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Goodland Explorations | ArtArapahoe SunContinuing the theme of The Big Easel -- van Gogh Project, smaller easels with paintings have been erected in other Goodland city parks. Arapahoe Sun in Rosewood has symbols that the Arapahoe Indians in the area would have used.Bygone Days on the BricksFormer Goodland resident Brian Freeman wanted a mural on the south side of his coffee house, so he hired Laurie Albin of WaKeeney to paint it. Mural commemorates the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.Carnegie Arts CenterCarnegie Arts Center offers artwork for sale by local and regional artists.History of the Opera House muralTurn back the hands of time at the mural on Goodland's former Opera House.More Than WordsSculpture by Goodland native Greg Todd shows a mother and her children reading, a fitting installation in front of a library.Mysteries of the Kansas Room paintingKansas Room in Goodland Public Library has a beautiful painting with unanswered questions surrounding it.Painting store windowsEvery summer local 4-H Club members paint store windows in downtown Goodland to encourage people to come to the Northwest Kansas District Free Fair in Goodland.Picnic in the ParkThe painting on an easel in Chambers Park is the most recent addition to Goodland's Art in the Parks series.Rural Free DeliveryKenneth Miller Adams, a painter from Taos, N.M., painted the mural "Rural Free Delivery" that now hangs in Goodland's Post Office.The Big RoosterSee an eight foot by four foot Picasso-style painting of a rooster!The Giant Sunflower PaintingThe Giant Van Gogh Painting sits on an 80-foot easel, the only one in the United States.The Gigantic GrasshopperGrassroots artist Lloyd Harden created field art, including a giant grasshopper, which is displayed on Highway 27 north of Goodland.The rescued stained glass windowOld Engine 99, a stained glass window, was rescued from the trash and saved for the Goodland Public Library.They Came to StayCelebrate the pioneers who triumphed over all obstacles at "They Came to Stay".Treasures of The Sherman Theatre unmaskedIn 2013, Sherman Theatre owner David Branda decided to locate the building's original wiring to install sconces again. He found the wiring -- and some peacocks and roses painted on the walls. |
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