Stan Herd is an American Crop Artist. He creates images, or Earthworks, from growing, living plants on large areas of land, especially in Kansas. His work is sometimes called Living Sculpture. On his website you'll find photos of his work and links to articles in both the Smithsonian and National Geographic's World magazines. One of these Living sculptures is an image of a white rose in honor of the Cuban poet Jose Marti, that Herd created in Havana.Earthwork is also the name of a 2010 film about Stan and features his Countryside Earthwork located in New York City. The film won at 18 film festivals in 2010.Cottonwood is the original sketch leading to my New York Countryside image on Manhattan Island. The cottonwood tree grew near my bedroom window in SW Kansas and has always represented nature at its most beautiful to me. M. Carroll is a writer, educator, photographer and graphic designer. Carroll has providing training world-wide on management and employment law. Anamcara Press LLC was founded by M. Carroll in 2014 in celebration of art, community, and the planet, and in support of authors and artists in their creative endeavors. Born on the banks of the Kansas River in historic Lawrence, Kansas, Anamcara Press publishes poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. The children's art book, The Tree Who Walked Through Time A Tree Identification Story was published in collaboration with 17 artists as a community project. Carroll published A Wyoming Cowboy in Hitler's Germany to tell the story of H Carroll, a WWII reconnaissance photographer, paratrooper, and POW. She published Spiders Dance with artist Bobbie Powell for pre-school children, and disabled or challenged youth. The middle-school series, The Adventures of the School's Out Squad began in response to the pandemic in 2020. Carroll has also published many non-fiction articles & training programs, & blogs about consciousness and community at maureencarroll.com. Her current project is entitles: Consciousness - An Owner's Manual.