Enjoy the beauty of the outdoors in the comfort of Mark Arts’ School of Creativity Gallery for Randall Bennett’s exhibition “Broad Horizon, Encompassing Sky.” Featuring realistic landscapes of Kansas and the Great Plains, the exhibition is on view from July 12-Aug. 23. Related events are a public reception 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, July 18, and an artist talk 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13. Bennett, who has lived and traveled extensively abroad and in the U.S., is a longtime fine and commercial artist and is also the owner/director of Tall Grass Museum Services. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. The exhibition and related events are free.

Image: "Flint Hills Abstract No. 2" by Randall Bennett