Praierie Art

Prairie Art:

PRAIRIE ART IV

May 26 - June 10, 2006

Fifth Annual Prairie Art, Inc.,
PleinAir Show And Sale

Prairie Art, a plein air event, is a painting event for artists from Kansas – and The United States – to capture the true sense of the beauty of the Flint Hills of Kansas. Artists are welcome to paint between Friday, May 26 and Friday, June 9, 2006, after our annual and traditional burning of the prairie, in the heart of the Flint Hills – Chase County, Kansas.

All artists are encouraged to participate. Artists may paint for one day, a weekend, several days or the entire length of the Prairie Art event. The work is to be created on location, following the European tradition of plein air (outdoors, natural light).

Schedule

Saturday, June 10, 2006 Quick Draw Paint Out
9:00am – 11:00am Artists are invited to paint on site and sell their artwork to viewers. Come watch the artists create masterpieces that can be taken home.

11:00am – 3:00pm Silent and Live Auction of 50-60 Artistic Pieces
12:00pm Silent Auction Begins
1:00pm Live Auction Begins
2:30pm Live Auction Ends
3:00pm Silent Auction Ends

For more information, please contact us:

Billie Altenhofen
Suzan Barnes, CTC
1874 Stonehouse B & B
Grand Central Hotel, LLC
Route 1, Box 67A
215 Broadway
CWF, 66801

620-273-6763

tranquility@stonehousebandb.com
suzan.barnes@sbcglobal.net

www.stonehousebandb.com
www.grandcentralhotel.com

For more information and registration, please email:
suzan.barnes@sbcglobal.net
Suzan Barnes, 620-273-6763

Location & History :

>>Location:

Chase County is comprised of the comunities of Cottonwood Falls, Strong City, Elmdale, and Matfield Green. Emporia is 18 miles east of Strong City; Council Grove is 20 miles north of Strong City.

>>History of Flint Hills:

Tallgrass prairie once covered nearly 100,00 square miles of North America, from Ohio to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to Texas. Today, less than one percent of this ecosystem remains, much of it in the untilled expanse of grass in Kansas known as The Flint Hills. This ecosystem is unique to the United States and it is disappearing. Every spring, the prairie is burned to create the rebirth of the tallgrass.