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The residency invites applicants who currently live in a place that is ecologically considered prairie (though it may be paved and urbanized), plus one “eco-exchange” artist from outside the region. Eight artists are selected each year for two-week residencies from May – September.

2020 Artists

Cheyla Clawson Chandler
William Metcalf
Dora Agbas
Bryce Lafferty
Kateri Kosek
Lydia Cheshewalla
Sean Nash
Ruth Borum Loveland

2019 Artists

Jessica Zeglin
Letitia Huckaby
Alexandra Robinson
Melanie Johnson
Julianna Villarosa
Megan Kaminski
Matthew Darmour-Paul
Jessica Merchant

2018 Artists

Susan Mayo
Cyan Meeks
Levi Robb
Matthew Dehaemers
Elise Kirk
Maura Garcia
Hannah O’Hare Bennett
Rena Detrixhe

2017 Artists

Shin-hee Chin
Steve Snell
Abbey Blake
Corey Smith
Lynn Benson
Cody Kauhl
Jillian Youngbird
Kevin Benham

2016 Artists

Mary Gordon
Lexi Janezic
Ahram Park
Lisa Grossman
Brittany Irle
Rachel Kauff
Amanda Maciuba
Julie Nocent-Vigil
Casey Whittier
Richard Saxton

Recent Happenings

Applications for 2021 are now open! More informati Applications for 2021 are now open! More information on the website.
By far the best part of the residency is when arti By far the best part of the residency is when artists meet and go on to collaborate. Last night 2018 artists @cyandawnmeeks and @mayo66866 represented the residency and re-presented work made in Matfield Green as a prelude to @flinthillscounterpoint projects to come.
Long before artists started coming to Matfield Gre Long before artists started coming to Matfield Green for the residency Terry Evans was making work about the prairie and community, developing photos in the school basement. Tune in to her talk with @ulrichmuseum tonight at 6pm. 

Posted @withregram • @ulrichmuseum Be sure to register now for this exciting Ulrich Virtual program TOMORROW at 6 p.m. CST with Midwest-based photographer Terry Evans. It's free and open to all, but registration is required to get the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Xx_qXaE6QlWEUSW39OoyFA

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Our final Zoom Q&A is at 4pm today with @ruthblove Our final Zoom Q&A is at 4pm today with @ruthbloveland. Link to register on the website.
Repost @ruthbloveland Had the curious experience o Repost @ruthbloveland Had the curious experience of yesterday’s color study coming  to life with teeny tiny fossils from an unsuspecting roadside creek stop today. 

320 to 245 million years ago the Flint Hills region of Kansas was an inland sea and these are its relics. 

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Repost @ruthbloveland: Marking time. Marking place Repost @ruthbloveland: Marking time. Marking place. 

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Repost @ruthbloveland: I am finding some really be Repost @ruthbloveland: I am finding some really beautiful pigments here in the Flint Hills. I have spent the last two days watching the sunrise from this little creek bottom and drawing  and doing color studies with the colored clays. #tallgrassartistresidency 
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Repost @ruthbloveland: Most of my work for this re Repost @ruthbloveland: Most of my work for this residency will be centered around using pigments found here in the Tallgrass Prairie. I found a lovely palette already at the creek beside Matfield Station.
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