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Medium: framed, matted, and numbered limited edition print
Artist Statement: Artist Christine Rosamond Presco, who typically signs her work as Rosamond, was born in California in 1947. She created legendary paintings but rose to fame with her lithographs, where she came into her own as an artist. Christine Rosamond initially created with a view to merchandising, but believing her work to be undervalued, began to focus on deepening the focus of her art.
The sales of Rosamond prints soared when she started working for gallery owner Jack Solomon. Her work was much sought-after even during her own life time, and at one point, Rosamond's paintings were so popular that her sales eclipsed even those of Salvador Dali. A tragic drowning accident in 1994 cut short the life of this talented artist, but her body of work is still substantial and significant.
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Medium: fused glass
Medium: textile fiber weaving
Artist Statement: Fiber continues to be my preferred art medium. I've been experimenting with weaving a needle punch but have returned to needle felting for this piece. Best wishes for a successful Concealed Revealed show this year.
Medium: framed and matted fiber felt art
Medium: framed and matted acrylic
Artist Statement: Butterflies represent freedom and change.
Medium: framed photography print
Artist Statement: Even the ugliest weather produces the most beautiful scenery. It's these moments that I capture with my work. While anyone with common sense would be warm and tucked away during a snowstorm, you can often find me bundled up, doing my best not to slip on ice as I photograph the world around me. I enjoy capturing architecture and landscapes in a new light. From snow-covered streets not yet touched by traffic, to familiar buildings draped in blankets of white, I attempt to show these places from a different perspective or view.
Medium: digital photo
Artist Statement: This work is about place: the Kansas prairie and its history, its architecture, its geography, its elements. The land here is characterized both by predictable as well as the unexpected. One never knows what one will find around the curve ahead or over the next hill: soaring vultures, pastures of wildflowers, or an old school house. I go to the prairie for inspiration; it calls me back again and again. I love the elements created by weather: sun, wind, snow, fog, rain, mist, storms, clouds, calm, wet dry cold hot, humidity, temperature. I love to see great distances, to fill my camera lens with sky. I love to hear the birds and coyotes, to smell the burns, to feel the wind against my face. Sunflowers are extremely stimulating for me as an artist. I wait impatiently for September, when I pull off the road to soak up their brighter color and watch them dance freely in the wind. I hope to capture these thoughts in the "Sunflower Road" photograph.
Medium: framed ink drawing on paper
Artist Statement: an ink drawing incasing the wild Mustang Picasso and depicts the last symbol of the Wild West
Medium: acrylic on canvas
Artist Statement: depicting the beauty and cockiness of the Rooster
Medium: alcohol markers and Papermate pens on matted paper
Artist Statement: Hi, I'm Clara. I am 14, and I began drawing when I was about 8 years old, and was inspired by my sister, who loved art. She was always working on a canvas in the living room when I walked into the house. She made me want to become an artist. I love to draw because it allows me to be creative and create things that I think of. Once and awhile, I will look at something and get an idea and keep it in my head to draw later. I hope that whatever I pursue in, that I am happy with it and still get to use a creative mindset.
Medium: acrylic on 4x12 in. stretched canvas
Artist Statement: My art currently focuses on personal relationships with nature and spirituality, as well as healing through a connection to the inner child and the experience of the personal internal world. I create my pieces in the dot art style, using bright colors, mandalas, basic shapes and textures.
Medium: acrylic on framed canvas
Artist Statement: Becky Drager is a local Topeka artist that paints with acrylics to capture colorful Kansas scenes.
Medium: framed and matted acrylic with clay relief
Medium: framed and matted limited edition print
Medium: framed and matted ink and graphite pencil drawing
Artist Statement: Mark Ralston is in his 40th year teaching high school Art at Jefferson West High School in Meriden Kansas. He was awarded the Secondary Art Teacher of the Year in 2019 by the Kansas Art Education Association. At Emporia State University, Mr. Ralston received a BFA in Ceramics and Masters of Art/Master Teacher degree with an emphasis in Ceramics and Photography. Mark creates original wheel-thrown ceramics in his home studio in North Topeka. His ceramics has received many accolades from art exhibitions and art fairs. Mark is also always actively pursuing his love for drawing and photography. Mr. Ralston has been honored to jury many area high school league art shows. He is currently a photographer for Topeka Civic Theater and Helen Hocker Theater.
