Calendar

UPCOMING DATES

2/2 – 4/27/24 “Resonance” Group Show at Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, 2012 Baltimore Ave., Kansas City, MO. Opening 2/2/24 5:00 – 8:00 pm.

PAST DATES

10/7/23 – Open Studio at Matfield Green, KS; 201 S. Reed, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm.

Two Woman Show w/ Bev Gegen – “A Brush with Nature”, SNW Gallery, Manhattan, KS July-September 2023

Group Show w/ Re:Gen – “(Women) Artists from the Collection 1800-2022” (catalog also), Albrecht-Kemper Museum, St Joseph, MO June-September 2023

10/1/22 – Open Studio at Matfield Green, KS; 201 S. Reed, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm.

7/30 – 8/27/22 – Group Show with Kelly Yarbrough and Dale Hartley at The George R. Schlegel Gallery, Roeland Park City Hall, Roeland Park, KS

6/11 – 7/20/22 – “Kansas Land & Sky” Group Show at Strecker-Nelson-West Gallery, 4061/2 Poyntz Ave., Manhattan, KS; opening 6/11/22 at 5:00 – 8:00 pm.

5/20 – 7/9/22 – “What On Earth Is Happening” Group Show at Mark Arts, 1307 N. Rock Rd, Wichita, KS, Tues-Sat 10:00 am – 5:00 pm.

4/9 – 6/26/22 – “IN (and out of) PLACE” Group Show at The Volland Store, Alma, KS.

11/1 – 12/31/21 – Solo Show at Anita Gorman Discovery Center, KCMO.

10/1/21 – 2/1/22 – “Time and Grace”, Group Show at Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO. Opening reception 6/25/20, 6:00 – 8:00 pm.

10/10/20 – 1/31/21 –  Group Show at Strecker-Nelson-West Gallery, 406 ½ Poyntz Ave., Manhattan, KS.

10/1 – 12/1/21 – “Visions of the Flint Hills” Group Show at Buttonwood Art Space, KCMO.

1/23 – 2/27/20 – “Flint Hills | Fertile Ground”, 3 Woman Show featuring Diana Werts, Kelly Yarbrough Frasier, and Dale Hartley at Thornhill Gallery, Avila University, KCMO. Opening reception 1/23/20, 5:00-7:00 pm.

1/29 – 4/29/20 – Featured artist at Ad Astra Food & Drink, Strong City, KS.

9/11 – 10/31/19 – Solo show at Bishop Spencer Place, 4301 Madison, Kansas City, MO. Opening reception 9/11 at 4:00 pm.

8/1 – 30/19 – Featured Artist at Little Green Gallery at 820 Monte Sano Blvd., Huntsville, AL. Opening reception 8/1 at 7:00 pm.

6/16/19 – Open Studio at the new Werts Art Studio in Matfield Green, KS. Diana and Kelly Werts have been renovating a building at 201 S Reed which was until five years ago known as the Hitchin Post Bar & Grill. 10:00 am – 4:00 pm (Date will be adjusted to 6/15/19 if Symphony in the Flint Hills takes a rain date).

6/14 – 8/17/19  – “Golden Valley – Endless Skyway” landscape show at Strecker-Nelson West Gallery, 406 Poyntz Ave., Manhattan, KS.

4/26 – 6/8/19 – “Endless Line” show featuring major Kansas abstract artists and their mentors at Strecker-Nelson West Gallery, 406 Poyntz Ave., Manhattan, KS.

6/1 -11/1/19  Group show, “Picturing Kansas”, at Beach Museum of Art in Manhattan, KS.

4/1 – 11/1/19 – Works on display at Ferguson-Phillips design firm, 4801 E Douglas in Wichita, KS.

1/1 – 10/1/18 – Group show at Bank Art Space in Matfield Green, KS.

9/29/18  Teach soil painting at Woodfest, Camp Wood in Elmdale, KS.

6/8-7/29/18  Art Kansas group show at Friendship Art Gallery, 1600 E. Euclid, McPherson College in McPherson, KS.

4/14-5/1/18  Symphony in the Flint Hills Field Journal group show at Symphony in the Flint Hills Gallery, opening reception 4/14/18 1:00-3:00 pm, 331 Broadway, Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845. Features works included in 2018 Field Journal.

4/14/18  People’s Climate Change group show at Melting Pot Theatre at Just Off Broadway Theatre, 3051 Central Ave., KCMO, 5:00-7:00pm.

4/6-26/18  Re:Generation “Layers” group show at Thornhill Gallery, Avila University, 11901 Wornall Rd., KCMO Opening reception 4/6/18 5:00 – 7:00 pm (live music by Kelly & Molly Werts). Featuring new paintings and collage prints by Diana Werts, plus new works by Re:Generation collective members.

11/3/17 – 12/30/17  “Presents 2017” group show at Strecker-Nelson West Gallery, 406 Poyntz Ave., Manhattan, KS. Opening 5:00 – 8:00 pm.

