Articles /kansas-magazine/articles/ Articles Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:23:38 +0000 Textile as Art: KSU's Historic Costume and Textile Museum /kansas-magazine/articles/post/textile-as-art-ksus-historic-costume-and-textile-museum/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/textile-as-art-ksus-historic-costume-and-textile-museum/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/textile-as-art-ksus-historic-costume-and-textile-museum/ Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:00:00 -0500

Woman with her hand raised to her chin, sits between vintage dress formsPhotography by Nick Krug

A small museum on the campus of Kansas State University houses a rare and unusual collection of historic clothing and textiles

The museum is here, but few know where to find

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Street Art on Parade /kansas-magazine/articles/post/street-art-on-parade/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/street-art-on-parade/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/street-art-on-parade/ Tue, 21 Mar 2023 08:00:00 -0400

Lindsborg Dala Horse on Parade

Several Kansas communities boast their own unique versions of cows on Parade, the public art exhibit featuring fiberglass sculptures of cows decorated by local artists and displayed in public

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Working from a Past Heading to a Future /kansas-magazine/articles/post/working-from-a-past-heading-to-a-future/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/working-from-a-past-heading-to-a-future/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/working-from-a-past-heading-to-a-future/ Thu, 23 Jun 2022 15:00:00 -0400
ric-mona-ksmPhotography by Jason Dailey (Mona Cliff) and Aaron Patton (Ric Dunwoody)

Ric Dunwoody and Mona Cliff talk contemporary Native art and the futures they envision

“When it comes to Native artwork, to

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11 Epic Murals to Explore /kansas-magazine/articles/post/11-epic-murals-to-explore/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/11-epic-murals-to-explore/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/11-epic-murals-to-explore/ Thu, 22 Jul 2021 10:00:00 -0400

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Of all the two-dimensional art forms, perhaps none is as epic or accessible as the mural

Mural artists and experts Lora Jost and Dave Lowenstein, authors of Kansas Murals: A Traveler’s Guide,

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Behind the Murals: Interview with Muralist Jennifer Bohlander /kansas-magazine/articles/post/jennifer-bohlander/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/jennifer-bohlander/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/jennifer-bohlander/ Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:00:00 -0500

KSM-Bohlander

(Topeka mural artist, Jennifer Bohlander, stands with her "Art Elephants Take Over Topeka” located south side of Kaw River Rustics, 901 N. Kansas Ave in the NOTO Art District. Photo by Andrea Etzel)

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Beauty in Paper, Blooms and Glass /kansas-magazine/articles/post/beauty-in-paper-blooms-and-glass/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/beauty-in-paper-blooms-and-glass/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/beauty-in-paper-blooms-and-glass/ Fri, 07 Aug 2020 15:00:00 -0400

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From her home studio in Wichita, Tomiyo Tajiri creates stunning kimonos, origami art and accessories. Tajiri began studying her craft while growing up on Okinoerabujima, a small Japanese island near

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Behind the Lens: Emily Barnes /kansas-magazine/articles/post/behind-the-lens-emily-barnes/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/behind-the-lens-emily-barnes/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/behind-the-lens-emily-barnes/ Fri, 05 Oct 2018 10:00:00 -0400

A conversation with Kansas! photographers about their lives in photography

Emily Barnes began her photography journey at a young age as she experimented with her parent’s film camera in the 1980s. Her

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On Stage /kansas-magazine/articles/post/on-stage/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/on-stage/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/on-stage/ Tue, 20 Feb 2018 12:00:00 -0500

Great Plains Theatre executive director Elizabeth Weese says it is unusual for a town of 6,500 people in the middle of Kansas to have a theater that hires professional performers from throughout the

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Sarah Zepick Pottery | Artist Profile /kansas-magazine/articles/post/sarah-zepick-pottery-artist-profile/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/sarah-zepick-pottery-artist-profile/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/sarah-zepick-pottery-artist-profile/ Thu, 23 Feb 2017 13:00:00 -0500

Sarah Zepick Pottery

Sarah Zepick describes her pottery as hand-built pieces with organic edges. Her distinctive look usually involves a white glaze with gold rim. Her design wasn’t something she started out doing.

“It

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