8 Wonders of Kansas art

The 8 Wonders of Kansas Art are...

Birger Sandzen, Lindsborg
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Birger Sandzen, Lindsborg

Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, 401 N. First, Lindsborg. Birger Sandzen is a finalist for the 8 Wonders of K...

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Blackbear Bosin's Keeper of the Plains, Wichita
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Blackbear Bosin's Keeper of the Plains, Wichita

Keeper of the Plains is a finalist for the 8 Wonders of Kansas Art because it is an awe-inspiring sculpture by...

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Blue Sky Sculpture, Newton by Epp, Corbett, Snider
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Blue Sky Sculpture, Newton by Epp, Corbett, Snider

The Blue Sky Sculpture is a finalist for the 8 Wonders of Kansas Art because it positions the viewer in a juxt...

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Charlie Norton's Buffalo Bill Bronze Sculpture, Oakley
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Charlie Norton's Buffalo Bill Bronze Sculpture, Oakley

The Buffalo Bill Bronze Sculpture is a finalist for the 8 Wonders of Kansas Art because it is a monumental wor...

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Garden of Eden/Lucas, Grassroots Art Mecca
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Garden of Eden/Lucas, Grassroots Art Mecca

Garden of Eden/Lucas, Grassroots Arts Mecca is an 8 Wonders of Kansas Art finalist because the Garden of Eden ...

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Gordon Parks, Fort Scott
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Gordon Parks, Fort Scott

Gordon Parks is a finalist for the 8 Wonders of Kansas Art because of his world-renowned achievements in the a...

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John Steuart Curry Murals, state capitol, Topeka
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John Steuart Curry Murals, state capitol, Topeka

The John Steuart Curry murals are one of the 8 Wonders...

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St. Mary's Catholic Church, St. Benedict
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St. Mary's Catholic Church, St. Benedict

St. Mary's Church is one of the 8 Wonders of Kansas Art because of the grandeur of its lavish ornamentation, l...

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The Finalists are...

A Thomas Hart Benton painting, Spencer Art Museum, Lawrence
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A Thomas Hart Benton painting, Spencer Art Museum, Lawrence

Spencer Art Museum, 1301 Mississippi Street. Thomas Hart Benton painting. Benton's Ballad of the Jealous Lov...

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Boyer Museum of Animated Carvings, Belleville
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Boyer Museum of Animated Carvings, Belleville

The Boyer Museum of Animated Carvings is a finalist for the 8 Wonders of Kansas Art because of the brilliance ...

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Davis Memorial, Hiawatha
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Davis Memorial, Hiawatha

The Davis Memorial is a finalist for the 8 Wonders of Kansas Art because of the grandeur and controversy of th...

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Do-Ho Suh's Some/One, Nerman Museum of Art, Overland Park
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Do-Ho Suh's Some/One, Nerman Museum of Art, Overland Park

Some/One, 2004, by Do-Ho Suh is an 8 Wonders of Kansas Art finalist because his sculpture combines the individ...

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Elizabeth 'Grandma' Layton
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Elizabeth 'Grandma' Layton

Elizabeth "Grandma" Layton is an 8 Wonders of Kansas Art finalist because of the pencil and crayon contour dra...

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Kansas Art Collection, Beach Museum of  Art, Manhattan
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Kansas Art Collection, Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan

The Kansas Art Collection at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art is a finalist for the 8 Wonders of Kansa...

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M.T. Liggett's Metal Sculptures, Mullinville
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M.T. Liggett's Metal Sculptures, Mullinville

M.T. Liggett's metal sculptures are an 8 Wonders of Kansas Art finalist because of his fantastical roadside si...

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Martin Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection, Wichita State University, Wichita
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Martin Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection, Wichita State University, Wichita

The Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection, part of the Ulrich Museum of Art collection at Wichita State ...

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Pete Felten Stone Sculptures, Hays, statewide
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Pete Felten Stone Sculptures, Hays, statewide

Pete Felten is an 8 Wonders of Kansas Art finalist because of his well-known stone sculptures statewide with h...

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Poco Frazier's Justice, Kansas Judicial Center, Topeka
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Poco Frazier's Justice, Kansas Judicial Center, Topeka

The statue Justice is an 8 Wonders of Kansas Art finalist because of the beauty of the 22-foot white marble st...

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Post Office Section Art, statewide
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Post Office Section Art, statewide

Post Office Section Art is an 8 Wonders of Kansas Art finalist because of its purpose. Artists were paid befor...

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Stan Herd Earthwork, Atchison
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Stan Herd Earthwork, Atchison

Stan Herd's Earthworks (crop art) are an 8 Wonders of Kansas Art finalist because of Stan's unusual ability to...

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Tiffany Windows, First Presbyterian Church, Topeka
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Tiffany Windows, First Presbyterian Church, Topeka

The Tiffany Windows in the First Presbyterian Church in Topeka are an 8 Wonders of Kansas Art finalist because...

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Tom Otterness's Dreamers Awake, Wichita Art Museum
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Tom Otterness's Dreamers Awake, Wichita Art Museum

The monumental bronze sculpture Dreamers Awake is a Kansas treasure not only because sculptor Tom Otterness is...

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Wichita High School North, Wichita
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Wichita High School North, Wichita

Wichita High School North is an 8 Wonders of Kansas Art finalist because of Kansan Bruce Moore's colorful bas-...

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