785 Arts

The latest cohort of local artists honored by mayor Michael Padilla!
Thank you so much to these artists who have shared their work with not only the Mayor, but the city of Topeka and guests to the city. And thank you Mayor Padilla, for including the arts as an important part of our community.

Front: mayor Padilla, Naomi Cashman, Azyz Sharafy, Cynthia Stotlar-Hedberg, Paula Marker, Larry Peters
Back: Devin Wineinger, Phil Jones, Mark Hahn, David Zlotky, Lisa LaRue-Baker

Special thanks to NOTO Arts and Entertainment District, SKY Restaurant, and Chase Campbell!

I think the was the largest adult basket class I’ve ever taught! Seven people not even in the photo! They all did great, and there were some real artists in the group, too. Wonderful ideas for their own concepts! Salina Public Library (Kansas).

Indigenous Art History Has Been Waiting for You to Catch Up The late Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s final curatorial salvo — the largest show of Native American art to date — carries an elegiac weight, but also thrums with life.