Just posted: Kansas native Bruce Conner Memorial, "ON BRUCE CONNER (may he rest in peace) AND ASSORTED KANSAN COHORTS," by poet Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, 2008, Beats In Kansas
Kansas Art Events and Artists Exhibits
Kansas Humanities Council (www.kansashumanities.org) announces free programs on Kansas Art and Artists. Picturing America, a new Speakers Bureau series, is available free-of-charge. Programs include:
- Picturing the Dust Bowl
- Birger Sandzen and the New Land
- A Look Inside Outsider Art in Kansas
- The Rise of Aaron Douglas, the Dean of Black American Painters
- Women's Clubs and the Fine Arts in Kansas
- Exploring the Rich Heritage of Kansas Art
- The White Show:
Works by 49 established and emerging artists from 18 States and Puerto Rico explore the concept of "white." The show was organized by Darin M. White and Shannon White, and adjudicated by Samuel W. Kho, Curator at All Things Project in Greenwich Village; previously co-director of Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles; exhibit from Oct. 23 – Jan. 18, 2010,
Signs of Life Art Gallery, 722 Mass., Lawrence
- "What Remains To Be Seen," new works by Kendra Marable, a collection of distinct mixed media prints and wild shrines to a bygone era; exhibit from Dec. 13 - Feb 13, 2010; Wonder Fair Art Gallery, Lawrence
- 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; Public reception
with artists 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Jan. 15; 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
- Spectacular Uncertainty: An Exhibit of Images from Tim Forcade’s book Spectacular Uncertainty; Artist Reception, Friday, Jan. 15, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.,
Gallery talk & book signing — Sunday, Feb. 7, 2:00 p.m.; Exhibit from Jan. 15 - Feb. 27; Strecker-Nelson Gallery, 406˝ Poyntz, Manhattan
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.]](http://www.kansashistory.us/artists/mccrarywilsonwsb.jpg) William Burroughs, Jim McCrary, S. Clay Wilson -- on William's porch, Lawrence, KS.
Kansas Artists
- Eric Abraham, Lucas
- Albo
Glass, Topeka
- Scott Allen, Overland Park
- Wendell Anschutz, Overland Park
- Barbara Baeuchle, Leavenworth
- Travis Bailey, Dodge City & California
- Colette Bangert, Lawrence
- Colette
and Charles Jeff Bangert, Lawrence
- Linda Baranski, Lecompton
- Zak Barnes, Cottonwood Falls
- The Beat
Vortex, Wichita, 1947-1966, by Lee Streiff
- Philomene Bennett Artists In Kansas
- Geoffrey Benzing, Lawrence
- Hal David
Berger, Emporia and Dodge City
- Marc Berghaus,
Meade
- B & B Metal Arts, Bruce & Brent Bitter, Hoisington
- Marci Blank, Lenexa
- Rita Blitt, Leawood
- Jon Blumb, Lawrence
- Chuck
Bonner, Scott City
- Logan Bonner, Scott City
- Jane Booth, Artists In Kansas
- Michael G. (Mick) Braa, Eudora
- Carol Bradbury, Topeka
