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Lawrence is known as “The City of the Arts,” and the Lawrence Art Guild’s “Art Spaces” is the perfect event for people who want to know more about art and artists — the materials artists use, the spaces they create in — and to gain insight into what drives them to make art that is uniquely theirs.
Spread across Lawrence and the surrounding area, more than 40 artists will be represented in the event this Saturday and Sunday, May 3 and 4.
Art Spaces 2025 Featured Artist Chris North and her photographer and sculptor husband, Tom North, will be in their central west side studio spaces designed to fit their creative needs in the lower level of their newly renovated midcentury modern home.
Chris is a multidisciplinary artist who works primarily in clay. Her sculptures are hand-built rather than shaped on a potter’s wheel. Nature, the built environment, and personal encounters give life to her ideas.
A common theme in her work is the closed vessel. The forms are inspired by the sea-worn boulders along the Oregon Coast revealed after a heavy storm. Her surface textures are complex, involving the use of terra sigillata burnished onto the unfired clay, mason stains, and multiple firings. She will have work in progress to demonstrate her method.
Tom will have his copy stand set up and his large format camera as part of his studio to show the process of platinum palladium printing. This is different from a traditional print.
Each print is one-of-a-kind because the emulsion, made of platinum palladium salts, is painted onto cotton paper. The printing process is a contact print exposed to ultraviolet light. It’s a process that dates back to the mid-19th century, producing archival prints that will last hundreds, if not thousands of years.
Justin Marable is well known as an interdisciplinary artist whose artwork has spanned two decades. From printmaking to public art to immersive installation, he has grown a diverse audience through his style and process.
He will have a wealth of knowledge about printmaking and all of the processes he uses to share with the public at the North Lawrence straw bale studio he built.
Susan K. Theroff’s studio, located at Dragonfly Farm Design in Berryton, is the farthest location and is near Clinton Lake. It is 15 minutes away from the city, but it is worth the extra drive.
You will find a quaint farm of free-ranging chickens and goats, and sweeping views of the Kaw Valley area serving as inspiration for this nature-based artist.
Theroff, who weaves mythology and folklore as narratives in her work, is known for her watercolor paintings of butterflies, insects, and elements found in nature. Her art studio has easy access from the covered patio, where all are welcome to relax at the farm and feed the chickens and goats.
Theroff will have limited hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
All other locations will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 3 and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 4.
Each Art Spaces artist’s location will be marked with a yard sign.
A full list of the participating artists, examples of their artwork and a digital map can be found on the Lawrence Art Guild’s website, lawrenceartguild.org, and printed maps will be available at Art Emergency or any artist’s location, so you can start the tour at your favorite spot.
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