I was at the State Capitol today, and I enjoyed a close-up of the sculpture on the capitol dome: Ad Astra.
It's a 22-foot bronze sculpture of a Kaw/Kansa warrior, aiming his bow to the North Star - appropriate to the Kansas motto, Ad Astra Per Aspera ("To the Stars with Difficulty"). The sculptor, Richard Bergen, completed the artwork in his Salina studio in 2002. On the trip from Salina to the state capitol (Topeka), the scultpure truck (I GUESS it was a truck) stopped at 35 schools along the way in order to let Kansas schoolchildren see the sculpture before it was placed on the capitol dome. Our Boy, then in 6th grade, got to see this wonderful piece of art.
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