"Art is the signature of civilization."----Beverly Sills                                                                                                                                 Preserving  and Promoting the Prairie Through Art Education  Prairie Penaissance Arts Inc. is a newly established Not-for-Profit  501 (C)3. We offer a variety of visual arts in education venues to educate about the Kansas prairie art genre in relation to Kansas' prairie history and ecology. Through and from some of your favorite Kansas painters.                                                                                 Judith Mackey  "Spring Sky"

Our mission is two fold:  1. To promote the Kansas prairie and to bring attention to the importance of preserving our native grasslands of which only 2% remains in the country, most of which is in Kansas. 2. To protect, celebrate and perpetuate the artistic process through art education of the young, young at heart, the special needs and disabled community.                                                                                      Phil Starke  "Prairie Summer"

The Flinthills Painters  and Regional Artists of Kansas Renowned professional Prairie Renaissance Artists, you know from the Phoenix Gallery Topeka, coordinate and facilitate a tailored hands-on art experience including cross curricular instruction for schools and workshop outlines for community groups. Kyle Garcia, of Phoenix Gallery Topeka writes & coordinates each  program criteria and curriculum with the teachers, artists, and facilitators to custom fit the needs of each organization. Louis Copt  "Fire at Sunset"

Field Trips and Workshops Program lengths vary from, from one day workshops, to field trips to the Flinthills to visit Judith Mackey in her Chase County painters paradise, to international field trips sponsored by Art in Embassies and artist and student global exchange programs. Trips with Louis Copt painting in Western Kansas, a painting tour of Paris David Gross, or a trip back in time with art history extraordinare Barabara Cleary.                                                                                      David Gross    "April Showers"

Touring Exhibits, Mural Projects Painting Workshops for Young, Elderly & Disabled  Prairie Renaissance Artists and program directors blend special art projects including murals in public venues into some of their programs.  We also provide touring exhibits facilitated by program organizers.  Since each program is custom tailored to your organization needs, the possibilities are endless. Susan Lynn  "Hay Bales #3"

Art as an Expression of Culture Mythos: The artists' role is important in defining our society today for the cultural history of tomorrow.  The artistic community is the adhesive that binds the human society, culture and spirit together. Prairie Renaissance Artists paint the Kansas Prairie because they love it.  In their paintings, the prairie is reflected as a personal statement, through each artists' perceived reality of experience.  Through our PRA, Inc. educational programs we teach and explore the reality and relationship of the artistic statement.                                                                               Dana Hassett  "Tallgrass Stream"

The Dream Team There are no technical requirements, as our dream team of artists, teachers, organizors, editors and facilitators are experienced professionals, we customize programs to fit the contracting entities needs. Professional Assessment and Program Evaluation is also available through TEACH, Inc.  by Dr. Betty Horton. Additional grant assistance through Comprehensive Grant Solutions, Inc. Professional Program Facilitator and Editor, Lisa Kany organizes and interfaces with PRA, Inc. Program Agent,  Kyle Garcia  and you to insure a custom fit for your organizations needs and within your budget requirements. Barabara Cleary  "South Wind"

Costs, Target Audience and Artist Availabilty  Program costs are determined by length of your program, number of artists involved, number of additional facilitators involved, hourly of artist instruction time, special art projects, add ons, touring programs, assessment add ons, etc.  We tailor the program to fit your educational requirement and your budget. Since we are a not-for-profit many of the PRA, Inc.hours of involvement by our staff is in-kind.   Target audience: We can tailor programs for ages K-8, 9-college and the elderly. Artist involvement is paid. In order to promote the Prairie through art we need to keep our artists painting. One of our main goals is to support our Kansas artists. Artist availability: All artists may not be available.  We work very closely with our artists to make sure they fit into your program and that they are available in your time period.  Not all artists are available to do all segments of programming.  Once there is a match and the artist has agreed to be part of your program, a contract is written to insure your program will be an experience all will remember. Some artists may facilitate workshops near their home base, but prefer not to travel far outside; Judith Mackey prefers is one of those artists, she prefers to stay close to her Flint Hills home. Other artists enjoy facilitating outside their home bases or abroad. Again our program facilitators match our artists with each program.  We may also go outside our list of six artists if a contracting agent wants an artist from a foreign land.  For example we are currently writing a program were a Mexican artist will be interfacing with one of our prairie artists to parallel Mexican art to that of the Prairie Painters.

Become A Friend: Donate to Prairie Renaissance Arts, Inc. Prairie Renaissance Arts, Inc. is Not-For-Profit  501(c)(3) WHERE DO YOUR DONATION DOLLARS GO? Donations to Pra, Inc. go to supporting our Kansas Prairie art and education programs and promoting the preservation of the native grasslands through art education. Much of your donation goes directly to support the prairie artists to pay them for their involvement in this program.  We need to support our artists to enable them to continue painting. The artists are paid based on a per  hourly basis and by the over all scope of a project. For example we are currently writing a program where artist David Gross will be painting a large permanent mural with children.  Phoenix Gallery donates in-kind (free) services to PRA, Inc. Phoenix Gallery funded the launching of PRA, Inc. for the Judith Mackey Exhibit.