Picture of the Day is a bridge sculpture across the Arkansas River in Wichita taken by CatDancing.
Posts tagged Art
Outing Kansans: Birger Sandzén
While many artists are born in Kansas and then go into the world just as many find their home on the Great Plains and that what we’re showcasing this week. Birger Sandzén was was born in Sweden, the son of a Lutheran minister and an accomplished watercolorist. A protégé of Anders Zorn, Sandzén showed an interest in art at from early age, and at the age of 10 joined Cathedral School situated in Skara, to study art under the tutelage of Olof Erlandsson.
After stops in Stockholm and Paris he made his way to the only other city that could compare, Lindsborg.
Picture of the Day is a fantastic example of public art found around the state with this particular piece coming to us from Newton taken by Patrick Wiedenbener.
Exploring Kansas: Giant van Gogh
Along I-70 thousands of bleary eyed travelers will pull over to make sure they aren’t seeing a mirage. In Goodland, as an homage to the sunflower industry, stands an 80 feet tall replica of van Gogh’s “3 Sunflowers In A Vase.” To learn more visit Roadside America.
News Around Kansas
- The Senate Race: The Age of Immoderation (The Economist)
- Top KU Recruit Not Yet Cleared by NCAA (CBS Sports)
- Missouri Women Charged in 10 Year Old Murder (Wichita Eagle)
- Chief Justice Dies One Day After Retiring (Lawrence Journal-World)
- Two Topekan Officers Named National Officers of the Month (Topeka Capital-Journal)
- Tribal Artisan Headlines Western Art Show (Dodge City Daily Globe)
News Around Kansas
- Phelps and Friends Get Their Day at the Supreme Court (Topeka Capital-Journal)
- Primary Election Results (Topeka Capital-Journal)
- Western Kansas Hopes for Solar Observatory (Southwest Times)
- Scavengers Comb Louisburg Homes (Louisburg Herald)
- Kansas is 3rd in the Nation in Grassroots Art Sites (Abilene Reflector-Chronicle)
Outing Kansans: Dennis Hopper
“Whether it was post-Depression-era angst, the Beat generation’s age of exploration, Vietnam War resistance or 1980s venomous debauchery, Hopper’s performances reflected the shifting psyche of America’s cultural landscape.” - New York Times
A photographer, artists, filmmaker, and actor in over 100 movies including Rebel Without a Cause, Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now, Blue Velvet, and Hoosiers was born the son of a son of a farm girl and a railroad mail guard in Dodge City in 1936. His work will soon be exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art in LA.
