April Final Friday
April 26th - May 27th
This April at the Phoenix Gallery, our Final Friday Exhibition features two exciting local artists!
Long-time Lawrence favorite, Maria S. Martin, will be unveiling her newest exhibition, ‘Forward to Yesterday'. Filled with swaths of vibrant colors and an abundance of florals, Maria’s exhibition will take the viewer on a journey through springtime. Visit the Phoenix Underground Gallery to be thoroughly entranced with this new exhibition!
In the Phoenix West Gallery space, Mia Forsberg-Haverkamp’s new show ‘This is Nice’ debuts. Mia is currently an illustration student at KU, and we are so excited to host her and her artwork! Packed with bubbly characters and positive energy, viewers will not be left disappointed. Make sure to take a peek!
You can meet the artists and gain insight into their exhibitions on opening night, April 26th from 6pm to 9 pm. This show will be available for viewing until Monday, May 27th.
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Maria S. Martin
Lawrence, KS
Maria studied art in Philadelphia and then at The University of Kansas in Lawrence, and continues to take art studio classes and technique workshops. Since moving to Lawrence in 1984, Maria became active in the art community. While working at the KU Museum of Anthropology 1984-2003 she began coordinating the Lawrence Indian Arts Show and continued that through 2003 when the Indian Arts Show scaled down to only the Haskell Indian Arts Market an ongoing national market for Native North American Indians artisans. In 1998 through 2007, she opened and operated a gallery specialty shop specializing in American Indian art, jewelry as well as Mexican imports.
Maria received the prestigious City of Lawrence Phoenix Award for Visual Arts in 2002 for her work with the Lawrence Indian Arts Show, and is a recent recipient of a 2023 Best of Show annual juried exhibition award.
In 2013, Maria returned fulltime to painting. As a professional visual artist, she has exhibited around the country, and her work is in both cooperate and private collections. She works from her studio, Triptych Art Studios, in the Warehouse Arts District, in Downtown Lawrence, Kansas.
Maria presently serves as President of the Lawrence Art Guild.
To view Maria's works online or to purchase, please click here.
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Mia Forsberg-Haverkamp
Lawrence, KS
Mia Forsberg-Haverkamp is in the last month of her BFA in Illustration and Animation from The University of Kansas. She currently works as an illustrator, running her business "Bean&Art" and teaching illustration at the Lawrence Arts Center. Mia's work has been featured in the Student Illustrators Conference in Texas and KYOU Student Publications. Her other work can be found around Lawrence in bookstores, concert venues, and libraries. Mia is inspired by her time working in hospice and homelessness projects, as well as taking care of all the children and animals in her life.
To view Mia's works online or to purchase, please click here.
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Live music will be in the Phoenix Underground by local musician Alonzo Beardshear. Alonzo is a guitarist, luthier, sound engineer, DJ, and an Entertainment Director. He has a degree in Theater Tech and Broadcasting and has worked on movies and sound engineering for the last 30+ years.
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These exhibits will be in the Phoenix Underground Gallery and the West Gallery space, the artists will be stopping by on opening night to discuss and promote their artwork. Be sure to like and follow our Facebook and Instagram before the show so you can be kept up to date on events involving the April Final Friday exhibition.