A few weekends ago, some Grand Arts staff members, Stacy Switzer, Summer Farrar and Lacey Wozny, took resident artist Ryan Mosley to Salina, KS to do some research on the “real” Midwest. Some highlights include: A rain-logged drive to Lawrence via Topeka with a stopover for taste-testing at Free State Brewery and La Esquina for tacos; a stay at the lovely Endiron B&B complete with a crooked-mouthed cat; a visit to an exquisite English garden in the middle of the prairie where our friends have made their studios in a 1950’s grade school gymnasium; a casual flirting of bumpers between a borrowed van and a rental car, two jam-packed coolers, kombucha, cocktails and doughnuts with friends from the Salina Art Center and the Land Institute, and of course, Cozy Burgers!!
Mosley and Colin Welsh, a Kansas-born lad, then ventured south toward Wichita for a day of target practice, snake-charming and fishing.

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