Raquel Garcia is a Kansas based artist that focuses on various types of two dimensional art with an emphasis on watercolor, acrylic, and oil paint. Garcia has an Associate of Arts degree from Garden City Community College, where she graduated in 2021. Garcia has participated in various art shows in Kansas, where she’s shown pieces that focus on themes of coming of age, mental health, womanhood, and her personal experiences.

Hello, my name is Kaitlin Hahn. I moved to Garden City about 8 years ago to become an art teacher. I started at the elementary level and ended up moving to the high school where I have been for the last 6 years. Teaching has been a big influence on my path as an artist. I started working with air dry paper clay about 2 years ago and fell in love with it. Air dry paper clay is forgiving, fun, and simple to work with. You don’t need a lot of tools or materials to start making art with it. You can even make it at home! One of my goals for this year is to learn how to start making my own paper clay at home! Afterall, you are never too old to learn something new!

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Cephas Lee, also known as Cephas Lobmeyer, is an up-and-coming artist from Southwest Kansas. At a young age, he excelled at drawing and creative approaches. Growing up in a split household, Cephas relied on art to escape his chaotic family life. His love for comics, superheroes, and the stories they tell was a significant part of his life. After dropping out of high school and getting his GED, he moved to Missouri, but lost touch with art. At this time, he was dealing with mental health issues that led him to seek help and to take a look at his future. He was given a chance to move back to his hometown to attend college, where he received a scholarship to study visual arts. This reignited his passion for art and led him to explore more ways of creating using oil paint, watercolor, sculpture, and printmaking mediums. Cephas’ current work primarily focuses on figures and portraits, maintaining a strong connection to his love for comics. Cephas is completing his art associate degree at GCCC and is in the process of creating his own comic.

Born in Topeka, KS, Matthew Miller graduated from Fort Hays State University with a Bachelor of Fine Art, emphasis painting, in 2013. He previously earned a B.A. History of Art degree from the University of Kansas.

“Inspired by exploring the boundaries between the native landscape, farmlands, and scenes of daily rural life, my vibrant yet earthy paintings are a representation of the shifting and surging impulses of the artist and the forces of nature. In my work, Reality and Imagination intersect where human influence has encroached upon the plains and prairies of Kansas.”

I paint to better understand and maintain a direct connection with my community. It keeps me active and searching for new experiences and lets me interact with different kinds of people everyday. The whole process allows me to observe, interact with, and respond to change creatively.

Thank you for your interest in my work!”

Born and raised in garden city ks, I first fell in love with art around 11 years old. The hobby quickly became my passion and eventually my dream career. My favorite mediums are charcoal and oil paint and I lean towards realism in most of my works. I plan on pursuing my art at fort hays state university where I will begin my journey as a professional tattoo artist.

Harley Torres is a studio potter from Ulysses, Kansas. Their academic background includes studying communication and art at Garden City Community College, where they earned an Associate of Arts degree. They then transferred to Fort Hays State University, graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Studio Art. During their academic career, they studied historic ceramics firsthand through enrichment travels; such as German ceramic history, Appalachian craft and folk-pottery, and indigenous American pottery traditions of the American southwest.

My pottery explores the intersection of functional design and natural aesthetics. I start by immersing myself in the countryside, gathering materials that connect me to both my work and myself. These materials are processed in my studio and integrated into my glazes.

Initially, my functional forms subtly referenced nature, incorporating elements like rocks or natural glazes. Now, I infuse every piece with this approach. I believe humans inherently connect with clay because of our relationship to the Earth. This connection fascinates me – the clay mirrors the maker, and the creator is entwined with the clay. The form moves with life, and the nuances between artist and art are captivating. I need this give-and-take to feel satisfied with a piece. These "self-portraits" allow me to explore my internal dialogue, subconscious, and natural materials.

My forms reflect transience and connection to their source. They begin in a similar headspace to Abstract Expressionism, flowing yet feeling substantial. While inspired by potters like Voulkos, I focus on developing my unique voice through dedicated practice. Atmospheric firing refines my work, and collaborating with gas or wood kilns adds a vital finishing touch. The labor of processing materials and researching glazes pays off when these elements interact with the kiln's effects.

Amy Warfield is a visual artist working in Western Kansas whose practice focuses on representative work in oil and watercolor of the people, atmosphere and landscape of her region. She puts the perceived inferiority of her local landscape at the center of her work, forcing a second glance and new consideration.

Amy has exhibited throughout the state and her work is in private collections across the country. She has participated in various workshops and offered a few of her own.

Amy graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art from Fort Hays State University and also holds an Associates of Art from Garden City Community College.