Figure 12. Visual references to the prairie landscape connect the built and natural environments with people, and with each other. Top: “Conjured Topography” by Indigenous artist Mona Cliff, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, 2022. Middle: Controlled prairie burn photo documentation,“here-ing” land art installation by artist Janine Antoni, KU Biological Field Station, Lawrence, Kansas, 2021-present. Bottom: Repurposed street sign mural depicting prairie fire, grasses, and water on the upper portion of Kaw Pavilion, Burroughs Creek Park, Lawrence, Kansas, 2019.
Mona Cliff, Dan Hughes, and Keith Van de Riet