Folk Art Heritage
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"Celebrate the Arts and the 125th Birthday of Kansas" by Elizabeth Layton, 1985.
Image courtesy of the Kansas Historical Society.
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In the late 1970s, Wellsville native Elizabeth "Grandma" Layton became an internationally known artist late in her life after she enrolled in a drawing class at Ottawa University. Today, Layton's contour drawings are part of the folk art heritage of Kansas.
From Layton's work to wheat weaving and egg painting traditions passed down from immigrant ancestors to visionary environments composed of cement structures or metal whirlygigs, Kansas folk art has much to teach us about the creativity and the innovative spirit that inspires our state. Erika Nelson will present a look at folk art and "outsider" art as a part of our state's history and heritage in her Speakers Bureau presentation, "Folk Art in Kansas," on October 3 at the Morton County Library in Elkhart. "Folk Art in Kansas" is one of over 70 KHC-supported humanities events happening in October during National Arts and Humanities Month, the largest celebration of arts and culture in the nation. This month, Kansas joins states across the nation to recognize the importance of the humanities and arts in our daily lives.
For more information about humanities events in Kansas, visit the KHC website, or visit KHC's online calendar of events.
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