Ages 7-10 | 10-11:30am or 1-2:30pm | Students will design various kinds and sizes of masks. Some can be worn and others will be decorative!

Ages 11-14 | This class will teach how to sculpt and paint parts of the face by using oven-baked clay.

Ages 4-6 | What’s your sign? Have you ever read your horoscope? Zodiac signs are common here and also in China. Come join the fun as we explore and learn about the zodiac signs and create some unique art based on our birthday!

Ages 7-10 | 10-11:30am or 1-2:30pm | Students will learn various methods of printmaking and create unique prints!

Third Saturday of Every Month.
This monthly event is free and open to all visual artists who want to connect to other visual artists. All artists of any medium, of all skill levels, and at any stage of your artistic career are welcome. Whether you're here to share, learn, or just enjoy some great coffee and conversation, we’d love to see you there! Coffee will be provided.

Bring your lunch then join us in the Gallery for 30 minutes. These small bytes of art information inspire conversations around viewing, interpreting, and discussing contemporary art in all forms. This interactive conversation will surely leave you feeling inspired and confident about your next visit to an art museum.

A new piece of work is discussed each month while you enjoy your lunch break.

Ages 7-10 | 10-11:30am or 1-2:30pm | Come explore the ancient art of Chinese brush painting! Learn how to use special tools such as bamboo brushes and ink. Practice a variety of brushstrokes and understand how to put those brushstrokes together to create images. Create multiple paintings to take home, including a landscape painting that incorporates a frisket technique!

Ages 4-6 | Have you ever wished you could change something about yourself? Add something new or take something away? We will explore some books like Snarlyhissopus by Alan MacDonald, Still a Gorilla by Kim Norman, and I Wish that I had Duck Feet by Dr. Seuss and create our own crazy critters.

Join us for Free Art-Making at Salina Art Center for Second Saturday! Free and open to all ages. Different project every month!

Ages 4-6 | Scary or cute, dragons are popular in books and movies. It is fun to imagine what they would look like. Come join the fun creating your own unique dragons!

Ages 7-10 | 10-11:30am or 1-2:30pm | Students will make paint brush people, canned plants, bird feeders, and silly stones to decorate the outdoors.

Join us for First Friday at the Salina Art Center — every first Friday of the month from 5 to 7 PM! Enjoy the opening reception for our latest exhibitions, connect with fellow art lovers, and experience a signature cocktail exclusively for our members. Free and open to the public — it’s the perfect way to start your weekend with art, conversation, and community.

June 29 | 3 PM | FREE
Join us for a thought-provoking public lecture by James Madden, a philosopher based in Atchison, Kansas. Madden’s work spans the philosophy of mind, religion, technology, aesthetics, and psychoanalysis. His recent writing—including Mind, Matter, and Nature, Thinking about Thinking, and Unidentified Flying Hyperobject—explores how UFOs offer a unique lens to unite his wide-ranging philosophical interests.

Summer Road Trip: Join us for an unforgettable day trip exploring Kansas art and oddities—including the Geneseo UFO Museum & Mural with Jim Grey, lunch at Fly Boy Brewery in Sylvan Grove, and an afternoon at the Grassroots Art Center with free time in Lucas. Visit our website for ticket details and to reserve your spot!

June 27 | 5 PM | FREE
Join us on June 27 for an Artist Talk with Terry Evans as she discusses the ideas and images behind Tales of Dakota Sandstone.

Ages 7-10 | 10-11:30am or 1-2:30pm | Everybody loves a small bag in which to hold a treasure. We will use special fabric crayons to create a drawing that we will transfer onto fabric and then carefully hand stitch this into a bag to keep your special finds. This class is designed for kids that have had some experience in sewing and are willing to further develop their skills to make small and even stitches.

Ages 4-6 | We will explore the great outdoors this week! Come join the fun as we create a campfire, a lantern, a woodland animal and more!

Third Saturday of Every Month.
This monthly event is free and open to all visual artists who want to connect to other visual artists. All artists of any medium, of all skill levels, and at any stage of your artistic career are welcome. Whether you're here to share, learn, or just enjoy some great coffee and conversation, we’d love to see you there! Coffee will be provided.

In collaboration with the Salina Juneteenth Committee Inc., we are screening "Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom" at the Art Center Cinema. June 19 | FREE | 3 PM & 6 PM shows

June 18 | 7 PM | FREE
Artist Talk “Campfire Stories” | Tour with curator Ksenya and artist Hugo, followed by s'mores on the patio.

Bring your lunch then join us in the Gallery for 30 minutes. These small bytes of art information inspire conversations around viewing, interpreting, and discussing contemporary art in all forms. This interactive conversation will surely leave you feeling inspired and confident about your next visit to an art museum.

A new piece of work is discussed each month while you enjoy your lunch break.

Ages 11-14 | Play and creativity collide in this class as you explore a variety of fun, interactive art games and exercises designed to spark your imagination, build your skills, and push the boundaries of your creativity.

Ages 7-10 | 10-11:30am or 1-2:30pm | Macrame is trending again, so come and find out how fun it is to make knots. In this class we will macrame a small wall hanging and learn the three basic knots that will equip you to make most every macrame pattern you find on the internet! You might just get hooked on this fun fiber art form!

There is no Second Saturday in June because of the Smoky Hill River Festival!

Join us for Free Art-Making at Salina Art Center for Second Saturday! Free and open to all ages. Different project every month!

Ages 4-6 | This week we are inspired by the movie “Moana”. We will create the heart of Tafiki, make a seashell frame, a shiny crab and a Moana flower headband.

Join us for the Opening Reception of High Strangeness: Encounters with the Unexplained in Kansas and Beyond and Tales of Dakota Sandstone | Terry Evans.

Ages 11-14 | Ahoy, Artists! In this class, you'll create pirate maps, coins, jewlery, and flags, and learn to paint a pirate ship out at sea. You'll have a treasure chest full of art skills by the end of this class, and a collection of pirate themed masterpieces.

Ages 4-6 | Tea anyone? We will explore Alice in Wonderland and the Mad Hatters Tea Party in this fun imagination filled class. We will make a Mad Hatters hat headband, a magical teapot and a Cheshire cat.

Ages 7-10 | Students will blast off this summer creating planets, ships, and crazy aliens. They will use clay, acrylic paints, watercolors, and more!

Trustee Takeover
Once a month, the Salina Art Center Board of Trustees takes over the cinema with their favorite rewatchable films—nostalgic, iconic, or just plain fun. Everyone gets in at the member price as a thank-you to our community. Come see what our board loves and why—because great films are even better the second (or seventh) time around.