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99% Invisible: Great Balls of Twine
A conversation about the fight for supremecy in the landscape of World’s Largest Balls of Twines.
Listen to the full episode by clicking the logo, with Erika talking about why it’s important in the Coda.
07.16.2019
High Visibility: On Location in Rural America and Indian Country
Traveling in Place: Erika Nelson
Independent artist and educator Erika Nelson discusses the communities, places, and artworks that tell the story of her two-year journey living in a vehicle and meeting people who built Visionary Art Environments and Roadside Vernacular Architecture across the United States - and discusses the development of her own traveling roadside attraction and museum.
11.16.2021
Atlas Obscura, The Podcast
In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit with artist Erika Nelson, who didn’t set out in life to become one of the foremost connoisseurs of large things. But her museum in Lucas, Kansas, has become the ultimate tribute to the roadside attraction.
09.20.2021
TEDxKC
Museum of the world's largest things ... that are small:
As the curator of The world's Largest Museum of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things — Erika Nelson is a professional wanderer and visitor of roadside attractions.
07.2020
Slate How To! How to Put your Town on the Map
On this episode of How To!, we bring on roadside attraction aficionado Erika Nelson. She’s the creator of the World’s Largest Collection of the World’s Smallest Versions of the World’s Largest Things. She’s also an artist who helps towns like Smyrna develop their own car-stopping attractions. She decodes the magic of the most wondrous roadside attractions and explains why hosting a Guinness World Record–holding object is not the only key to success. You also have to tell a good story.
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01.18.2024
Smithsonian Magazine: One Artist’s Colossal Quest to Share Her Love of Roadside Americana
Paul Nicholaus writes an in-depth look at Erika, her decades-long travels along the backroads and byways of America, and why small towns with big things matter.
Read the full story by clicking the logo.
02.10.2010
The Wall Street Journal: These Unknown Sculptors Are Outstanding In Their Fields in Kansas -
Stephanie Simon examines the Roadside Sculptures and Sculptors of rural Kansas. The full story is available (for subscribers) by clicking the logo.
For non-subscribers, the pull quote that spread throughout the sidebars of business pages across the nation came from Erika: “No one expects anything out of Kansas, so that gives you a permission slip to do whatever the hell you want.”
2011
ArtForum Critics Picks: ‘here’.
Critic Katherine Rochester reviews the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art’s group show ‘here’, with a pic of Scout, Erika’s daily driver art car, and the sideshow setup featured in the first floor gallery space.
“here.” PAFA, October 22, 2011 - December 31, 2011
05.11.2023
The Lawrence Times: Artists’ Works Respond to Roadside Attractions That Lean on Stereotypes and Misappropriate Cultures
Chansi Long investigates and Molly Adams photographs the three-person “Inappropriation at TeePee Junction” show, linked in the image to the right.
A two-day pop-up engaged three artists responding to oft-used stereotypes, staged at TeePee Junction in Lawrence Kansas.
05.26.2022
‘A Hole in the Ground’ and Other Quirky Curiosities Mean Money and Pride for Small Kansas Towns
Dave Kondos visits Kansas World’s Largest Things to examine the economic impact of roadside attractions. In this deep dive, Kondos visits with Erika at the Expo, Linda Clover at the Ball of Twine, and Stacy Barnes at the World’s Largest Hand-Dug Well.
PODCASTS YOUTUBES EMBARASSING MOMENTS BRUSHES WITH CELEBRITY ULTRANICHE
AUDIOfile
sounds great
99% Invisible: Great Balls of Twine
A conversation about the fight for supremecy in the landscape of World’s Largest Balls of Twines.
Listen to the full episode by clicking the logo, with Erika talking about why it’s important in the Coda.
07.16.2019
High Visibility: On Location in Rural America and Indian Country
Traveling in Place: Erika Nelson
Independent artist and educator Erika Nelson discusses the communities, places, and artworks that tell the story of her two-year journey living in a vehicle and meeting people who built visionary Art Environments and Roadside Vernacular Architecture across the United States - and discusses the development of her own traveling roadside attraction and museum.
11.16.2021
Atlas Obscura, The Podcast
In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit with artist Erika Nelson, who didn’t set out in life to become one of the foremost connoisseurs of large things. But her museum in Lucas, Kansas, has become the ultimate tribute to the roadside attraction.
09.20.2021
TEDxKC
Museum of the world's largest things ... that are small:
As the curator of The world's Largest Museum of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things — Erika Nelson is a professional wanderer and visitor of roadside attractions.
07.2020
Slate How To! How to Put your Town on the Map
On this episode of How To!, we bring on roadside attraction aficionado Erika Nelson. She’s the creator of the World’s Largest Collection of the World’s Smallest Versions of the World’s Largest Things. She’s also an artist who helps towns like Smyrna develop their own car-stopping attractions. She decodes the magic of the most wondrous roadside attractions and explains why hosting a Guinness World Record–holding object is not the only key to success. You also have to tell a good story.