2023 Norton County Arts Council's Arts and Crafts Fair
Nov
11
9:00 AM09:00
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2023 Norton County Arts Council's Arts and Crafts Fair

Norton County Arts Council’s (NCAC) Arts and Craft Fair, a long-standing regional attracting event, will be kicking off on Saturday, November 11th from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. with a festive celebration of all things handmade. Carefully curating independent maker talent from across the region from Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas, the Norton Arts and Crafts Fair has been and remains a seasonal destination for one-of-a-kind, beautifully crafted items, ideal for gift-giving. The event will showcase nearly 40 regional food vendors and crafters and drawing an average of 700 attendees.

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Kansas Legends and Folktales
Jul
23
2:00 PM14:00

Kansas Legends and Folktales

Norton County Arts Council will host Jim Hoy for a presentation and discussion of “Kansas Legends and Folktales,” on July 23 at 2:00pm in the Historic Heaton Building at 112 S Kansas Ave.

Members of the community are invited to attend this free program! Contact the Norton County Arts Council at info@ncartscouncil.org for more information. The program is made possible by Humanities Kansas.

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2021 Norton County Arts Council's Arts and Crafts Fair
Nov
13
8:00 AM08:00
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2021 Norton County Arts Council's Arts and Crafts Fair

Norton County Arts Council’s (NCAC) Arts and Craft Fair, a long-standing regional attracting event, will be kicking off on Saturday, November 13th from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. with a festive celebration of all things handmade. Carefully curating independent maker talent from across the region from Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas, the Norton Arts and Crafts Fair has been and remains a seasonal destination for one-of-a-kind, beautifully crafted items, ideal for gift-giving. The event will showcase nearly 40 regional food vendors and crafters and drawing an average of 700 attendees.

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Sesquicentennial Logo Contest
Sep
1
to Oct 15

Sesquicentennial Logo Contest

The Norton County Arts Council along with the planning committee for the Sesquicentennial Norton County Celebration is challenging our community to create a new logo for the celebration in 2022 that will be used for the official event marketing promotions including social media, printed materials, clothing, etc.

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Children of the Promised Land Presentation
Jun
5
2:00 PM14:00
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Children of the Promised Land Presentation

Location: Historic Heaton Building, 112 S Kansas Ave, Norton
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Angela O. Bates, a Nicodemus descendant and historian, is the executive director and founder of the Nicodemus Historical Society. Working with the Nicodemus community, the National Park Service, and Senators Dole and Roberts, she helped designate Ni…

Angela O. Bates, a Nicodemus descendant and historian, is the executive director and founder of the Nicodemus Historical Society. Working with the Nicodemus community, the National Park Service, and Senators Dole and Roberts, she helped designate Nicodemus as a National Historic Site. Angela presents educational programs to cultural organizations across the nation covering the history of Nicodemus, Exodusters and black towns in the West, Buffalo Soldiers, and black women in the West. Her series of children’s books, Adventures of Nicodemus Annie, focus on the history of Nicodemus. Angela joined the Humanities Speakers Bureau in 2010

Nicodemus, a small, unincorporated town in Graham County, is the only remaining western town established by African Americans during the Reconstruction Period following the Civil War. Today the town is a National Historic Site. This pictorial history explores the unique experience of mothers and their children in Nicodemus, some of whom were the first members of their families born free. This discussion will explore the dynamics of child-rearing during and after slavery, stories of children conceived in slavery but born free, and the contrast of life and decisions based on the simple concept of 'choice,' which freedom afforded.

Sponsored by: Norton County Arts Council

For more information about this event, please contact:
Pam Shelton
(785) 877-2610

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Online Program - The Long Road to Women's Suffrage in Kansas
May
26
12:00 PM12:00
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Online Program - The Long Road to Women's Suffrage in Kansas

Presented by Diane Eickoff*

Kansas was historically a leader in women's rights, being just the eighth state to grant female suffrage. Yet the campaign for voting rights in Kansas required more than half a century of determined effort, as women suffered discouraging setbacks in three different statewide initiatives. How did they ultimately persuade an all-male electorate to grant them their rights? What did their long ordeal teach them about perseverance and politics? This presentation will explore the courageous individuals who took on the powerful interests opposed to electoral reform and discover other firsts that Kansas women achieved on the road to full suffrage.

