Connecting people to the earth and each other

Programs

  • The Works

    The Works

    Home of Matfield Green Works, an innovative art and welcome center on the Flint Hills Scenic Byway, currently under renovation.

  • K-State Design+Make

    K-State Design+Make

    Design partner for The Bank renovation, an academic graduate studio program of Kansas State University and eldorado inc.

  • Emma Chase Friday Night Music

    Emma Chase Friday Night Music

    Partner program featuring bi-monthly jam sessions in Cottonwood Falls for more than 20 years.

About

For more than 25 years, Matfield Green Works (formerly the Center for Living Education) has hosted art and community events in Matfield Green. We support art works, music works, conservation works, community works, prairie restoration works, regenerative farming works and just plain good works. In an era when many rural communities are collapsing, Matfield Green works. Our mission is to connect people to the earth and each other through art and the tallgrass prairie.

Board of Directors

Bill McBride, Chair, Karl Rohlich, Treasurer, Linda Ayala, Derek Hamm, Philip Heying, Cindy Hoedel, Elise Mcleod, Dan Rouser.

Advisory Council

Suzie Aron, Laura Berman, Connie Bonfy, Mary Cleveland, Emily Hunter Connell, Bill Cutler, Elexa Amo Dawson, Mo Dickens, Terry Evans, Ellen Feldhausen, Tracey Graham, Jane Gilcrist, Paula Haas, Elaine Jones, Doug Koch, Kris Larkin, Susan Mayo, Julia Fabris McBride, Darius Mikel, Michael Murphy, John O’Brien, Sandy Patzman, Patty Reece, Matthew Regier, Janet Simpson, Marcy Smalley, Nancy Stetson, Tom Tarnowski, Peter Thompson, Gail Vessels, Kevin Willmott, Annie Wilson, and Kelly Yarbrough.

Partners