Art by Kelly Yarbrough is featured in The New Territory Magazine’s Pageturner Fundraiser on October 21, 2023.
Buy tickets here to participate in the live and silent auctions.
Featured artwork in our live art auction:
“Sumac Field”
Kelly Yarbrough (b. Plano, TX) is an artist based in Manhattan, Kansas. Her practice is rooted in an ecosystem that includes mixed media drawing, arts administration and creating meaningful opportunities for humans to engage with their environment. She enjoys unexpected collaborations, transdisciplinary conversations, and continual learning. Kelly holds an MFA from Kansas State University, and founded the Tallgrass Artist Residency in 2016. She is a Regional Field Representative and Art & Environment specialist for the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission, a peer facilitator for Artist INC, a Konza Prairie docent, a TEDx Austin College presenter, and a 2023 PLAYA Wildfire + Water resident.
See a collection of Kelly’s work in The New Territory Issue 09: Rebuilding
Value of painting for The Pageturner Fundraiser: $500
About Kelly Yarbrough and her Connection to the Midwest
“I want my work to inspire others to become more land literate of their own places.”
My work is rooted in the prairie ecosystem and presenting views of place through an ever-expanding library of my lived experiences. The tallgrass prairie is called the most altered landscape on the planet, yet grasslands tell incredible stories of human history and their re-establishment can offer hope for the future of life in the Great Plains. I want to contribute to the growing body of knowledge and research seeking hopeful solutions to issues of climate crisis and rural depopulation in the places I call home.
In the studio, I make mixed media drawings and paintings that resist static views of landscape, inviting the viewer to engage and self-navigate. Ultimately, I want my work to inspire others to become more land literate of their own places.
Silent Auction Offerings
Buy tickets to The Pageturner here to participate in the live and silent auctions.