Reuben Saunders Gallery

"Reflections in Metal"
2023-12-01 17:30 - 2023-12-30 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
This group exhibition will highlight unique and brilliant metalsmithing artists from the Kansas and the Midwest Region.
The collective of metalsmith artists embodies a culmination of elemental processes, materials, and concepts in their work. Through the manipulation of metals, the body adornment, holloware, and sculpture exhibited represent a diversity in expression and beauty.
Featured Artists:
-Sydney Pener – Curator
-Cheryl Eve Acosta
-Jacob Burmood
-Sunyoung Cheong
-Mark Cowardin
-Dave Darpinian
-Genevieve Flynn
-Linda Gebert
-Leon Jones
-Eric Ryser
-Ngan Vuong
We hope you will join us for our opening reception from 5:30pm – 9:00pm!

"Big Ideas, Small Wonders"
2023-11-03 10:00 - 2023-11-25 16:00 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
Experience the fusion of imagination and innovation as 25+ local and regional artists showcase their stunning 2D and 3D artworks. These small and affordable masterpieces are perfectly catered to the gift-giving season, ensuring that you’ll find one-of-a-kind gifts for loved ones.
We hope you will join us for the opening reception!
FEATURED ARTISTS:
-Amy Baber
-James Borger
-Marc Bosworth
-Aaron Jackson Bowman
-Curt Clonts
-Dallas Dodge
-Marko Fields
-Mark Flickinger
-Nick Gadbois
-Kristin Goering
-Sara Grant
-Dale Hartley
-Rebecca Hoyer
-Brain Hinkle
-Denise Irwin
-Michael Jilg
-Kevin Kelly
-Nick Kostner
-Cally Krallman
-Jennifer Larson
-Michael McCaffrey
-Mary Binford Miller
-Mike Miller
-James Oliver
-Doug Osa
-Beverly Dodge Radefeld
-Scott Randol
-Michele Seeley
-Kathleen Shanahan
-Jim Simpson
-Katrina Swanson
-Bruce VanOsdel
-David Vollbracht
-Barbara Waterman-Peters
-Katie White

"Impressions Rediscovered" - Lloyd Tabing
2023-10-06 10:30 - 2023-10-28 16:00
This solo-exhibition will feature new artworks by artist, Lloyd Tabing!
We hope you will join us for our opening reception on First Friday, October 6th from 5:30pm – 9:00pm!

WICHITA NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION & INVITATIONAL
2023-10-06 10:00 - 2023-10-28 16:00
Exhibitions Opening | First Friday
October 6th from 5:30pm ━ 9:00pm﻿
Exhibitions Run | October 6th ━ 28th
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Join us in the fight against hunger and be a part of this important community event! Over 20 exhibiting artists will be participating this year!
A portion of the proceeds from ceramic sales will be donated to Empty Bowls – Wichita that will assist in providing thousands of meals for those threatened by food insecurity and hunger in Kansas.
In addition to each artist’s featured exhibition piece, we will be selling two bowls donated by each participant! 100% of proceeds from artisan bowls will be donated to Empty Bowls – Wichita!
We hope you will visit the gallery to experience this exciting show curated to help aid our local community!
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Reuben Saunders Gallery is proud to host this exciting ceramic exhibition, that is in conjunction with a series of related Empty Bowls events taking place throughout the month of September & October.
The Wichita National Ceramic Juried Exhibition & Invitational (2023) offers exhibiting artists the opportunity to win cash prizes, awarded by this year’s judge and visiting artist, Chotsani Elaine Dean.
We are excited to also offer the Red Lodge Clay Center Residency Award! Judged by RLCC Director and WSU alumnus, David Hiltner.
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CURATED BY:
Brenda Lichman
Empty Bowls Wichita, Coordinator
Ted Adler
Wichita State University, Professor of Art
Trish VanOsdel & Mike Michaelis﻿
Reuben Saunders Gallery, Gallery Co-owners
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JURIED ARTISTS:
Chase Barney
Casey Beck
Ray Brown
Austin Coudriet
Matt Eames
Benjie Heu
Tess Hoenig
Scott Jones
Hannah Kautto
Sarah Knight
Peyton Lawler
Paul Maloney
Brooks Oliver
Grace Orwen
Dennis Ritter
Hannah Schelb
Jenna Schmidt
Matthew Skelly
Jonathan Stein
Kyle Triplett
Sarah ﻿Wiles
Williams, Christopher
P. K. Woo
Sarah Zeigler
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INVITED ARTISTS:
Chris Alvershere
Susan Beiner
Jessica Brandl
Brooke D’Onofrio
Bryan Hopkins
Beth Katleman
George Rodriguez
Kevin Snipes
Leah Tacha

"Stroke by Stroke" - Richard Davies
2023-09-01 10:00 - 2023-09-30 16:00 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
This solo-exhibition will feature new artworks by local artist, Richard Davies!
We hope you will join us for our opening reception on First Friday, September 1st from 5:30pm – 9:00pm!

