The Sunflower Biennial is a juried exhibition of visual art celebrating secondary and post-secondary arts education programs while recognizing artists in Kansas for dedication, achievement, and contribution to exchanges that reveal life. This year’s exhibition, Nouns, is divided into three sections: People, Places, and Things.
Featuring Mason L Cloud, Outreak, 2022 | Kailin Nielsen, Sexualization or Sexuality?, 2022 | Kailin Nielsen, Debauchery, 2022 | Kelsey Taber, Hands Off, 2022 | Brooklyn Petrie, We've Always Been Here, 2022
Meet the Jurors
Patrick Duegaw
Patrick Duegaw, one of the co-founders of Fisch Haus, is a Juror for the 2023 Sunflower Biennial. Patrick is an artist and shows nationally and internationally, and divides his time between his studios in Kansas and Montréal, Québec. Duegaw’s first solo museum exhibition, The Builder, Removed, a comprehensive retrospective of 111 paintings and drawings, was held at the Wichita Art Museum in the spring of 2009. Many museums and exhibitions later, Duegaw has had seven large-scale solo multi-media exhibitions at Fisch Haus, regularly exhibits in galleries in both Kansas City and San Francisco, and has been invited to participate in national group shows.
Elizabeth Stevenson
Elizabeth Stevenson, LEED AP, Director of Fisch Haus is a Juror 2023 Sunflower Biennial. Fisch Haus is a multi-disciplinary art facility, located in Wichita’s Commerce St. Art District, currently accommodating five full-time local creatives and a steadystream of artists, actors, and musicians, both regional and international. Elizabeth earned a degree in architecture from McGill University in Montréal. She has lived and worked throughout Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, finally arriving in Wichita in 1998.
Special Programming
RECEPTION & AWARDS CEREMONY
Saturday, February 11 | 1-3 PM
@ Salina Art Center, 242 S Santa Fe
Juror remarks and award announcements at 1:30 PM
Art Bytes
February 15 | 12 PM
March 15 | 12 PM
Alayna Reinke, Here We Go Again, 2021
The Sunflower Biennial exhibition is supported in part by Giving Tuesday Donors and the National Endowment for the Arts. To learn more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.
