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Prairie.River

Lisa Grossman and Erin Wiersma showed their work at The Volland Store in Alma, KS, March 14 through May 28, 2020. Grossman gave a virtual tour of her work on May 21, 2020, that you can view here.

Quarantine Diaries – Haw Contemporary

Grossman was one of twenty Haw Contemporary artists who shared thoughts and images about life in quarantine. It was posted on Instagram, Facebook, and KCUR’s Morning Edition aired audio versions that included Grossman, Marcie Miller Gross, Deanna Dikeman, and Miki Baird. Click here to listen.

Mark Arts 100

Mark Arts 100
January 3 – April 18, 2020

Wiedemann Gallery
1307 N. Rock Road | Wichita, KS 67206
(316) 634-2787

Mark Arts celebrated 100 years as an organization with this blockbuster exhibition, which was open to artists from Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas.

The jurors were Sonia Greteman, Mike Michaelis and Chris Shank. Visit us Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Our galleries are always free to the public.

Grossman took a Third Place award for her small oil, “Spring Sun Sketch.”

2019 Phoenix Awards announced by the City of Lawrence, KS

Roger Shimomura, awardee for visual arts-painting and arts educator
Dan Rockhill, awardee for architecture/creative spaces
Jancita Warrington, awardee for arts and culture educator
Lisa Grossman, awardee for visual arts-painting
Clenece Hills, awardee for arts volunteer

Awards ceremony took place on Sunday, October 27, at 4 p.m. at Theatre Lawrence, 4660 Bauer Farm Drive, Lawrence, KS 66049

2019 Phoenix Awards

Nouveau at Circa Gallery

New work in a new space!
August 31 – September 28, 2019
Opening reception – Saturday, September 7, 2019

Circa Gallery
1125 Buchanan Street NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413

Place as Portal: A Conversation with Power of Place Visiting Artists

March 27, 2019
5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Moderated by Curator Susan Earle and Art History Professor and Department Chair David Cateforis, this is the third in a series of dialogues with artists featured in the exhibiton “The Power of Place: KU Alumni Artists.” This session features David Brackett, Marcie Miller Gross, Lisa Grossman, Brian Hawkins, Philip Heying, Stephen Johnson, and Rick Mitchell.

Place as Portal: A Conversation with Power of Place Visiting Artists

Please visit The Spencer Museum of Art’s YouTube Channel to see previous dialogues.

Spencer Museum of Art
The University of Kansas
1301 Mississippi
Lawrence, KS