PROJECT PROFILES
Judaism, Zionism, and the Land of Israel
A book cover for Rabbi Yotav Eliach. The cover outlines the land of Israel with an inset image of people praying at the western wall.
“With passion, clarity, eloquence and most of all love, Yotav Eliach lays out the story of Zionism and the case for Israel. At a time when that story is under systematic attack, Rabbi Eliach has given the Jewish people an indispensable gift.” Yossi Klein Halevi, author of We Were Like Dreamers
Gallery Shows Postponed
All Gallery shows have been postponed due to the COVID-19 precautions. We are currently following the recommendations from the city, state and CDC to cancel all public events. Check back soon. Final Fridays will be coming later in the year with some new artists.
Design is Tallgrass Studios
Tallgrass Studios has the creative skills, knowledge and expertise to make your project come alive! Check out our portfolio!
Kunzler Renovations
Kunzler Renovations- Modern businesses need modern design. Check out this contemporary logo and website for our client Peter Kunzler!
Learn about the process behind the results – Tallgrass Studiosʼ Identity Strategy to Branding Success.
Call us at (785) 842-9696 to discuss your company’s branding and logo needs
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! Tallgrass Studios will be closed November 27th-November 29th. We will be back in the office 9AM Monday, December 2nd.
Big Ink: Sketchbooks Blown Up
By Barry Fitzgerald
Opening Reception – Final Friday
October 25, 2019 5:30 – 9:00 pm
at Tallgrass Studios
Show runs October 25 – November 18, 2019
Barry Fitzgerald is a multi-disciplinary artist who loves the challenge of making images that engage intellectually, emotionally, and aesthetically. He enjoys the conceptual aspects of art and design, as well as exploring the visual and methodical possibilities.
He has been in over 85 juried and invitational exhibitions including shows in New York, Los Angeles, and London. He has also received over 140 national and international awards for his work.
His clients include AARP, Ford, Houge Winery, National Public Radio, Collective Arts Brewing, IBM, New York Times, PepsiCo, Playboy Jazz Festival, Verizon Wireless, among others.
Fitzgerald is a Professor of Illustration at The University of Kansas, and resides in Lawrence, KS with his family, and two cats.
The Proportions of Man
by Margie Kuhn
Opening Reception – Final Friday
September 27, 2019 5:30 – 9:00 pm
at Tallgrass Studios
Show runs September 27 – October 18, 2019
A Lawrence native, Margie Kuhn received undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Kansas. A full-time artist, she works daily in her home studio with the assistance of two Cornish Rex cats.
Margie has based this installation of drawings on the extensive studies of ideal human proportions produced by Albrecht Dürer from 1512 to 1528. She examines how those ideals translate through history and how our society represents icons, idols, and ideals in contemporary material culture. Focusing solely on drawings, Margie looks at the role of drawings as fine art, as well as being a record of the thinking process.
To see more of Margie’s work visit her website margiekuhn.com or follow her on Instagram #margiekuhnart
Image: The Proportions of Man: Kings
Graphite on paper, 22×30”
A SHIRT SHOW
Ceramic Sculpture by Leni Salkind
Opening Reception – Final Friday
July 26, 2019 5:00 – 9:00 pm
Music by Kind Soul
at Tallgrass Studios
Show runs July 26 – August 23, 2019
Leni Salkind studied ceramics at the University of Maryland, with Mike Cindric at the University of North Carolina and at the University of Kansas. She taught ceramics at Baker University Baldwin City, Kansas.
Her work has been shown at the North Carolina Museum of Art invitational show, 7 East 7th Gallery in Lawrence, Kansas; and in the juried Topeka Competition 31 at the Topeka Library.
Leni’s early work was mostly functional but in recent years she has become more interested in ceramic sculpture. Her new work reflects this change in direction.
Leni resides in Lawrence, Kansas.
lenisalkind@me.com
Reflections at City Center in Lenexa
We love working with Vantage Point Properties because they understand and enjoy the creative process. They develop exceptional commercial real estate environments that are amazing to look at, fun to work in and impressive to visit. Reflections at City Center is more than a typical office park and we took our inspiration for this identity from the large reflecting pools that anchor the development and create a walkable campus that includes three restaurants, modern landscape design, and patios. The logo design captures the spirit of this architectural project by incorporating elements of reflections on water and glass, transparency, a blending of the outdoor and the indoor, and modern design.
Learn about the process behind the results – Tallgrass Studiosʼ Identity Strategy to Branding Success.
Call us at (785) 842-9696 to discuss your company’s branding and logo needs
WATERCOLORS
BY DONNA MCCAIN
Opening Reception – Final Friday
June 28, 2019 5:30 – 9:00 pm
Music by The Beer Bellies
at Tallgrass Studios
Show runs June 28 – July 19, 2019
A Kansas native, Donna was born in Salina and raised in Junction City. She was first introduced to watercolors with K-State classes in that medium, and they have been her passion ever since.
Donna gets her inspiration from the Kansas landscape and this year she will introduce some of her new abstract pieces.
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to meet Donna and talk about her work.
A View Beyond
Maria S. Martin
Opening Reception – Final Friday
May 31, 2019 5:30 – 9:00 pm
at Tallgrass Studios
Show runs May 31 – June 21, 2019
Maria S. Martin is a mixed media abstract artist who works in acrylic and oil paints as well as collage. She adds a mix of her sketches, smaller paintings, photographs and found objects into her work.
Inspired by her many road trips across the country and especially the Southwest, Maria’s Subject matter is nature.
There is a story behind every painting, whether the subject is abstract or realistic. “I hope my paintings, my windows, allow the viewer to see out beyond the obvious. My ultimate goal is to create a work that is engaging and takes the viewer on their journey.”
