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.

Smoky Hill River Printmaking Artist - Jim Sherraden Exhibition: June 24 – July 26, 2026

Reception: First Friday, July 3 | 5:00–7:00 PM

Artist Talk: July 24th | 12:00-1:00pm

Workshop: July 26th from 1-5pm 

The Salina Art Center and Smoky Hill River Festival brings back Salina native Jim Sherraden, a notorious printmaker who for decades was the master printer at Hatch Show Print in Nashville Tennessee. After decades of printing posters and other designs for big names and the masses, Jim began exploring his own artistic career. In these years since, he had created many influential works shown in places like the Library of Congress, as well as, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. 

Jim's personal style of work started as a fascination with using blocks from previous posters printed at the Hatch to showcase new designs. In 2005 he began carving his own wood blocks and uses them to design his current work which he describes as paper quilts. Using the bright colors that the Hatch is known for along with his collage work, Jim has turned his long love for printmaking into something that is truly unique. 

To catch a glimpse of Jim Sherraden’s work and talk to him yourself stop by both the Art Center for his Pop-Up Exhibition and artists talk, as well as his workshop at the Art Center Warehouse.

Power of Small Exhibition: 'July 29 – September 27, 2026

Reception: First Friday, August 7 | 5:00–7:00 PM

Join us at the Salina Art Center for the pop-up exhibition "Power of Small," where artists can show off just how powerful artwork can be even if it comes in small packages. This exhibition pushes artists to explore their talents with a constraint on the dimensions they can work in showcasing that art can be enjoyed at any size. Whether that be as small as a postage stamp or as large as a birthday card. This work will make you step closer to take in all of the details an artist can make on such a small scale.