell them to reject the compact. KU still hasn't said no.
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University of Kansas' chancellor joins White House talks on Trump's higher education deal • Kansas Reflector
KU's top academic officer drawn into Trump offer of special federal funding to colleges abiding by unprecedented set of enrollment, tuition, DEI barriers.
kansasreflector.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Having an abolitionist symbol as your mascot even as you embrace neo-segregationism is something people will never forget.
Its been a miserable year so I just booked a two week trip to Copenhagen in a few weeks and I'll see what I can get up to there.
October 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Its been a miserable year so I just booked a two week trip to Copenhagen in a few weeks and I'll see what I can get up to there.
Life these days...
October 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Life these days...
Old man in a motorized shopping cart at Home Depot, weaving through the central aisle with phone out, speaker on, listening to a lecture about stoicism.
October 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Old man in a motorized shopping cart at Home Depot, weaving through the central aisle with phone out, speaker on, listening to a lecture about stoicism.
Had to rent a van today and on the radio the local host asked what celebrity fan would you trade for 3 chiefs wins. 4 people said kelce, one said mahomes brother and the other person said the fonz.
October 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Had to rent a van today and on the radio the local host asked what celebrity fan would you trade for 3 chiefs wins. 4 people said kelce, one said mahomes brother and the other person said the fonz.
Kansas City has never been the same since Communiversity went away.
October 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Kansas City has never been the same since Communiversity went away.
Christianity was the first form of trickle down economics.
September 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Christianity was the first form of trickle down economics.
Urban scores suck, the only real factor in determining how walkable a city is the number of pop up umbrella stands anytime it rains.
September 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Urban scores suck, the only real factor in determining how walkable a city is the number of pop up umbrella stands anytime it rains.
This tshirt idea came to me in another dream last night:
September 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This tshirt idea came to me in another dream last night:
I really want to text that smart, cute lady I met in my dreams last night to tell how cool it was to hang out.
September 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I really want to text that smart, cute lady I met in my dreams last night to tell how cool it was to hang out.
Sunset tonight!!!
September 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Sunset tonight!!!
Kansas City- im working feverishly putting together the final touches on some art history/appreciation classes that won't be boring and will let you see art in a different light! They start in the middle of October if you or anyone you know is interested!
GRAND TOUR - Art History and Appreciation Classes : Schliefkevision - Paintings & Art Classes
Learn all the weird history of art! Learn about art movements, artists, radical connections between eras in these fun, informative classes!
www.schliefkevision.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Kansas City- im working feverishly putting together the final touches on some art history/appreciation classes that won't be boring and will let you see art in a different light! They start in the middle of October if you or anyone you know is interested!
Kansas City catching strays (accurate though) in a Guardian article about Ronaldo.
Wangdoodle:
An imaginary creature, of undefined character.
Pretty much describes 98% of US soccer branding.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Wangdoodle:
An imaginary creature, of undefined character.
Pretty much describes 98% of US soccer branding.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
September 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Kansas City catching strays (accurate though) in a Guardian article about Ronaldo.
Wangdoodle:
An imaginary creature, of undefined character.
Pretty much describes 98% of US soccer branding.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Wangdoodle:
An imaginary creature, of undefined character.
Pretty much describes 98% of US soccer branding.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
KC: It's not too late to get to Lawrence for this!
The Rock and Roll Reading is tonight at the Replay, #LFK. Featuring: @bradleymckellip.bsky.social @sophiestern.bsky.social @rmccarthyjames.bsky.social @schliefke.bsky.social @dylanpyles.bsky.social @zachalanmichael.bsky.social @chloechun.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
KC: It's not too late to get to Lawrence for this!
The food choices at Kansas City's bus station make the old airport seem like a Michelin star restaurant.
September 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The food choices at Kansas City's bus station make the old airport seem like a Michelin star restaurant.
I wish every time a suburbanite says they are from the city they live closest to they're forced to pay a tax to that city.
September 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I wish every time a suburbanite says they are from the city they live closest to they're forced to pay a tax to that city.
Reposted by Michael Schliefke
Hey, #LFK, get Friday night's Rock and Roll Reading on your calendar: 6 p.m. at the Replay. @bradleymckellip.bsky.social will blow our minds on guitar, and @rmccarthyjames.bsky.social, among 10 others, will share stories and poems of rock and roll for three minutes or less.
September 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Hey, #LFK, get Friday night's Rock and Roll Reading on your calendar: 6 p.m. at the Replay. @bradleymckellip.bsky.social will blow our minds on guitar, and @rmccarthyjames.bsky.social, among 10 others, will share stories and poems of rock and roll for three minutes or less.
Changing the name of the Department for a Better Tomorrow to Department of Same Shit, Different Day.
September 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Changing the name of the Department for a Better Tomorrow to Department of Same Shit, Different Day.
The moon is crazy right now!
September 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The moon is crazy right now!
Working on a screenplay called 'Ocean's Nine', about a rag tag group of billionaires robbing Fort Knox to pay for their new baseball stadiums.
August 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Working on a screenplay called 'Ocean's Nine', about a rag tag group of billionaires robbing Fort Knox to pay for their new baseball stadiums.
You know what I really want to do when I go to a Royals game?Shop at a mall and buy upscale chain restaurant hamburgers.
Where will your team's next ballpark be? What Royals can teach us about the future of MLB stadiums
Kansas City's ongoing search for a new home provides three models other franchises could follow.
www.espn.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
You know what I really want to do when I go to a Royals game?Shop at a mall and buy upscale chain restaurant hamburgers.
August 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Bikes can always use the full lane, but thanks.
August 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Bikes can always use the full lane, but thanks.
If only George Lucas added a title card at the end of Return of the Jedi that said, "Luke died a virgin"
August 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
If only George Lucas added a title card at the end of Return of the Jedi that said, "Luke died a virgin"