Artists In Kansas

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Kansas Art Events and Artists Exhibits

• Current Exhibits ; Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence
  • 2018 KU Common Work of Art: Ulrick Jean-Pierre, Marie Laveau
• Current Exhibits, The Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan
• Strecker-Nelson West Gallery, 406 1/2 Poyntz, Manhattan

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

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

Kansas Artists

• Eric Abraham, Lucas
• Albo Glass, Topeka
• Scott Allen, Overland Park
• Joy Baer, Overland Park
• Barbara Baeuchle, Leavenworth
• Travis Bailey, Dodge City & California
• Colette and Charles Jeff Bangert, Lawrence
• 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
• Stan Brakhage - "Cat\'s Cradle" (1959) [youtube video]
• Robert Ronnie Branaman, Monterey Concert 1966 Poster
  • Robert Branaman, Wichita; section at Beats In Kansas
• Vernon Brejcha, Lawrence
• Aaron Morgan Brown, Emporia, Composure & Natural Law, Artists In Kansas
• John Gary Brown, Lawrence
• Rachel Epp Buller, Newton
• 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
  • Bruce Conner, 2000 BC: Part II Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
  • Bruce Conner Dead at 74, NY Times, July 9, 2008
  • America is Waiting, Brian Eno and David Byrne, directed by Bruce Conner, 1982
  • 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
  • Bruce Conner, at Beats in Kansas
• Lowell Connolly, Sherman County
• Louis Copt, Lecompton
• Dolores Purdy Corcoran, Topeka
• William Counter, Abilene
• John Stewart Curry, Dunavant, Jefferson County
• daybydesign, Steffani Day
• Matthew Dehaemers, Leawood
• Vera Dennen, Wichita
• Eric Dobbins, Lawrence
• 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
• Pete Felton, Hays
• Marko Fields, Liberal
• Janet C. Fish, Madison
• Tim Forcade, Lawrence
• Todd Fox, Ellinwood
• 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), Denver; formerly Dodge City & Lawrence, 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
• Cally Krallman, Topeka
• 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
• Tom Leopold, Zeandale, KS
• Corban LePell, Wichita
  • Corban LePell, at Beats in Kansas
• Angela Lexow, Lansing
• M.T. Liggett, Mullinville
  • M.T. Liggett, YouTube
• 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
• Shawn McDonald, Wichita
• JoAn McGregor, Wichita
• Mike McMullen, Shawnee Mission
• Richard P. Mehringer, Larned, Tennessee Boathouse, Artists In Kansas
• Stan Metzger, Topeka
• Mira Mickler Moss, Ottawa County
• 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
• Molly Murphy, Lawrence
• Derek Neibarger, Lawrence
• Charles Norton, Leoti
• Laura Nugent, Kansas City
• Tom Otterness, Wichita
• George Paley, Lawrence
• Joan Parker, Kansas City, KS
• 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
• Wayne Propst, 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
• Anita Shikles, Kansas City
• 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
• Jeffery Sparks, Prairie Village
• 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 [New site: www.jerrythomasart.com/ ]
• 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
• Michael Whelan, Great Bend
• 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], Beats In Kansas
• Wayne Wildcat, Lawrence
• Karen Wiley, Lawrence
• Carla J. Wilson, Lindsborg
• S. Clay Wilson, Wilson\'s Grimm, Lawrence
  • S. Clay Wilson at Beats in Kansas
• Jim Worster, Matfield Green
• Lori Wright, Salina
• Carol Yoho, Topeka
• Laura Zell, Lawrence
• Yuri Zupancic, Lawrence and Dodge City; "Rainy Bi-Way, " Artists In Kansas

Kansas Art Centers

• Arts Center on Main, Southwest Arts and Humanities Council, Garden City [website temp. off-line, March 2011]
• 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
• Cider Gallery, Lawrence
• 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]
• 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
• South Wind Gallery, Topeka
• 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
  • Spencer Museum of Art MySpace
• 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
• Humanities Kansas, Topeka [limited art funding]
• 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

• American Alliance of Museums, Washington, DC
  • AAM: Small Museums & Technology
• Mountain-Plains Museums Association, 10-state division of AAM
  • MySpace, YouTube and OurMuseums: Using Social Networks for Museums - Reaching Generation Why?; MPMA Web Session
  • MPMA Museums Myspace: an example for museums, MPMA Technology Committee
• Association of Art Museum Directors, New York, NY
• CGFA: A Virtual Art Museum [Best online art museum]
• Exhibits USA Mid-America Arts Alliance
• National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC
• National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, D.C.
• Print Council of America Oeuvre-Catalogues of Prints

Additional Art Sites

• Artstew Magazine, former 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 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]

WWW-VL: History Sites

• WWW-VL: US Art Museums Selected examples
• WWW-VL: History of Art
• WWW-VL: History Museums [.museum domain]
• WWW-VL: History: US History Museums
• WWW-VL: History: 1960s History

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.