FEATURED ARTISTS

Aaron Fine | Alex Lukas | Amanda Hamilton | Anna Wetzel Artz | April Flanders

Caleb Taylor | Cary Esser | Clare Doveton | Colleen Maynard | Corey Antis

Hannah March Sanders and Blake Sanders | Hilary Lorenz | Jackie Leishman

James Woodfill | Jillian Youngbird | K Stevenson | Katherine Hair Eagle

Kim Eichler-Messmer | Kirsten Furlong | Lily McElroy | Lydia Gravis | Masha Ryskin 

Robert Howsare | Serge Marchetta | Warren Rosser | William D. Lewis | Yoonmi Nam

As Grass Grows: Ten Years at Prairieside Outpost is a group exhibition commemorating the first ten years of the Artist-in-Residence program at Prairieside Outpost in Matfield Green, Kansas. The exhibition features 28 visual artists and writers from across North America, each of whom has worked on their creative endeavors in the remote and head-clearing expanse that is the Kansas Flint Hills. This unique ecosystem, known for its unmediated landscape of rolling hills, layered limestone, and the biodiverse habitat of the tallgrass prairie, provides an engaging natural setting for creativity. 

A significant aspect that defines the Artist-in-Residence Program at Prairieside Outpost is its ability to accommodate the artists, their collaborators, and their families. A core concept of the program is the idea of shared creativity as a natural state of being. Freed from regular obligations and habits within the Prairieside Outpost Artist-in-Residence program, the open horizon of possibilities has found diverse ways to take root in each artist’s efforts. As Grass Grows: Ten Years at Prairieside Outpost celebrates how time and the natural environment have meaningfully supported and impacted the creative work of this outstanding community of artists. 

The exhibition, curated by Prairieside Outpost Program Directors Laura Berman and Chris Akers, is accompanied by “As Grass Grows”, a full catalog documenting the exhibiting artists’ work and thoughts about creating work at Prairieside Outpost. Contributing essayists in the exhibition catalog include S. Portico Bowman and Sally Paul, with art direction and design by Melissa Dehner at HoneyBee Creative. The exhibition and printed catalog for “As Grass Grows: Ten Years at Prairieside Outpost” were created with support from the Kansas City Art Institute, The Kemper Family Foundation, and Prairieside Cottage + Outpost. 

FEATURED ARTISTS

Aaron Fine | Alex Lukas | Amanda Hamilton | Anna Wetzel Artz | April Flanders

Caleb Taylor | Cary Esser | Clare Doveton | Colleen Maynard | Corey Antis

Hannah March Sanders and Blake Sanders | Hilary Lorenz | Jackie Leishman

James Woodfill | Jillian Youngbird | K Stevenson | Katherine Hair Eagle

Kim Eichler-Messmer | Kirsten Furlong | Lily McElroy | Lydia Gravis | Masha Ryskin 

Robert Howsare | Serge Marchetta | Warren Rosser | William D. Lewis | Yoonmi Nam

As Grass Grows: Ten Years at Prairieside Outpost is a group exhibition commemorating the first ten years of the Artist-in-Residence program at Prairieside Outpost in Matfield Green, Kansas. The exhibition features 28 visual artists and writers from across North America, each of whom has worked on their creative endeavors in the remote and head-clearing expanse that is the Kansas Flint Hills. This unique ecosystem, known for its unmediated landscape of rolling hills, layered limestone, and the biodiverse habitat of the tallgrass prairie, provides an engaging natural setting for creativity. 

A significant aspect that defines the Artist-in-Residence Program at Prairieside Outpost is its ability to accommodate the artists, their collaborators, and their families. A core concept of the program is the idea of shared creativity as a natural state of being. Freed from regular obligations and habits within the Prairieside Outpost Artist-in-Residence program, the open horizon of possibilities has found diverse ways to take root in each artist’s efforts. As Grass Grows: Ten Years at Prairieside Outpost celebrates how time and the natural environment have meaningfully supported and impacted the creative work of this outstanding community of artists. 

The exhibition, curated by Prairieside Outpost Program Directors Laura Berman and Chris Akers, is accompanied by “As Grass Grows”, a full catalog documenting the exhibiting artists’ work and thoughts about creating work at Prairieside Outpost. Contributing essayists in the exhibition catalog include S. Portico Bowman and Sally Paul, with art direction and design by Melissa Dehner at HoneyBee Creative. The exhibition and printed catalog for “As Grass Grows: Ten Years at Prairieside Outpost” were created with support from the Kansas City Art Institute, The Kemper Family Foundation, and Prairieside Cottage + Outpost. 

Drawing inspiration from the landscapes he inhabits and the emotions they evoke, New Mexico-based artist, José C. Sierra transmutes the memory, emotion, and physicality of his environments into hybrid ceramic forms, whose rich surfaces are complemented by his vibrant details. Born on a coffee farm in the Venezuelan Andes, Sierra’s memories of intensely colored mountains, exuberant tropical flora and the objects in his surroundings, from coffee mills to pre-hispanic art and architecture are intertwined with inspiration from the prickly geometry of cacti and granite mountains of the Southwestern deserts.

Sierra states – “As I gathered the pieces for this show, I found myself immersed in a jungle of gold. A few years back, when working in Versailles, I was similarly surrounded by an abundance of gold surfaces and royal blue. At the Chateau and beyond, I was struck by the quantity of gold adorning the finest structures and objects, and the use of color and luster to signify wealth. As a Venezuelan, I was reminded of my lush homeland, and our coveted gold, which remains under our feet, as well as our own exuberant tropical greens and floral adornments. This body of work contemplates these riches and their relationships. In my creative dialog with the pieces and their surfaces, each with its own personality and structure, the exuberant and voluminous forms called for tropical opulence.”

Luminous skies, rolling plains, and the vast hush of open country: Jeff Aeling captured it all. Ephemeral Nature: Celebrating Jeff Aeling brings together sweeping vistas and intimate, contemplative panels from the beloved painter, presented in tribute following his passing earlier this year. These works, alive with atmosphere and light, remind us why Aeling remains one of the great interpreters of the American landscape.

✨ This Hispanic Heritage Month, Café Corazón transforms into a house of rhythm, culture, and tradition. An evening where borders disappear and voices from every background unite through music. 🎶

Enjoy live performances by Danny 4 Short, Mayday Music, plus a special celebrity guest you won’t want to miss. 🌟

This month, we’re also proud to highlight a nonprofit Eye of an Immigrant alongside local vendors like Artista Albalaredo and Sherris Lounge. Don’t miss the vibrant art show in Café Corazón’s gallery space by Bryan Vasquez🖼️

Join us as we celebrate heritage, community, and connection through music, art, and culture. ❤️🌎