Julie Denesha

1 week ago | kcur.org | Julie Denesha

A new installation will retell the story of three Wyandot Nation sisters who defended a tribal burial ground in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. The public art project, which organizers are calling a “mobile monument,” will tell the story of Lyda, Helena, and Ida Conley, who occupied Huron Indian Cemetery, now known as the Wyandot National Burying Ground, in 1906 to save it from development.

1 week ago | kmuw.org | Julie Denesha

When the Swedish artist Birger Sandzén arrived in the wheat belt of central Kansas in the early 1890s, the painter saw a vast, untapped subject full of potential. His sweeping landscapes, rendered in thick brushstrokes and vivid color, redefined how people around the country viewed the Great Plains. “Sandzén had an enormous influence on the entire art and culture of the Midwest,” says Cori Sherman North, curator of the Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery.

2 weeks ago | themercury.com | Julie Denesha

When photographer Jim Richardson first pitched National Geographic Magazine on a story about his home state of Kansas, his editors at the time were focused on covering some of the most dramatic scenery in America. “The biggies were getting all the attention,” Richardson remembers, almost two decades later. “The Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, and all the rest of those places that get inundated every summer with tourists.”“I thought, why not propose something on the Flint Hills?” he says.

2 weeks ago | www2.ljworld.com | Julie Denesha

When photographer Jim Richardson first pitched National Geographic Magazine on a story about his home state of Kansas, his editors at the time were focused on covering some of the most dramatic scenery in America. “The biggies were getting all the attention,” Richardson remembers, almost two decades later. “The Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, and all the rest of those places that get inundated every summer with tourists.”“I thought, why not propose something on the Flint Hills?” he says.

3 weeks ago | johnsoncountypost.com | Julie Denesha

By Julie DeneshaWhen photographer Jim Richardson first pitched National Geographic Magazine on a story about his home state of Kansas, his editors at the time were focused on covering some of the most dramatic scenery in America. “The biggies were getting all the attention,” Richardson remembers, almost two decades later.