The Sunflower Biennial is a juried exhibition of visual art to recognize artists in Kansas ages 15-24 for dedication, achievement, and contribution to exchanges that reveal life. Guided by the basic human experience of creativity, infused with personal drive and environmental connection, the artists a part of The Sunflower Biennial: LIMITLESS demonstrate the extraordinary ability to create individualized statements that connect to their internal observations.This exhibition is a contemporary perspective of works, created by young Kansas artists, that display limitless Imagination, Innovation and Insight.
Katelyn Blanco, Two Friends Watch an Approaching Storm, 2024
“The object isn't to make art, it's to be in the wonderful state which makes art inevitable.”
-Robert Henri
Meet the Juror
ALICIA KELLY
Alicia Kelly is a paper and sculpture artist living and working out of Lawrence, KS. Kelly is a Screenprint / Paper Arts instructor and facilitator of the High School based arts program, Hang12, at The Lawrence Arts Center.
Alicia has exhibited in national and international exhibitions / residencies, including Bunnell Street Arts Center, (Homer, AK), Make Southwest (Devon, UK) and Proyecto Ace, (Buenos Aires, Argentina). She has been a guest curator at OffSite Gallery, SeedCo Studios and The Cider Gallery (Lawrence,KS).
She is currently a Cultural Arts Commissioner for the City of Lawrence and is an active member of The Paper Artist Collective and Guild of American Papercutters. Kelly received a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Printmaking /Art History from the University of Kansas.
Special Programming
RECEPTION & AWARDS CEREMONY
Saturday, February 8, 2025 | 3-5 PM
@ Salina Art Center, 242 S Santa Fe
Juror remarks and award announcements at 3:30 PM
Art Byte w/ Juror and Young Artists Panel
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 | 12-1 PM
Maelynne K Bonner, Decay, 2024
The Sunflower Biennial exhibition is sponsored in part by Giving Tuesday Donors and the State of Kansas through the Kansas Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.
