[logo: Kansas Heritage Group] [painting: Color at Dusk by Judith Mackey; copyright 2007. Used with permission, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS: All rights reserved.] [photograph: Beware of Dog, by Jouvelt (Joel Feldt); copyright 2008. Used with permission. All rights reserved.] [painting: Lilies by Barbara Waterman-Peters; copyright 2009. Used with permission. All rights reserved.]

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Kansas Art Events and Artists Exhibits

Kansas Humanities Council (www.kansashumanities.org) announces programs on Kansas Art and Artists. Programs include:
  • Looking at Kansas: Visual Artists from the Sunflower State
  • Folk Art in Kansas
  • Monumental Sculpture in Kansas

[painting: Kaw Near Lindwood by Lisa Grossman; copyright 2008. Used with permission, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS: All rights reserved.]
  • Following the Sun: The Art of Sue Jean Covacevich 1905-1998: Covacevich established herself as a dynamic artist and art educator in south-central Kansas after spending more than a decade working and teaching in Mexico. Jan. 29 - May 2, The Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan
  • Michelle Leivan Wildflower Paintings; along with Art Glass by Bill Sheahan, Custom-made Art Hats by Beth Cain, Jewelry by Deb Johnson, Photography by Heidi Wise; The Upstage Gallery at the Jayhawk, 720 SW Jackson St., Topeka
  • Shots: Machine in a Void: World War I & the Graphic Arts: Several years in the making, the Spencer-organized Machine in a Void will present nearly 150 works of graphic art made during the years of the First World War (1914-1918), with a post-script on the art of the decade following the war. By invoking the perspective of primarily European artists, the exhibition will bring attention to the substantial roles played by the graphic arts during WWI (1914–1918) as a tool for official propaganda and as means of voicing individual responses to the war ranging from documentation to dissent. Exhibit from March 5 – May 23,Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence
  • Scanography: Lawrence artist Bill Bowerman is a pioneer in the use of a flatbed scanner as an artistic medium. Our new show features his scanography and drawings; exhibit from April 16 - May 8; Signs of Life Art Gallery, 722 Mass., Lawrence
  • Flint Hills Forever : The Flint Hills of Kansas, the last vestige of the tallgrass prairie, is the subject of this group exhibit. There are 37 painters and photographs – the subject is the Flint Hills from every perspective and from every season. The featured sculptor is Allen Wynn, whose archetypal sculptures suggest personal associations for the viewer. Freed of extraneous detail, the figures have a realistic experience in a universal language. And there are ceramics by Bo Bedilion, the Strecker-Nelson Gallery Graduating MFA in Ceramics at KSU award winner. In addition there are oil paintings by Debra Clemente and photography by Daniel Coburn; Exhibit from April 23 - June 12; Strecker-Nelson Gallery, 406½ Poyntz, Manhattan
  • Eye Candy For The Mind's Eye, art work by Richard Mehringer, a selection of digital photos, enamel jewelry, air brush painting and sculpture; exhibit runs from May 10 - June 18; opening reception for the artist, Sat., May 15 from 2 - 4 p.m.; Ellsworth Art Council and Gallery, Ellsworth

    • Submit events, in above format, to: kansasheritage (at) sbcglobal.net; subject line, Artists

S. Clay Wilson's medical crisis -- hard to explain that without his art, the total visual palette used today would be different.

Donations address: S. Clay Wilson Special Needs Trust, PO Box 14854, San Francisco CA 94114
[Courtesy, Jim McCrary, used with permission. All rights reserved.]

William Burroughs, Jim McCrary, S. Clay Wilson -- on William's porch, Lawrence, KS.

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[photograph: 5.4.7 Arts Center, Greensburg, Kansas KS]

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Special thanks to artist Barbara Waterman-Peters, Topeka, KS, for site suggestions and to Barbara Nelson, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS, for providing art works.
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