1. Do you have sculptures, murals, or grassroots art?
2. Do you have a performing center, coffeehouse, art gallery, or art museum?
3. Is there a place where you can see an area artist at work?
4. Is there ethnic art displayed in the community?
5. Think about people, places, or events to find music, fine art, drama, literature, or dance in your town.

Art Tours

 The Coutts Museum in El Dorado celebrated its 30th anniversary with an Art Tour. Visitors were guided to all of the galleries in town, and concluded with a reception at the Coutts. Prizes were given in drawings from entries that had been submitted at the various galleries on the tour. This tour brought hundreds of people into local galleries, many for the first time.

Famous Local Artists

 Protection is justly proud of Stan Herd, a local boy, who went on to become a famous muralist and field crop artist.

There's a gallery downtown to display some of his work that reinforces local pride in Stan Herd.

Oskaloosa's Old Jefferson Town includes the home of Jefferson County native John Steuart Curry, most famous for his murals in the state capitol.

Specialized Museums

 Locals shook their heads in disapproval when Samuel P. Dinsmoor was creating his concrete sculptures, but now people come from all over to see the Garden of Eden and the town of Lucas has been officially designated as the Grassroots Art Capital of Kansas. Abandoned buildings were transformed into the Grassroots Art Center.