https://karaheitz.org/ks-new-deal-art daily 0.75 2023-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1531946403820-V19DUZKOZ1OU7A0Z9O8O/Sandzen%2C+Smoky+River%2C+Lindsborg+PO.jpg New Deal Art in Kansas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1546981046094-MSHHJGBR2BXPL3DJGV1S/image-asset.jpeg New Deal Art in Kansas Birger Sandzén, “Smoky River” (1938), Lindsborg, KS Post Office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1546982151978-9VLD41OTEJ64ESSPQLC7/berninghaus+border+gateways.jpg New Deal Art in Kansas Oscar Berninghaus, “Border Gateways” (1937), Fort Scott, KS Post Office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1546983217047-Z8ERRSNOST2SGPZ0TA56/image-asset.jpeg New Deal Art in Kansas David Hicks Overmyer, “Science and Industry; Agriculture and Animal Husbandry; The Arts; Home Economics” (1934), K-State Hale Library 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daily 0.75 2025-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/906c9cde-f66b-482b-82cf-31d656113f22/BetterPic-Kara_H.jpg About Me - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/da696626-391f-47a8-9d12-ef985c095877/collage.jpg About Me - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://karaheitz.org/projects daily 0.75 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/41025fd8-ca7d-4b17-91b1-1197819d7772/KS+250+logo+2.jpg Projects - Per Aspera Podcast Created by the Kansas 250 Commission to commemorate the 250th anniversary of American independence, telling stories about the people and places of Kansas that connect to themes in the Declaration of Independence. Kansas’s state motto, Ad Astra Per Aspera - “To the stars through difficulty” - captures that tension. The key word is per: THROUGH. Through disagreement over consent. Through conflicts between liberty and equality. Through laws that upheld injustice … and the movements that challenged them. How have Kansans wrestled with the unfinished revolution of 1776, testing American ideals in moments of crisis, conflict, and change? My Role: Director, Writer, Host, Historian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/b9b7ebfe-fe73-413b-9a2d-85cf45e46da7/master-pnp-cph-3b40000-3b41000-3b41500-3b41553u+CROPPED.jpg Projects - “By the ballot if we can, but the rifle if we must”: Bleeding Kansas and Topeka’s Constitution Hall A documentary film about the Free State movement and the contested territorial government centered in Topeka during the Bleeding Kansas years. Through the lens of the physical space of Constitution Hall in Topeka, this film explores issues of political legitimacy, voter fraud, the ethics of violence, racial discrimination, and struggles for freedom in the 1850s that continue to resonate into contemporary times. Partly funded by a grant from Humanities Kansas and produced in conjunction with the Friends of the Free State Capitol. My Role: Producer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/c6b43aae-8eb0-4d68-b3fe-01a96bae5d7f/Picture1.jpg Projects - The Mother and … Project Podcast In this podcast series, women who are both artists and mothers discuss their diverse experiences as creators and caregivers. Each episode features discussions with artists and other individuals involved in the Mother And … exhibition, which runs from September 5 to November 21st, 2025, at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The exhibit and the podcast disrupt preconceived notions that parenthood diminishes one’s artistic practice, and celebrate motherhood as a source of expansive creative potential. My role: Podcast Director and Producer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/bd571369-4c27-4f5b-9f42-cf7e6f23a663/47522_01.jpg Projects - Practical in Her Art: Kansas Women Artists of the 1930s An exhibition at the Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery in Lindsborg, Kansas, that runs from Aug. 3 through Oct. 19, 2025, featuring works by Sue Jean Covacevich, Norma Bassett Hall, Clara Hatton, Mary Huntoon, Anna Keener, Margaret Whittemore, and others. Despite the challenges of the Great Depression, the decade of the 1930s was a dynamic time for art making in Kansas. This exhibit explores how key artists in the state worked tirelessly to keep the visual arts alive during this difficult era, while also blazing trails for women artists. My role: Consulting Curator