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Arts & Events July 27, 2025 - 12:47 pm

Young artists with Van Go to reveal custom benches at annual ceremony

by Maya Hodison

Young artists in the Lawrence arts organization Van Go will soon unveil 20 custom benches they designed and painted.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Arts & Events August 30, 2024 - 5:13 pm

Lawrence author collaborates with ledger artist on children’s book celebrating Kiowa storytelling

by Maya Hodison

Collaborating to tell a family’s true story has connected two local creatives who didn’t previously know each other in a way that’s everlasting like the Kiowa people.

Arts & Events August 28, 2024 - 7:46 pm

‘Native Fashion’ exhibition to celebrate local Indigenous designers, display richness of cultures

by Maya Hodison

A fashion exhibition dedicated to the “resilience, representation, resistance and relations” of Indigenous community members will soon be on display at the Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence.

Jordan Winter/Lawrence Times
Arts & Events August 24, 2024 - 3:48 pm

Paper Plains Zine Fest to return to Lawrence with 2-day lineup

by Natasha Torkzaban

Community members will come together over Labor Day weekend to celebrate and explore zine culture at the Paper Plains Zine Fest, with events planned throughout Lawrence. 

Maya Hodison/Lawrence Times
Arts & Events August 18, 2024 - 4:59 pm

Brothers, KU students, curating fashion show on campus

by Maya Hodison

Two brothers who have launched into the local fashion and entertainment scene have imagined an experience where art walks among art for their next project.

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Arts & Events September 5, 2023 - 2:22 pm

Local artistic projects awarded Rocket Grants; ceremony in Kansas City to celebrate recipients

by Maya Hodison

Local creators working on video series, research, fashion shows, performances and more — including a song to accompany the planting of fruit trees around the Lawrence library — have been chosen to receive grants that will help progress their art.

Robert Hicks/Contributed Photo
Arts & Events June 29, 2023 - 6:50 pm

Cosmos Indian Store & Cafe to celebrate new sculpture

by Caroline Zimmerman

A ribbon-cutting will be held Friday to celebrate a new sculpture at Cosmos Indian Store & Cafe, with free henna art offered to community members who attend.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Arts & Events June 22, 2023 - 5:14 pm

F-Mart Asian Market to celebrate new mural

by Lawrence Times

F-Mart Asian Market will celebrate the completion of a new mural on the side of its building, called “Cloudy With A Chance of Boba,” with a ribbon-cutting on Saturday.

Arts & Events December 8, 2022 - 3:28 pm

At Ampersand RadLab, KU students use design as a force for good

by Jordan Winter

KU design professor Ryan Clifford works at the intersection of design and social impact. As the faculty lead for Ampersand RadLab, a new student-run project focused on community engagement, he’s helping young adults harness the power of visual art as a force for good.

August Rudisell / Lawrence Times
Arts & Events November 18, 2022 - 12:30 pm

Lawrence public art grant applications are open

by Lawrence Times

Applications for three community arts programs are now open, the City of Lawrence announced this week.

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