This class is open to beginners and beyond. Fee includes all supplies and 25lbs of clay.

Students will learn basic throwing techniques for the potter’s wheel along with glazing. Fee includes all supplies and 25lbs of clay. Additional 25lbs of clay is $25.

A horse goddess gives birth to three powerful brothers who set out into the Underworld to save three princesses from three evil dragons and reclaim their ancestors' lost kingdom.

REEL FILM FANS is a partnership with the Salina  Public Library. Anyone with a library card can attend for FREE!

Don't have a card? No problem - you can get one at the Cinema before the film.

REEL FILM FANS is sponsored by Kevin and Kathy Willmott.

Brooklyn-based artist Ed Rath has been working as a professional graphoanalyst—a person who analyzes handwriting using a system called Graphoanalysis—for 38 years. For Ann Resnick’s project Tell Me What You Think of Me, Ed analyzed numerous writing samples, looking at stroke formation and patterns of various features (loops, slants, pressure, size, and spacing) in the handwriting of project participants to assess complex features such as emotional responsiveness and depth, imagination, fears, defenses, social traits, and integrity. In his presentation, Ed will talk about the history and present-day uses of Graphoanalysis as a discipline using his findings for this project as illustrations.

March 24, 2026 — National Science on Screen Night
Topic: Codes, Curves, and Coordinates
Hollywood icon Hedy Lamarr’s overlooked scientific legacy takes center stage in this documentary about her invention of frequency-hopping technology, a foundation for modern Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth. The screening will be followed by a short talk, Q&A, and an optional geocaching activity in downtown Salina.

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.

A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.

Throwback Thursday is sponsored by Wedel Financial Group and selected programming for Tell Me What You Think of Me by Ann Resnick. The exhibition is available January 28 - May 3, 2026 at Salina Art Center.

Art Byte | Bring your lunch and join us in the Gallery for a 30-minute, interactive conversation exploring a new piece of art each month—designed to spark insight, conversation, and confidence in experiencing contemporary art.

Second Saturday | Free for all Ages!

Bias-Buster Mini Zines
Saturday, March 14 • 11:00 am–1:00 pm
Make a pocket-size zine that flips a stereotype on its head. Quick prompts help all ages turn ‘first impressions’ into thoughtful stories.

Come join 2026 Smoky Hill River Festival installation artists for a talk and hands on activity, leading up to a large collaborative community building project, taking place during the 50th year celebration in Oakdale park, June 11-14. Discover the magic of creating an Ephemeral Sculpture--art of natural materials, time, and impermanence--.  This workshop will also provide an experience in the power of the collective mind where the line is blurred between artists and participants in creating art that is community driven.

This casual, welcoming film club is where recent Cinema favorites come back to life through conversation. Each month features a focus film, but all films screened at the Art Center over the past month are on the table for discussion.

Match funding from Match Madness provides scholarships, pays teaching artists, and purchases supplies for hands-on art-making experiences. By reducing financial barriers often associated with quality art experiences, Salina Art Center attracts diverse audiences from all backgrounds. We believe art is for everyone.

New this year for ages 7–10, our STEAM Art series features one special class each month. Science Art | March 10
This class will explore scientific investigations through art. Color through paint and light will be the focus of our discoveries.

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.

In partnership with the Salina Selfie Station, students will have the opportunity to work as a team, designing and creating a booth at the Salina Selfie Station. We are also partnering with Salina Arts and Humanities to create a printmaking event. Students will work on a printing block and their image will be contributed to a community mural print. his is a free club for middle/high school students.

Learn about the ideas and process behind the creation of Tell Me What You Think of Me. Artist Ann Resnick and curator Ksenya Gurshtein will discuss how the impetus for this project came about from observing the increased political polarization in the U.S. in recent years and walk visitors through the unusual set of steps they undertook to create the collective portrait of Salina Art Center visitors found in this exhibition. The evening will conclude with attendees hanging out around a fire pit to play a game designed to help us better understand each other.

Join Executive Director Misty Serene for Mini Masters, a monthly art appreciation class designed just for Pre-K kids (ages 3-6)! Every first Tuesday from 5:30-6:30 PM, young artists will explore the gallery, enjoy interactive story time, and create their own masterpieces inspired by the featured artists.

REEL FILM FANS is a partnership with the Salina  Public Library. Anyone with a library card can attend for FREE!

Don't have a card? No problem - you can get one at the Cinema before the film.

REEL FILM FANS is sponsored by Kevin and Kathy Willmott.

(2024) In the 19th century, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.

This powerful documentary chronicles the rescue of thousands of animals during the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Following the screening, our discussion with Rolling Hills Zoo shares more about how AZA-accredited zoos—including Kansas AZA Zoos (KaZOOs)—collaborate during emergencies and global crises, and the role zoos play in conservation, preparedness, and international partnerships.

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.

Orson Welles’s classic modeled on the biographies of several American tycoons, this film examines both the public image and the private truths in a life a man who is seen by others as a legend in his own lifetime.

Art Byte | Bring your lunch and join us in the Gallery for a 30-minute, interactive conversation exploring a new piece of art each month—designed to spark insight, conversation, and confidence in experiencing contemporary art.

Second Saturday | Free for all Ages!

Personality Portrait Collages – Valentine’s Day Second Saturday
Saturday, February 14 • 11:00 am–1:00 pm
Bring a partner and cut, layer, and remix magazines, textures, and text to build a portrait that captures more than a face—habits, hopes, and quirks included.

This casual, welcoming film club is where recent Cinema favorites come back to life through conversation. Each month features a focus film, but all films screened at the Art Center over the past month are on the table for discussion.

In this talk, psychologists Dr. Paula Fried and Dr. Steve Hoekstra will discuss the origins, appeal, limitations, and possible on-going utility of the ideas behind personality typing.

Free monthly art appreciation class designed just for Pre-K kids! Every first Tuesday, young artists will explore the gallery, enjoy interactive story time, and create their own masterpieces inspired by the featured artists. It’s the perfect blend of storytelling, art discovery, and hands-on creativity—designed to spark imagination and a love for art from an early age.

Students will explore different artists and mediums each month and push their creativity in new exciting ways.

Bring your lunch and join us in the Gallery for a 30-minute, interactive conversation exploring a new piece of art each month—designed to spark insight, conversation, and confidence in experiencing contemporary art.

Free monthly art appreciation class designed just for Pre-K kids! Every first Tuesday, young artists will explore the gallery, enjoy interactive story time, and create their own masterpieces inspired by the featured artists. It’s the perfect blend of storytelling, art discovery, and hands-on creativity—designed to spark imagination and a love for art from an early age.