10/6/17  “Art of Nature”, featured artist at The Studio Above group show in Kansas City, MO. Showing new plein aire paintings, photograms, watercolors and collages; introducing Linda Hezel of Prairie Birthday Farm, ally in art and nature. Opening 6:00 – 9:00 pm. One day only.

6/3/17  One-Woman Show at The Bank Art Space in Matfield Green, KS. Featuring new paintings, monoprints and collages. Opening 4:00 – 6:00 pm.

1/27/17 – 4/1/17  “Swan Song” – Featured artist at Strecker-Nelson Gallery in Manhattan, KS. Final show from owners Jay and Barbara Nelson before passing the baton to new owners Alyn & Kevin West. More than fifty of Diana’s pieces include large oil & acrylic canvases, monoprints, collages and watercolors.

11/4/16 – 1/14/17  “Only the Best” annual holiday group show at the Strecker-Nelson Gallery, 406 Poyntz Ave., Manhattan, KS.

10/20/16 – 12/10/17  Featured artist at Art Source & Design, 7048 135th St, Overland Park, KS.

6/11/15 – 9/11/16  “Re: generation”, a seven-woman show at The Albrecht-Kemper Museum, 2818 Frederick Avenue, Saint Joseph, MO. Opening reception 4:00-7:00 PM, 6/10/15.

5/3/16 – 7/2/16  “30 Women Artists Paint Kansas”, group show at Coutts Museum, 110 N. Main St., El Dorado, KS. Opening reception 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, 5/3/15.

3/4/16 – 4/23/16  “Essences: Abstracted Landscapes”, group show at the Strecker-Nelson Gallery, 406 Poyntz Ave., Manhattan, KS.

10/3/15 – 1/17/16  “Flint Hills Masters”, group show at Flint Hills Discovery Center, 315 S. 3rd Street, Manhattan, KS.

9/26/15 SATURDAY Diana will lead a kite workshop at WoodFest, a music-based weekend gathering sponsored by Symphony in the Flint Hills at Camp Wood, near Elmdale, KS.

8/28/15- 10/31/15  “Sky Above – Earth Below”, at Strecker-Nelson Gallery, 406 Poyntz Ave., Manhattan, KS, 5:00 – 8:00 PM.

8/8-9/15   Plein Air Painting Workshop at Bartlett Arboretum, Belle Plain, KS.

6/19/15- 8/28/15  “Sky Above – Earth Below”, at Strecker-Nelson Gallery, 406 Poyntz Ave., Manhattan, KS, 5:00 – 8:00 PM.

10/10/14  FRIDAY  Reception 6:00-8:00 pm for “State of the Arts”, a juried show at R.G. Endress Gallery in the Prairie Village City Hall, 7700 Mission Rd, Prairie Village, KS. That’s . The show runs October 1-30.

8/22-10/12/14    National Small Oil Painting Exhibition 2014, Wichita Center for the Arts, 9112 E Central Wichita KS 67206.

6/13-14/14     Three Kansas Artists, on display at E B. White Gallery at Butler Community College in El Dorado, KS. Runs concurrently with Symphony in the Flint Hills.

1/3-30/14    One-woman show at Prairie Village Arts Council. Opening reception Friday, January 10th from 6:30 – 7:30 PM at R.G. Endress Gallery, Praire Village Municipal Offices, 7700 Mission Rd, Prairie Village, KS.

11/23/13 – 1/4/14    Art Gifts at Emporia Arts Center.  Open House Reception on November 23 from 10 am – 4 pm. The show runs through Jan. 4 2014  M – F 10 – 6; Sat 10 – 3 at 815 Commercial St.,  Emporia KS 66801. Call  620-343-6473 for more info.

11/15/13     Public Hanging – one night viewing from 5:00-9:00 PM at Kansas City Artists Coalition, 201 Wyandotte St  KCMO.

11/2 – 12/2/13     “Paintings from Nature” solo show opening / meet the artist 2:00-4:00 PM at Burr Oak Woods Nature Center, Blue Springs, MO.

10/4 – 11/29/13 “Visions of the Flint Hills Benefit & Sale” juried show opening 6:00-9:00 PM at Buttonwood Art Space, 3013 Main St  Kansas City, MO

9/20/13 – 1/6/14    “Through Artists Eyes” at the Flint Hills Discovery Center in Manhattan, KS.

8/23 – 11/2/13     “Flint Hills Masters” at Strecker-Nelson Gallery in Manhattan, KS.

6/14 – 7/12/13     Group show “Stems Plein Air Paint 2013”, hosted by Rice Gallery in Overland Park, KS

3/1 – 6/30/13     “Paint the Parks Winners” at The Wildlife Experience in Parker, CO.

3/1 – 3/29/13     “Triple Play” group show featuring Diana Werts, Carol Zastoupil & Debra Payne at Main Street Gallery, at 1610 Main St, Kansas City, MO.

1/28 – 2/1/2013     Artist-in-residency at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. Group show of resident artists through 3/17/13.