The Hutchinson Art Center is excited to feature the work of local artist Sandra Keller.

A statement from the artist about her life and work:

“(In the) Smoky Valley in Central Kansas as a child sitting barefoot in my father’s freshly plowed furrows, I loved the smell of the earth and the feel and glow of the dark brown gloss of the soil cast in the sunlight.  

Learning to be resourceful from my mother was the road which led to my creativity.  She taught me the art of creating something from nothing.  I studied clay in high school where my art teacher, Richard Luster, first influenced me to become a clay artist.

I have attended clay workshops and studied clay with some of the best clay artists in the country: Gordon Zahradnik, Ray Kahmeyer (Kansas Artists) and Warren McKenzie, Phillipe Faraut, Lincoln Fox, Walt Horton, and Bruno Lucchesi, all nationally recognized for their outstanding sculpture.  I also studied sculpture at Hutchinson Community College and the Wichita Center for the Arts.”

This exhibition is on display in our Front Gallery from October 19th to November 15th, 2023.