Pageturner

October 21, 2023

Luke Townsend, 2023 Artist

Art by Luke Townsend 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:

Neon Nights – Marshall County Fair

moody photograph of two tweens walking the edges of a fairground at sunset

This image was made at the Marshall County Fair in Blue Rapids, Kansas in 2022. The light was fading and the sky erupted in a fiery, display of colours, resembling the pink blasting from the neon lights on the rides. There’s a sweet spot every evening when the output of light from both the environment and artificially sync-up perfectly, and was grateful to find a spot fluttering with energy. I stayed there, by the exit of the Ferris wheel, as the scene matured into a vibrant warm/cold cross-light pattern. For me it’s all about the gesture in the flip of hair, illuminated by the pink light, emphasizing the excitement an anticipation in movement in her glance to the left, carving her face out in a sliver of cool blue light. It’s these small gestures that I look for. They’re hard to get to work but precious when they all come together.

Starting bid at The Pageturner Fundraiser: $425

“It’s these small gestures that I look for.”

About Luke Townsend and his Connection to the Midwest

Photographer at a fair. The photographer is white with a purple t-shirt, black hat, and black-rimmed glasses. He holds a camera close to his chest and looks off to his left.

The Midwest is where I come from. Its role this life, its connection to this life, my connection to it . . . I think these things are in constant motion, evolving, shifting. I can’t say there’s a specific thing, or entity, or characteristic of the Midwest that, alone, is a strong enough connection to put weight on, but rather a myriad of small moments, people, interests, nature, anything, that together create awesome connection points for our lives. It’s all of those connection points that have become strong enough to keep pulling me back.

Buy tickets to The Pageturner here to participate in the live and silent auctions.

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Join us at The Pageturner!

The Pageturner is a fundraising event for The New Territory designed to fuel new stories about our region — together.

October 21, 2023, 4-8 p.m.
The Hayloft at Lifted Spirits Distillery

Benefits
Ticket and sponsorship funds will go toward:

  • paying writers, photographers and artists telling true stories of nature and culture in the region
  • developing programs to train literary and journalistic voices

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