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The artwork of Judith Mackey hangs in museums and permanent collections nationwide, including the Kansas Governor’s Mansion and Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. Her honors are innumerable:”PrairyErth” Original Cover, first woman in American Royal Western Art Association, American Women Artists Master Member, Save America’s Treasures at the White House, Bill Kurtis’ Artist in Residence, a CBS Documentary, a New York Times Article, a lead story in nearly every major Kansas Newspaper, and many others. Her grand daughter Jessica follows in her footsteps with magnificent work of her own.

In an effort to give people a hand-crafted item to remind them of the craftsmanship of the past, the artists and creators at Prairie PastTimes offer something to behold, touch, see, enjoy, hear, use, and wear. The members of Prairie PastTimes have a passion for the quality and process of making things with their hands. They can take a block of wood, a sheet of glass, a piece of cold steel, an old lump of clay, a single musical note, a scene on the prairie, a piece of thread, a piece of cloth, and turn it in to something you can love and treasure. The amount of energy, thought, work and skill honed over time that goes into each piece represents the artist’s love of life and their place, the Flint Hills. The process they follow is slow and meticulous, more reminiscent of past times. In our mass-produced world, you can buck the trends and take home a unique work of beauty, connected to a wonderful place and designed by a real person with a creative heart and skilled, caring hands.