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Ron Michael
Lindsborg KS
Soil Mysteries (The Feedbag Piece)
(ca. 2005)
Stoneware, tar
Friends of the Library Purchase Award
Topeka Competition 27
2005.16
1. Carp serving dish
ca. 20th century
Pewter, glass, brass
97.40.67
Fish are a symbol of abundance and wealth. A pair of carp symbolize love, domestic felicity, partnership, tenacity, fertility, and renewal.
90/150: Paul Worley, Governor’s Mansion, 1887 , 1960s. The second floor fireplace is now in the Topeka Room. Worley was a self-taught artist. Gift of Arthur M. Mills and Patricia L. Mills, watercolor, 2004.21.1
View of Territorial Kansas section. Here we arranged the walls to imitate the footprint of the Topeka founders' first cabin (12 x 14 feet).
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Robert B. Green
USA
untitled / KU Stadium (1961)
Pen, ink and ink wash
Gift of Bernard O. Stone
2005.2.4
I like the continuous lines that form subtle images within the images. I like how things are implied but still leave the viewer to fill in the detail.
–Bob Heintzelman, Gallery volunteer
soil mysteries (the feedbag piece) / 2005
ron michael (lindsborg KS)
stoneware & tar
friends of the library purchase award
topeka competition 27
2005.16
soil mysteries (the feedbag piece) / 2005
ron michael (lindsborg KS)
stoneware and tar
friends of the library purchase award
topeka competition 27
2005.16
Visitors explored the exhibitions at the Nasher Museum through hands-on crafts. Photos by J Caldwell
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Robert Sudlow
Lawrence KS
untitled / Hulbert’s Garden
(1993-1995)
Oil on Cadillac paper
Gift of Horace W. Eubank
2005.28.4
This picture is hazy impressionistic with bright touches and vivid colors blended with hazy pastels. It is beautiful with much movement and energy.
–Beth Sparling, Gallery volunteer
122/150: “For God’s Sake, Take Cover!” A History of WIBW-TV and WIBW Radio’s Service to the Community Before...During...and After the Topeka Tornado, June 8, 1966. Bill Kurtis’s words saved thousands of lives. 17 people were killed, 4500 people left homeless, 550 injured.
Creighton Michael (b. 1949), "Motif 710," 2010, oil and acrylic on canvas, 50 x 50 inches, gift of Solaris Group, New York, P2015.05.
Avis Chitwood
Mound City KS
untitled / lidded container (1915)
China painting on Satsuma ware
Gift of Janice Gartrell in memory of
Avis Chitwood
2009.14.15
Avis was an historic Topekan, and more influential than people realize. She was a teacher, artist, draftswoman and part of the WPA project and Topeka Art Guild. This is an early work, but remarkable in its technique. It looks so perfect.
–Sherry Best
88/150: The First Public Inauguration of a Governor in Kansas, January 13, 1879 – The Statehouse in Topeka [From a Sketch by Henry Worrall]
kimono seed sister / no date
linda ganstrom (hays KS)
earthenware
friends of the library purchase award
topeka competition 21
1997.8
Gary K. Clarke
Topeka KS
Prairie Dawn (late 20th c)
Color photograph
Gift of Gary K. Clarke
2008.16.1
I love sunsets and the wide open spaces that open the vast sky up to viewing.
–Steve Tempero, Gallery Volunteer