https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/dff9e62e-69d9-4e8a-963d-132fe84bf7e8/download.jpg Projects - To the Stars Through Art: A History of Art Collecting in Kansas Schools, 1900-1950 An exhibition at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art at K-State that ran from 2023-2024 and continues with a virtual exhibit. Before 1950, districts in dozens of Kansas towns and cities acquired original art through traveling exhibitions, bequests from the Carnegie Corporation, New Deal art programs, and other avenues. This exhibition explores the vital role American art played—and might play again—in Kansas schools and their communities. My Role: Consulting Curator https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/fa3c314d-2218-4997-803a-fae9a70ca569/HK_Kansas-1972-podcast_blue-3000px+JPG.jpg Projects - Kansas 1972 A multiple award-winning podcast series that commemorates Humanities Kansas' 50th anniversary in 2022. Episodes connect local and regional Kansas events from 1972 to national histories. Through it all, we'll consider how and why Humanities Kansas got its start and the enduring importance of the humanities. Winner of the American Association of State and Local History’s (AASLH) Leadership in History Award. My Role: Director, Writer, Host, Historian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/9a40dfcb-b30b-4dc4-af26-bc90411e2563/Kiowa+2.jpg Projects - “Early Indian Life in Kansas” This Pony Express Museum digital exhibit documents and critically reinterprets a series of dioramas depicting six Native American nations, originally created by the Kansas WPA’s Museum Extension Project in the 1930s and early 1940s. Funded by a grant from Humanities Kansas. My Role: Project Manager, Consulting Historian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/fe09f00b-0c39-43ee-849c-0f05acf328e2/sandzen+postoffice+1.jpg Projects - A New Deal for Public Art in the Free State An award-winning documentary film that explores Kansas history and identity during the Great Depression through conflict over post office murals created by New Deal arts programs. Funded by a grant from Humanities Kansas and produced in conjunction with the Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery. My Role: Director, Producer, Writer, Historian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/dbf438a0-369f-4258-90bd-1dd0f1f30676/1200px-Emergency_hospital_during_Influenza_epidemic%2C_Camp_Funston%2C_Kansas_-_NCP_1603.jpg Projects - Pandemic on the Prairie A podcast about the intersection of public health, cultural history, and war during the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic. “Pandemic on the Prairie” tells the stories of Kansas and Kansans during this tumultuous time of both a World War and a global pandemic and makes links to similar crises in present times. Funded by a grant from Humanities Kansas and produced in conjunction with the Geary County Historical Society. My Role: Director, Writer, Host, Historian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/d7a1b032-7458-4004-af0f-70e0ce573f7f/2017-06-17+15.05.15.jpg Projects - New Deal Arts and Culture Programs in Kansas An ongoing project that documents and analyzes the various arts and culture programs in Kansas funded by federal government agencies during the New Deal era, as well as Kansas artists who were involved in these programs. Includes a map of Kansas with New Deal artwork locations. My Role: Author, Historian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/8d6ba37f-bb8c-483c-bbb3-ee6016d66919/Screenshot+2024-12-05+151550+%281%29.jpg Projects - Public Talks and Discussions Watch some of the talks I have given publicly on YouTube. You can also invite me to speak to your group or organization through the Humanities Kansas Speakers’ Bureau. My Role: Speaker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/51b99002-5bca-41c3-8939-6f629950fe3f/download+%282%29.jpg Projects - Sundown Towns and Green Book Location in Kansas A map I compiled using James Loewen’s data on possible sundown towns in the United States and entries from the 1941 edition of the “Negro Motorist Green-Book”. My Role: Author https://karaheitz.org/precode daily 0.75 2022-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1663958940348-AWHPK592ZJIBWQG4AVH6/The_Thin_Man_1934_Poster.jpg Precode - 12/22/2022 - The Thin Man