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One Hundred Seventy-Three: New river work at Haw’s satellite space — Haw Contemporary Crossroads

This show featured an assemblage of small oil paintings on the main wall depicting the 173-mile long Kansas River, from Kansas City, Missouri, to Junction City, Kansas. Multiple large paintings of the river were on view throughout the gallery as well.

The show opened Friday, November 2, 2018, 6 – 9 p.m.
Grossman gave an Artist’s Talk on Saturday, December 1, at 2 p.m.

Haw Contemporary Crossroads
15 West 19th Street
Kansas City, MO 64108 (map)

Symphony in the Flint Hills 2018 — Prairie Art winner

“In the Cottonwood Watershed,” was chosen as the winner of the 2018 Prairie Art Exhibition, and will be featured at the event’s auction on June 9, 2018. In addition, one hundred limited edition, signed and numbered prints will be available at the event, the online shop, or at the Symphony shop in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.

The 2018 Symphony in the Flint Hills Signature Event took place Saturday, June 9, at Rosalia Ranch in Butler County, Kansas.

Voices of the Wilderness — An Alaskan Artist-in-Residency with Lisa Grossman

My Google Tour for VOTW has been converted to a new web-based Google Tour experience with interactive viewing, as of 2021. View it HERE.

I hope you enjoy it and I welcome your feedback and questions.

Presentations:

Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library 
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
7 – 8:30 p.m.
Marvin 101C
1515 SW 10th Ave.
Topeka, KS 66604

Jayhawk Audubon Society, Lawrence Chapter
Monday, February 26, 2018
7 p.m.
Trinity Lutheran Church
1245 New Hampshire St.
Lawrence, KS 66044

In summer of 2017, Lisa was an artist-in-resident with the US Forest Service kayak rangers in Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness, Tongass National Forest, Alaska. The Voices of the Wilderness Program is modeled after the National Park’s AIR programs but pairs artists with wilderness specialists in the National Park Service, US Forest Service, or US Fish & Wildlife Service, in almost a dozen locations around Alaska. Lisa spent six days kayak camping in Endicott Arm Fjord with Ranger Chrissy, on her rounds monitoring campsites, noise and visual intrusions, wildlife, as well as boarding tour boats for educational talks. She came back with a wealth of photos, videos, paintings, a glimpse of what it takes to manage a place for “Wilderness Character,” and a whole new appreciation for ice! 

Lisa Grossman – artist Facebook – artist page

US Forest Service – Alaska Region – 2017 Voices of the Wilderness artists

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Endicott Arm – Four Progressions, oil on panels, 19 x 31 in., © 2018

Endicott Arm – Four Progressions – Statement

Voices of the Wilderness, Artist-in-Residency

Grossman was selected from 90 applicants to be an artist-in-residence with the U. S. Forest Service in Tracy Arm/Ford’s Terror Wilderness, Tongass National Forest, Alaska, roughly 50 miles southeast of Juneau. She accompanied wilderness rangers on a kayak expedition up the Endicott fiord that included monitoring noise and air pollution, campsites, wildlife, removing invasive species, and boarding small cruise ships for educational talks. She painted on location and will continue painting around these stewardship goals for her donated project. She will be doing presentations in the community about her experience so stay posted for updates here and on her Facebook – artist page.

US Forest Service – Alaska Region – 2017 Voices of the Wilderness 

Voices of the Wilderness, Artist-in-Residency