Reuben Saunders Gallery

Bruce & Trish VanOsdel: Couple's Exhibition
2022-02-04 17:30 - 21:30 (America/Chicago)
Join us this First Friday for Bruce and Trish Vanosdel: Couple’s Exhibition!
This exhibition will feature Trish’s life-size steel wool sculptures, along with Bruce’s colorful, textured ceramic vessels.
We hope you will join us for our reception from 5:30 – 8:00pm!
February First Friday – “Bruce and Trish VanOsdel: Couple’s Exhibition” runs Feb. 4th through Feb 26th.

5 Point Perspective
2022-01-07 09:00 - 2022-01-30 17:30 (America/Chicago) | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
For our annual staff curated exhibition, each person chose five pieces of art from the gallery based on five categories:
-Contemporary
-Traditional
-Printmaking
-Estate
-Sculpture
The artwork featured ranges in medium, style, and era! We hope this offers not only an insight into each of us, but also each of the artists featured in this exhibition.
We hope you can join on First Friday, January 7th for the opening reception from 5:30 – 9:00 PM. “5 Point Perspective” will be on display until Saturday, January 28th.

Spatial Limits
2021-12-03 10:00 - 2021-12-30 17:30 (America/Chicago)
Featuring artwork by:
Bob Burdette,
Dallas Dodge,
Jonathan Fitz,
Kyle Johns,
Randy Regier,
and Larry Schwarm!
This exhibition highlights the parallels of exploration between five different artists. The artwork on display primarily focuses on nostalgic experiences, space adventure, vintage-inspired toys and the way society intertwines these concepts today.
The artists are asking their viewers to engage with the artwork and explore what is beyond the object itself. It is an invitation to acknowledge that we all currently approach these new but familiar objects in a different way than we once did in childhood.
We hope you will join us for our reception from 5:30 – 9:00!
December First Friday – “Spatial Limits” Exhibition runs Dec. 3rd through Dec. 30th

Fall Color Field
2021-11-05 10:00 - 2021-11-27 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
This First Friday at RSG we will be opening our new exhibition titled “Fall Color Field”. This show will consist of a selection of new, never before seen works by local and regional artists. We are excited to showcase such a wide variety of new pieces, and we hope you will join us for our reception from 5:30 – 9:00!
Featuring work by:
James Borger
Aaron Jackson Bowman
Aaron Morgan Brown
Bob Burdette
Rob Compton
Bill Goffrier
Tom Gormally
Brian Hinkle
Kyle Johns
Cally Krallman
Mary Binford Miller
Chiyoko Myose
James Oliver
David Olson
Barbara Waterman Peters
Larry Peters
Merrill Peterson
Beverly Dodge Radefeld
Bob Schwan
Jim Simpson
David Vollbracht

Steve Murillo : Zero Sum Game
2021-10-01 17:00 - 2021-10-30 16:00 (America/Chicago)
FIRST FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1st | 5:00 – 9:00
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This First Friday at RSG, we will be opening a new exhibition titled “Zero-Sum Game”. This exhibition will highlight artist Steve Murillo, who lives and paints in Wichita, Kansas. We will be featuring over 15 original artworks created by him! We are also excited to display sculptural chess sets made by local Wichita artists including:
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Trish Van Osdel
Bruce Van Osdel
Chris Brunner
Emily Chamberlain
Marc Durfee
Mike Miller
Ted Adler
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October 1, 2021 from 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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“These constructions or processes are symbols, as abstract expressions, which loom around us like planetary systems, similar to what is already known in part yet foreign and enlightening” – Steve Murillo

Rebecca HOYER | Labyrinth: Drawing a Meditative Line
2021-09-03 - 2021-09-26 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
FIRST First Friday, September 3rd | 5:00 – 9:00

This First Friday at RSG, we will be opening a new solo exhibition titled “Labyrinth: Drawing a Meditative Line”. This exhibition will highlight artist Rebecca Hoyer, who lives and paints in Wichita, Kansas and will be featuring over 30 original artworks created by her. We are excited to display this collection of oil paintings and watercolors! We hope you will join us for our reception on:
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September 3rd, 2021 from 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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“I paint houses and trees because they are adversaries. I am telling the story of how these two forces live together. Houses want permanence. They are a pile of bricks and want to be left alone. Trees want change. They want to grow. They make more trees. They crack sidewalks and bring down chimneys.” -Rebecca Hoyer