Contact and Purchase Information:
785-760-0401
mariasmartin0501@gmail.com
mmartin.faso.com
ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS
Photography and Digital Painting by Robbin Loomas
Opening Reception – Final Friday
April 26, 2019 5:30 – 9:00 pm
Music by Folk in the Flow
at Tallgrass Studios
Show runs April 26 – May 24, 2019
“My work is a blending of photography and painting. I paint with a computer. Digital painting is an emerging art form where traditional painting techniques and styles are applied using a computer as a tube of paint and a digital tablet and stylus for a paint brush. Each brush stoke is applied individually, by hand. I consider the camera my sketchbook. When I look through the lens I see the beginning of a work of art. It is the bones on which to build.”
Robbin Loomas, an award winning photographer and digital artist, received her BFA in photography from the Kansas City Art Institute. Working as a freelance photographer in Kansas City, then as head of photography for University Relations at KU, she now has her own studio, in Lawrence, Kansas. Robbin creates paintings from her photography, and does commissioned work from the images of others. She teaches this technique and painting style at the Lawrence Arts Center, Baker University and to professionals throughout the Midwest. You can view her work online at www.robbinloomas.com.
INDOOR & OUTDOOR SCULPTURES BY NICK SCHMIEDELER
Opening Reception – Final Friday
March 29, 2019 5:30 – 9:00 pm
Music by John & Myra Svoboda
at Tallgrass Studios
Show runs March 29 – April 15, 2019
Born and raised in Prairie Village, Kansas, Nick Schmiedeler attended Rockhurst High School then went on to Kansas State University and Avila University where he received a Bachelor’s in Nursing in 1995.
Moving to Lawrence, Kansas in 1996 with his wife Cindy, they purchased a 19th century craftsman home in Old West Lawrence where a rustic, folk-art environment was being cultivated. Their art environment home was featured on HGTV’s “Home Strange Home” series in December of 2012.
Utilizing salvage and scrap metal yards often, along with city alleys, nature trails, river banks, and other locales, Nick searches out natural, discarded, and reusable materials to create indoor and outdoor sculptures.
Nick has been exhibiting and selling sculptures throughout the Midwest for about 20 years. Many of his pieces can be found on his website, nickschmiedeler.com.
Tallgrass Studios Employee Promotions
Tallgrass Studios is pleased to announce the promotion of two current employees. Megan Miller is our new Director of Financial Operations and Fulfillment after 3 1/2 years with the company. Megan will be focusing on implementing fulfillment strategies to increase efficiency. Charlie Meers was promoted to Director of Web Development after 1 year on the job and will be leading our team in programming new web applications and expanding SEO services for our clients. Please join us in congratulating these two!
Paxico Sausage (Paxico, KS) – Logo & Packaging Design
Simple design never gets old.
We first designed these labels almost 15 years ago. The logo harkens back to the post-Civil War era yet manages a clean and modern feel. The label packs an abundance of information but doesn’t feel like too much – a harmonious color scheme and well-structured typography for the win!
Learn about the process behind the results – Tallgrass Studiosʼ Identity Strategy to Branding Success.
Keep your packaging looking fresh on the shelf for years to come. Call us at (785) 842-9696 to discuss your company’s packaging needs.
Tallgrass Studios Holiday Schedule
Tallgrass Studios will observe the following 2018 holiday schedule:
Thanksgiving
Wednesday November 21
Thursday November 22
Friday November 23
Christmas
Monday December 24
Tuesday December 25
New Year’s
Monday December 31
Tuesday January 1
Happy Holidays everyone!
Kara Gardens (Lawrence, KS) – Branding Strategy & Logo Design
Tallgrass Studios worked with representatives of Kara Gardens to create a flexible branding strategy to market their flowers and crops, and promote the connection of the earth with the community. Their new identity encompasses imagery that emulates the beauty, personality, culture, and connection that a garden brings to life. The work included a new symbol, logotype, tagline, color scheme, fonts, and a graphic standards document.
Kara being a Celtic word for connection, the spirals in the icon are influenced by traditional Celtic knotwork and imagery. The soft spring color palette and stylized floral elements were influenced by the client’s embroidered wedding memento that included a flowering vine. An approachable, handwritten typeface complements the icon and reinforces the welcoming nature of Kara Gardens.
An Army of Women
Sculptures by Retta H. Backus
Opening Reception October 26, 2018 5:30 – 9 pm
at Tallgrass Studios
Music Lineup
5:30 – 7:00 pm
“Lila”, Deborah Pine, Janette Michaels & Clark Jamison reunion
7:00 – 8:00 pm
Robert Baker (word slinger & saxophone) Roger Holden (electric guitar) & Clark Jamison
Lauretta Hendricks Backus sculpts from her studio in the country outside of Lawrence, KS. Retta, an artist and retired art teacher known for her drawings and paintings, has only recently strayed from working in two dimensions. Meeting and working with other ceramicists, she discovered a passion for sculpting the human form. Retta’s obsession in particular is with “traditionally built women”.
This show’s focus is political in that Retta’s images of human female beauty do not subscribe to the marketed, mass produced or commercialized ideal of women. Retta’s women are strong, natural and comfortable in their skin. These porcelain sculptures show skin, muscle, flesh and gravity, celebrating the beauty of real women.
DISEGNI REVISITATI
Barry Fitzgerald, Art Exhibition
Opening Reception
September 28, 2018 5:00 – 9 pm
at Tallgrass Studios
Music by Smellovision
TRUTH & CONSEQUENCES
Pastels & Mixed-Media Collages
by Barbara Solberg
Opening Reception July 27, 2018 5:00 – 9 pm
at Tallgrass Studios
