Art for All: Birger Sandzen and the Prairie Print Makers

WPL is pleased to host Cori Sherman North, Curator at the Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery in Lindsborg, KS for "Art for All: Birger Sandzen and the Prairie Print Makers."

On December 28, 1930 eleven determined souls became charter members of an organization they called the Prairie Print Makers. They posed for a group photograph in front of the Birger Sandzen studio in Lindsborg, KS to make their new association official - not an auspicious time for new beginnings in the wake of the nation's worst stock market crash. 

The aim of this small but mighty group of talented men and women was to produce fine art printmaking and get affordable art into every home and school. The Prairie Print Makers attracted more than 100 members nationwide until June 27, 1966, contributing to art education and appreciation all over the nation - including collections in the USD 465 Foundation and Winfield Arts and Humanities.

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Jan 20-Feb 20- Prairie Print Makers art display, on loan from the USD 465 Foundation and Winfield Arts and Humanities