When it comes down to it, ART is all around us and is an act of communication that can be experienced through the process of creating or by interacting with art as a viewer. My favorite quote on art is from Walter Pater: "Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass." The "highest quality to your moments" is so true. The act of creating art is such a joyous process for me. I also love the history of Art and love viewing how artist currently and throughout history have approached the creative process. I also have the honor to share my passion and knowledge of Art with my students. This too brings me much joy.
Medium: acrylic painting printed on cotton fabric
Artist Statement: I work with chi or universal energy to create my art. You might be able to feel the calm, expansive energy as you view or wear my art.
Medium: mixed media on framed canvas
Artist Statement: Nicole Thibodeau grew up in Taos, New Mexico. She received her BA in Studio Art from Bethany College in Lindsborg, KS, and her MFA from Fort Hays State University. She also received instruction at the Art Students League in New York, Lacoste School of the Arts in France, as well as from Studio Art Centers International in Florance, Italy. Additionally, she earned a Masters in English from Fort Hays State University. Currently, her art is featured online at www.nicolethibodeau.com and at the Hays Arts Council gift shop.
Medium: framed and matted transparent watercolor on paper
Artist Statement: One year, on a splendid Saturday morning in April, our local Paint-Out-Group went to Ward-Meade Park Historic Site and Botanical Garden in Topeka, KS. Inspired by the vibrant colors under the crisp spring sky, I picked the spot facing the Old Prairie Town ("a short street of 19th century buildings that were moved to the site,") to capture the lights and the blooming colors and, to preserve the memories of winter evening fireside cook-in with friends in the Old Cabins.
Medium: oil paint on 11" x 14" canvas
Artist Statement: My piece of work is called "Hurla Pasture," as it is a landscape painting of the land that has been in my family for generations. My great grandparents owned the land. Over time, it has become the home of several of their descendants. As I grew up, on this portion of the land, it has inspired my love of painting landscapes for others to enjoy.
Medium: framed and matted mixed media and acrylics
Artist Statement: Find the courage to "Sing Your Own Song" by Michaela Butterworth - Are you repressing and hiding your true voice, singing the song that others want to hear? You create a cage around yourself when you do what others want you to do, rather than following your own heart and voice. Are you hiding your true self and your authenticity, for fear that others will think of you as too "different"? This bird spirit comes to help you find your courage to express yourself and use your authentic voice. Not everyone will accept us as we are, and originality and uniqueness. Open your cage door and fly free. Find your voice and have the courage to spread your wings and sing out loud. The world needs you and your authentic song.
Medium: trash
Artist Statement: just discarded materials and have a library of visual and concrete solutions to access
Medium: alcohol ink on ceramic tile
Artist Statement: For me, creating art is about experimenting and going with the flow. As you can see, I love experimenting with every medium from alcohol ink, nail polish, clay, digital renderings, and sculpture. I create for myself, and if other people enjoy it, then that's a perk! Topeka has always been my home, and I try to hype it up as much as possible. I went to Shawnee Heights High School and then onto the University of Kansas. I have a master's degree in Architecture and currently work at HTK Architects with the best people and clients. Architecture is a happy medium between getting to be creative and problem-solving.
Medium: framed and matted print - original is marker/ink on paper
Artist Statement: As a child, I always had a passion for making things - drawing, painting, collaging, making bracelets, dancing and putting on shows - if it was in "the arts," I wanted to do it. Today, I still find myself interested in all things art related. I do not limit myself to one medium, style or concept. Inspirations and Ideas change. New experiences happen and open new worlds of curiosity and experimentation to me. I create a series or groups of pieces exploring a subject, theme or personal challenge. Each piece is an extension of my past and guides me forward in my current interpretations of the ideas I have about myself and the world around me. I find inspiration everywhere - from movies, books and music to the natural world, to art history, pagan art, and tattoo art. My current work explores stories and legends, the wheel of the seasons, symbols, and esoterica.
This piece was made after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in June 2022 and Kansas upheld the state's right to an abortion in August the same year. The moonflowers represent a woman's menstrual cycle often attributed to the moon cycles. The sunflowers represent the state of Kansas. The mimosa flowers are the official flower of Woman's Day and are a symbol of femininity and womanhood. The stars are more symbols of the cycles of a woman's life and our ability to carry life inside of us. The scales of justice represent the ongoing debates around abortion access. Libertatum omnibus means "freedom for all."
Medium: floetrol, acrylic paint, and varnish
Artist Statement: The foundation of this piece consists of the free interaction between many different colors, creating a swirling rainbow. A thin layer of white paint is applied to this colorful base to provide structure, support, and movement. The white acts only as a negative space, while still allowing room for the individual cells of paint to converse and shine through. This piece serves as a celebration of individuals working together towards a shared goal.
