The Aaron Douglas Art Fair Committee has chosen Topeka artist Michelle Leivan as the featured artist of the 2007 Aaron Douglas Art Fair: A Celebration of Community. Her painting, Windswept, features a stylized sunflower and will be the image used on all promotions for the 2007 art fair.
Michelle is a notable artist from Topeka Kansas who has shown her work across the nation, including the Agora Gallery in Soho, New York, Governor Sebelius’ Conference Room, and SouthWind Gallery at Framewoods of Topeka. Michelle was also the featured artist for the Topeka Jazz Festival in 2005. Many people who are not just from Kansas own her work, including individuals from Turkey and Spain. Michelle grew up in Beloit, Kansas who then went to Fort Hays State University to obtain her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting.
The fair is scheduled for September 8, 2007 from 11am to 4pm in the Aaron Douglas Art Park at 12th and Lane in Topeka, KS. More information can be found at http://www.turnaroundteam.org/art. If you have questions about exhibiting at the art fair, please contact Lyn Weichert at artdirector@turnaroundteam.org. Artists’ submissions will be accepted until July 25, 2007. Those interested volunteering for the Art Fair, assisting in youth activities, or donating money for the 2nd Annual Aaron Douglas Art Fair, should please contact Lacey Keller immediately at lacey.keller@washburn.edu or (785) 233-2224. The Aaron Douglas Art Fair is a project of the Central Topeka Turn Around Team.
Michelle is a notable artist from Topeka Kansas who has shown her work across the nation, including the Agora Gallery in Soho, New York, Governor Sebelius’ Conference Room, and SouthWind Gallery at Framewoods of Topeka. Michelle was also the featured artist for the Topeka Jazz Festival in 2005. Many people who are not just from Kansas own her work, including individuals from Turkey and Spain. Michelle grew up in Beloit, Kansas who then went to Fort Hays State University to obtain her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting.
The fair is scheduled for September 8, 2007 from 11am to 4pm in the Aaron Douglas Art Park at 12th and Lane in Topeka, KS. More information can be found at http://www.turnaroundteam.org/art. If you have questions about exhibiting at the art fair, please contact Lyn Weichert at artdirector@turnaroundteam.org. Artists’ submissions will be accepted until July 25, 2007. Those interested volunteering for the Art Fair, assisting in youth activities, or donating money for the 2nd Annual Aaron Douglas Art Fair, should please contact Lacey Keller immediately at lacey.keller@washburn.edu or (785) 233-2224. The Aaron Douglas Art Fair is a project of the Central Topeka Turn Around Team.
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I would like to thank everyone on the Central Topeka Turn Around Team for honoring me with the selection of my work for the featured art. The Topeka community has been working hard to elevate our culture in the arts over the last few years and this art fair is an important contribution towards the goal of Topeka becoming one of the Top 100 Art Cities in the United States. I look forward to seeing you all at the Aarron Douglas Art Fair and sharing with you many of my new paintings.
