Art show displays current, former students art

Monday, April 23, 2007

Twenty-one local artists will display their art tonight in an exhibit called Fresh Produce.

Fresh Produce, a one-night, free art show and party, will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. in Teller’s Third Floor Gallery, 746 Massachusetts St.

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My paintings are fresh because they are continually developing from one to the next, so in this sense they are fresh.

-KU alumnus Lindsey Yankey

It is a product of an organization called Red Balloon, which organizes four art events in Lawrence each year. The show features art by current and former University of Kansas students.

Whit Bones, Tulsa, Okla., sophomore and curator for the show, said artists were given two months to produce a piece for the show.

“I asked the artists to plant the seed and now we are waiting to see what kind of flowers blossom,” Bones said.

Sara McManus, KU alumnus and one of the show’s organizers said the show was organized by and showcased the art of current and former KU students.

“We are motivated young people making things happen,” McManus said. “We aren’t going to wait for anyone to do it for us, so we are doing it for ourselves.”

One contributing artist, KU alumnus Lindsey Yankey, said this was her first time participating in an art exhibit.

The theme of the art show is progressive and fresh or new art. Yankey submitted two paintings she’d been working on in the two-month period.

“My paintings are fresh because they are continually developing from one to the next, so in this sense they are fresh,” she said. “At least to me.”

It was also McManus’ first time to have art in a show. Her piece for the show focused on changing the way Southern plantations in the Civil War era were depicted.

“Through my work I try to interrupt this reformulation of history and commemorate the forgotten peoples who were enslaved,” McManus said.

Kansan staff writer Bethany Bunch can be contacted at bbunch@kansan.com.

— Edited by Ryan Schneider

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