In lieu of this year s Mulvane Art Fair, the museum has created a new event that aligns with the organization s ongoing celebration of its 100th anniversary.
The 100 minus 3: Art Auction 2021 will be an online silent auction featuring a variety of artists works.
The auction live stream will take place 6-8 p.m. June 4 on Youtube. Auction bidding opens to the public at 8 a.m. May 31 and ends 8 p.m. June 4.
Artwork from 23 artists including Kim Casebeer, John Holcomb and Jenny Meyer-McCall will be auctioned off. Proceeds raised during the auction go toward the museum s educational programs, collections and exhibits.
All of the art pieces up for auction can be viewed at https://mulvaneartauction2021.ggo.bid/bidding/package-browse.
The years-long attempt to figure out what to do with the neglected Docking State Office Building finally has some financial backing.
Kansas lawmakers last week put into the state budget up to $120 million in bonds to renovate the building. The language calls for preserving all 12 stories of the building and including only office space.
Legislators also set aside $55 million in bonds for a new, separate Kansas Department of Health and Environment lab to be placed within an eight-mile radius of the Kansas Statehouse. Gov. Laura Kelly s administration had preferred keeping the lab within the Docking building. It s a tragedy that Topeka, with all the effort that s been put in the downtown, has that sitting there right next to this this capitol that we ve invested so much in as taxpayers, said Sen. J.R. Claeys, R-Salina. We really do need to do something to address it.
Kansans 18 years old and older will have more opportunities to get a COVID-19 vaccine at the Kansas Museum of History.
There is already a vaccine clinic operating at the museum, but it will now start offering walk in opportunities every Thursday and Friday until the end of May. The clinic, 6425 S.W. 6th Ave., offers the Moderna vaccine.
“People are busy and they have a lot going on in their lives. Trying to schedule an appointment around school things or your jobs or whatever is sometimes difficult,” said Jane Welch, public affairs director of Kansas Division of Emergency Management.
Welch said people won’t need to bring anything with them but will have to fill out paperwork once they arrive.