| Alta Vista, Kansas - Folk art lines the highway
fence posts and fills the yard of Frese
Farm's Chainsaw Larry, east of Alta Vista on Highway K-4.
Larry Frese is carving as a hobby during retirement and
much of the wood is from dead elms on his property. |
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| 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
is open May through September from 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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| Cawker City, Kansas - Eyegore's
Odditorium and Monster Museum opened in April 2021, about a block
from the World's Largest Ball of Twine in
Cawker City, Kansas. Matt Alford is a fan of the horror genre and
has created many odd items to amuse and entertain visitors. They sell souvenirs,
penny candies, hot sauces and some of Matt's grassroots art, but this feels
much more like a gallery or museum than a gift shop. |
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| Coats, Kansas - Frank Lockert created this petrified
wood art environment in the 1930s. Today the yard and adjoining house
belong to Patsy A Fittro and her husband Glenn Knowles. Observe it from
the sidewalk, or knock on the door and ask if you may see the art closer.
309 Main Street, Coats, Kansas 67028 |
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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.
Visiting the garage is limited to Tuesday mornings (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 - Erie
Dinosaur Park was created in 2015, after moving much of the art
of the late Robert Dorris from Dinosaur Not
So National Park, which had been located at his home on the north side
of Kansas Highway 47, southwest of Erie, Kansas. |
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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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| Hutchinson, Kansas
- Lost Acres Ranch on
the northeast side of Hutchinson is a grassroots art environment of cement
and rebar cement sculptures by the late Richard Brown (1934-2004). Drive
by only |
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| Kingman, Kansas - Glenn Stark was a grassroots
artist who did fine wood carving and built larger sculptures using a metal
framework and concrete. His work was displayed at his home in Kingman,
Kansas until his death in 2014. The art has since been moved to other locations
including this Glenn Stark Park in
downtown Kingman where about 20 of his concrete sculptures have been moved. |
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| Lawrence, Kansas - Art
Tougeau in Lawrence, Kansas is an annual wheeled art parade and
wheel-apalooza. It takes place on Memorial Day weekend.
Art Tougeau is a lot of fun - a grassroots art festival
on wheels. |
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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 in the first few miles
from the eastern county line.
Open any time. |
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| Lincoln, 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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| 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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| Lucas, Kansas - Roy and Clara Miller began building
a rest stop on Kansas Highway 18 in 1921. Starting in 1932, they added
a rock garden and miniature buildings using rocks and shells they brought
home from their travels and until the 1960s, travelers stopping at Miller's
Park found rock & concrete sculptures, fresh water, cabins, a playground
and picnic tables. 45 pieces of the folk art environment are preserved
in Miller's Park Sculptures. |
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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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| Rose Hill, Kansas - Just 3 miles east of Field
Station Dinosaurs is a completely different group of dinosaurs and other
unique creatures at Jurassic Art in
Rose Hill. Dozens of grassroots art creations by Phil Brinkley cover about
an acre surrounding the auto and motorcycle shop of Heavy Metal Restorations
and Margaret Brinkley's Spiritual Healing and Consultation Studio. |
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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 - reminiscent
of England's Stonehenge or Nebraska's Carhenge.
Open by appointment. |
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| Wetmore, Kansas - The Rock
and Critter Garden northeast of Wetmore, Kansas is a grassroots
arts environment created by retired farmer and welder Paul Fritz. The critters
are set in a garden with trees, flowers, shrubs and many large decorative
rocks. |
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| Wichita, Kansas - The Gary
Pendergrass Steampunk Art Environment is a whimsical treasure which
fills a side yard at Gary's home in Wichita and is open during daylight
hours.
Steampunk is a form of fantasy which uses ideas and designs
inspired by 19th century industrial steam powered machinery. |
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