WPL is pleased to host Cori Sherman North, Curator at the Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery in Lindsborg, KS for “Art for All: Birger Sandzen and the Prairie Print Makers.” The presentation will be held at 11:00am on Saturday, February 7 in the library’s Community Room.

On December 28, 1930 eleven determined souls became charter members of an organization they called the Prairie Print Makers. They posed for a group photograph in front of the Birger Sandzén studio in Lindsborg, KS to make their new association official – though it was not an auspicious time for new beginnings in the wake of the nation’s worst stock market crash. 

The aim of this small but mighty group of talented men and women was to produce fine art prints and get affordable art into every home and school. The Prairie Print Makers attracted more than 100 active printmaker members nationwide through June 27, 1966, when the society disbanded. By showing at accessible local venues, the Prairie Print Makers traveling exhibitions contributed to art education and appreciation all over the nation – including collections in the USD 465 Foundation and Winfield Arts and Humanities.