Matfield Green Works

05/14/2026

We are very proud to announce that we have been chosen to participate again in this years Match Day! This will be our third year! The previous year’s donations helped pay for The Green, our mini-park. This year we are raising money for The Bank, the last original commercial building in town. 🎉

Congrats to all the 37 organizations that made it into Emporia Area Match Day 2026! These are the movers and shakers of our community! The ones that keep us in motion with their causes, passions and pursuits! Get out there and learn about them! How to support them, work with them and see how they help our communities thrive!

05/11/2026

We’re excited about being a part of this world class event!

04/10/2026

We’re on! Looks like the rain will miss us! Come and learn about prairie plants and help us create a native garden. Hot coffee, baked treats and lemonade! Hope to see you! 🌻

04/09/2026

This Saturday is our spring planting volunteer/education event! Elise is making us coffee and treats. It may rain, if that is the case, we will reschedule for April 25. Will let you know tomorrow! Fingers crossed!

03/26/2026

The Matfield Green Works board is small but mighty, with a wide variety of skills and interests. Our event coordinator Elise, raises the prettiest (and most spoiled) chickens who reward her with fantastic eggs of many colors. Stop by her stand! Also, contact us if you are interested in joining our board. We could always use new talent!

03/20/2026

If you haven’t had Elise’s lemonade, you’re in for a treat!

02/13/2026

Congrats! 🎉 Can’t wait to meet you!

We’re excited to welcome this year’s cohort of artists, writers, and musicians to the Tallgrass Prairie later this year. Each will give a public program during their residency period — look for details on how to connect and participate throughout the summer.

Huascar E Medina - Topeka, KS: April 6–15
Kristin Hugo - Kemmerer, WY: April 19–28
Alejandro Sabillón - Lawrence, KS: May 1–10
Aisha Amin - Brooklyn, NY: May 9–18
Alex DeRoin - Pawhuska, OK: May 11–20
Bel Canto Duo - Omaha, NE: May 31–June 9
Xiao Faria daCunha - Kansas City, MO: June 1–10
Anthony Procopio Ross - Kansas City, MO: June 4–13
Maryam Ghasempour Siahgaldeh - Manhattan, KS: July 12–21
Andrea Walls - Philadelphia, PA: August 23–September 1

Thanks also to this year's jurors and all who applied! The Tallgrass Residency is a program of the Kansas Arts Commission that seeks to create connection and conversation across the Great Plains through engagement with the prairie ecosystem.

12/04/2025

Excited about being part of this great program! ❤️❤️❤️

The Tallgrass Artist Residency brings painters, poets, photographers, and more to Matfield Green, a Flint Hills town of just 50 residents.

11/18/2025

Look! Our second win! Altogether we won an extra $300 today!!

11/18/2025

At the Match Day event. So great to see so many non-profits, donors and volunteers. Matfield Green Works won three prizes today! Lucky spin the wheel! Donations can be made online until 11:59 tonight. Thank you for your support!!!

11/17/2025

We have won two prizes today! You still have time to donate!!