| Augusta, Kansas - Henry's
Sculpture Hill includes a gallery and over 30 outdoor sculptures
created by Franklin L. Jensen, primarily made from steel and/or found objects.
Tours are closed indefinitely, but many of the sculptures
may be viewed from the adjoining roads. |
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Belleville, Kansas - The
Paul
Boyer Museum
Of Animated Carvings
reopened May 2, 2007. They will be open Wednesday through Saturday 1:00PM
- 5:00PM, other days and times by appointments.
The animated miniature creations of Paul Boyer are spectacular.
The piece at right is on display at the Grassroots Art Center. |
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| Beverly, Kansas - Soaring
Heart Gallery is the home and studio of J. R. Dickerman, who has
lined the highways of Lincoln County with an Open Range Zoo (see
Lincoln County, below) made up of his "Creature Creations."
The studio is filled with more creatures, masks and costumes.
Many of these smaller creations are made from bone, animal skulls, and
feathers. Crazy, wonderful stuff that deserves a wider audience. |
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| DeSoto, Kansas - Grandpa's
Garage and Body Shop is a 1918 Model T Garage where Dean Weller
turns old automobile parts and sheet of metal into works of art. Dean retired
28 years ago and he has been creating nearly a vehicle a year, including
some of the most beautiful cars that I have ever seen.
Dean doesn't encourage visitors (it interrupts his work),
but you are welcome to drive by and view the lovely old garage with its
classic 1930s Ford signs, and look in the windows at his automotive creations.
The most recent is a hand built replica 1912 Mercer Raceabout. |
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| Erie, Kansas - The wonderful metal sculptures
of Dinosaur Not So National Park
are located on a farm just a few miles southwest of Erie, Kansas. Created
entirely by retired Air Force engineer, Robert Dorris.
Open during daylight hours. |
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| Great Bend, Kansas - Bob
Mix is one of the artists featured at the Grass Roots Art Center.
He welds creatures and vehicles from scrap and junk metal. Call ahead and
Bob & his wife Beverly will take you on a tour of their yard where
you will see wacky vehicles, the skeletons of a saber tooth tiger, animals
& primitive fish, and other creations. The art is impressive, but the
real highlight was Bob & Bev and their stories.
Open by appointment. |
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| Hays, Kansas - The Stone
Gallery in Hays, Kansas is the fascinating two story gallery and
studio of Pete Felten. Felten is a self taught artist who sculpts, makes
pottery, paints, takes photographs, and works in other media.
Two of the most interesting current projects are a bathroom
that he is decorating with tile, and a fence on the edge of the property
that he has been working on for years. Pete is interesting as well as creative.
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| Howard, Kansas - The welded metal sculptures of
Hubble's
Rubble (AKA Hubble Rubble People) fill an empty lot along Kansas
Highway 99 in Howard, Kansas. The sculptures were created by Jerry Hubbell,
a realtor and rancher. The welded metal sculptures of Hubble's Rubble include
odd vehicles, animals and cartoon characters.
Open any time. |
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| Humboldt, Kansas - The Lewis
R Howland Collection at the Humboldt Historical Museum has hundreds
of scale models of horse drawn carriages and circus wagons built by the
late Lewis R. Howland.
Open weekends Memorial Day through the 2nd weekend in
October. Rest of year open by appointment. free |
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| Kingman, Kansas - Glenn
Stark has been creating art for over 60 years. His yard and home
are filled with beautiful and humorous sculptures in wood and concrete.
Meeting Glenn and his wife, Mary, is a real treat.
Drive by, or tour Glenn's art by appointment. |
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| Lawrence, Kansas - Art
Tougeau in Lawrence, Kansas is an annual wheeled art parade and
wheel-apalooza. It takes place in mid May on the weekend of graduation
at the University of Kansas.
Art Tougeau is a lot of fun - a grassroots art festival
on wheels. I've already placed it on my calendar for 2010. |
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| Lawrence, Kansas - The Lawrence home of Cindy
and Nick Schmiedler has been turned into a grassroots environment.
The various interesting mobiles, statues and unusual fence shown here can
all be seen from the street and sidewalk, without entering the Schmiedler's
yard. |
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| Lincoln County, Kansas - J. R. Dickerman's fabulous
Creature Creations form an "Open Range Zoo"
along Highway 18. The best half of the creatures are all in the first few
miles from the eastern county line.
Open any time. |
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| Lucas, Kansas - The Garden
of Eden is probably the most famous local art in Kansas. Created
from limestone and cement by S. P. Dinsmoor, a retired schoolteacher and
Civil War veteran who moved to Lucas, Kansas in 1891. Built over 25 years,
there are a limestone log cabin, 150 figures and other forms, from
insects to 40 feet tall trees. |
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| Lucas, Kansas - The governor declared that Lucas
is the Grassroots Art Capital of Kansas. The Grassroots
Art Center in Lucas, promotes self taught artists from around the
state of Kansas, with an emphasis on the folk artists who did most of their
work in Lucas. The Center occupies three late 18th Century buildings downtown
Lucas.
Open year around, admission $5.50 for adults. |
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| Lucas, Kansas - Florence Deeble grew up watching
S.P. Dinsmoor was construct the Garden of Eden and was inspired as an adult
to build her own concrete postcards around her home. She began building
Florence
Deeble's Rock Garden using rocks brought back from her travels
when she was 50 years old and continued nearly 50 years.
Open daily, admission included with the Grassroots Art
Center. |
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| Lucas, Kansas - Florence Deeble's Rock Garden
has been a Lucas, Kansas landmark for over 50 years, but since 2002, the
Deeble house has been the home of an interior garden - the Garden
of Isis by Mri-Pilar. a visual artist from Lawrence, Kansas.
The Garden of Isis is 5 rooms of art made from doll bodies, toys, kitchen
utensils and other recycled materials. Many of the items are available
for purchase.
Open daily, admission included with the Grassroots Art
Center. |
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| Mullinville, Kansas - Kanza
art is an unique collection of junk metal folk art, windmills and
signs that line several of the streets of Mullinville along the arms of
the "V" formed by US Highways 400 and 54 in southwest Kansas is the home
of the Kanza Art Studio. There are hundreds of examples of junk metal folk
art, windmills and sometimes disturbing political and local religious commentary.
Open anytime. |
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| Overland Park, Kansas - Todd Baker's Tiki
Heads (Easter Island style sculptures) can be found on 79th Street
just west of old downtown Overland Park.
Drive by, only. |
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| Scandia, Kansas - The wood
carvings by Allen D. Larson are my favorite part of the Scandia
Museum.
There are several works by Larson including "Wagon Train
Attack" which has 8557 hand made pieces including 2500 Native Americans,
2640 cavalry, 82 trees & cactus and 200 head dress feathers.
Open Monday - Saturday afternoons, Memorial Day through
Labor Day or by appointment. Free. |
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| St. Francis, Kansas - The welded metal sculptures
created by the late Harvey Walz
feature motion. A dozen or so windmills are on display in his former front
yard.
Drive by, or shop at the fireworks display during the
first few days of July. |
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| Topeka, Kansas - Truckhenge
is an eclectic combination of farm, salvage & recycled art and nature
sanctuary. It includes 5 antique trucks jutting out of the ground - remnicient
of England's Stonehenge or Nebraska's Carhenge.
Open by appointment. |
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