"NINE LIVES" - Brian Hinkle
2023-09-01 08:00 - 2023-09-30 17:30 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
This exhibition will feature brand new works by local artist, Brian Hinkle!
“A celebration of all things feline. Cats with their various personalities, quirks and eternal beauty on display, from claws & teeth to fluffy tails. Our furry friends make for great companions on our life journeys. My cats provide me with endless love, humor and inspiration. No disrespect to dogs intended!” – Brian Hinkle

"LATER BLOOMS" - Seth Smith
2023-08-04 10:00 - 2023-08-31 17:30 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
This solo-exhibition will feature artworks by regional artist, Seth Smith!
We hope you will join us for our opening reception on First Friday, August 4th from 5:30pm – 9:00pm!
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ARTIST BIO:
Seth Smith is a Wichita native, born and raised. He attended the University of Kansas graduating in 2003 with a degree in painting and printmaking. Following graduation, he moved to the Kansas City area where he now resides and works. He has built up bodies of work both abstract and representational over the years and has collectors, both private and corporate, around the globe.
He has been the featured artist at a number of national art shows and events. In 2006, the Block World Headquarters acquired a piece of Seth’s for their permanent collection and the University of Kansas Business School acquired work for their permanent collection.
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“LATER BLOOMS” Exhibition on display Friday, August 4th through Saturday, August 26th 2023

"MISHMASH" - Kevin Kelly & Garet Reynek
2023-07-07 10:00 - 2023-07-29 16:00 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
This exhibition will feature new artworks by local & regional artists, Kevin Kelly and Garet Reynek!
We hope you will join us for our opening reception on First Friday, July 7th from 5:30pm – 9:00pm!
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ARTIST BIOS:
KEVIN KELLY is a homegrown Wichita artist. He was born in 1978 and raised in a working class family. He received a Bachelor in art education from Wichita State University in 2001, and began teaching at Wichita West High School the same year. He earned his MFA in painting from Wichita State University in 2008. His paintings have been recognized through the Golden art residence, the Harvester Arts Community Fellowship program, and the Oklahoma Visual Arts Commission. Kelly has been featured in group and solo exhibits in Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and New York for the last 15 years. His work has been featured in several publications.
GARET REYNEK was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1986 and is currently based out of Wichita, Kansas. He received a BA from Hastings College in Ceramics and Business in 2010, in 2015 Reynek is earned his Masters in Fine Arts in Ceramics at Wichita State University. He has been a studio assistant to artists Jun Kaneko, Conrad Snider, and John Balistreri. His works involve abstract ceramic sculptures derived from experiences and visions one may encounter when moving through urban environments. Reynek has been a resident artist at Watershed Center For Ceramics Arts and exhibited in Wichita’s national juried exhibition and “Beyond the Brick Yard” 10th annual exhibition in Helena, MT.

WICHITA NATIONAL CERAMIC INVITATIONAL - Call for Entry!
2023-06-03 08:00 - 2023-06-30 17:00
“Wichita National Ceramics Exhibition”
October 6 – October 28, 2023
Applications due June 30, 2023
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SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY HERE:
https://wichitaceramicsnational2023.artcall.org/
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Call for Entries!
Reuben Saunders Gallery seeks applicants for the “Wichita Ceramics National Exhibition”, a juried group exhibition that seeks to showcase the work of emerging and early-career artists working with clay and to elevate the visibility of ceramics as a diverse and vibrant field.
Eligibility:
• Entry is open to regional, national, and international artists 18 years or older working with clay as a primary material, including utilitarian, sculptural, traditional and/or experimental work.
• All submitted pieces must be original artworks made by the applicant within the last
two years.
• All submitted pieces accepted for the exhibition must be for sale.
JUROR: Chotsani Eliane Dean – Artist and Assistant Professor of Ceramics at the University of Minnesota. Born in Hartford, CT, Chotsani received her BFA in Ceramics from Hartford Art School and Master’s of Fine Arts from Sam Fox School of Art at Washington University in St. Louis.
AWARDS:
•1st Place: $1500
•2nd Place: $1000
•3rd Place: $500
•Red Lodge Clay Center Award: “Residency Award” for a two-week residency scheduled in the following year! This residency includes housing and an additional $1,500 stipend to offset standard residency costs. Please see https://www.redlodgeclaycenter.com/residency-info/short-term-artist-in-residency/ for general information about RLCC residencies.
Submission Requirements:
• Entry fee: $10 for three (3) entries; a set of pieces may be submitted as a single entry.
• Multiple views may be submitted for each entered piece or set.
• All entries must be submitted through the “Call for Entries” on Artcall.org
Calendar:
• Submission deadline: June 30, 2023
• Notifications begin: July 17, 2023
•Artist confirmation deadline: July 31, 2023
• Shipments/deliveries of work: Sept 1-15, 2023
• Opening reception: October 6, 2023
• Exhibition on display: October 5 – 28, 2023
• Return shipments begin: October 30, 2023
Terms and Conditions:
•Exhibiting artists agree to donate two (2) bowls
• Reuben Saunders Gallery reserves the right to exclude any incomplete or
incorrect submissions from the jury process.
• Reuben Saunders Gallery reserves the right to exclude from exhibition any works
that arrive at the venue in unstable or damaged condition, or that differ from the
submitted entry images or information.
• Entry fees are non-refundable.
• Accepted artwork may not be withdrawn prior to the closing date of the exhibition.
• Artists agree to allow the Reuben Saunders Gallery to use images of their artwork in
promotional materials.
• Artwork left at the gallery for more than 90 days following the closing of the exhibition
will become the property of Reuben Saunders Gallery. Reuben Saunders Gallery reserves the right to sell,
donate, or dispose of abandoned exhibition artwork.
Sales of Artwork:
• Artwork accepted for the exhibition must be for sale.
• 50% of sales are retained by the artist. 50% will be retained by Reuben Saunders Gallery with 25% sales commission for each piece sold to be donated to Empty Bowls Wichita and the other 25% retained by the Gallery.
Shipping and Delivery:
• Artists are responsible for all shipping, delivery, and insurance costs for accepted
artworks to exhibition venue.
• Reuben Saunders Gallery will assume responsibility for return shipping of unsold works.
• All accepted entries must be in sturdy, reusable packaging such as boxes or crates,
even those that are hand-delivered. Artists should follow standard double-boxing
procedures for shipping fragile work.
• Reuben Saunders Gallery is not liable for any damage or loss incurred in transit.
• Any claims on shipping damage must be reported by the artist to the carrier upon
receipt. Artists must retain all original packing materials for inspection by the carrier
until the claim is resolved.
• All works must be display ready, any hanging devices or special hardware needed for installation are the responsibility of the artist.
• Crated or boxed works must be able to pass through a standard single doorway.
• Settlement for any artworks damaged in transit will be the responsibility of the artist and
the carrier.
• All works must be shipped by the specified shipment deadline, or they may be
excluded from the exhibition.
• Artists agree to coordinate any hand-delivery and/or hand-pickup of artworks with Reuben Saunders Gallery.
Items must be shipped to arrive at the gallery no later than Friday, September 15, 2023.
Mail to:
Reuben Saunders Gallery
3215 East Douglas Ave.
Wichita, KS 67218
316.682.1481
About the Gallery:
A welcoming hub for art appreciators and collectors, Reuben Saunders Gallery is an integral part of Wichita’s art scene, bridging artists and the creative community regionally and nationally. Founded by Reuben Saunders in 1978, our gallery is a go-to destination for Wichita’s First Friday art walks. Known especially for consigned and estate art, we proudly present diverse offerings of artists, representing a broad range of genres and media types.
Contact:
Trish VanOsdel, Co-Owner and Gallery Director at Trish@reubensaundersgallery.com

