About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Museums in McPherson County, Kansas, People from McPherson County, Kansas, Lindsborg, Kansas, Moundridge, Kansas, Canton, Kansas, McPherson, Kansas, Windom, Kansas, Marquette, Kansas, Galva, Kansas, Inman, Kansas, Bruce Conner, Jonathan Coachman, McPherson College, National Register of Historic Places listings in McPherson County, Kansas, Bethany College, Wendell Johnson, Stanford Lehmberg, Central Christian College, David Nyvall, Stewart "Smokey" Stover, Duane Earl Pope, McPherson Museum, K-175, KVOB, Hans Hanson House, Lindstrom Field, Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Gordon Young, Kuns-Collier House, McPherson County Courthouse, Conway, Kansas, Heinrich H. Schroeder Barn, Roxbury, Kansas, Teichgraeber-Runbeck House, John R. Wright House, Johnson House, Sharps Creek Archeological Site, Elyria, Kansas, Svensk Hyllningsfest, Power Plant No. 1, Farmers State Bank. Excerpt: Bruce Conner (November 18, 1933 - July 7, 2008) was an American artist renowned for his work in assemblage, film, drawing, sculpture, painting, collage, and photography, among other disciplines. Born in McPherson, Kansas, Conner was raised in Wichita, Kansas, attended Wichita University (now Wichita State), and received his B.F.A in Art at Nebraska University in 1956. Conner then received a scholarship to the Brooklyn Museum Art School, where he studied for a semester. He then attended the University of Colorado on scholarship; also there was Jean Sandstedt, whom he had met at Nebraska and who would become his wife. On September 30, 1957, the two married and immediately flew to San Francisco. There, Conner quickly assimilated into the city's famous Beat community and founded the Rat Bastard Protective Association. Conner worked in a variety of mediums from an early age. His first solo gallery show in New York City took place in 1956 and featured pa...
