Current Exhibitions
MAIN GALLERY: PEOPLE - PLACES - PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL BRACEY WITH DAVID & BOBBY OBERMITE
MAY 23rd - JUNE 20th, 2025
The Hutchinson Art Center is proud to display the photography of Michael Bracey, with a film by David and Bobby Obermite, during the months of May and June.
Since 1998, Michael Bracey has purposely focused his camera on the culture and everyday lifestyles of African descendants that live within North, Central, and South America. This project is titled Africans within the Americas.
The idea of this ongoing photo essay stems from the lack of the “total truth” told in American History courses. Bracey’s goal is to visually educate and encourage others to learn about the persistence of the African identity despite the epigenetic inherited trauma caused by the horrific economically inspired Trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Joining Bracey on his journeys to Colombia, South America, and the West African countries of Ghana and Liberia, were Obermite brothers of Blue Barn Productions, an independent award-winning media company based in Hutchinson, Kansas.
This display of photography and film captures the varied lives of those living in the countries of Colombia, Ghana, and Liberia. Included are scenes of an Afro-Colombian women's group sitting and sewing tapestries that depict scenes of their villages, which serves as form of therapy and as a reaction to violence during governmental conflicts. Also featured are images of the Wayuu people, who are part of a multitude of Indigenous people of Colombia, indigenous life in Ghana, and portraits of people who were child soldiers during the First and Second Liberian Civil Wars, who society has de-named ‘Zogos.’
This exhibition is on display in the Main Gallery from May 23rd - June 20th, 2025.
FRONT GALLERY: Flora & Fauna: Selections from the PERMANENT COLLECTION
MAY 30th - JUNE 28th, 2025
The Hutchinson Art Center is excited to display artwork from the Hutchinson Art Association Permanent Collection during the month of June.
Over its seven-decade-plus history, the Hutchinson Art Association has collected over 350 works of art by local, national, and international artists.
This selection of artwork from our Permanent Collection focuses on the natural beauty of plant and animal life from all across the world. From garden cuttings and wildflower meadows to creatures of all shapes, sizes, and textures, this exhibit is a fine showcase of what Mother Earth has to offer as interpreted through the eyes of the artist.
This exhibition will be on display in the Front Gallery from May 30th - June 28th, 2025.