"MATERIALIST"
2023-06-02 10:00 - 2023-06-30 17:30 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
This group exhibition will feature artworks by regional artist group called “MATERIALIST”!
Featured Artists:
-Jessie Fisher
-Melanie Johnson
-Christopher Lowrance
-Michael McCaffrey
-Scott Seebart
We hope you will join us for our opening reception on First Friday, June 2nd from 5:30pm – 9:00pm!
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MATERIALIST is a group of painters dedicated to representation, observation and the expressive material subject. Meaning is embodied in each artist’s vigorous processes and narratives that are at once deeply personal and openly poetic. The revelation of everyday life is drawn, painted, collaged and sculpted with an intensity that stems from each member’s direct connection to personal and familial subjects. Close inspection of their work reveals individual methodologies which create captivating haptic and intimate visual experiences.
While our work is not interchangeable, each artist shares a love of the material and the gestural and the responsive. Each of us possesses a strong foundation in the tradition of perceptual painting and drawing, and approaches the medium as a a meditation on constructing meaning. Working as a collective has augmented our individual practices by highlighting very distinct approaches, while at the same time revealing striking rhymes in process, materiality, and meaning, often creating new narrative threads when the work is in dialogue.
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ARTIST STATEMENTS/BIOS:
Jessie Fisher’s compositionally dense paintings blur distinctions between empirical fact and perceptual fiction through intimate portraits and surrogate objects. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Visual Arts and Design Academy, Santa Barbara, the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts and Studio Art College International, Florence, Italy and has lectured on her work at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, the International Center for the Arts, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy and at the GuangXi Arts Institute, Nanning, China among others. She is a recipient of the Ohio Young Painters Prize and a founding member of Studio Nong, an international sculpture collective and residency program based in southern China. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries in Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Iowa, Ohio, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Kansas City, Italy, and China. Fisher was a Professor in Painting at the Kansas City Art Institute from 2005-2022 and is currently a co-director of Case | Edgerton Studios in St Paul, MN and a member of the Prince Street Gallery in New York City.
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Melanie Johnson’s immersive large-scale drawings and paintings engage the viewer through carefully observed depictions of the natural environment, inviting the viewer to linger over a history and meaning that unfolds slowly. Johnson is a recipient of the Tallgrass Artist Residency, where she worked on the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, and the Charlotte Street Residency in Kansas City, Missouri. Her work has been exhibited in gallery venues in New York, London, Philadelphia, Chicago, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, and Kansas City, as well as in many academic institutions. In 2022, her work was featured in “A Changing World: Women to Watch”, at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Johnson is Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of Central Missouri.
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Christopher Lowrance studied at Indiana University, Missouri State University, and the University of Massachusetts and currently lives in Kansas City. Teaching, writing about art and occasional curatorial ventures complement his studio art practice–making mostly large scale, invented figure paintings and drawings plus smaller works from direct observation.
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Michael McCaffrey’s current paintings, drawings, and collages focus on his family history and home; and the interconnection between a father and son. In the winter of 2016, Michael was awarded a two-week residency at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. Michael exhibits both regionally and nationally. Recently, at Prince Street Gallery and First Street Gallery in New York, NY, Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, OH, The Leedy-Voulkos Arts Center in Kansas City, MO and the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS. Michael’s work was published in Manifest Gallery’s International Painting Annual 5 and 9, and in 2015 he received an international grant from the Elizabeth Greenshields foundation. Currently, he is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Visual Art at the University of Kansas where he teaches Painting and Life Drawing.
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Scott Seebart merges the tabletop with the allegorical, painting an arcadian re-enactment of the everyday object set within an extraordinary scene. Seebart has shown in group and solo exhibitions at the Susquehanna Art Museum, The American Museum of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Lo River Arts in Beacon, New York and the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center in Kansas City, Missouri. He has been a visiting artist at the Mount Gretna School of Art, The International Center for the Arts in Montecastello di Vibio, Italy and Studio Nong in Nanning, China. Seebart is a co-director of Case | Edgerton Studios in St. Paul, MN and a member of the Prince Street Gallery in New York City.

