Kansas Land: Farm Photography by Larry Schwarm
September 29, 2018 - March 10, 2019
John W. and Mildred L. Graves Gallery
About This Exhibition
What does the Kansas farm look like in 2018? What is life like for the fifth-generation farmer, working inherited land that has passed down over generations? What is life like for the first-generation, sustainable farmer?
Kansas Land features Larry Schwarm‘s work on the National Science Foundation BACC:FLUD (Biofuels and Climate Change: Farmers’ Land Use Decisions) project.
Larry Schwarm’s photographs are part of the National Science Foundation BACC:FLUD project. Bringing together more than a dozen researchers from various University of Kansas departments–economics, engineering, and anthropology, as well as two professors from Kansas State University–BACC:FLUD researched farmers’ decisions to grow biofuel crops as well as investigating responses to climate change. Schwarm, a Kansas farm kid himself, aims to “put a face on the farmers whose land-use decisions are being studied” as they adapt to increased mechanization, changing markets, and erratic weather. Schwarm’s evocative photographs document what has changed and what remains the same for those earning a living on the Kansas prairie.
Our Generous Sponsors
Kansas Land has been generously supported by the DeVore Foundation, Doug Brantner, Sonia Greteman and Chris Brunner, and Sondra Langel. All WAM exhibitions are generously supported by the City of Wichita and Friends of the Wichita Art Museum.
Exhibition public programs have been supported by Wichita’s Arts Council