- Robert Ronnie Branaman, Monterey Concert 1966 Poster
- Vernon
Brejcha, Lawrence
- Aaron Morgan Brown, Emporia, Composure & Natural Law, Artists In Kansas
- John Gary Brown, Lawrence
- Gene Bunker, Dodge City
- Bruce Burkholder,
Hays
- William
S. Burroughs, Ports of Entry 1996 Exhibit, Lawrence
- Chet Cale, Great Bend
- Steve Capell & Marcia Capell, Shawnee
- Kim Casebeer,
Lenexa
- Christopher Cave, Dallas, Texas, Dodge City native
- Nettie Smith Chubb, Smith Center
- Norma Clare, Dodge City
- Debra Clemente,
Lawrence
- Daniel W. Coburn, Lawrence
- Rob Compton, Wichita
- Bruce
Conner, McPherson & Wichita native
- Lowell Connolly, Sherman County
- Louis Copt, Lecompton
- Dolores Purdy
Corcoran, Topeka
- William Counter, Abilene
- John
Stewart Curry, Dunavant, Jefferson County
- daybydesign, Steffani Day, Lawrence
- Micheal Day, LEED AP, Lawrence
- Matthew
Dehaemers, Leawood
- Vera Dennen,
Wichita
- Aaron Douglas, Lawrence & New York
- Clare Doveton, Lawrence
- Michael Duane, Overland Park
- Kathy Drungilas, Lawrence
- Phil Epp, Newton
- Roberta
Eichenberg, Emporia
- Mark Feiden, Roeland Park
- Marko
Fields, Liberal
- Janet C. Fish, Madison
- Tim Forcade, Lawrence
- Andrea Fuhrman, Abilene
- Liz Gardner, Lawrence
- Linda Gebert, Wichita
- Bob Gent Glass Works,
Lawrence
- Nancy Gordon, Wichita
- Julie Green, Oregon, formerly Lawrence
- Hugh Greer,
Wichita
- Lisa Grossman, Lawrence
- Anthony Benton Gude, Frankfort
- Dave Gunn, Dodge City, Lawrence and Chicago, IL
- Jeani Gustafson, Ulysses
- Andrew Hadle, Lawrence
- Catherine Hale Robins, Lawrence
- Maria Hampton, Hutchinson and Dallas, TX
- Ann Haritatos, McPherson
- John Hendrix, Lawrence and St. Louis, MO
- Stan Herd, Lawrence, Sedan and Protection
- David
Hiltner, Wichita
- Matthew Hilyard, Andover
- Helen Hodge, Topeka
- Paul Hotvedt, Lawrence
- John Hulsey Artists In Kansas
- Becky Hyberger, Salina
- Keith
Jacobshagen, Wichita and Kansas City
- Jan Jennings, Topeka
- Franklin L.
Jensen, "Henry's Sculpture Hill," Augusta
- J. Johnson
and Lee Streiff, Wichita, "Allen Ginsberg's Vortex" Photographs
- Phil Jones, Topeka
- Jouvelt, (Joel Feldt), Lawrence; formerly Dodge City, Beware of Dog, Artists In Kansas
- Caroline
Kahler, Lindsborg
- Kansas Mural
Project, Lawrence
- Judi Geer Kellas, Lawrence, Common Ground Collaborative, Celebration of Flight-She wouldn't take no for an answer; Artists In Kansas
- Kim Kern,
Baldwin City
- Kimbo,
Lawrence
- Susan
Ringer Koons, Liberal
- Margo Kren, Manhattan, Chapel Box, Artists In Kansas
- Rollin
Krag Art Glass, Wichita
- Earl Kuhn, Medicine Lodge
- Lisa Lala, Kansas City, Birds on a Wire, Artists In Kansas
- Jennifer Larsen, Wichita, Meade & Viola
- George Laughead, Beat Generation Photographs
- Diane Lawrence,
Berryton
- Elizabeth Layton, Wellington
- Michelle Leivan, Topeka
- Corban LePell, Wichita
- Angela Lexow, Lansing