"RETRIEVING THE MOON" - Curt Clonts & Emily Brookover
2023-05-05 10:00 - 2023-05-27 16:00 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
This exhibition will feature artworks by local artists, Curt Clonts & Emily Brookover!
We hope you will join us for our opening reception on First Friday, May 5th from 5:30pm – 9:00pm!
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ARTIST STATEMENTS:
CURT CLONTS: “I have thought a lot lately about what it was like when I was a kid. I grew up right here in College Hill. These neighborhoods, trees, park, and people are in my blood—they are my blood. Life was magical growing up here in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Aside from the fact that the oldest brothers of some friends were going off to Vietnam, it was magical. We played hard and we did our chores. We noticed everything. The smell of rain on mowed grass or burning leaves in the fall. Identifying the bird calls we heard from 100 year old elms. The taste of purple mulberries and pears that grow throughout the area. Barefoot, at all times, throughout spring and summer. Chlorine stinging the eyes at the swimming pool. The purple of irises and the pink of heavy peonies as they droop towards the ground in countless gardens. The scent of honeysuckle and trumpet vine.
These were the things that came to mind as I created much of the work in this show.
I’d turn on the lights in my studio and then flip on the music to prime my senses. Thelonious Monk, Cannonball Adderley, or early Miles Davis. Jazz. Seemingly improvised and always spontaneous. Never knowing what would turn up on the canvas, I just painted—driven by the music.
I drank amazing amounts of coffee—black, because it allowed me to work into the early morning hours, and because it reminded me that it was the smell of my grandmother’s kitchen.
I live in College Hill today, after having gone away for some 21 years. I ALWAYS knew I would come back. I lived in other larger cities and on the other side of the world, in Okinawa, Japan (for 3 years). I married a young woman from Okinawa (she was 18/I was 19). I fell in love with her and the island life. We are still together after 43 years. This happiness is also in this body of work. And so are our children and grandchildren.
Our friends who come over and hang out with us on the front porch—they are in this work as well.
My show is about happiness. And it springs from memories made yesterday and today.
I don’t want to create work about war and politics like I did in my younger years. I want to paint about the world I’ve created for myself. I like it this way. It’s what I cling to and cherish. It’s what I know.
It’s home.” – Curt Clonts
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EMILY BROOKOVER: “My work explores the various relationships between human identity and the things we choose to surround ourselves with or, in some cases, avoid altogether. Those things could be objects, textures, scents, sounds.
As humans, we often cling to or are completely repulsed by things that represent past moments, people, experiences, and trauma. One may feel an attachment to a jar of buttons, a cheap wallet, the smell of lilac, or the sound of the ocean. One may also entirely avoid blue bathrobes, dark wood floors, or the sound of fingernails clicking on a tabletop. These things, these objects, these responses may seem silly or insignificant to one person, while representing an entire lifetime to another. Choosing provocative objects and items from my memory collection to place within my work provides me the opportunity to recontextualize my experiences and redefine my attached feelings. The work allows me to take moments that were painful, bitter, or even regrettable and reconstruct them into new and positive stories.” – Emily Brookover

"SOLID GROUND"
2023-04-07 10:00 - 2023-04-29 16:00 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
This group exhibition will feature new artworks that celebrate the beauty, culture and majesty of vast vistas created by over 15 different local & regional artists!
We hope you will join us for our opening reception from 5:30pm – 9:00pm!
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Featured Artists:
Anne Burkholder – Lincoln, NE
Chris Brunner – Wichita, KS
Dan Chaffee – El Dorado, KS
Phil Epp – Newton, KS
Mark Flickinger – Arkansas City, KS
Kristin Goering – Fairway, KS
Susan Grace – Lawrence, KS
Brian Hinkle – Wichita, KS
Cally Krallman – Topeka, KS
Michael McCaffrey – Lawrence, KS
Beverly Dodge Radefeld – Topeka, KS
Larry Schwarm – Wichita, KS
Michele Seeley – Eureka, KS
Bruce VanOsdel – Wichita, KS
David Vollbracht – Medicine Lodge, KS
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“SOLID GROUND” | Exhibition runs April 7th through April 29th!

