HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson Art Association is celebrating its 75th Anniversary in 2024, and they have set a big reception date for July 19th.
Mark your calendars and come join the fun as they celebrate 75 years of bringing art exhibits to the Hutchinson community.
Selections from the Hutchinson Art Association Permanent Collection will be on display at the Hutchinson Art Center, 405 N. Washington from June 14th - August 17th in the Main Gallery, with artwork that spans the seven-plus decades of the Hutchinson Art Association.
Founded in the Spring of 1949, the Hutchinson Art Association had no building to call home for its first 27 years. Shows were hung in various places like the Hutchinson Junior College Auditorium, and at the first public library at the Labor Temple at 5th and Main.
in 1949, Marvel Senti arrived. Marvel was hired as the first elementary art teacher in the Hutchinson public school system. Being an artist herself, she was quickly drawn into the Art Association circle and remained an active and essential member until her death many years later.
As the art center prepares to celebrate the 75th anniversary, the Hutchinson Art Association is reaching out to the community for help.
If you have photographs, memorabilia, or just fond memories of the Hutchinson Art Association and/or Hutchinson Art Center that will help them celebrate, please email at [email protected], call (620) 663-1081, or send regular mail to the Hutchinson Art Center at 405 N. Washington St., Hutchinson, KS 67501.
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