GARDENS FOR PEGGY: A. MARY KAY
2021-08-06 10:00 - 2021-08-31 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States

SUMMER LOVIN'
2021-07-02 10:00 - 2021-07-31 17:30 (America/Chicago) | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States

Juneteenth Celebration Mwangaza
2021-06-04 10:00 - 2021-06-26 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
Featuring work by Kamala Eaton, Barry Johnson, Verlene Mahomes, Erick Nkana

LOOSE CHANGE: Rainbows in the Couch Cushions
2021-05-07 10:00 - 2021-05-29 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Gallery at Artworks, 7724 East Central, #300, Wichita, KS, 67206, United States
Accompanying Artists with 3D Work: Curt Clonts, Chris Brunner, Marc Durfee, Denise Irwin, Tyler Kimball

PRAIRIE CHRONICLES
2021-04-02 - 2021-04-30 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
OPENING APRIL 2, 7:30-9:30 PM
Join us for our April First Friday solo exhibition. We are excited to be welcoming Kansas photographer Larry Schwarm into the gallery. Schwarm’s show focuses on the juxtaposition between the sublime beauty of the Midwest prairies and the absurd beauty of the human civilizations developed on them.
The exhibition opens April 2 at the Reuben Saunders Gallery and runs through April 30.
*Due to the pandemic, we’ve decided it’s best to alter our event to keep everyone as safe as possible. The opening hours are 10 am to 9 pm. Please feel free to drop in during the day. We do REQUIRE MASKS and will limit the number of visitors in the gallery at any one time.

Transformation - Paintings by Susan Grace
2021-01-08 - 2021-02-19
Susan Grace is a painter who lives and works in Lawrence, KS. Her work has been widely exhibited throughout the U.S., and she has received numerous awards for her work. Her paintings are in many private and public collections, including the Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS and The Art of Emprise Collection, Wichita, KS. Although she studied painting in Athens, Greece, her academic background is primarily in literature and theater, and she taught courses in modern American and European literature at universities in the U.S. and at The American College of Greece in Athens, Greece. While teaching, she always maintained an active studio practice regardless of where she was living. Upon returning to the U.S., she held a tenured faculty position at the University of Kansas until she left for a full-time artist studio practice. Her study of literature and theater continues to inspire and influence her work.

New Gallery Space Celebration
2020-12-04 10:00 - 2020-12-27 17:00 UTC
For the month of December, we are showcasing our local and regional artists in our newly renovated gallery space. Please join us December 4 on First Friday from 5:30 – 7:00 PM to celebrate with the Reuben Saunders Gallery.
This exhibition will feature a range of works from various artists including Todd Matson, Phil Epp, Elizabeth Rowley, James Borger, Josh Tripoli and many more.

Colony 39_Randy Regier
2020-11-13 - 2020-12-31
This new body of work with be installed in our windows and can be viewed from outside as well as inside.
THROUGH DECEMBER.

“Sometime in the mid ‘80s, I encountered a vintage Japanese-made tabletop battery powered game/toy at a small thrift shop. I bought it for a couple of reasons, most notably the lithography and graphics were excellent, all outer-space themed, and because the more I examined it the more I wanted to know the people that conceived of and made it. It’s long gone now, can’t even recall how or when I let it go. But the important thing is I still think of it and wonder what it was, I never really understood it (it did not work). In a way the enigmatic nature of that piece and the mystery that shrouds my knowledge of it makes it one of my favorite objects. My personal Venus of Willendorf I guess.
This “Shokuminchi 39” work is my exploration of the unknown, the enigmatic, the experience of both encountering and/or being the other. But it’s also the case, as the works are revealing to me, that no matter where we go, we take ourselves along, our predilections, the best and the worst of who we are and what we desire. As my dad told me before we left Oregon years ago to start anew in Kansas, “Randy, there are no geographical solutions.” He was right, but that doesn’t stop us from exploring, and wondering…
Welcome to Colony 39.
Randy Regier
11/2020