Medium: framed and matted fiber art
Artist Statement: Colored background with printed pink marshmallows. Stitching archs representing our interconnection to others.
Medium: Posca pen on paper
Artist Statement: Sunflower Sight is a series of emotional revolations and evolutions set in images. Though some are painful, growth often is, and beauty can still be found in it. These images represent a journey of self-understanding and healing, and I sincerely hope that if an image speaks to you, that it helps you, much like they helped me.
Medium: mixed media on board
Artist Statement: Andrew Wiechen is a contemporary artist whose portraits are not about capturing an external likeness of a subject, but rather creating a portal to the inner journey of self-exploration of mental illness. Andrew's work evokes profound feelings of anxiety, depression, and self-worth in many viewers, by the creation of stark contrast. Isolated under the shroud of white, one remains silent in solitude to confront their internal deception of self. Sided by the constant reminder of those that cast their stares, with life full of vibrancy as they go about their days.
Medium: framed and matted hand-printed print mounted on paper with acrylic
Artist Statement: A painter for many years, I have always been captivated by the beauty of the land and our place in it. Drawing upon the history of ancient cultures, my art weaves together the textures of old and new, time and place, the conscious and unconscious. Finding inspiration in nature, I have incorporated it into my works using a variety of media and techniques, from pastels, acrylics, oils, lithography, and mono-prints to collages of natural objects. My work, whether a simple landscape or an intricate collage, strives to connect us to the land, our history, and most importantly, ourselves. Although born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, I grew up in Salina, Kansas and have lived in the state most of my life. I earned a BFA in Painting from the University of Kansas and continue to teach classes and workshops in drawing, pastels, collage and print-making in my home studio located on the Scenic River Road overlooking the Kaw.
Medium: framed digital illustration
Artist Statement: Based on the poem by Louis Untermeyer - a wish for a peaceful home.
Medium: framed and matted printed reproduction of paper cut collage
Artist Statement: Angie Pickman is a nationally recognized cut paper artist that combines the art of traditional paper cutting with collage to create intricately detailed works of art and animations. Her work is heavily inspired by her love of nature and the tranquility of the terrain of rural Kansas. She has been featured in Martha Stewart Living and Midwest Living magazines, and her animation work premiered on PBS in 2016 in the documentary Daughters of the Forest. She has won numerous awards for her work, including an Independent Music Award for album art. "My cut paper collages reflect my need to simplify while at the same time appreciate the beauty of even the most minute aspects found in nature: intricately detailed subjects, often combined with bursts of color, made by cutting away all that is unnecessary."
Medium: mixed media
Artist Statement: What does Frida dream? Do her dreams help mirror the deeply human life she lived? A life filled with tragedy, creative fervor, political consciousness along with passion for all she encountered? Does she dream of her deep connection to the fecund, fertile Earth? What does Frida dream? Of love that often went wrong - did she know the word codependent? Does she dream of her love and attraction to both men and women that stretched her heart and intermixed the physical, sexual, the unapologetic and deeply adventurous? Do her dreams whisper back to her, "Look at your curious and adamant nature to explore your inner masculine mija. Do you see you challenged the constructs of gender roles corazon?" What does Frida dream? Of the deep differences she felt within American culture and Mexican culture? Cultural differences that continually caused her to long for home? What does Frida dream? What gives her peace? That is my wish for her - that she dreams of peace and art.
Medium: felting and stitching on canvas
Medium: circular weaving with assorted fibers
Medium: acrylic painting on canvas
Medium: unknown - metallic
Medium: acrylic and textures on framed canvas
Medium: embroidery on cotton
Artist Statement: Face pointing to the east grabbing the last rays as the sun descends. Hair full of jewel tone flowers shining in the last of the sun light. Embracing the power being washed upon her as the power of night slides into the world. Foliage clinging onto specs of light. She carries the energy of the sun as the world is engulfed into darkness. Bringing light to those around her, sharing with all who may struggle to see it on their own.
Artist Statement: This piece is one of my favorites, so simple but brings a lot to see visually. The girlfriend hoops and red lipstick are items I grew up with that brought power to the wearer. Flowers adorning her head like a crown. All these items together scream Yes Queen!
