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Many Kansas-born artists, musicians, actors, and other creative types came of age and into their careers in other states and countries: horror hostess Elvira was born Cassandra Peterson in Manhattan

(Topeka mural artist, Jennifer Bohlander, stands with her "Art Elephants Take Over Topeka” located south side of Kaw River Rustics, 901 N. Kansas Ave in the NOTO Art District. Photo by Andrea Etzel)

A frequent contributor to KANSAS! magazine, Mary Gage has written extensively about the history and modern attractions of the state. When Elizabeth “Libbie” Bacon Custer accompanied her husband,

Annette Hope Billings is an award-winning writer and actress who has called Topeka home since early childhood. During a recent visit to Fort Scott, Kansas, I learned the multi-talented,

Wayasashi Studio From her home studio in Wichita, Tomiyo Tajiri creates stunning kimonos, origami art and accessories. Tajiri began studying her craft while growing up on Okinoerabujima, a small

An award-winning Kansas quilt artist answers her grandfather’s challenging question with every stitch As a child, narrative quilt artist Marla A. Jackson delighted in fabric and color and artistic

Photography by Aaron Patton and John D. Morrison It’s as if a favorite landscape painting has come to life. Winding roads, a canopy of trees, peaceful waters and—come spring—thousands and

A conversation with Kansas! photographers about their lives in photography Emily Barnes began her photography journey at a young age as she experimented with her parent’s film camera in the 1980s. Her

Several Kansas communities boast their own unique versions of cows on Parade, the public art exhibit featuring fiberglass sculptures of cows decorated by local artists and displayed in public

Zack Schaffer exudes midwestern modesty. He ranches by day, running several hundred head of cattle, and refers to his furniture shop as a passion for woodworking that “just kind of turned into a