Succession Plan: Drawing the Prairie

July 26th, 2025 - July 26, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm

Dyck Arboretum of the Plains
177 West Hickory
Hesston, KS, 67062

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Join Erin Wiersma and Katie Kingery-Page for an all-ages drawing workshop where participants will learn about prairie plants and be guided through a drawing activity.

Supplies will be provided – no drawing experience is necessary.

This event is free and will take place in the Prairie Discovery Lab at the Dyck Arboretum of the Plains in Hesston, KS.

Please park in the main Arboretum parking lot and walk back to the classroom space. For those who need to park closer, please drive around to 904 Arboretum Dr, Hesston, KS.

Erin Wiersma, a visual artist from Manhattan, Kansas, explores the relationship between body and environment through site-specific practice at the Konza Prairie Biological Station. She integrates works on paper, film, and community engagement to examine connections between humans and the prairie. Wiersma is a Professor of Art at Kansas State University, where she fosters cross-disciplinary connections between art, ecology, and environmental research.

Katie Kingery-Page is a landscape architect who uses drawing and ethnographic interview methods to understand place. As an engaged scholar, she collaborates with communities to reveal local knowledge that helps people make meaningful decisions for civic futures. Kingery-Page is associate dean and professor in the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design at Kansas State University.

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The Tallgrass Artist Residency is a program of the Kansas Arts Commission and is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. All programs are free and open the public. Learn more at https://tallgrassartistresidency.org/