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Felten sculptures among art finalists
Pete Felten’s stone sculptures are among the 24 finalists for the 8 Wonders of Kansas Art list.
Felten, Hays, is joined by the bronze sculpture of the Buffalo Bill statute just outside Oakley, crafted by Leoti resident Charlie Norton, along with what is being called the Garden of Eden, Lucas, grassroots art mecca.
Although not located in northwest Kansas, there is a connection to the Kansas art collection in the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art in Manhattan. Ross and Marianna Beach, benefactors of the museum, were long-time residents of Hays.
Ever humble, Felten expressed delight with the inclusion of the Lucas grassroots art collection.
“That’s my inspiration,” he said of the Grassroots Art Museum now operating in Lucas. Felten and other artists in Kansas were instrumental in the development of the museum as well as the purchase of the Garden of Eden in Lucas.
The 8 Wonders campaign is a product of the Kansas Sampler Foundation in Inman. It has already conducted a campaign recognizing the 8 Wonders of Kansas and recently completed a campaign to recognize the architectural wonders of the state.
Other finalists are:
• Thomas Hart Benton’s Ballad of the Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley,
• Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence
• Blue Sky Sculpture, Newton
• Boyer Museum of Animated Carvings, Belleville
• Martin Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection, Wichita
• John Steuart Curry Murals, State Capitol, Topeka
• Davis Memorial, Hiawatha
• Dreamers Awake sculpture, Wichita Art Museum
• Stan Herd Earthworks, Atchison and Lawrence
• Justice statue, Kansas Judicial Center, Topeka
• Keeper of the Plains, Wichita
• Elizabeth “Grandma” Layton, Wellsville
• M.T. Liggett’s Metal Sculptures, Mullinville
• Gordon Parks, Fort Scott
• Post Office Section Art, statewide
• Red Barn Studio, Lindsborg
• St. Mary’s Catholic Church, St. Benedict
• Birger Sandzen, Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsbog
• Do-Ho Suh’s Some/One, Nerman Museum of Contermporary Art, Overland Park
• Tiffany Windows, First Presbyterian Church, Topeka
• Wichita High School North exterior paintings
Voting for the 8 Wonders of Kansas Art will take place by mail and online at 8wonders.org through Oct. 15. The top eight will be announced Oct. 31.
Felten, Hays, is joined by the bronze sculpture of the Buffalo Bill statute just outside Oakley, crafted by Leoti resident Charlie Norton, along with what is being called the Garden of Eden, Lucas, grassroots art mecca.
Although not located in northwest Kansas, there is a connection to the Kansas art collection in the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art in Manhattan. Ross and Marianna Beach, benefactors of the museum, were long-time residents of Hays.
Ever humble, Felten expressed delight with the inclusion of the Lucas grassroots art collection.
“That’s my inspiration,” he said of the Grassroots Art Museum now operating in Lucas. Felten and other artists in Kansas were instrumental in the development of the museum as well as the purchase of the Garden of Eden in Lucas.
The 8 Wonders campaign is a product of the Kansas Sampler Foundation in Inman. It has already conducted a campaign recognizing the 8 Wonders of Kansas and recently completed a campaign to recognize the architectural wonders of the state.
Other finalists are:
• Thomas Hart Benton’s Ballad of the Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley,
• Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence
• Blue Sky Sculpture, Newton
• Boyer Museum of Animated Carvings, Belleville
• Martin Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection, Wichita
• John Steuart Curry Murals, State Capitol, Topeka
• Davis Memorial, Hiawatha
• Dreamers Awake sculpture, Wichita Art Museum
• Stan Herd Earthworks, Atchison and Lawrence
• Justice statue, Kansas Judicial Center, Topeka
• Keeper of the Plains, Wichita
• Elizabeth “Grandma” Layton, Wellsville
• M.T. Liggett’s Metal Sculptures, Mullinville
• Gordon Parks, Fort Scott
• Post Office Section Art, statewide
• Red Barn Studio, Lindsborg
• St. Mary’s Catholic Church, St. Benedict
• Birger Sandzen, Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsbog
• Do-Ho Suh’s Some/One, Nerman Museum of Contermporary Art, Overland Park
• Tiffany Windows, First Presbyterian Church, Topeka
• Wichita High School North exterior paintings
Voting for the 8 Wonders of Kansas Art will take place by mail and online at 8wonders.org through Oct. 15. The top eight will be announced Oct. 31.
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