- M.T. Liggett,
Mullinville
- Shirley Linn, Tecumseh
- Dave
Loewenstein, Lawrence
- G. Paul Lucas, Louisburg
- Judith
Mackey, Flint Hills, Chase County, KS
- Justin Marable, Robinson and Topeka, Harvested Grounds, Artists In Kansas
- Kendra Marable, Lawrence
- Nancy Marshall, Lawrence
- Karen Matheis , Lawrence
- Gwen McClain, Topeka
- Mike McMullen, Shawnee Mission
- Richard P. Mehringer, Larned, Tennessee Boathouse, Artists In Kansas
- Mira Mickler,
Bennington
- Mary Binford Miller, El Dorado
- Jeromy Morris, Lawrence
- Josh Motsinger, See collage image, Kansas City, MO
- James Munce, Manhattan Parthenon Frieze III, Artists In Kansas
- Derek Neibarger, Lawrence
- Charles Norton,
Leoti
- Laura Nugent, Kansas City
- Tom
Otterness, Wichita
- George Paley, Lawrence
- Gordon Parks, Collection, Mercy Health Center, Ft. Scott
- Hannah Pendergraph, Atchison
- Larry
Peters, Topeka
- Mri Pilar, Lindsborg
- Sally Piller, Lawrence
- M. James Pinto, Bazine KS
- Ann Piper, Emporia, Molly, Artists In Kansas
- Polly Plain, Gardner
- Robert
Price, Lawrence
- Steven Ray, Dodge City
- Frederic Remington, Peabody and Kansas City
- Wayne Rhodus, Basehor
- Jim Richardson, Lindsborg
- Matthew Richter McPherson
- Enrique Riveron, Cuba and Wichita [archive.org copy]
- Edward C. Robison III, Eureka Springs, AR, formerly, Baldwin
- Jeremy Rockwell, Lawrence
- Elizabeth Rowley, Lawrence
- Patrick Russell, Dodge City, Lawrence and New York
- Tyson
Schroerder, Overland Park
- Jason Scuilla, Manhattan and Rome, Italy
- Keith Sears, Smith Center
- Cody A. Seekins, Wichita
- Jeannette K. Seger, Newton
- Anna Seber Shaw, Oberlin
- Anne Shiever, Salina
- Roger Shimomura, Lawrence
- Les Slesnick, "Private Spaces: The Salina Project", Salina
- Richard Slimon, Emporia
- Gary Mark Smith, Global Street Photographer, Lawrence: Beat writer William S. Burroughs, Beats In Kansas
- Heather Smith-Jones, Lawrence
- Conrad Snider, Newton
- Carloyn Snyder, Garden City
- Barbara Solberg, Lawrence
- Scott Stewart, Lawrence
- Aaron Storck, Lawrence
- Jack Stuart, Dodge City
- Tal Streeter, Manhattan and New York
- Robert
Sudlow, Lawrence (at KC, KS Public Library)
- JoAnn Swearingen, Newton
- Jon
Keith Swindell, Vinland and Lawrence
- Dustin Sypher, Tall Grass Forge, Greensburg
- Glenda
Taylor, Topeka
- Carla Tilghman, Lawrence
- Nicole Thibodeau, Lindsborg
- Rich Thibodeau , Lindsborg
- Jerry Thomas, Manhattan & Scott City
- Betsy Timmer , Lawrence
- Brian Timmer , Lawrence
- Ann Trusty, Lawrence
- James Turner, Lindsborg
- Ernst Ulmer, Bonner
Springs
- Elizabeth Walker, Lindsborg
- Mark S. Walker , Wichita
- Yeqiang Wang, Topeka
- Barbara
Waterman-Peters, Topeka: Lilies, Artists in Kansas
- Ted Watts, Oswego
- Jill Rumoshosky Werner, Wichita
- Mary Werner, Wichita
- Gina Westergard, Lawrence
- Tom Wesco, Lawrence
- Cynthia Whalen, Lawrence
- Nancy A.