Artist Statement: Anatomical heart surrounded by Kansas field tones. A variety of shades of browns, slew of tans and creams with flecks of lavender and pink rosettes. The prairie is a magical place that some assume is flat. Not seeing the complex ups and downs of the rolling hills. The Prairie sunrise and sets bringing life to the hill tops. The warm wheat grass straws and occasional flowers swaying in the wind.
Medium: framed and matted altered paper collage
Medium: acrylic paint on circular canvas with liquid gold
Piece Details: total of 4 books donated, each book sold separately
Artist Statement: Your kindness, love, and support mean more to us than words can convey. We hope this book brings a sense of peace to those who have experienced the loss of a child and empathy + understanding to those who have not. - Holly Ann & Ally For more resources on pregnancy, infant, and child loss support, find us at @bloomlikemagnolia on Instagram.
Artist Statement: The artist, Robert E. Ault, was an artist, art therapist and long-time supporter of YWCA. He died in 2008.
Medium: framed and matted digital collage on paper
Artist Statement: I have been creating digital collages since Summer of 2022. I have created roughly 300 pieces since that time. I find digital collage to be a wonderfully expressive and forgiving medium. I feel like a child at play when I mix and match shapes, colors and textures to form composition that elucidates a feeling or expands upon an idea. I tend to explore feelings of nostalgia, self-reflection, and inner conflict. I create many pieces based around feminism, LGBTQ+ issues, the natural world, my struggles with anxiety and depression, and human dignity. I also enjoy making pieces that are downright silly. I feel like I've barely scratched the surface of this amazing medium, and I tend to create in it for always. I'm truly honored to be able to donate my art to such a worthy cause!
Medium: digital collage on paper
Medium: polymer clay jewelry
Medium: sterling silver
Artist Statement: You have a refined sense of style, always searching for those special pieces that speak to you. I want you to look and feel beautiful. It's all in the details--let's make it easy. My mission as a designer is to create unique, classic, artfully-designed sterling silver jewelry that elevates your everyday. I design and create artisan sterling silver jewelry using traditional methods of forging and fabrication. Saws, files, hammers, a torch, and a variety of finishing mediums are used to construct each piece. Exploring the variety of techniques and methods of creating with silver is what I find compelling, which drives me to keep exploring its craft. The possibilities are endless! I take inspiration from many places: Art Deco/Art Nouveau-era architecture, textile design, and jewelry design have a large influence on my designs. Simplicity and elegance are the core of my aesthetic. My greatest reward is that I get to share my creations with you! You can purchase with confidence as I take great care in my craftsmanship to ensure my jewelry will be loved and worn for many years to come.
Medium: framed pencil, pastel, and colored pencil
Artist Statement: I'm an educator, architect, and illustrator. At work I get to open the minds and unlock the creative potential of freshmen architecture students at KU. In my spare time I have many interests: sewing bespoke shirts, creating cut-paper art and many other things, but I always return to my first love which is architectural drawing. I love to construct the shapes and volumes of architectural forms. I don't often spend time on a finished piece that doesn't have a specific client so 'Capitol Dome' is rather special. Without a specific client I was able to fulfill my own vision of how this building should be seen: up close and personal, as if you could touch it with your own hands. As I drew, it felt as though my pencil was carving the architectural details.
Medium: acrylic yarn
Artist Statement: Evey Goering works in a wide range of mediums, including painting and rug making. She is also a prop maker and photo stylist in Kansas City, MO. Her textile work explores color, form, and texture.
Medium: acrylic on 6" x 12" cradled wood panel
Artist Statement: Crows are often viewed as symbols or transformation. On the colorful road of life, full of ups and downs, we celebrate where we've been as a powerful part of where we're going. We are all works in progress.
Artist Statement: Corey Goering grew up watching television and drawing pictures. He studied Printmaking at the Kansas City Art Institute. He has shown in New York, San Francisco, Austin, and Minneapolis. He dropped out of art school and hasn't won any awards.
Goering's work is a collection of obsessive mark making used to create primal compositions where ugly things mingle with beauty. Images of religion, sexuality, and violence play together in a manic world, ultra in both color and saccharine sweetness.
When he's not applying ink and gouache to paper, he dabbles in family life, production supervising, whiskey and marathon running. He lives in a little hippie cottage in Overland Park, Kansas with his wife and a girl and a boy and a dog and a cat.
