Lucas, Kansas
Grassroots Art Center
During the twentieth century Lucas, a unique, rural town in north central Kansas, has been a Mecca for Grassroots artists. Grassroots Art is described as individualistic self-taught, often eccentric s...
Grassroots Art CenterPostrock Limestone Courtyard
A three million acre formation in central Kansas is known as post rock limestone. Cutting of this post rock grew out of the uniqueness of the land and the needs and inventiveness of early settlers. Fr...
Postrock Limestone CourtyardEd Root Sculptures
Ed Root farmed south of Lucas until an automobile accident forced an early
retirement from farming. Over the next twenty years, he energetically occupied himself with the creation of hundreds of co...
Ed Root SculpturesFlorence Deeble's Rock Garden
Florence Deeble was a child watching with curiosity, when S.P. Dinsmoor was
constructing his Garden of Eden in Lucas. When she retired after a career as a high school English and history teacher, s...
Florence Deeble's Rock GardenGarden of Isis Starclock
"Grassroots art" is a term describing art made by
people with no formal artistic training . . . (usually of retirement age)using ordinary materials
in an extraordinary way . . .
and frequently c...
Garden of Isis StarclockBowl Plaza
The Bowl Plaza idea came about because of the lack of public restrooms for the 10,000 plus visitors that come to visit the Lucas attractions every year. Bowl Plaza is an amazing work of mosaic art th...
Bowl Plaza