Dust Bowl art blows into Lansing museum

The cloud of dust is said to have been visible in New York.

During the early to mid 1930s, a catastrophic drought and series of dust storms caused by a combination of natural factors and farming techniques hit Kansas and other Midwestern states hard.

The period is known as the Dust Bowl, and was well-represented in art, according to Kate Meyer, curatorial assistant at the Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence and Leavenworth native.

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