The Hutchinson Art Center is excited to feature the work of Hutchinson, KS artist Kelli Short in our Front Gallery for the months of January and February!

Kelli Snider-Short’s creative pursuits began in childhood when she would go through her mother and grandmother’s fabric remnants and put them together to create flashy fashion designs. As she grew older, she would try and fit as many art classes as she could into her schedule, along with other creative classes such as woodworking and sewing.

Today, Kelli uses art as a means of therapy. She is a practitioner of reiki, yoga, sound therapy, and uses painting, jewelry making, sewing, and even cooking as a way to transmute tense or anxious energy into something nourishing. Most of her work lives in the realm of abstract with occasional representations of nature.

This exhibition will be on display in the Front Gallery from January 3rd - February 1st, 2025.