Welcome to Art is Ageless, a program of Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America.
Eldon Eastman Arkansas City resident Eldon Eastman was awarded first place in the amateur painting division of Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor's Art is Ageless® juried art competition last spring. His painting, “Resting” – which depicts a bear loungi ...
Carol Rondinelli It took Carol Rondinelli about 30 hours to sketch out her best-of-show piece, “Just Me and Teddy in a Strange New World,” but the story behind the work and the reasons why she drew it developed over a lifetime. “My husband died thr ...
Shades of Color, Wilda Buffo, Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor As a quilter, Wilda Buffo has a certain go-to style. But for this year’s Art is Ageless® juried art competition she decided to mix things up a bit with her quilt, “Shades of Color,” and wa ...
Verna Lee Musselman In Verna Lee Musselman’s life, quilting is more than a project and more than a collection of materials sewn together in a certain order. “I’m happy as a lark when I’m sitting at my sewing machine,” Verna said. “You can really ch ...
Book Shelf Quilt, Jan Warren, Salina Presbyterian Manor Jan Warren’s bookshelf quilt doubles as a portrait of her family. The blanket in the shape of a five-shelf bookcase is chockablock with clues about the Warrens. “I tried to incorporate books i ...
Earline Foster said her son is largely responsible for her winning entry in the annual Art is Ageless® contest at Fort Scott Presbyterian Village. Earline Foster took up quilting before the birth of her first grandchild. Now, 100 quilts and nearly 3 d ...
Hugh Charles inherited a table saw from his father, but it didn’t see much action. Hugh Charles Hugh worked long hours as a pharmacist, a career he loved and continued in until the age of 76, when he retired from his job at the hospital. For yea ...
Peggy Shrewsbury’s “Friends” won the top amateur prize in the 2021 Art is Ageless® competition at Topeka Presbyterian Manor, but 30 of her neighbors also contributed to the project. “Friends” is an autograph quilt, a commemorative style that dates to t ...
Aberdeen Village resident Jo Henderson taught herself to crochet and knit years ago. 2021 needlework amateur winner by Jo Henderson: “Tribute” “But I didn’t care for it,” Jo said. “I tried needlepoint after buying a book and supplies while on turna ...
JoeAnn Burris was storing her art work in her hallway, until the passage became so narrow that she couldn’t easily walk from room to room. JoeAnn Burris That’s when she hired her son to build her “art house.” Now she has a small building dedicated ...