*Diane will be co-presenting with her husband Aaron Barnhart, who is also a member of the Speakers Bureau for Humanities Kansas.

This event will take place online! Contact Pam Shelton for more information.

Sponsored by: Norton County Arts Council

For more information about this event, please contact:
Pam Shelton
(785) 877-2610
http://ncartscouncil.org

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The Smithsonian Crossroads Exhibit: Change in Rural America
May
1
to Jun 13
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The Smithsonian Crossroads Exhibit: Change in Rural America

Norton, KS-- Norton County Arts Council in Norton is hosting “Crossroads: Change in Rural America,” a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition. “Crossroads” will be in Norton from May 1, 2021  to June 13, 2021, at the Historic Heaton Building in the Gloria Nelson Cultural Arts Center located at 112 S Kansas Avenue. The “Crossroads” Kansas tour is sponsored by Humanities Kansas in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum on Main Street program.

Norton County Arts Council will build on the photographs, hands-on activities, and audio and video clips provided by the Smithsonian in the “Crossroads” exhibition to tell the history and culture of local rural life in Kansas and spark conversations about our state’s future. 

“Crossroads” tours six Kansas communities in 2020-2021. Other Smithsonian hosts include Bowlus Fine Arts Center/Allen County Historical Society, Iola; 5.4.7 Arts Center, Greensburg; Kauffman Museum, North Newton; Independence Public Library/Independence Historical Museum and Art Center; and The Volland Store, Alma.

“Through a partnership with the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum on Main Street program, Humanities Kansas is able to bring the resources of the nation’s premier cultural institution to Kansas,“ said Julie Mulvihill, executive director of Humanities Kansas. “The six communities were selected because of the inspired plans provided by local organizations to use the national exhibition as a springboard to explore local stories of innovation and adaptation.”

In addition to the six sites hosting the Smithsonian, eight communities will create their own exhibitions and programming to explore what it means to live rural in the 21st century, the relationship between rural, suburban, and urban, and the progress and persistence needed by communities of all sizes to thrive. Participating communities include Ellinwood, Hays, Lebanon, Colby, El Dorado, Council Grove, Onaga, and Olathe. 

Humanities Kansas sponsors the “Crossroads: Change in Rural America” initiative in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum on Main Street program, a one-of-a-kind cultural project that serves small towns and residents of rural communities. To learn more about the “Crossroads” statewide tour visit humanitieskansas.org. 

For more information about “Crossroads” in Norton contact the Norton County Arts Council at 785-877-0810 or visit www.facebook.com/nortoncountyartscouncil/.

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The Underground Series: Sky Smeed and Angela Muller
Jan
25
6:00 PM18:00
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The Underground Series: Sky Smeed and Angela Muller

The Norton County Arts Council will be kicking off The 2020 Underground Series, with a gallery exhibit featuring Russell, KS artist Angela Muller and live music following the exhibit by musician and songwriter Sky Smeed.

On January 25, 2020, Angela Muller's art will be displayed on the main level of the Historic Heaton building in the Gloria Nelson Cultural Arts Center starting at 6pm. Sky Smeed will then play live in the lower level (basement starting at 7 pm.)

$15 admission-
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About Angela Muller's Art
Art of the American West, inspired by earth and sky, ancient stone, cold moons, winds and storms. Forces that speak to eternity and transformation. Made with hand-gathered materials, limestone, plant ash, wild sage, soil and sod.

Learn more at her studio website https://angelamullerart.com/

About Sky Smeed
Rooted in the southeastern Kansas Folk, Blues, Country, and Rock traditions Sky's creations of Americana music are exceptional, delightful and passionate. Sky is patient with his music and songs. While some artists whiz through songs in a Dylanesque fashion leaving an array of near misses in their wake, Smeed takes the time and effort of learning the nuances of his own songs and interacts with them until they become, very simply, part of him and who he is and what he presents on stage and in recordings. He is an amazing song writer, but perhaps more importantly he is a deliberate and finessed song interpreter. He finds the heart of songs, which others might leave buried in the lyrics or music, and brings their beauty to our senses.

Learn more about Sky Smeed's Music at https://www.skysmeed.com/home

"Disappear"-https://youtu.be/Gb68DT7VcCU

Check out his comedic hit The Bumper Sticker Song https://www.facebook.com/SkySmeed.Music/videos/1420730534603998/

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