Brian Hinkle: 2020 If Only
2020-06-05 10:00 - 17:30 UTC | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
Join us for our June First Friday solo exhibition: Brian Hinkle- 2020 If Only. This exhibition features art created during his time in quarantine.
“Please don’t come to the opening*. I may or may not show up. I’ll be standing by the keg of wine in the other room. These past two months I’ve been trying to keep my hands busy and my mind. Seriously, I hope to see y’all soon.” -B HinkleThe exhibition opens June 5 at the Reuben Saunders Gallery and runs through June 26.
*Due to the pandemic, we’ve decided it’s best to alter our event to keep everyone as safe as possible. The opening hours are 10am to 5:30pm. Please feel free to drop in during the day. We do REQUIRE MASKS and will limit the number of visitors in the gallery at any one time.

ART SALE : RSG Inventory
2020-03-06 - 2020-03-28 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
For the month of March, we want to focus on artworks from the gallery by highlighting our collection with an art sale event. Join us March 6 on First Friday from 5:30 – 9:00 PM for to celebrate with the Reuben Saunders Gallery.
This exhibition will feature a range of works from Prairie Print Makers, Associated American Artists, to some of our contemporary artists from the gallery collection.
ART SALE : RSG Inventory runs March 6-28.

It Takes Two : Couples Exhibition
2020-02-07 - 2020-02-29 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
Join us for our First Friday exhibition, It Takes Two : Couples Exhibition in February. This exhibition features artists making art together in Kansas. Maybe these artists actively collaborate on pieces, maybe they simply share their inspirations together, or perhaps they even share a studio.
It Takes Two features artists:
Barbara Waterman-Peters and Larry Peters
Tina Thomas and Dan Gegen
Trish and Bruce VanOsdel
Emily Chamberlain and Joseph Rincones
Susan Blackwood and Howard Friedland
We hope you can join us on February 7 from 5:30 – 9:00 PM for the opening reception. It Takes Two : Couples Exhibition closes February 29.

Our Favorite Things : Annual Staff Curated Exhibition
2020-01-03 - 2020-02-01 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
For our annual staff curated exhibition, we each picked five pieces of art from the gallery based on five categories: contemporary, traditional, print, estate, and 3D. Artwork featured ranges in medium, style, and era, which we hope offers not only an insight into each of us, but also each of the artists featured in this exhibition.
Our Favorite Things is on display until February 1st.

In Living Color
2019-12-06 - 2019-12-28 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
First Friday | December 6th 5:30 – 9:00 PM
Join us for our December First Friday exhibition: In Living Color. This exhibition features artists working in a variety of mediums using color to bring their works to life in vibrant and exciting ways. In Living Color features artists: Aaron Jackson Bowman, Garet Reynek, James Borger, Kirsten Shannon, Matthew Hilyard, and Tim Stone.
We hope you can join us December 6 from 5:30 – 9:00 PM for the opening reception. In Living Color is open until December 28.

"LIGHTHOUSE" : Josh Tripoli
2019-11-01 - 2019-12-02 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
First Friday | November 1st 5:30 – 9:00 PM
“LIGHTHOUSE” : A new solo exhibition featuring Josh Tripoli.
The show features a body of figurative work that’s been developed over the course of two years by Josh Tripoli. “LIGHTHOUSE” opens November 1st at the Reuben Saunders Gallery and runs through December 2nd.
The idea for “LIGHTHOUSE” originates in the Bible’s, “bodies are temples” verse (1 Corinthians 6:19), which found a creatively compelling analogue in the body as a lighthouse. Light as awareness, revealer, a benevolent, guiding beacon. House a seafarer’s haven, a return from the wonders and tumults of love, empathy, compassion, joy, envy, pride, violence, and fear. The relationship between keeper and voyager.
Join us for the opening of this show on November 1st for First Friday at the Reuben Saunders Gallery from 5:30 – 9:00 PM.
Featured work:
“Actor” Tripoli, 2019, oil on canvas

The Medium is the Message
2019-10-04 - 2019-10-27 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
First Friday | October 4th 5:30 – 9:00
This group show will feature artists that work in a variety of mediums!
“The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium – that is, of any extension of ourselves – result from the new scale that is introduced into our affairs by each extension of ourselves, or by any new technology.” – Marshall McLuhan
Show will run through October 27th
