# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Gathering Meaning: Learning about Centos with Huascar Medina
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 03:00 pm – Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 04:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Join Huascar Medina in Matfield Green to learn more about the form and history of the Cento: a poem composed entirely of lines taken from other poems or texts to honor a poet or writer, explore ideas, and form new narratives. 

This event is free and will take place in the Matfield Community Church in Matfield Green, KS. 

**Please note that Highway K-177 is closed for construction between Council Grove & Strong City. Check detour routes and travel times.


Huascar Medina served as the Poet Laureate of Kansas from 2019 to 2022 and became an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow, in 2022. Huascar Medina has authored three books of poetry: Protest As Love Poem (Meadowlark Press, 2026) Un Mango Grows in Kansas (Spartan Press, 2020) and How to Hang the Moon (Spartan Press, 2019). His forthcoming collection of essays, The Prairie Fool (Plainspoken Press, 2027), is a lyrical meditation on politics, class, and culture.

Huascar was born in Killeen, TX, and has lived artfully in Kansas for over two decades. As a second-generation immigrant living in the Heartland, Huascar considers himself a New American exploring the boundaries between identity and location, focusing on cultural empathy, social cohesion, class structures, first-generation trauma, mental health, and internalized diasporic longing and belonging.
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The Tallgrass Artist Residency is a program of the Kansas Arts Commission and is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. All programs are free and open the public. Learn more at https://tallgrassartistresidency.org/
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/matfield-green/gathering-meaning-learning-about-centos-with-huascar-medina/200029815021242
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, health-wellness, meditation, workshops, mental-health
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 33

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Matfield Green
- **state**: KS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Matfield Community Church
- **lat**: 38.1613369274
- **long**: -96.5622540144
- **full address**: Matfield Community Church, 202 Brandley St, Matfield Green, KS 66862-9739, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Gathering Meaning: Learning about Centos with Huascar Medina being held?
  - **A:** Gathering Meaning: Learning about Centos with Huascar Medina takes place on Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 03:00 pm to Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 04:30 pm at Matfield Community Church, 202 Brandley St, Matfield Green, KS 66862-9739, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Gathering Meaning: Learning about Centos with Huascar Medina?
  - **A:** Gathering Meaning: Learning about Centos with Huascar Medina is organized by Tallgrass Artist Residency.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Gathering Meaning: Learning about Centos with Huascar Medina is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Matfield Green, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Gathering Meaning: Learning about Centos with Huascar Medina sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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