Art GROWS: JCDS Emerging Artists Show

The Emerging Artists program is an art as employment program offered through Johnson County Developmental Supports, an agency in the Johnson County Government. In the JCDS Emerging Artists Program are adult artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are passionate and driven to create artwork. We work in studio at the Johnson County Arts and Heritage Center. In addition to earning income many of us have had the door opened to equal citizenship, self-expression and increased self-esteem from the art program. Here we are seen as adult artists first and not defined by our disability. Acrylic paint, watercolor, ink, and ceramics are all commonly used mediums in the Emerging Artists Studio. Each of us has a unique voice and vision. You can find the JCDS Emerging Artists on Facebook and Instagram to stay updated about studio sales and exhibits. Art GROWS speaks about us as an artist collective and individual witnesses to the world. We are constantly working together to build and grow while expressing our own ideas and vision, and who doesn’t love to get inspired by nature?

March3-April 30, 2026

You may also like the following events from Overland Park Arboretum & Botanical Gardens:

• This Thursday, 26th February, 10:30 am, Nature Storytime in Bucyrus
• Next Tuesday, 3rd March, 09:00 am, Discovery Day at the Arboretum in Bucyrus
• Next month, 21st March, 09:30 am, Pine Needle Basket Workshop in Bucyrus

Also check out other Arts events in Bucyrus.