A residency program inspired by prairie and place.
The Tallgrass Artist Residency seeks to create connection and conversation across the Great Plains through engagement with the prairie ecosystem.
2026 Program Schedule
Huascar Medina – Topeka, KS: April 6–15
Kristin Hugo – Kemmerer, WY: April 19–28
Alejandro Sabillón – Lawrence, KS: May 1–10
Aisha Amin – Brooklyn, NY: May 4–13
Alex DeRoin – Pawhuska, OK: May 11–20
Bel Canto Duo – Omaha, NE: May 31–June 9
Xiao Faria daCunha – Kansas City, MO: June 1–10
Anthony Procopio Ross – Kansas City, MO: June 4–13
Maryam Ghasempour Siahgaldeh – Manhattan, KS: August 9–18
Andrea Walls – Philadelphia, PA: August 23–September 1
2026 Jurors
- Brad Anderson, Executive Director of Salina Arts & Humanities – Salina, KS
- Myra Holt, Photographer and Assistant Professor of Art at Baker University – Baldwin City, KS
- Misty Serene, Director of the Salina Art Center – Salina, KS
- Anthony Joiner, Owner of Mulberry Art Gallery – Wichita, KS
- Veronica Anne Salinas, Artist, former Tallgrass resident, and current Land Management Fellow at the Chinati Foundation – Marfa, TX
- Lydia Nicholson, Educational Designer for Perennial Cultures Lab at the Land Institute – Salina, KS
- Christie Reinhardt, Matfield Green Works Board Chair – Matfield Green, KS
Writing Jury
- Ania Payne, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Kansas State University – Manhattan, KS
- Aimee Inglis, Poet, Project Manager with the Osage tribal government and former Tallgrass resident – Pawhuska, OK