Johnson County Library is proud to share the work of Kansas City metro area visual artists in our Library art galleries. We have ten Library branches with dedicated art gallery spaces to inspire people of all ages and beautify our libraries. We seek a diverse selection of artwork that inspires, educates and promotes community connection.
Interurban Arthouse curates collections at all Library locations but the Central Resource Library. Learn about InterUrban ArtHouse‘s programs.
Jaylon Goode is a visual artist focused on drawing and painting the human form in a variety of mediums, from digital art to drawings to painting.
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All of these were made during a period...
Kansas City-based artist Joha Bisone mostly paints in watercolor, enjoying the fluidness and unpredictability of the medium. She creates organic landscapes, often taking inspiring patterns from nature and transforming them into their own world.
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Remy Wharry is a self-taught Black woman artist and entrepreneur dedicated to expressing her artistic vision of life and beauty through acrylic painting.
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Tell us about the works on exhibit. What’s the medium? What has inspired their creation?
The works exhibited are...
After an accident that injured his dominant hand in the summer of 2016, Taj Mattingly left his career as a graphic designer and illustrator to pursue a new way to tell his stories with artwork. Driven by a focus on technique, Mattingly has pushed to learn new ways of drawing...
Terri Pollack paints on brightly colored backgrounds, creating vibrant images and then translating that work into different media such as relief prints.
Tell us about the works on exhibit. What’s the medium? What has inspired their creation?
I'm displaying some portraits...
Artists Robin VanHoozer and Laurel Defreece found a common thread in their connection to nature. Their mixed media collaboration project, Fate, resulted in a seamless blending of the two artists’ styles and combined themes of nature, history and the future.
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Abstract artist Chanah Brown has been painting all her life. Brown's paintings are an exploration of color and expression. In her work, she focuses on painting a visual language that conveys emotions that words often fail to capture. Her work transcends the boundaries of...
Originally from El Paso Texas, visual artist Chico Sierra now resides in the Midwest. Primarily a self-taught artist, Chico attempts to connect the dots of his cultural history and create new stories based on humanism, class structures and social justice. Influenced by his...
Sculptural Jewelry Artist Clarissa Knighten is best known for transforming mundane materials into one-of-a-kind adornment. Her handmade creations will inspire you to explore objects you see every day. Her work has also been featured at the Kansas City Museum and the Nelson...
Fred Trease was educated as a biologist and a sociologist, with the majority of his career spent in the practice of environmental public health. Starting in 2006 as a photographer, his style evolved to encompass digital drawings based on his science background. His work is...
