Main Gallery: Rachel Epp Buller, Curated by Ksenya Gurshtein, in partnership with Great Plains Nature Center
Winter Walking is an audio piece accessible to the public through QR codes found on signs that will be located throughout Chisholm Creek Park at GPNC, Oak Park, Pawnee Prairie Park, and Swanson Park, as well as the Envision Arts Gallery. The gallery will be transformed into a space for introspective listening and reflection, bringing the sights and sounds of “Winter Walking” to downtown Wichita.
Rachel Epp Buller is a multimedia artist, art historian, and professor of Visual Arts and Design at Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas. As an artist, Rachel participates in exhibitions and residencies around the world. Her recent solo shows include Invitations to Listen at the Mulvane Art Museum (2023), Hoping You Are Well at the Salina Art Center (2020), and Taking Care and Other Words at Borough Road Gallery in London (2019). She is a two-time Fulbright Scholar and her work was also recently shortlisted for the international Marsarto Awards for Walking Art.
Window Gallery: Inclusions by Laura Rae
“My creative passions began with poetry. I started writing at the tender age of nine as a means of expressing my own thoughts and feelings. A few years later, I developed a desire to share my work with others. This not only aided me in strengthening the bonds that I had with friends and family, it was also instrumental in helping me to come out of my shell and become less timid.” - Laura Rae