Medium: framed illustration and Linocut print
Artist Statement: In Tarot, the High Priestess is typically associated with spiritual energy, intuition and feeling, and the divine feminine. She is often depicted between two pillars, representing light and dark, good and evil, and other binaries - though she rests between them. How fitting, then, that this High Priestess, inspired by Alok Vaid-Menon, exists apart from typical binaries of masculine and feminine. They have full lips and long hair, like a woman; and also chest hair and a five o'clock shadow, like a man. Let the High Priestess be a reminder.
Medium: handmade glass with sterling silver chain
Artist Statement: The Spanish word for matchstick 'Fosforo' was the first name to come to mind when designing this necklace over 15 years ago. Since that time, the Fosforo Necklace's ever-changing color palette has allowed it to remain a perennial favorite with custom requests that symbolize birth month colors, sorority affiliations, and seasonal color schemes. Much larger than the original Fosforo Necklace, shown here is the the candy-colored rainbow Fosforo Corona Necklace, so named as the colors are designed to radiate from their wearer like a corona.
About the Artist: Krista Bermeo Studio is a two-person, woman-owned glass lampworking studio that designs and creates every piece of jewelry in-house. Our aesthetic is a clear, focused, and minimal design that doesn't compete, but always accentuates. Krista's work is carried at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Newfields, Chemers Gallery, JA Sharp Gallery, Wantoot, and other boutiques and museum stores across the county and Canada. She is currently designing collections for The Phoenix Museum of Art, The Getty Center, and the Detroit Institute of Art. Her studio is located in an old downtown Indianapolis warehouse with neighbor and sometimes-collaborator Gravesco Pottery
Piece Details: set of 4 dinner plates
Medium: dye on silk
Artist Statement: Painting on silk is so freeing and fun - you never know what exactly you will get. This process also helps my heart to heal, and I pass on that healing to whoever needs it!
Medium: mixed media - modeling paste, acrylic, colored pencil, glass, beads, wire, brads, and prismatic foil
Artist Statement: i have worked with found objects on my heart fetishes before, and i have most definitely gathered broken automobile glass to produce mosaic-like hearts on 5 by 5 boards before. when i discovered a pile of tinted black glass across the street against the curb just outside my studio window---YAHTZEE!!! i looked forward to the idea of creating a grouping of 9 black hearts to represent my eight brothers and sisters and me. i crossed my fingers that i had collected enough glass before the street cleaners came along. this piece is one of nine interactive pieces, and the idea that you, the viewer, can touch the abacus and move the beads around according to your mood that day delights my heart. if you look really close in the right light, you can see a circular piece of prismatic foil in the center of the hearts, and if you look even closer, you will notice that i laid the glass in a circular shape before completing the rest of the heart mosaic. piecing the glasstogether to create a circle and then the heart lead me to observe my obsessive behavior and at the same time, understand the joy and mosaic artist feels as they puzzle together their bits of glass and tile.
Medium: mixed media on canvas and plaster - repurposed materials, paper, acrylic, ink, plastic, glass, beads, wood, textile, and metal
Medium: framed and matted Giclée print
Artist Statement: Trauma bonds often take the form of chasing painful outcomes in friends and partners. It's human nature to be drawn to the kind of love we received by our parents as children. Unfortunately, it takes a conscious effort on the part of the individual to break these generational cycles of destructive love.
Medium: framed and matted watercolor
Artist Statement: Lila Bartel has been painting and drawing for 25 years. Her favorite subjects are children and men, and she tries catching tender moments with both. She calls her work "Living Expressions" and illustrated a book by Duane Johnson with that title.
Medium: acrylic on wood
Artist Statement: You can keep moving forward no matter what. I can.
Artist Statement: Fauvism, which means color and form. I chose fauvism as a form of empowerment.
Medium: mixed media on wood
Artist Statement: I set out to paint an angel for all survivors.
I thought about women who were taken too soon due to violence and racism. I thought of women who are let down or forgotten by institutions or individuals that are supposed to protect them.
I thought about murders of trans women almost doubling in the last 4 years. I thought about violence against women increasing to record levels during COVID lockdowns.
In this piece, I painted a woman to represent the energy that brings about healing; a non denominational, all inclusive angel. I thought of her as the first woman to watch over and empower other women. I imagined, maybe, the angel was Mitochondrial Eve, an East African woman who walked the Earth an estimated 200,000 years ago. It is believed that all of humanity traces back to her. Perhaps the original mother is also the original angel.
I painted wings on her head like a seraph or a Valkyrie. She is the universal power of transcendence and a badass warrior.She represents organizations like the YWCA Center for Safety & Empowerment. She represents the love and support given by donors, workers, volunteers.
