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.
Alt text: Three horizontal images. Top: a close-up of an artistic beads in a wavy pattern. Middle: a prairie fire. Bottom: repurposed street signs made into colorful shingles on atop the wood posts of a pavilion.
Mona Cliff, Dan Hughes, and Keith Van de Riet

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