Happening at Harvester - Aug. 11-18
August 11, 2025 | Kristin
Wichita Sketch Club
Mondays from 6-9PM
120 E 1st St N Ste 115 Wichita KS
Calling All Art Nerds! Looking for a chill space to sketch, doodle, or dive into your latest creative project? Join us Monday nights for Wichita Sketch Club! Bring whatever you’re working on — no pressure, just good vibes and good company.
Knitflix and Chill
08.15 | 5:30-7:00PM at Harvester Arts
Free Admission
Bring your knitting, crocheting, or any mess-free craft and settle in for an afternoon of handmade magic and feel-good flicks. We’re serving up classic throwbacks and chill vibes — because multitasking has never been this fun!
No yarn? No problem! Harvester Arts will have yarn, crocheting supplies, and wine available in their space to help you get started from 5:30 - 7 PM. Afterwards, head into the film center to settle in when doors open at 7 PM.
Snacks will be available for purchase, and movie magic is guaranteed. Let’s stitch, sip, and swoon together!
Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school’s pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother was right about how misguided she was — and falls for him.
Let Me Take You Down
August 15 | Closing Program | 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Wichita Art Museum | Kurdian Gallery
Presented in partnership with Harvester Arts as part of the Regional Creatives Exhibition Series
Experience the Art in Action!
Join artists Jennifer Ray, Kelsy Gossett Dennis, and Kendra Cremin for dynamic, live demonstrations and engaging conversations about their chosen materials and traditional analog photography techniques. Discover the magic of large format cameras and camera obscuras. Explore the fascinating world of hybrid photograms. This is your chance to get hands-on, experiment with the process, and become part of the creative journey.
Let Me Take You Down features the work of Jennifer Ray, Kelsy Gossett Dennis, and Kendra Cremin in a group photography exhibition exploring the space between inner worlds and physical reality. The exhibition closes August 24, 2025.
CALL FOR ARTISTS
SOLO, GROUP & INDIVIDUAL WORKS WELCOME
Harvester Arts is now accepting solo and group exhibition proposals, as well as individual artworks to be considered for curated group exhibitions in our 2026 exhibition calendar.
Deadline: 11:59 p.m., August 31, 2025
Submit here: https://forms.gle/XWA5RA7U7yW6E7iLA
Harvester’s artist-led Programming Committee will select proposals for solo and group shows, and curate group exhibitions based on the individual works submitted. Whether you’re proposing a full exhibition or submitting one piece, this is your chance to be part of Harvester’s 2026 lineup.
Harvester Arts is a collaborative, experimental space in Wichita dedicated to inclusive, community-connected exhibitions. We especially encourage submissions from artists and curators who have been historically underrepresented in gallery spaces. All media and genres welcome.
We invite:
- Solo and group exhibition proposals
- Individual works for inclusion in curated group shows
- Artists at all stages of their careers, including first-time exhibitors
Join a vibrant community of creatives and help shape a year of dynamic, thoughtful exhibitions.
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In The Galleries - August 2025
Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 3-6PM, Sat 10AM - 2PM
120 E 1st St N Ste 115 Wichita KS
THE DIRECTORY CONNECTS
The Communal Hallucination Project is an experiment in collective perception, memory, and the liminal space between the physical and the imagined. Rooted in surrealism, analog mysticism, and spiritual mechanics, We operate as a fragmented transmission: part installation, part auditory ritual, and part speculative world-building.
For more information, visit dialtheline.com
Seeny X Lawless
Dylan Seeney and Branden Lawless are emerging ceramic artists from Wichita whose collaborative exhibition explores the raw and expressive spirit of skate culture, identity, and alternative lifestyles. Blending a grungy, post-apocalyptic aesthetic with futuristic undertones, their sculptures feature personified characters that range anywhere from anthropomorphic rodents to mythical and invented creatures. Drawing inspiration from underground fashion, franchise brands, and urban life, their ceramic works reflect a world that is playful, chaotic, and defiantly unrefined. Together, they seek to create an exhibition that may challenge societal norms while celebrating the grit and creativity of counterculture.
Surviving Japan
From the artist:
This collection covers a selection of downtown Tokyo and Haneda International Airport. Creating these works marked the culmination of decades of multi-medium training and over fifty thousand hours of practicum on the ground. Hand carrying and operating all of the cameras, lenses, physical film, and support accessories over a twelve thousand mile/seventy hour roundtrip journey nearly killed me and profoundly changed me forever
-SpiderPalace
Rooted In Reciprocity: Echoes from the Garden
A collaborative eco-installation, featuring artwork by Dr. Lori J. Santos with contributions from K-12 art students and their art teachers.
Happening Later This Month at Harvester Arts
Local Abundance Productions facilitates an artist series at Harvester Arts celebrating creativity, individuality, and the curiosity of artistic process.
At HUNGRY, artists get 5–10 minutes to share what they’re working on — whether it’s a work-in-progress, a bold experiment, or something deeply personal. After a short intermission, the host leads a talkback between the audience and the artists.
Join us for the next event on August 22! Expect an evening full of movement, music, storytelling, and entertainment from a stellar lineup of local artists: Gavin Gonzalez-Myers, Mina Estrada, Caitlin Fox, Tessa Seybert, and Lille Nightengale.
Follow @hungry.haveasnack and @local.abundance for artist highlights, behind-the-scenes glimpses, and ways to connect with their work.
Moving to Remember
AUGUST 23 | 2-4PM
How do we experience meditation in a moving body? How does the body pray? This workshop invites participants to explore the intersection of movement and the sacred — whether through the lens of prayer, meditation, or personal reverence. Together, we will experiment with translating internal states of devotion, gratitude, and contemplation into physical expression, using guided improvisation, gesture, and time.
No prior dance experience is necessary — just a willingness to listen inward and move from there.
Participants will be supported in cultivating an embodied practice that honors individual and collective experiences of the sacred, offering space for quiet discovery, shared presence, and creative play.
This workshop is presented by Smack Dab Dance Lab in partnership with Harvester Arts and will be co-facilitated by Mina Estrada and Lille Ana Nightingale.
The workshop fee is $20. If you register by August 8, use promo code NOW15 to pay $15. Register at https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/moving-to-remember. For more information, contact mina@harvesterarts.org.
Harvester Arts joins the Purple Line Project
The Purple Line Project is an initiative of ComfortCare Homes, a Wichita-based innovator in memory care for more than 30 years. This groundbreaking initiative empowers businesses to make their establishments more welcoming and accessible to individuals living with dementia and their care partners.
Services Offered by Harvester Arts
Creative Consulting: We offer guidance and collaboration on artistic and community-centered projects — helping you bring bold, creative ideas to life.
Pop-Up Experiences: Looking to add something special to your event? We create engaging, art-based pop-up experiences perfect for community gatherings, festivals, and private parties.
Space Rentals: Our unique venue at Harvester Arts is available to rent for parties, meetings, workshops, and events. It’s the perfect backdrop for gatherings that inspire creativity and connection.
Let’s Work Together: To learn more or book a service, contact us at info@harvesterarts.org.
Tags: Community, Exhibitions