She is hope. And tonight, at Concealed Revealed, she is all around you! Honor her with your bids!!!
Medium: oil on framed canvas
Artist Statement: This piece was painted in the studio from referemce photos I took in Venice, Italy in October 2007. The light was incredible! This painting was accepted into the prestigious Salon International 2008 Juried Exhibition in San Antonio, Texas.
Medium: fiber
Artist Statement: I am a multidisciplinary artist who seeks to make connection to others, self, mind and body through creation. My work is inspired by being a cisgendered, Black woman in America, as well as the beauty that can be found when we hold ourselves and other in absolute positive regard. It is my hope to inspire others to have introspective opportunities and embody their power and love through artistic creation.
Medium: acrylic on 30" x 40" canvas
Artist Statement: This piece was created by 7 survivors who came together with their advocates and created this piece over the span of four half day service days at the YWCA Center for Safety and Empowerment's Drop-In Human Trafficking Day Center. The style is for each person to have their hands-on the canvas. The stroke, tap of finger, and overall movement of the body tells a story. The quicker the motion could mean frustration and anger. The slow, more defined lines could be calm and at peace finally. The thought was for this to be an abstract piece that lets the motions and movement speak through the layers of the paint and mixing of the colors.
This piece is important to the artists for a multitude of reasons. Many of those reasons had to do with a feeling of belonging; of being a part of "their" Day Center. They expressed this as a very relaxing project and a way to get their emotions out. They beamed at the thought of contributing something to a place that provides life-saving, life-affirming, care and attention. The following are some comments we collected from the survivors who created this piece: "This is a great way to express my emotions" "I loved doing this" " We should do this more often. I needed this today""I LIKE the way it feels when I paint on this canvas! I feel like...like smooth, like the paint!""I love that we can make something together that will make some money for this place! I don't know what I would do if I couldn't come here!"
Medium: glass
Artist Statement: This piece was originally created for a psychiatry professor at the University of Kansas 25 years ago to represent life.
Piece Details: 63.50" x 25.50"
Medium: framed spray paint stencil on paper
Artist Statement: The Ad Astra sculpture atop the Capitol sends a plea for help during the Brownback administration.
Medium: seed beads and sterling silver clasp
Artist Statement: Our hearts and minds need a fresh start sometimes.
Artist Statement: Becoming a parent has forced me to let go, to hang on, to think and rethink. To move and be still, to forge and to wade, to believe and to distrust, to perseverate, to constantly question, to trust my gut and be gentle, to feel time slipping, to hit a stride and then have the cart upset again, over and over.
All those moments, all that energy, and then we all disappear, and what is left? What do we leave behind? I want my energy to be boundless. I want a perpetual reminder to grow the good, to honor the humanness of the experience, to live amidst the failures, sadness, emptiness, uncertainty and stress, but to not get caught up in it and rather spread the wonder, wholeness, joy, peace and pure delights. To relax into it, remain curious and enjoy. To cultivate inwardly so that I can be better, do better. To connect to the part of me that is hopeful and serene, and accept that I will not always be able to, and that is more realistic.
Becoming a mother has essentially meant growing an extension of my being, forever connected to that extension of me, who is their own person, even though they have that very same squinty smile that has been passed down generations.
Where do I end? Where do I begin?
Medium: mixed media - colored pencil
Artist Statement: Brown vs. Board of Education was one of the most important Supreme Court decisions of the 20th century, and we can never forget the courage of those that made it possible.
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Artist Statement: Gen Goering is a Kansas City based artist. After years spent as the head scenic artist at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City painting large backdrops, she has returned to her home studio to focus on her own work creating a sense of space but on a more intimate scale.
Goering's landscapes are greatly influenced by her time creating for the stage, inviting the viewer into a space where the story is told only by composition and color.
Mahapajapati Gotami (Mother of All)
Medium: framed linoleum block print, speedball ink, stencil, and spray paint
Artist Statement: Paul Punzo is originally from Topeka and now lives in Lawrence, Kansas. He works with linoleum blocks, India inks, spray paint and stencils to produce authentic reproduced block prints. For this year's YWCA benefit, he has created a piece about Buddist nun, Mahapajapati. She was a woman that raised the Buddha, Siddhartha Guatama. She was his maternal aunt and ended up also becoming the first ever female Buddhist monk (now called nun), and is a feminist icon in much of Asia. She reminds the artist of his own mother that raised five kids on her own with unconditional faith and love in all people.
