Events & Exhibits

DJ Matheny in her studio Some things endure. In the long tradition of painting, portraits of people have been one through-line in art history, as proven by the Fayum portraits, spectacularly alive-looking, done in encaustic, and executed as far back as 100 BCE. Those portraits were centered on the identity of the subject. Less so for the contemporary portraits by Kansas City artist DJ Matheny, who paints "narrative portraits," suggesting a more universal exploration of the hu

Some artist studios are pristine and well-appointed. Some verge on total chaos. Some feel like a Bohemian crash pad; others have a strong utilitarian vibe. Some convert a garage into a studio, others paint in a bathroom or kitchen. Plein air painters paint outdoors. Lisa Ervin paints in the middle of her family. Ervin shares her creative space with her two young sons. Ervin, who works as a clothes designer during the day, paints whenever she can in her home's "maker space." T

Lost in Thought Many of us remember when photography was safest in the hands of professional photographers. They had the endlessly...

Northwest Fantasies, by John Seevers, basketry, 14x11x6 inches. Honorable Mention. A surprising amount of variety distinguished the 2025...

One of the most important ways that sculpture is different from a 2-D artform like painting is that viewers usually see different sides...

The Prairie Village Arts Council hosted the annual Art of Photography show in May and June at City Hall, and as usual, the photo show drew an excited crowd on opening night.

Nokes in her Olathe studio "No sketchbook is safe," Elnora Nokes says as she flips through one of her idea books. "It's just a place to...

Kevin Kelly often paints Kansas scenes, but not the ones typically shown on postcards. Rather, he finds art and significance in the rhythm, repetition, and ragged beauty of the decaying edge of suburbia and small towns of Kansas.

"First Light," by John Keeling, watercolor, 14 x 11 in. When John Keeling was growing up outside of Salina, Kansas, he didn't live on a...

Blame it on the weather. DJ Matheny likes to paint scenes in the Golden Hour, that time in late afternoon when warm light flows over the...

"Homage to Those Who Went Before Us" by Aimee Fresia, acrylic collage, 36" x 48" People look at school shootings in a number of different...

Make plans to see the Nov. 6 opening of the newest art show at the R. G. Endres Gallery, in Prairie Village's municipal building--this exhibition features the thought-provoking work of three area artists: Lisa Healey, Aimee Fresia, and Jean McGuire.

A crowd was around one particular painting all evening during the exhibition opening of "State of the Arts" on September 11 at the...

A crowd was around one particular painting all evening during the exhibition opening of "State of the Arts" on September 11 at the...

Robert Klausing has the skills and vision to pursue an artistic idea in very different directions, thanks to his facility in acrylic...

Art by Carol Kiefer Johnson You may be familiar with the display of art in the halls of the Prairie Village municipal building, where...

More than 45 artists contributed more than 50 photographs to the exhibition, which will be on view at the municipal offices through July 6. Their submissions were divided into three categories: People & Portraits of People, Landscapes & Architecture, and Abstract/Non-traditional/Photo-collaged/Highly digitally enhanced.

"Cat Lover," acrylic, 40 x 30 in. It's possible to go to the finest art schools and ateliers in the world and emerge with incredible...

The trio of artists now showing at the R. G. Endres Gallery, in the Prairie Village Municipal Offices, stimulate the mind in very...

Clinton Lake," by Donna J. Paul. oil Yes, the sunflowers are beautiful here in the fall, but one of the most consistently beautiful...