Exhibits coming soon

FRONT GALLERY: *Paintings BY KELLI SHORT*

**JANUARY 3rd - FEBRUARY 1st, 2025**
The Hutchinson Art Center is excited to feature the work of Hutchinson, KS artist Kelli Snider-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.**

main gallery: *artwork BY jUDY scott and aMY pilger*

**JANUARY 10th - FEBRUARY 15th, 2025**
The Hutchinson Art Center is looking forward to displaying the work of sisters Judy Scott and Amy Pilger in our Main Gallery for months of January and February, sharing the space with artist Denise Biberstein.
Despite having grown up in the same household, sisters Judy Scott and Amy Pilger have developed their own artistic styles – Judy prefers warm hues while Amy prefers a cooler palette. However, both credit their mother, who was a creative herself, for influencing their artistic pursuits.
Judy, a retired art teacher, holds a Master’s degree in Ceramics from Fort Hays State University and currently works as an artist. She is inspired by the landscapes of western Kansas and the communities in which she lives. Similarly, Amy, who lives in Green Valley, Arizona, is influenced by the world around here, finding shapes, lines, patterns, textures, and colors everywhere she looks.
**This exhibition will be on display in the Main Gallery from January 10th - February 15th, 2025.**

main gallery: *paintings BY dENISE bIBERSTEIN*

**JANUARY 10th - FEBRUARY 15th, 2025**
The Hutchinson Art Center is excited to exhibit the artwork of Manhattan, KS native Denise Biberstein in our Main Gallery for the months of January and February, sharing the space with artists and sisters Judy Scott and Amy Pilger.
Denise Biberstein is an artist from Manhattan, Kansas who primarily uses acrylics, working *en plein aire* (a French expression for ‘in the open air’). She uses a palette knife to apply paint and occasionally a brush to create captivating, impressionist landscapes. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Kansas and continues to take art classes both in-person and online to keep her skills sharp.
**This exhibition will be on display in the Main Gallery from January 10th - February 15th, 2025.**

front gallery: *SELF-PORTRAITS by Homer Gilson*

**FEBRUARY 7th - MARCH 7th, 2025**
The Hutchinson Art Center is excited to feature the work of Hutchinson, KS artist Homer Gilson in our Front Gallery for the months of February and March!
This what Homer has to say about himself and his artistic practice:
“At 78, I have been around the block a few times. But I have discovered that life is an art form! Whether it is painting, music, raising kids, or the love of a partner or friend -- it all requires an appreciation of art, in its many forms and expressions. My personality is similar to Einstein’s -- being a rational rational. I have a fondness and appreciation for Gene Roddenberry and the TV show Star Trek.
I believe I have three brains -- Me, Myself, and I! We talk and they are part of my creative process! I have one painting drawn completely by I, my subconscious mind. It is a painting of Me and I. The third brain is Myself and it is the ‘Scotty’ down in the engine room or gut. He is all my primitive instincts, appetites, and DNA. Me and I are kept busy censoring Myself.”
**This exhibition will be on display in the Front Gallery from February 7th - March 7th, 2025.**

MAIN GALLERY: *Artwork by JIM and JAKE HAYWARD*

**FEBRUARY 21st - MARCH 14th, 2025**
The Hutchinson Art Center is looking forward to displaying the artwork of father-and-son duo of Jim and Jake Hayward in our Main Gallery for the months of February and March.
After a long career as a graphic designer and illustrator, Jim Hayward began making and showing his own art in 2004. Today he paints and builds 3D assemblages with found objects and wood in the studio and gallery he owns in Independence, KS. His work hangs in private collections and public buildings in the U.S., Canada, and Sweden.
His son Jake Hayward is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Houston, TX. In creating art, he finds humor or boldness even in the face of grief. He views grief as a void we are conscious of but do not fully understand. By exploring this void, his hope is to foster conversations about a subject that needs addressing but is often suppressed in our society.
**This exhibition will be on display in the Main Gallery from February 21st - March 14th, 2025.**

FRONT GALLERY: *PAINTINGS BY MELISSA CARTER*

**MARCH 14th - APRIL 19th, 2025**
The Hutchinson Art Center is proud to feature the work of Hutchinson, KS artist Melissa Carter in our Front Gallery for the months of March and April!
*More information coming soon!*
**This exhibition will be on display in the Front Gallery from March 14th - April 19th, 2025.**

MAIN GALLERY: *ARTWORK from the 2025 SPRING CONSIGNMENT ART AUCTION*

**MARCH 19th - APRIL 5th, 2025**
Artworks from our 2025 Spring Consignment Art Auction will be on display in our Main Gallery from mid-March into the beginning of April.
This is a perfect opportunity to browse through our inventory of the many works of art available for live bidding at our consignment art auction on Saturday, April 5th, 2025.
**This exhibition will be on display in the Main Gallery from March 19th - April 5th, 2025.**