ARTIST TALK: Mike Miller - "Be the Art"
2023-03-08 18:00 - 19:00 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
We will be hosting an Artist Talk with local artist and sculptor, Mike Miller!
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Join us on Wednesday, March 8th from 6:00pm – 7:00pm to learn more about his solo-exhibition titled, “Be the Art”!
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Miller will be discussing the various techniques, materials, concepts, and themes represented throughout his amazing show. We hope to see you there!
This event is free and open to the public!
“Be the Art” on display at RSG until March 3rd – March 31st, 2023
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ARTIST BIO:
Mike Miller is best known for his Machine-Nature Interface series of sculptures. These machine-nature forms combine a natural object with a manmade object, creating a machine that produces an original movement or action. Most of Mike’s works are kinetic, whether powered by a motor and salvaged gears, hand crank, the wind, or kids on a swing set.
The movements produced echo the machinations of nature itself- plants’ production of oxygen, the orbit of a moon around a planet. As manmade machines and nature made machines advance the difference between the two becomes indistinguishable. Mike was born, raised, and educated in Kansas and finds inspiration and materials for both the machine and the nature aspects of his work around his home and studio in rural Butler County.
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ARTIST STATEMENT:
“Everything is a machine, and there are two main types, human-made and nature-made machines. For instance, trees are natural machines that absorb carbon dioxide and create oxygen, and human made machines such as the printing press, birth control pill, smartphones, etc. These machines, both natural and human-made, have initiated nearly all changes in human culture. These machines have also driven nearly all the changes in Earth’s environment, both good and bad.
With these sculptures, I hope to illustrate that we as individuals are personally responsible for Earth’s environment. I also believe that as human technology advances the difference between natural and human-made machines will decrease until they eventually blend together, and that the merging of the two is a good thing that can eventually fix the Earth’s environmental problems.” – Mike Miller

"Be the Art" - Mike Miller
2023-03-03 10:00 - 2023-03-31 17:00 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
This solo exhibition titled, “Be the Art”, will feature kinetic sculptures, interactive artworks, and other ceramic artworks by local artist, Mike Miller!
We hope you will join us for our opening reception on Friday, March 3rd from 5:30pm – 9:00pm!
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ARTIST BIO:
Mike Miller is best known for his Machine-Nature Interface series of sculptures. These machine-nature forms combine a natural object with a man made object, creating a machine that produces an original movement or action. Most of Mike’s works are kinetic, whether powered by a motor and salvaged gears, hand crank, the wind, or kids on a swing set.
The movements produced echo the machinations of nature itself- plants’ production of oxygen, the orbit of a moon around a planet. As man made machines and nature made machines advance the difference between the two becomes indistinguishable. Mike was born, raised, and educated in Kansas and finds inspiration and materials for both the machine and the nature aspects of his work around his home and studio in rural Butler County.
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ARTIST STATEMENT:
“Everything is a machine, and there are two main types, human-made and nature-made machines. For instance trees are natural machines that absorb carbon dioxide and create oxygen, and human made machines such as the printing press, birth control pill, smartphones, etc. These machines both natural and human-made have initiated nearly all changes in human culture. These machines have also driven nearly all the changes in Earth’s environment both good and bad.
With these sculptures, I hope to illustrate that we as individuals are personally responsible for Earth’s environment. I also believe that as human technology advances the difference between natural and human-made machines will decrease until they eventually blend together, and that the merging of the two is a good thing that can eventually fix the Earth’s environmental problems.” – Mike Miller

Wanderlust - Pam Bjork
2023-02-03 10:00 - 2023-02-25 16:00 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
This solo exhibition will feature hand embroidered photo montages, mixed media portrait paintings, and paper collages by local artist, Pam Bjork!
We hope you will join us for our opening reception on Feb. 3rd from 5:30pm – 9:00pm!
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“With camera in hand and an inquisitive mind I’ve been fortunate enough to visit six continents. A few of my most meaningful experiences: Bali, her resplendent beauty and magic helped soothe after the death of my father; Tibet, witness to a ‘sky burial’ at 15,000 feet where heaven and earth meet; Sicily, pilgrimage alongside grieving women during La Processione Dei Misteri after the death of my sister; rare and endangered white lions in Timbavati, South Africa; Cuba, initiation with Santeria babalawos; Bhutan, small Buddhist kingdom whose mission is Gross National Happiness; Ethiopia, indigenous tribes with painted, adorned and scarified bodies. Most recently, Japan beguiled and captivated my imagination. The phrase “ichi-go ichi-e” meaning “one time, one meeting” captures life’s precious moments.
Along the way, I took photographs and shopped for the sacred, collecting ceremonial textiles, objects of devotion and items of beauty – both as an aide-memoire and to bring the experience home.
This exhibition is a visual journey of my love affair with the world. The photo montages were created during the pandemic, weaving together the mystery and enigma of my peripatetic wonderings/wanderings. Akin to the discovery of a special something in the marketplaces of the world, the discovery of drawings I made as a little girl and the drawings made by my then 5-year-old grandson add to the mix. Images of my paintings meet photographs of people and places visited. Often a stroke of color brings the seemingly disparate pieces together. Having a textile in each piece was important, to bring the fibers and material presence of each culture present. The stitching is an homage to my mother and grandmother. My collection and images reflect Indra’s Net, the Buddhist Vedic Hindu philosophy that symbolizes the universe as a web of interconnection and interdependence. Unexpected encounters make a richer weave.
This work is an offering to the love and beauty of this world. I hope you experience wonder as you create your own way of wanderlust, be it near or far.” – Pam Bjork

CURATOR TALK: Sydney Pener - "Elemental: Interpretations in Metal"
2023-01-11 18:00 - 19:00 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
Exciting News!
We are extending last month’s exhibition, “Elemental: Interpretations in Metal”! We will also be hosting a Curator Talk with Kansas City artist and metalsmith, Sydney Pener!
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Join us on Wednesday, Jan. 11th from 6pm – 7pm to learn more about this amazing show curated by Pener!
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Pener will be discussing the various techniques and metalsmithing processes, materials, concepts and themes represented throughout this unique exhibition!
We hope to see you there!
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This event is free and open to the public!

