Call For Entries for the Ninnescah Art Exhibit - Deadline June 22, 2025

Linda Ganstrom Special Guest Juror: As a child raised on a Kansas farm, Linda Ganstrom found joy in outdoor, imaginative play and remembers her first experiences with clay as creating impressions of leaves and flowers in the soft mud. As a young adult, she was attracted to the discipline and self-expression offered by ceramic art. Working in ceramics for over four decades, Linda Ganstrom explores issues relating her personal experiences to big picture questions primarily through figurative ceramics. Her art has undergone many evolutions as she uses them to understand herself, the world around her and express her truth. Earning three degrees from Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas, she currently serves as their Professor of Art and Design teaching Ceramics in an amazing new facility. She lives and works in Hays, Kansas and shares a studio with her husband, the ceramic artist, Sheldon Ganstrom. As the Exhibitions Director for NCECA from 2008 – 2014 And Collectors’ Tour Leader from 2018 - 2023, Ganstrom benefitted from working with many artists and art professionals in building a more vibrant ceramics culture through curating and facilitating ceramics exhibitions. Teaching, travel, curating, and service connect Ganstrom to life and inform her art. Ganstrom has now come full circle and enjoys spending weekends with her husband on the family farm near Hudson, playing in the trees, observing nature, its seasons, and the heavens, allowing them once again to fuel her imagination.

ELIGIBILITY: All artists presently living in Kansas are invited to enter. Out-of-state artists with a hometown tie to the Pratt region are also invited to enter. With limited gallery space, priority will be given to local artists who are currently producing work in our area, but we encourage all artists with ties to the community and region to enter. All artists and their guests are invited to the opening and reception on July 19th at 5pm. Enter at https://vernonfilleyartmuseum.org/call-for-entries/

Fee for Exhibit Entry: $25: Entry does not guarantee acceptance of work. Pay fee in person or at https://vernonfilleyartmuseum.org/call-for-entries/

You may also like the following events from Vernon Filley Art Museum:

• Next month, 23rd June, 12:15 pm, Sign Up With Pratt Recreation for Youth Summer Art Camp at The Filley in Pratt
• This July, 5th July, 01:00 pm, Closing Day, Shawn Delker: On the Edge - Painting with Thread in Pratt
• This September, 4th September, 04:00 pm, Filley Festival in Pratt

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