Pop Up Community Gallery

History & Purpose

Salina Art Center hosts pop-up exhibitions in our Wedel Financial Group Community Gallery to allow local artists more opportunities to show their work, while also staying in a selective concept. This will allow new and seasoned artists alike to participate in exhibitions displaying their interpretations of the decided theme.

John Nolter: A Multi-Media Photography Project

JANUARY 7-FEBRUARY 8

RECEPTION: FRIDAY, JAN 16 | 4-7pm
Remarks by Kelly Mobray & special guests at 5:30pm

Award-winning author and photographer John Nolter highlights stories and images that explore community, resilience, and the power of voice.
This exhibition also marks the 45th Anniversary of the Salina Adult Education Center, honoring decades of learning, opportunity, and connection in our community.

Glen Ediger: Environmental Exposure Artist

FEBRUARY 18-MARCH 22

RECEPTION: FIRST FRIDAY | MAR 6 | 5-7pm

Talk to the artist about his process and how he came to discover it. Environmental exposure artist Glen Ediger showcases his newly created process and medium for this exhibition. Glen’s work incorporates sheets of metal or wood with materials set on top, exposing it to the weather for a period of time, creating abstract landscapes with the resulting rust, dust and patina.

Hope Steinle: April Showers Bring May Flowers

ARTERY COMMUNITY ART | APRIL 1-25
HOPE STEINLE | APRIL 29-MAY 24

RECEPTION: FIRST FRIDAY | MAY 1 | 5-7pm

April Showers Bring May Flowers is a two-part exhibition, perfectly encapsulating spring time in Kansas. Created as a great way to encourage the community to create art, as an homage to Earth Day, and to host Lawrence pressed flower artist, Hope Steinle. Friends and families are encouraged to take part in the community art exhibition. Create your own work pertaining to the environment with prompts provided by the Art Center. Get creative and use any medium that you want. Your work will hang on the wall in celebration of Earth Day. The work in Hope Steinle’s exhibition connects people to the memories they make, and the world around them with pressed flower arrangements. Her process began in her own garden as she realized “the beauty and peace that nature offers.” Through her work she hopes to inspire peace, joy, nostalgia, and reinvigorate memories connecting to the flowers in her pieces.

Art is Ageless Presented by Presbyterian Manor

APRIL 1-10

OPENING RECEPTION: FIRST FRIDAY | APRIL 3 | 5-7pm

ARTWORK DROP-OFF:

MAR 25-28 | 10am-5pm or MAR 29 | 10am-2pm

Please ensure all entry forms and paperwork are completed before leaving your artwork. The Salina Art Center is proud to partner with Presbyterian Manor to present Art is Ageless, celebrating the creativity and talent of artists age 65 and older. This annual juried exhibition features acrylics, oils, photography, and mixed media works by artists ranging from amateur to professional. Each piece embodies the spirit that creativity knows no age limit. Winning artworks at the community level advance to the masterpiece-level judging, where finalists are selected for inclusion in the 2026 Art is Ageless® calendar and note cards. Join us in celebrating lifelong creativity and the artists who prove that art, in any form, is an ageless ambition.