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On March 31, Allied Health Career Training shared pictures of a new mural on their building at 1217 W. Douglas Ave. in Wichita. Street artists Juju (Serena Salerno) and Deber (Emmanuel Campos Perez) based the mural on one of Salerno's paintings from a 2024 exhibition at Art House 310.

Kate Nance wrote about Deber and Juju — and their exhibition — for the SHOUT last November.

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Atlas, a project of the regional artists' collective MdW (pronounced Midway), recently published an "interview" between artist Erika Nelson and the town of Lucas, Kansas. (See our Thursday newsletter for Emily Christensen's report on its annual April Fools-A-Palooza.) Nelson serves as the Kansas editor for MdW atlas, which has also published work by Lucas residents Lacie Austin of artist co-op Switchgrass and poet (and SHOUT contributor) Lori Brack.

How are you, Lucas? A chat with Kansas’ favorite rural art town. — MDW

“ I’ve got high speed digital highways, I’ve got affordable spaces, I’ve got good roads. I’m mostly starving for access to other things, like vegetables. Or healthcare. Or meeting spaces that aren’t someone’s garage bar.”

MDWErika Nelson

KMUW's Suzanne Perez profiles Latasha Eley Kelly, owner of Left on Read, Wichita's newest bookstore. Despite the current suppression of diversity and inclusion as institutional priorities, Kelly says her enterprise is about "amplifying representation, cultivating perspective and empowering community." Revisit the SHOUT's social coverage of the Black-owned bookstore on our Facebook page.

Left on Read bookstore amplifies works by authors of color

Left on Read, a new bookstore in downtown Wichita, specializes in books by and about people of color. Owner Latasha Eley Kelly said she is planning author events, book clubs and other activities over the next year.

KMUWSuzanne Perez

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