Whitaker, Wichita
- Darin M. White Lawrence
- Shannon White Lawrence
- Margaret Evelyn Whittemore, Topeka
- "Wichita Group", 1950s, Wichita [Bruce Conner, Michael McClure, Enrique Riveron, David Bernard,
Rex Hall, Jim Davis, Skip Harwick, Robert Kiskadden; archive.org copy]
- Wayne Wildcat,
Lawrence
- Karen Wiley, Lawrence
- Carla J. Wilson, Lindsborg
- S. Clay Wilson,
Wilson's Grimm, Lawrence
- Jim Worster, Matfield Green
- Lori Wright, Salina
- Carol Yoho, Topeka
- Laura Zell, Lawrence
- Yuri Zupancic,
Lawrence and Dodge City
Kansas Art Centers
- Arts Center on
Main, Southwest Arts and Humanities Council, Garden City
- Atchison Art Center, Atchison
- Baker
Arts Center, Liberal
- Barton County Arts Council,
Great Bend
- Carnegie Art Center,
Leavenworth
- Carnegie Center for the
Arts, Dodge City
- City Arts Wichita,
Wichita/Sedgwick County Arts & Humanities Council, Wichita
- Coffeyville Center
for the Arts, Coffeyville
- Deines
Cultural Center, Russell
- Denton Art Center,
Arkansas City Area Arts Council, Arkansas City
- Emporia Arts Council,
Emporia
- 5.4.7 Arts Center, (1st LEED Platinum Building in Kansas), Greensburg
- Golden
Belt Cultural Alliance, Ellis, Rooks, Rush, Russell, and Trego
Counties
- Goodland Arts
Council, Carnegie Art Center, Goodland
- Gordon Parks Center for Culture and Diversity, Fort Scott Community College, Ft. Scott
- Grassroots
Art Center, Lucas
- Hays Arts Council, Hays
- Helen Hocker
Center for the Performing Arts, Topeka
- Hutchinson Art
Center, Hutchinson
- Junction City Art Council, Junction City
- Lawrence Arts
Center, Lawrence
- Lawrence Arts Commission, Lawrence
- Lawrence Art
Guild, Lawrence
- Lawrence Photo
Alliance, Lawrence
- Lindsborg Arts Council, Lindsborg
- The Lied Center of
Kansas, Lawrence
- Manhattan Arts Center,
Manhattan
- Meade County Performing Arts Council, Meade
- Mingenback
Art Center, Bethany College, Lindsborg
- MONTAGE Film
Series, Wichita Film Society, Wichita [included Wayne D. Sourbeer, Corban LePell, Charles Plymell]
- Pélathé Center,
Lawrence
- Prairie
Village Arts Council, Prairie Village
- Salina Art Center,
Salina
- Topeka Art Guild & Gallery, Topeka
- Wichita Arts,
Division of Arts and Cultural Services, Wichita
- Wichita Center for the Arts,
Wichita
Kansas Art Galleries
- Art at the Center Gallery, Overland Park
- Art of the
Prairie Gallery, Sedan
- Art Realm, Lawrence
- ArtSpace, Marquette
- Artspring, Salina
- Barton Studio,
Humboldt
- Bow Studio & Gallery,
Abilene
- Boyer Gallery,
Belleville
- Brick Street Gallery, Lindsborg
- Carriage Factory Art Gallery, Newton
- The Collective Art
Gallery, Topeka [New web address: www.thecollectiveartgallery.org]
- Courtyard Gallery,
Lindsborg
- Diane's Artisan Gallery, Lawrence
- DotDotDot ... ArtSpace, Lawrence
- Fisch Haus
Studios, Wichita [an artists collective]
- Framewoods of Topeka/South Wind Gallery,
Topeka
- Gallery of Art, Johnson
County Community College, Overland Park
- The Gallery, Kansas
Wesleyan University, Salina
- GJ Art
Studio, Fowler
- Glass Expressions
Art Glass Gallery, Topeka
- Hulsey Trusty Studios Lawrence
- It's About Time Art Gallery, Lawrence
- Kansas City,
Kansas Public Library Permanent Collection, Kansas City
- Keystone Gallery, US
Highway 83, between Oakley and Scott City
- Kitten Fine Art, Lawrence
- Kimeo Ridge Studios, Kimeo/Greenleaf
- Lawrence Percolator, Lawrence
- Main Street Gallery, Stockton
- Mercer
Gallery, Garden City Community College, Garden City
- Merriam Community Center Art Gallery, Merriam
- Moss-Thorns Gallery, Ft. Hays State University, Hays
- Muchnic Gallery, Atchison
Art Association, Atchison
- nicholsonart, Ellis
- Olive Art Gallery, Lawrence
- Phoenix Gallery, Lawrence
- Phoenix Gallery Topeka, Topeka
- Prairiebrooke Arts, Overland
Park
- Red Barn Studio, Lindsborg
- Rice Gallery of Fine Art, Leawood
- Alice C.
