Randall: Youth Art Exhibition, Hutch art fair and pregaming Third Thursday
Jennifer Randall
The Hutchinson Art Center, 405 N Washington St, presents the Youth Art Exhibit, which will be on display in the Main Gallery April 30 through May 16. Included are two and three dimensional pieces created by local kids in the community.
The Youth Art Exhibit is a follow-up to the Virtual Art Camp that took place through the Hutchinson Art Center. This show provides students who attended the camp a chance to share their new creations. This exhibit is important to the children because they have an opportunity to share art with their friends, family, and the entire community.
Zines come from a true do it yourself philosophy, often with hand-drawn elements sharing personal stories.
I published a zine in the early ’80s for almost a decade. It included art, collages and poetry along with music reviews. It became a way to interact with poets and artists around the country. It was a wonderful outlet as it connected me with others and we felt we had a place where sharing our unique art and language was safe and welcome.
The spirit of the zine is alive and well in Hutchinson. A local entourage of artists has been creating a zine called Crude for over ten years. The team behind this publication has also developed a business that encompasses inherent zine philosophies: grassroots, creativity, and community.
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Several area agencies will receive an extra level of support thanks to a $2.2 million gift to the Hutchinson Community Foundation from the estate of the late Bonnie and Franklin Fee.
Born in Hutchinson in the 1930s, both attended school here before departing to the University of Kansas in Lawrence.
But Hutchinson and family drew them back and in the early 1950s, Franklin and his brother Jim joined their father Frank’s real estate and insurance firm, the Frank Fee Agency.
Through a series of mergers, by 1957, it had become a partnership between the three called the Fontron-Fee agency, with a Hutchinson lineage dating back to 1883.
Local Artist Jocelyn Woodson has new artwork displayed at First National Bank, 1 N Main St. in Downtown Hutchinson.
The large piece titled Moving Into Spring has the dynamic and energy I love in Woodson’s paintings. Whether she is working on portraits or landscapes, a life’s story is told in each brushstroke. ‘Moving Into Spring’ appears to be painted just for the space in First National Bank. It looks site-specific and is so well done, my hopes are that Woodson’s work finds permanent residence there.
First National Bank has a long history of showing local art. They have been supporting artists by exhibiting their work. The art display rotates every two months, so be sure to keep stopping in to see what is new on display.