Elemental: Interpretations in Metal
2022-12-02 10:00 - 2023-01-28 16:00 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
This group exhibition will highlight twelve unique and brilliant metalsmithing artists from the Kansas and the Midwest Region.
The collective of metalsmith artists embodies a culmination of elemental processes, materials, and concepts in their work. Through the manipulation of metals, the body adornment, holloware, and sculpture exhibited represent a diversity in expression and beauty.
Featured Artists:
Sydney Pener – Curator
Cheryl Eve Acosta
Jacob Burmood
Lynn Cool
Genevieve Flynn
Jon Havener
Paige Price
Elliott Pujol
Scott Randol
Eric Ryser
Angelica Sandoval
Lin Stanionis
We hope you will join us for our opening reception from 5:30pm – 9:00pm!

"POTLUCK - It's All About Food"
2022-11-04 17:30 - 2022-11-26 16:00 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
Join us for First Friday Art Crawl event!
“POTLUCK – It’s All About Food” opens on November 4th, from 5:30-9pm!
This is a group show that will feature artworks inspired by, you guessed it….. anything and everything food related!
We have over 15 different local artists participating in this delicious exhibition!
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Participating Artists:
-Amy Baber
-James Borger
-Marc Bosworth
-Bob Burdette
-Marc Durfee
-Rachel Foster
-Brian Hinkle
-Sarah Hummel Jones
-Nicholas Kostner
-Cally Krallman
-Jennifer Larsen
-Meghan Miller
-Beverly Dodge Radefeld
-Meredith Radke-Gannon
-Trish VanOsdel
-Ernest Vincent Wood III
& More!
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“POTLUCK – It’s All About Food” ┃ Exhibition runs Friday, Nov. 4th thru Saturday, Nov. 26th

FIRST FRIDAY: Marko Fields & Kathleen Shanahan
2022-10-07 17:00 - 2022-10-29 16:00 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
Join us for First Friday, October 7th from 5:00pm – 9:00pm!
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Exhibitions Featured:
“More Confessions of an Old Smarty Pants and Other Stories” by Marko Fields
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“Sentimental Journeys and Haunted Reveries” by Kathleen Shanahan
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This exhibition will be feature intricate ceramics works with themes of humor, irreverence, animation and anthropomorphism by Marko Fields.
Featured in the same showroom, will be mixed media artworks that focus on flux, life cycle and nature, as well as the creative impulse by Kathleen Shanahan.
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“My images are hybrids – pastiched images which hint at a narrative. I use disparate elements, drawn from a variety of sources: familiar and foreign, old and new, ceremonial and utilitarian, etc. Media-wise, I work usually in a mixed media mode, making use of gritty relationships possible through contrasting materials and styles.” – Kathleen Shanahan
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“…I believe that art making and the appreciation of art are profoundly important activities. As our society becomes increasingly inundated with technology, I believe that the beautiful handmade object will gain in value-intrinsic and economic-and importance. As life becomes more complex, art will continue to serve as an essential, visceral and therapeutic connection to the wonder of our humanity.” – Marko Fields
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Marko Fields & Kathleen Shanahan | Exhibitions run October 7th through October 29th
This show is in conjunction with our WICHITA NATIONAL CERAMIC INVITATIONAL, partnered with Empty Bowls to fundraise for the Kansas Food Bank!
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(Note: we have designated parking behind RSG that are marked with signs. There is also overflow parking available behind Traditions – located across the street from the gallery!)

WICHITA NATIONAL CERAMIC INVITATIONAL 2022
2022-10-07 17:00 - 2022-10-29 16:00
Exhibition opens to the public Friday, October 7th from 5:00pm – 9:00pm﻿
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Join us in the fight against hunger and be a part of this important community event! Over 30 exhibiting artists will be participating this year!
A portion of the proceeds from ceramic sales will be donated to the Kansas Food Bank that will assist in providing thousands of meals for those threatened by food insecurity and hunger in Kansas.
In addition to each artist’s featured exhibition piece, we will be selling two bowls donated by each participant beginning at 10am on October 6th! 100% of proceeds from artisan bowls will be donated directly to KFB!
We hope you will visit the gallery to experience this exciting show curated to help aid our local community!
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“EMPTY BOWLS” is an international project to fight hunger, personalized by artists and art organizations on a community level.
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Reuben Saunders Gallery is proud to host this exciting ceramic exhibition, that is in conjunction with a series of related Empty Bowls events taking place throughout the month of September & October.
The Wichita National Ceramics Invitational Exhibition (2022) offers exhibiting artists the opportunity to win cash prizes, awarded by this year’s judge and visiting artist, Eddie Dominguez.
New this year, we are excited to also offer the Red Lodge Clay Center Residency Award! Judged by RLCC Director and WSU alumnus, David Hiltner.
CURATED BY:
Brenda Lichman
Empty Bowls Wichita, Coordinator
Ted Adler
Wichita State University, Professor of Art
Trish VanOsdel & Mike Michaelis﻿
Reuben Saunders Gallery, Gallery Co-owners
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Participating Artists:
Jen Allen
Renata Cassiano Alvarez
Stuart Asprey
Eliza Au
Margaret Bohls
Nikki Blair
Paul Briggs
Shea Burke
Doug Casebeer
Sunshine Cobb
Patsy Cox
Josh DeWeese
Cary Esser
Nicholas Geankoplis
Steven Godfrey
Sarah Gross
Craig Hartenberger
Alisa (AL) Holen
Gail Kendall
Stephanie Lanter
Simon Levin
Matt Long
Marshall Maude
George McCauley
Scott Parady
Pete Pinnell
Carlos Prado
Lindsay Rogers
Brad Schwieger
Adam Shiverdecker
Jamie Bates Slone
Kensuke Yamada﻿
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WICHITA NATIONAL CERAMIC INVITATIONAL |
Exhibition runs October 7th through October 29th, 2022