MAIN GALLERY: *Hutchinson High SCHOOL I.B. Student ART SHOW*

**APRIL 11th - MAY 16th, 2025**
The Hutchinson Art Center is excited to display the work of students involved in the International Baccalaureate (I.B.) Visual Arts Program at Hutchinson High School in our Main Gallery during the months of April and May!
The I.B. Visual Arts Program encourages students to challenge their own creative and cultural expectations and boundaries. It is a thought-provoking course in which students develop analytical skills in problem-solving and divergent thinking, while working towards technical proficiency and confidence as art-makers.
**This exhibition will be on display in the Main Gallery from April 11th - May 16th, 2025.**

FRONT GALLERY: *ARTwork by MILESTONE CLUBHOUSE members*

**APRIL 25th - MAY 23rd, 2025**
The Hutchinson Art Association is looking forward to exhibiting the artwork of members of the Milestone Clubhouse in our Front Gallery during the months of April and May.
Milestone Clubhouse is a local organization that aims to build a community of support for adults with severe mental illness by supporting employment, education, and so much more.
This exhibition shines a light on the creative outlets that people use to help cope with their mental illness as well as bring awareness to the importance of mental health.
**This exhibition will be on display in the Front Gallery from April 25th - May 23rd, 2025.**

MAIN GALLERY: *Photography & Film from Colombia, Ghana & Liberia, Africa* BY MICHAEL BRACEY, DAVID & Bobby OBERMITE

**MAY 23rd - JUNE 20th, 2025**
The Hutchinson Art Center is proud to display the photography of Michael Bracey and a film montage by David & Bobby Obermite in our Main Gallery during the months of May and June!
This collection of images looks inside the varied lives those living in the countries of Colombia, Ghana, and Liberia.
Included are scenes of an Afro-Colombian women's group sitting and sewing tapestries that depict scenes of their villages, which serves as form of therapy and as a reaction to violence during governmental conflicts.
Also featured are images of the Wayuu people, who part of a multitude of Indigenous people of Colombia, indigenous life in Ghana, and portraits of people who were child soldiers during the Second Liberian Civil War, who society has de-named ‘Zogos.’
**This exhibition will be on display in the Main Gallery from May 23rd - June 20th, 2025.**

FRONT GALLERY: *Paintings BY JANICE RICHARDSON*

**MAY 30th - JUNE 30th, 2025**
The Hutchinson Art Center is excited to display the work of Hutchinson, KS artist Janice Richardson.
Janice Richardson’s passion for art began with her mother, who was an artist herself. Richardson went on to study at Greensboro College in North Carolina, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art. After college, she pursued a career in commercial real estate.
Richardson spent much of her life in the Carolinas before moving with her husband to Hutchinson, KS, where she became a stay-at-home mom. Searching for a creative outlet, she established Splinters-N-Rust right here in the Salt City. The DIY Workshop serves as a studio space for local artists, but also a public makerspace for creative classes.
**This exhibition will be on display in the Front Gallery from May 30th - June 30th, 2025.**

MAIN GALLERY: *Selections from the hutchinson art association permanent collection*

**JUNE 6th - AUGUST 1st, 2025**
The Hutchinson Art Center is looking forward to displaying selections from the Hutchinson Art Association Permanent Collection in the Main Gallery for the months of June, July, and August!
The Hutchinson Art Association has collected over 350 works of art by local, national, and international artists. They represent high caliber human creativity that has left an indelible mark on the history and culture of Hutchinson.
With this permanent collection exhibition, we want to highlight some of the works in our collection that haven't been on display in a while or haven’t been display at all, giving them their chance in the limelight. It is a wonderful opportunity to see something you haven't seen before!
**This exhibition will be on display in the Main Gallery from June 6th - August 1st, 2025.**

front gallery: ARTWORK BY MELINDA MCDANIEL

JULY 2nd - AUGUST 2nd, 2025

The Hutchinson Art Center is looking forward to exhibiting the work of Kansas artist Melinda McDaniel in our Front Gallery for the months of July and August!

More information coming soon!

This exhibition will be on display in the Front Gallery from July 2nd - August 2nd, 2025.

MAIN GALLERY: *ARTWORK BY KAYANN AUSHERMAN*

**AUGUST 8th - SEPTEMBER 5th, 2025**
The Hutchinson Art Center is proud to display the work of Haven, KS artist Kayann Ausherman in our Main Gallery for the months of August and September!
Kayann Ausherman is a self-taught mixed media artist who grew up in rural Kansas. She earned a degree in anthropology and has held many occupations, including freelance graphic designer and draftsman and CAD operator for computer schematics. In that time, she raised her large family of children.
In 2013, she returned to her childhood love of art, focusing of whimsical representations of familiar subject matter. For her, the creative process is about finding new and intriguing ways of representing the world in a way that emotionally connects with her audience.
Ausherman has illustrated two children’s books, been published in over 25 national art magazines, and continues to teach art workshops in Kansas and beyond.
**This exhibition will be on display in the Main Gallery from August 8th - September 5th, 2025.**

front gallery: artwork by malissa long

AUGUST 8th - SEPTEMBER 6th, 2025

The Hutchinson Art Center is looking forward to exhibiting the work of Kansas artist Malissa Long in our Front Gallery for the months of August and September!

More information coming soon!

This exhibition will be on display in the Front Gallery from August 8th - September 6th, 2025.