This group exhibition will feature new artworks by local & regional artists, Christina Renee Rodriguez, Michael Pointer, Scott Randol We hope you will join us for our opening reception on First Friday, April 4th from 5:00pm – 8:00pm CHRISTINA RENEE RODRIGUEZ: (b.1968 Newton, Kansas) Rodriguez is an intuitive, contemplative photographer. Autodidactic by nature, with a voracious appetite for learning, Rodriguez is wholly un-indoctrinated. "Photography brings me joy and fulfillment. There is a certain kind of awareness that is gained through looking longer, closer and deeper at the world. Intuition sharpens, creativity sparks and imagination is set free to explore infinite possibilities.” Rodriguez pushes the limits of her art through exploration of materials, concepts, visual boundaries and process (both analog and...

This solo-exhibition will feature nature themed artworks by local artist, Denita Benyshek. We hope you will join us for our opening reception on First Friday, April 4th from 5:00pm – 8:00pm! INTO THE GARDEN: After living in the Cascade Mountains for 25 years, Denita Benyshek returned to Wichita in 2022, with her son. OpenStudios selected Benyshek as the artist-in-residence for Botanica. Benyshek’s son has difficulty walking, with constant pain. Anticipating multiple surgeries, her son asked her to plant a garden around their home, so that he could sit in the garden and enjoy nature. So, Benyshek began designing and planting a new garden around their 1930s home in Crown Heights. While Benyshek’s son recovered from surgery, she went into the...