"HARING OEHM" - Valerie Haring & John Oehm
2022-09-02 08:00 - 2022-09-24 16:00
Join us for our First Friday event!
Opening reception on Friday, September 2nd from 5:30pm – 9pm!
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This exhibition features mixed media photo collages by Valerie Haring and oil-painted portraits by John Oehm!
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Valerie Haring – Oehm was born in El Dorado KS. She grew up in the country near the Walnut River where she had the luxury to explore nature and her dad’s old car collection. She earned her AA from Butler CC, her BSE in Art Education from Emporia State University, and her MA in Art Education from Wichita State University.
Throughout her educational journey, she studied with many of the preeminent college art professors in Kansas. She was the director of the Erman B. White gallery, Chair of the Butler CC Art Department, and currently serves as the Interim Dean of Fine Arts and Communication at BCC.
Valerie has an arts education rooted in naturalism and traditional materials. Over the span of her career, she has explored conceptual subject matter, and allowed the materials she works with to yield to the concept, all the while leaning on the formal elements and principles of design.
“Drawing from observation is like an exhilarating physical workout when one relies on muscle memory to carry one to the finish line. Working non-representationally, or conceptually, is like hiking into unknown territory; looking for something to latch onto and transform.” – Haring
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John Oehm – a native Nebraskan moved to Wichita in 1977, after completing his undergraduate degree in painting from the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Oehm earned his MFA in painting from Wichita State University in 1981.
For the next 11 years, Oehm taught at WSU, the Wichita Center for the Arts, and in his private studio in downtown Wichita. He joined the art faculty of Butler Community College in 1992.
Since retiring from Butler CC in 2017, Oehm has worked full-time as a portrait painter. His portrait work can be found in collections throughout the Midwest and Southwest United States. In 2021 Oehm and Valerie Haring were married. They currently live in Bel Aire, Kansas.
“My work reflects a lifelong interest in a tradition of figure and portrait painting that includes the likes of Rembrandt, Titian, Alberto Giacometti, Lucian Freud, and Jenny Saville. Each of these painters demonstrates a fascination with the illusion of forms in light and space. If it were possible, I would only paint from life.” – Oehm
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“HARING OEHM” | Exhibition runs September 2nd through September 24th!

"See Where it Takes You" - Emily Chamberlain & Joey Rincones
2022-08-05 17:30 - 2022-08-27 16:00 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
Join us for our First Friday event!
Opening reception on Friday, August 5th from 5:30pm – 9:00pm!
This exhibition features colorful ceramic vessels and sculptures by Emily Chamberlain along with elegant pottery by Joey Rincones!
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Chamberlain was born and raised in the rust belt city of Buffalo, New York. She received her Bachelors of Science in both Art Education and Ceramic Design, as a dual major from SUNY Buffalo State College.
In 2014, she packed her bags to pursue a Masters of Fine Arts in Ceramics at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas! Chamberlain continues to make sculptural work while being an Art Teacher for Wichita South High School!
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Born and raised in Southwest Kansas, Rincones began his ceramic studies at Garden City Community College where he received his Associates in Arts. In 2007, he pursued his Bachelor Degree at Wichita State University and graduated with a BFA with a focus in ceramic media.
Rincones has stayed busy within the Wichita art community by teaching pottery classes at City Arts, the Derby Recreation Center, and participating in local art festivals!
“Clay is a poetic material, it is very honest and inviting, yet fierce and difficult all at the same time. My work is an exploration on how this material evolves into my own expression and how it embodies my own lifestyle.” – Rincones
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“See Where it Takes You” | Exhibition runs August 5th through August 27th, 2022
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(Note: we have designated parking behind RSG that are marked with signs. There is also overflow parking available behind Traditions – located across the street from the gallery!)

PEDAGOGY AT FORT HAYS
2022-07-01 17:30 - 2022-07-30 16:00 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
This exhibition highlights four artists and long-term Professors of the Arts from Fort Hays State University!
Featured Artists:
-Michael Jilg
-Kathleen Kuchar
-Frank Nichols
-Gordon Sherman
The artwork on display will represent a range of mediums – from large scale oil paintings and abstract acrylic collage to unique hand-colored etchings!
The show focuses on human relationships to the natural environment, exploring the fragments of a culture’s growth or decay, and the delicate balance required for maintaining chaos and order within the intricate process of creating art!
We hope you will join us for our opening reception from 5:30pm – 9:00pm!
“Pedagogy at Fort Hays” | Exhibition runs July 1st through July 30th, 2022
(Note: we have designated parking behind RSG that are marked with signs. There is also overflow parking available behind Traditions – located across the street from the gallery!)

