Galleries

ArtForms Gallery
An artists’ cooperative gallery, ArtForms offers handmade art & fine crafts for sale as well as hands-on workshops led by member artists in a casual atmosphere.

Beverly Corcoran Art Gallery
Located inside the Memorial Auditorium, this gallery is a jewel within a jewel, featuring the work of local artists & exhibits on loan from other galleries.

Bicknell Gallery
Inside the Bicknell Family Center for the Arts, this gallery features special exhibitions.
Exhibits

Andy Warhol exhibit
“Beethoven” by Warhol is on permanent display on the 2nd floor of the Bicknell Family Center for the Arts.

Birger Sandzén Landscape Exhibit
Inside Pittsburg Public Library. Painted by a Swedish-American painter known for his landscapes of Kansas and the southwest.
Murals

1957 and 1961 NAIA National Champions mural by Ted Watts
Inside Weede Physical building. By famed sports artist, Ted Watts, this mural is part of a series highlighting Carnie Smith and his Kansas State Teacher’s College Gorillas who won the 1957 and 1961 NAIA National Football Championships.

1957 NAIA National Football Championship mural
Inside Weede Physical building. By famed sports artist, Ted Watts, this mural is part of a series highlighting Carnie Smith and his Kansas State Teacher’s College Gorillas who won the 1957 and 1961 NAIA National Football Championships.

1961 NAIA National Champions mural
Inside Weede Physical building. By famed sports artist, Ted Watts, this mural is part of a series highlighting Carnie Smith and his Kansas State Teacher’s College Gorillas who won the 1957 and 1961 NAIA National Football Championships.

Barn Quilt mural
This large, colorful mural honors the rural folk art tradition of barn quilts and was dedicated at Girard’s sesquicentennial in 2018.

Creating Legacy Heroes mural
Get your picture taken with your favorite cartoon hero or villain. Mural is on the outside wall of a non-profit charity working to help meet basic needs.

Downtown Pittsburg ArtWalk mural
Call it “street art”, “fine art” or “a mural” – six artists were each given a space to paint their interpretation of the them “Your Downtown”.

Downtown Pittsburg Sunflower mural
This mural features sunflowers and plants to help brighten Downtown Pittsburg. Finished 2021. By Jenna Spencer.

Father Emil Kapaun Memorial Mural
Inside St Pius X Catholic Center on PSU campus. A memorial to Catholic priest from Kansas who served as a Korean War II U.S. Army Chaplain. Died a POW while ensuring survival of others. Awarded Medal of Honor.

Fun Zone Depot murals
Inside Fun Zone Depot. This historic building includes decades old 140′ exterior painted sign. Murals inside include coal fired kiddy-sized train & logos honoring local schools. Murals by Jenna Spencer.

Get Busy Livin’ mural
Mural honoring Dylan Meier and the values that he pursued: adventure, fitness, curiosity, generosity and a daily zest for life experiences.

Greetings Postcard from Pittsburg mural
In the style of vintage “Welcome from…” postcards. By Jenna Spencer.

Immigrant Park mural
Tells the story of the immigrants who settled in Southeast Kansas and shows what the immediate area looked like at the turn of the century.

Marquee mural
Located inside the Memorial Auditorium, this mural depicts a vintage movie theater marquee, including posters for upcoming performances. Mural by Jenna Spencer.

Pittsburg State Centennial mural
Completed in 2004. Oversees Willard Plaza, on the north end of Nation Hall. By Mark Switlik.

Sock and Buskin mural
Located inside the Memorial Auditorium, this mural features Greek theatre’s two ancient symbols for comedy (sock) and tragedy (buskin). Mural by Jenna Spencer.

Solidarity – Amazon Army mural
Inside the Pittsburg Public Library. Features St. Barbara, the patron saint of coal miners, and a number of the wives, mothers & grandmothers of miners who organized the 1921 Amazon Army march.

Southeast Kansas Love Story mural
Created by local college students, a young miner gives flowers to a Southeast Kansas girl holding a chicken.
Performing Art

Bicknell Family Center for the Arts
Broadway shows, nationally known speakers, concerts, art gallery, symphony orchestra.

Memorial Auditorium & Convention Center
Old meets new in this historic 1925 theatre with modern amenities. Check our website for upcoming theatre productions, ballets, vendor events & art exhibits.

Pittsburg Community Theatre
Founded in 1984, provides performances annually ranging from comedies to dramas to musical theatre. PCT conducts three shows & 15 performances annually.
Sculptures & Monuments

American Legion Memorial Monument
Engraved stones from American Legions throughout Kansas and an airplane propeller were used to create a monument honoring the namesake of this local airport.

Girard Centennial Deer Sculpture
Dedicated on Girard’s Centennial Birthday in 1969, this monument honors the spot the town’s founder shot a deer and claimed the land for the new community.

Jimmy B’s Saloon
Built in 1904 to sell tombstones & monuments. Includes hand carved stone figures of prominent folk heroes including Mark Twain and Carrie Nation.

Miners Memorial
Larger-than-life-size bronze statue of an era miner, with granite monuments inscribed with the names of miners who worked in the Pittsburg-Weir coalfields.

Night Song sculpture
Bronze sculpture of a Native American playing a flute. Designed by Joe Beeler and dedicated on October 11, 2001.

Our Lady of Pittsburg
Honoring Women of Faith, this sculpture by Linda Dabeau is in the shadows of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and was dedicated in 2006.

Champions Plaza Gorilla Sculpture
A hand crafted 2,000 pound bronze Gorilla sculpture towers over Gorilla Village. Designed by world-renowned artist, Tom Corbin, and unveiled in 2014.