Kindergarten through sixth grade students: Grab your crayons or colored pencils and get creative. The 2011 Postcard Art Contest, sponsored by the Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom (KFAC) and Kansas State University College of Agriculture, is under way. The theme for this year ...
Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins is accepting entries for the 2010 Congressional Art Competition from all high school students in the 2nd District.The winning entry in the competition will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year.“I look forward to seeing our talented students’ artwork, and ...
Leavenworth ? What do a glass of water, a square box, an egg, a parasol and a mousetrap have to do with art? They're all part of creations at the Leavenworth County Artists Association’s latest show at the Carnegie Arts Center.The “High 5 - Object Project” opens at at the Carnegie, Fifth ...
Many residents may not know it, but Bonner Springs is home to a published novelist. And not the kind who has to pay to have her book printed at cost to the author by what is known in the industry as a vanity press.Jeanne Glidewell’s first published book, “Leave No Stone Unturned,” came ...
To say Annie Cadet is passionate about her hobby somehow falls short of the mark."I will continue sewing and quilting until my eyes cannot see or until my hands cannot hold a needle," Cadet said. "I will have a needle in my hand or some kind of fabric always until that point."The Tonganoxie ...
The East Hill Singers with the Arts in Prisons program will be losing not only its founder and conductor, but also the backbone of the program.Elvera Voth has stepped down from her conductor duties after 13 years and has passed the torch on to a successor hand-picked for the job."I'm 85 years ...
Friday, July 11, is the gallery opening with reception for "Controlled Chaos," an exhibit of paintings and photography by Elizabeth Hill and Jessica Lock at the Carnegie Arts Center. The show remains in the center's Stacks Gallery until Aug. 8.Hill recently exhibited a series of photographs in ...
It's 'Souper Bowl Saturday' on April 19 at the Carnegie Arts Center, 601 S. Fifth St., from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.For a $20 donation, guests can select a handcrafted soup bowl, made by regional potters. The bowls will be filled with a soup dinner, washed and then taken home by guests.There will be ...
World-renown crop artist Stan Herd will be the guest speaker at this month's meeting of the Tonganoxie Historic Society.Head will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Historic Site, 201 W Washington, Tonganoxie.He is known worldwide for his crop art, an art form that involves plants, soil and rock to ...
The movies of M. Night Shyamalan have always been steeped in the supernatural and otherworldly, whether they've explored life after death, alien invasions or superheroes.His latest effort, "Lady in the Water," appears to be a creepy fairy tale, but it's really a psychological thriller. Trouble ...