Mila on Display
2022-06-03 10:00 - 2022-06-25 16:00
“Mila on Display” is a group exhibition curated by Anthony Joiner, owner and director of Mulberry Art Galley!
This exhibition is dedicated to honoring Juneteenth and local artists of Wichita. This impactful work was created through unique vision and ambition.
““Mila on Display” is a tribute to culture. This exhibition gives you a slight glimpse into the world of 6 diverse artists with diverse styles, all in one place. Although these artists are viewed in a similar light by the city and country they reside in, their different paths and traditions influence the product of their creativity. As we celebrate Juneteenth and ask ourselves about the question of race in America, it’s important to understand that there is not a one size fits all approach. Just like the artists in this exhibition have diverse styles, so do we as individuals. This may make many situations harder, but that makes the outcome all the more beautiful…” –Anthony Joiner
Featured artists:
-Caitlin Alexander
-Amy Baber
-Sheldon Draper
-Elijah Jacobs
-Verlene Mahomes
-Brittany Stewart
Many of the artworks on display pay homage to the past while also giving a glimpse of a bright future. These expressive creations focus on personal growth, self empowerment, cultural pride and connection.
We hope you will join us for our reception on First Friday, June 3rd, from 5:30pm – 9:00pm!
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“Mila on Display” | Exhibition runs June 3rd through June 25th, 2022
(Note: we have designated parking behind RSG that are marked with signs. There is also overflow parking available behind Traditions – located across the street from the gallery!)

SYNTHESIS FROM THE SOIL
2022-05-06 17:30 - 2022-05-28 16:00 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
Join us for the opening of…
“Synthesis from the Soil”
by William Tinker
Exhibition opens Friday, May 6th 2022, from 5:30pm – 9pm
The artwork on display will feature large-scale, abstracted landscapes filled with vivid color by William.
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“The process of aging has caused me to look for subjects to paint much closer to home. For years, we drove the mid and southwest, always looking for the perfect curvature of land and trees and sky that would represent the best of where we grew up and lived.
Almost always, the subjects I would chose had as much to do with the things that were growing on the land as the overall beauty of its entirety.
This continuous search for subject matter has morphed into a much more localized approached to include my wife’s multiple gardens. I’m amazed at the continuous changing shapes and colors of flowers, foods, grasses, and trees that our large yard provides.
No longer using my Nikon with its many lenses, I grab my phone, take as many pictures as I please, and then head for my computer to help form images that I can hardly wait to paint.”
– William Tinker
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We will also be featuring a mini exhibition titled “Imaginary Gardens” by Susan Tinker.
There will be a small selection of Susan’s oil paintings on display. Each piece is filled with lush botanical imagery and lively insects – just in time for Spring!
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“Synthesis from the Soil” by William Tinker | Exhibition runs May 6th through May 28th

Keyword:
2022-04-01 17:30 - 2022-04-30 17:30 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
Join us for the opening of…
“Keyword:” MFA Thesis Exhibition by Tim Stone.
Exhibition opens Friday, April 1st 2022, from 5:30pm – 9pm
The artwork on display will be large scale mixed media paintings that explore the current hybrid relationship between our physical and digital spaces!
“I replicate, imitate, and steal digital languages to express how confusing and lost it can be to operate in a world that is both super connected and isolating, mediated through a screen. The algorithmic ways of processing information through coding and keywords seems rather abstract to me, even unintentional or misunderstood.
My work sutures digital efficiency and painterly inefficiency through physical marks and colors that are rambunctious, fiery, and ambiguous in their affect. There is tension between the ordinary and the superlative, and between what is natural and artificial. I examine how bemusedly liminal our physical and digital spaces have become.” – Tim Stone
“Keyword:” | Exhibition runs April 1st through April 30th, 2022

Lawrence Collective
2022-03-04 17:30 - 21:00
Join us for the opening of…
“Lawrence Collective”
Exhibition opens Friday, March 4th 2022, from 5:30pm – 9pm
This exhibition highlights the parallels of six different artists from Lawrence, Kansas.
• Ben Ahlvers
• Norman Akers
• Susan Grace
• Mary Anne Jordan
• Michael McCaffery
• & Gina Westergard
The artwork on display will represent a range of mediums, from large scale oil paintings to textiles to ceramics and more!
The show focuses on cultural survival, domesticity in everyday life, the mystery of death, and the way society is continually evolving by exploring the possibilities for metamorphosis.
“Lawrence Collective” | Exhibition runs March 4th through March 26th, 2022

COLOR BLOCK PRINTS TODAY: Marking A Wichita Centennial
2022-02-25 10:00 - 2022-05-12 16:00 | Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 East Douglas, Wichita, KS, 67218, United States
RSG is going to feature a new exhibition that is connected with the Wichita Art Museum!
We will display a range of prints created by contemporary artists from around the region here at RSG!
These fantastic works of art were created with traditional and modern printing techniques.
Featured artists:
• Jean Gumpper
• Karen Kunc
• Leon Loughridge
• Mike Lyon
• Michelle Martin
• Walter Padgett
• & Mark Sisson
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“Then and Now: A Centennial Celebration of Block Prints in Wichita, Kansas, 1922-2022” will be on display at the Wichita Art Museum from Feb. 26th until Aug 7th!
The International Block Print Renaissance began in the last decades of the 19th century in Europe, as artists and collectors rediscovered the block print medium. Beginning in 1922 with its annual print exhibitions, Wichita, Kansas, played a major role in expanding this renaissance throughout America.

Bruce & Trish VanOsdel: Couple's Exhibition
2022-02-04 17:30 - 21:30
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 | 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.