https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1663958713855-ZAAXH13PPXULTNI66FKE/gabriel.jpg Precode - 11/24/2022 - Gabriel Over the White House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1663958894466-C1ZU0CBSEEUBMK81L09U/freaks.jpg Precode - 10/20/2022 - Freaks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1663958714106-ZY19DKMQNHB5PN3J15VR/Baby_Face_%281933_film_poster%29.jpg Precode - 9/22/2022 - Baby Face https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1640210454468-6W3VFABFZV8LFSZPAJXH/queen.jpg Precode - 8/18/22 - Queen Christina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1640210449286-5LZ9SHQRVV83PDJMTPW0/shedonehimwrong.jpg Precode - 7/21/22 - She Done Him Wrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1640210442162-BFX6YGI8FW943STIIAX5/42nd_Street_%281933_film_poster%29.jpg Precode - 5/19/22 - 42nd Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1640210408144-5LVQWQ2JHYZ82PGN3CYD/1200px-The_Black_Cat_%281934_poster_-_Style_D%29.jpg Precode - 3/24/22 - Black Cat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1640210380373-Z9Z5CHRJJQXRH8P5QCVI/Designforliving1933.jpg Precode - 3/24/22 - Design for Living https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1640210347854-93S0FMFQ1CTFT1BTMEA4/Scarface-577051853-large.jpg Precode - 2/17/22 - Scarface https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1640210105930-T93F21NFSSHNY630W99E/thin+man.jpg Precode - 12/16/21 - The Thin Man https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1640210058195-I74M20UNAXN8C6UC8LJ9/I_Am_a_Fugitive_from_a_Chain_Gang_%281932_poster_-_retouched%29.png Precode - 11/18/21 - I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1640209994246-4CURNWSOKQG6P2XJPYQS/Blonde_Venus-468602443-large.jpg Precode - 10/21/21 - Blonde Venus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1582401519226-PD4D4XZWOQ0DDSWACXUA/lf.jpg Precode - 9/16/21 - Merrily We Go to Hell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1582401510173-HIUWPG0T6NERVZ77KTMM/unnamed.jpg Precode - 8/19/21 - Island of Lost Souls We are finally back! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1582401497252-QV7K88KNKHSMEMMB1AUA/The_Public_Enemy_1931_Poster.jpg Precode - 2/28/20 - The Public Enemy Mobsters! Bootlegging! Molls! Tommy guns! Murder! One of the foundational films of the gangster genre, The Public Enemy (1931) made James Cagney a star and pushed the boundaries of violence in movies. A review from the Kansas City Times called this movie and other gangster films of the early 1930s "misleading, contaminating, and often demoralizing to children and youth." So come have your morals corrupted by this classic of gangster cinema. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1582401488146-3G3F8PTT11Y7LFSCSP0I/Gold_Diggers_of_1933_%28window_card_-_cropped%29.jpg Precode - 1/16/20 - Gold Diggers of 1933 One of the highly successful Warner Brothers "backstage musicals" of the early 1930s, "Gold Diggers of 1933" may appear to be about showgirls looking for husbands, but it's really about female friendship and camaraderie in hard times. Senses of Cinema describes this movie as "Grit 'n' Glitz" - the glitz of Busby Berkeley's kaleidoscopic dance numbers and the grit of getting by in the middle of the Great Depression. Come see Kansas City's own Ginger Rogers, along with Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, and Aline MacMahon sing and dance their way through their troubles in one of the most touted musical of the Pre-Code era. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1582401446479-A7NSBTTUQND8T1HO6ORJ/I%27m+No+Angel+%281933%29.jpg Precode - 12/05/19 - I'm No Angel Come watch Mae West use her one-of-a-kind bawdy humor to tame lions, gentleman friends, and Cary Grant in "I'm No Angel" (1933). This was Mae West's last movie before Hollywood censors clamped down on her highly suggestive, innuendo-filled style of sex comedy. When asked in 1933 what kind of picture it was, Mae West answered "It's about a gal who loses her reputation and never misses it!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1de108d7bdce95bf1dcac6/1582401437225-0GBDCRJSOQJQ6WZ5TI79/Red-Headed+Woman+%281932%29.jpg Precode - 11/07/19 - Red Headed Woman Jean Harlow sleeps her way to the top of high society in this both raunchy and glamorous film that made a star our of Harlow. 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