Reviews and Citations

2025   

Scott, Chadd. “Remembering The Topeka Bottoms”, Essential West Magazine, April 23, 2025: web article (photo).

Hrenchir, Tim, “The Bottoms Remembered”, The Topeka Capital-Journal, April 4, 2025

Hrenchir, Tim, “What ‘The Bottoms’ Meant To Topeka And How A Film And Art Exhibit Are Featuring It”, The Topeka Capital-Journal, April 3: Local (CJonline)

Hellman, Rick. “Multimedia Art Project Pays Tribute to Vanished Topeka Neighborhood”, KU News: April 1, 2025, web article (photo), University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

2024

Karash, Julius. “As Controversies Rage Across The Nation, DEI Invigorates Our Local and Regional Arts Scene”, KC Studio Magazine, November 12, 2024: On Business and the Arts, online and on print (photo)

“Stories For All Festival In Lawrence Aims To Amplify Voices Of Marginalized People,” The Lawrence Times, April 13, 2024: Arts & Events, web article

Media Coverage

2025   

Historian Refuses To Let Memory Of Lost Topeka Neighborhood Disappear, KSNT News27, Aug 4, 2025

I-70 Construction Scratches Old Wounds In Topeka, KSNT News27, Aug 4, 2025

Mikayla Kelly, Documentary Component To, “Reclaiming Home: Remembering The Topeka Bottoms,” Premieres In Front Of A Full House, 3 WIBW, April 5, 2025   

Topeka Bottoms Exhibit Debuts In NOTO, KSNT News27, April 4, 2025

Melissa Brunner, Creators Of Exhibit On Topeka’s Bottoms Neighborhood Share Story, 13 WIBW, April 4 , 2025

Tori Whalen, Preview: Art Exhibit & Documentary On Forgotten Topeka Neighborhood Coming Soon, 13 WIBW, April 2, 2025

2024

Vince Munoz, I Am Striving: María Velasco, University of Kansas Office of Research, March 28, 2024.