Welcome to Art is Ageless, a program of Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America.
"Green Tea Jelly Roll Surprise With Leftovers" by Mary Ann Tanking When Mary Ann Tanking used to visit her mother in Colorado, she would accompany her to quilt guild meetings on Mondays. The group would spend the morning hand-stitching, and then Tanki ...
Halleluia Angel, Mixed Media Art by Sophia deLaat Sophia deLaat taught art to California schoolchildren for 25 years, but she only recently discovered the art of gourdwork. Now, she's having a banner year as a gourd artist. Two of DeLaat's works ar ...
Whoa!! There They Go! Sculpture by Richard Long Not many people could take a bundle of copper wire and pistachio shells and turn them into a work of art. Richard Long of Dodge City has been building crowd-pleasing scenes out of these household mate ...
Out to Pasture sculpture by Richard Bennett In 50 years of practicing dentistry, Richard Bennett carved a lot of crowns and bridgework. Since he retired, Richard has discovered his skills translated well to sculpting raw stone into art. His stone c ...
Wilda Buffo When Wilda Buffo was a child, she used to sit and watch her grandmother quilt by hand. Every grandchild received a quilt for his or her high school graduation. Buffo was well into adulthood before she decided to take after her grandmoth ...
Cross-stitch is painstaking work. Even a simple pattern can call for dozens of colors of threads, carefully sewn into a coherent and often beautiful image. It took Helen Kripplaben of Bismarck, Mo., 11 months to complete a pattern that caught her eye i ...
There's a good chance Fredric and Carol Cowart have seen more of the Sunflower State than most native Kansans. The couple moved to Wichita from Texas in 2006 and began touring their new state right away. Fred Cowart, a lifelong illustrator and draftsma ...
Best of Show Spalted Wood Pin Oak Bowl by Jerg Frogley. The “Best in Show” winner at the recent Art is Ageless competition went to Jerg Frogley from Oswego. At age 71, it was also her very first show as an artist. “My best friend, Joan Allen, kept ...
John Miller's wooden working crane and lift. To look at the wooden crane John Miller designed and built, you might assume he was some kind of engineer. The 4-foot boom is expertly balanced by the cab and engine and rotates 360 degrees. The crane can l ...
The competition was stiff as the judges contemplated which piece of art would take Best of Show in the Art Is Ageless exhibit at Fort Scott Presbyterian Village. Tony Fornelli, of Prescott, KS, slid in by a nose with his hand carved fish display. “Ther ...