Sabatini Gallery, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka
- The Birger Sandzen Memorial
Gallery, Lindsborg
- Settlers Farm Artisans, Wamego
- 75th Street Gallery, Prairie Village
- Shafer
Memorial Art Gallery, Barton County Community College, Great Bend
- Signs of Life
Gallery, Lawrence (Signs of Life Art Shows)
- 6 Gallery, Lawrence
- Small World Gallery, Lindsborg
- Steckline Gallery, Newman College, Wichita
- Strecker-Nelson
Gallery, Manhattan
- The Studio Gallery,
Hays
- Studio Whitfield, Lindsborg
- Tallgrass Fine Art, Great Bend
- Jerry Thomas Art Gallery & Collection, Scott City
- Three Rivers Gallery, Bennigton
- Visual Arts Alliance of McPherson (VAAM) Gallery, McPherson
- Waxman Candles Gallery, Lawrence
- E. B. White Gallery, Butler Community College, Eldorado
- Wonder Fair Art Gallery, Lawrence
Kansas Art Museums
- The Marianna Kistler Beach Museum
of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan
- Coutts Memorial
Museum of Art, El Dorado
- Dane Hansen Memorial
Museum, Logan
- Southwest Pueblo
Pottery, Holmes Anthropology Museum, Wichita State University [360 degree flash view of pottery]
- Kansas African American Museum, Wichita
- Kansas
Museum of History, Topeka
- Kauffman
Museum, Bethel College, North Newton
- Mulvane Art Museum of
Washburn University, Topeka
- Martin and Osa Johnson
Safari Museum, Chanute
- Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Johnson
County Community College, Overland Park
- Spencer Museum of Art,
University of Kansas, Lawrence
- Stauth Memorial Museum, Montezuma
- Ulrich
Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita
- Wichita Art
Museum, Wichita
- Wichita State University Sculpture Tour
Collaborative Art Groups
- Broken Brick, Kansas City, MO [includes Scott Allen, Jim Dayton, Josh Motsinger, Tate Owens, Charles Ray, and Tyson Schroeder]
- Fresh Produce Art Collective, Lawrence
- "Gathering in the Grove", Council Grove
- International Collage Exhibition & Exchange, formerly Bakers Dozen), (permanent collection of the Museo de Collage, Mexico), multi-country travelling exhibit, selected student artists, New Zealand based.
- Kansas Art Guild, Derby
- Lawrence ArtWalk 2008, Lawrence
Kansas Art/Artists Organizations
- The Committee on
Imagination & Place
- 8 Wonders of Kansas Art, Kansas Sampler Foundation
- Kansas Academy of Oil Painters
- Kansas Artist Craftsmen Association
- Kansas Arts Commission,
Topeka [new address at: arts.ks.gov/ ]
- Kansas Art Education
Association
- Kansas
City Artists Coalition, Kansas City
- Kansas History Museums, Kansas History
Resources, Kansas Libraries
- Kansas Humanities
Council, Topeka
- Kansas Museums
Association
- Kansas Sampler
Foundation, Inman
- Kansas Watercolor
Society, Hutchinson [nice use of paintings in Flash rotation]
- Mid-America Pastel Society
- Mid-America Arts Alliance [serves Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas]
National Art/Artists Organizations
Additional Art Sites
- Artstew Magazine, Lawrence art scene
- Beats In Kansas: The Beat Generation in the Heartland
- Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945), by Susan V. Craig, Art & Architecture Librarian,
University of Kansas, 2006 [.pdf file]
- Kansas Art Books a Powells.Com partner bookstore
- Kansas State Federation of Art Collection, 1953-1971, Morse Dept. of Special Collections, Kansas State University
- Konza Press Art Books & Prints, Wichita
- Dictionary of Art Historians Biographical dictionary of historic scholars, museum professionals and academic historians [massive project]
- Museums West Western Museums of North America
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of
Art, Kansas City, MO
- Nasher Sculpture
Center, Dallas, TX
[Raymond D. Nasher's great sculpture museum
and website -- uses Flash brilliantly]
WWW-VL: History Sites
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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