Current Exhibitions
MAIN GALLERY: PAT POTUCEK RETROSPECTIVE
JULY 31st - AUGUST 29, 2026
The Hutchinson Art Center is honored to host a heartfelt retrospective of artwork by renowned artist and Kansas native Pat Potucek during August.
Born in 1925, Pat Potucek was an artist of acrylic, pen and ink, watercolor, pastels, and more. Any surface she could paint, draw, or decorate, she did.
She worked on illustrations for Wiley’s and Pegues department stores and the Hutchinson News. She gained recognition for her portraiture, murals, and still-life paintings as well as her work with papier-mâché. At one point, Hollywood offered her a job as a set designer, and Hallmark Cards wanted to hire her, but she decided to raise her family and continue making art in Hutchinson.
Pat Potucek was making artwork up to the week of her death in 2011. Her presence continues to be felt in and around Hutchinson, with her artwork decorating people’s homes and the walls of schools, galleries, and other businesses and institutions.
This exhibition will explore Ms. Potucek’s colorful life through her artwork as well as artifacts such as newspaper clippings, photographs, magazine articles, books, and so much more.
This exhibition is on display in the Main Gallery from July 31st - August 29th, 2026.
Front Gallery: Scenes from portugal by larry carver
JULY 10th - AUGUST 29th, 2026
The Hutchinson Art Center is proud to display photography by local artist Larry Carver in our Front Gallery during the months of July and August. Enjoy beautiful scenes captured by Carver on a recent trip to Portugal.
Starting photography over 40 years ago, Carver recently began focusing his photographic skills on nature and travel photography following his retirement from Hutchinson Community College, where he was the Director of Instructional Technology and Virtual Learning.
Carver has won over 20 ribbons in the Professional Photography Division at the Kansas State Fair, including a Best of Show and Best of Show Runner-up. Carver has also had several of his images published in regional and national publications, including the High Plains Journal, and his photographic works can be found in public and private collections in the Hutchinson area.
Carver and his wife Joyce have traveled throughout the United States and to Italy, Spain, France, Holland, Ireland, England, and Scotland where he focused on photographing cathedrals and churches as well as other traditional locations. His photography is an expression of what he saw in his mind at the moment the images were captured by the camera. Using applications like Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop CC, Carver replicates the mood of the image so that the scene photographed is reproduced on the computer, and finally on paper or canvas.
This exhibition is on display in the Front Gallery from July 10th - August 29th, 2026.