To celebrate 25 years of exhibiting grassroots art by Kansans, the Grassroots Art Center in Lucas offers three exclusive field trips to artist environments in June, July, and September.

In conjunction with the 25th anniversary exhibition Flying Free: 25 Years of Grassroots Art, on display through Oct. 31, the field trips are a rare opportunity to meet with artists and caretakers of yards, homes, and gardens filled with sculptures of all kinds. Grassroots Art Center founding director Rosslyn Schultz will introduce each artist and site. All tours begin at 10 a.m. Carpooling is available and details for each trip will be sent to those who register.

On June 24, Wichita is the destination for a tour of Gary Pendergrass’s “Steam punk” magical land filled with ornate birds, engines, masks, and statues. Chris Poelma will open Dan Beck’s carved limestone sculptures and colorful garden that earned him the name “Local Deity.” Fee is $20 per
person.
To sign up for the tours, click “Shop” at www.grassrootsart.net.

Great Bend and Sylvia are the destinations on July 24 to tour Bob Mix’s whimsical machines and creatures at his home in Great Bend and at the local zoo. A short drive away to rural Sylvia, property owner Michael Murphy will open Don Brownlee’s 1912 farmhouse with decorated interior surrounded by a stone and metal sculpture garden. Lunch at Prairie Oaks Inn on the property is included and the fee is $30 per person.

LUCAS, KS – To celebrate 25 years of exhibiting grassroots art by Kansans, the Grassroots Art Center in Lucas offers three exclusive field trips to artist environments in June, July, and September.

In conjunction with the 25th anniversary exhibition Flying Free: 25 Years of Grassroots Art, on display through Oct. 31, the field trips are a rare opportunity to meet with artists and caretakers of yards, homes, and gardens filled with sculptures of all kinds. Grassroots Art Center founding director Rosslyn Schultz will introduce each artist and site. All tours begin at 10 a.m. Carpooling is available and details for each trip will be sent to those who register.

To sign up for the tours, click “Shop” at www.grassrootsart.net.

More details to come

On Sept. 14 in Hays, the tour will feature scrap-metal mailbox artist Curly Leiker’s home and workshop, and a visit to stone sculptor Pete Felten’s post rock limestone courtyard and Stone Gallery including insights on the paintings of Bruce Burkholder. Fee is $20 per person.

LUCAS, KS – To celebrate 25 years of exhibiting grassroots art by Kansans, the Grassroots Art Center in Lucas offers three exclusive field trips to artist environments in June, July, and September.

In conjunction with the 25th anniversary exhibition Flying Free: 25 Years of Grassroots Art, on display through Oct. 31, the field trips are a rare opportunity to meet with artists and caretakers of yards, homes, and gardens filled with sculptures of all kinds. Grassroots Art Center founding director Rosslyn Schultz will introduce each artist and site. All tours begin at 10 a.m. Carpooling is available and details for each trip will be sent to those who register.

To sign up for the tours, click “Shop” at www.grassrootsart.net.

Kentuck has a rich 50-year history as a nationally known crossroads of creativity and community. Every year, over 10,000 travel from across the United States to become immersed in a Southern experience of prolific creativity rarely found at other festivals. Having roots in folk art, the two-day festival features 270+ artists, live music, spoken word, activities for children, folk and contemporary craft demonstrations, food trucks, and local craft brews. After a virtual festival in 2020, we're extra excited to welcome our artists and festivalgoers in 2021!

Featured in numerous publications, Kentuck Festival of the Arts was most recently recognized by Alabama Department of Tourism as one of the top-ten events to attend in Alabama in 2018 and by Alabama Magazine as one of the “Best of Bama 2018.” Kentuck has also been featured in Smithsonian Magazine, Southern Living, American Style Magazine, and National Geographic Traveler. In 2018, the Festival was named 5th in the nation (based on artists' self-reported sales) in the category of Classic and Contemporary Craft Shows by Sunshine Artists Magazine.

WHAT: the 50th Kentuck Festival of the Arts

WHEN: October 16 & 17, 2021; Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 9am-4pm

*Benefactor-level VIPs get early shopping at 8am Saturday.

WHERE:
Kentuck Park
3501 5th Street
Northport, Alabama 35476

TICKETS: $10 single day pass, $15 weekend pass, kids 12 & under get in free.
Tickets & VIP packages for sale beginning August 1, 2021.

Among those featured in the exhibition are Thornton Dial, Allison Janae Hamilton, Arthur Jafa, Jason Moran, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Kara Walker, William Edmundson, and many others.