Torin Andersen
Arts Feature Reporter | EngineerTorin Andersen is an arts feature reporter, engineer and archivist for KMUW. Torin has over 25 years experience producing and showing art in the community. Most recently Torin won “Versus” a live painting and sculpture competition awarding him an exhibition at Mark Arts in June of 2025 with an opening May 30. Along with showing visual works, Torin is active on several art boards including Wichita Arts Council. Torin also has 25 years of performing in the community with several music groups including Spirit of the Stairs celebrating 20 years and 9 full length releases to date. Along with performing, Torin serves on several music boards including KNOB celebrating 23 years in the community at Fisch Haus. Torin also hosts a monthly live improvisation series at Track House in the SoBro district of Wichita, Kansas.
Torin has been a programmer for Tallgrass Film Festival, a competitor in Down to the Wire and Take 36. Torin has been stage manager for Wichita’s Riverfest, LIV fest, ICT fest and KNOB. Torin has interviewed hundreds of artists for publications including Seen, F5, Wichita City Paper, and Creative Rush, along with First Tuesday Talks. Torin has been an educator for audio and video production at Wichita State University’s Shocker Studios since 2017. Torin continues to take students under his wing through internships at KMUW, or out into the community as audio producers for live sound production or audio production for recorded video.
At KMUW, Torin has been assistant engineer since 2017. Torin helps keep production working smooth and sounding good. In 2020, Torin put his recording and production industry know-how in an applied statewide archiving project in partnership with the American Archives and the Library of Congress. Torin managed the acquisition, digitization and cataloging of decaying statewide public media on its way to be housed at the Library of Congress. There is currently an exhibit of this project at Wichita Advanced Learning Library.
As an arts feature reporter Torin aims to cover all things arts for the Wichita community and throughout the state of Kansas.
Torin can be reached by email at andersen@kmuw.org.
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We are often told to keep the receipts. Artists sometimes keep those, and more, as they ponder their existence within a brief moment of time. Artist Marc Bosworth has his ponderings on display at CityArts in a show titled "Paper Trail." -
For this month's ArtWorks, Torin Andersen talks to an artist whose exhibit highlights the joy of living. -
The Land Institute is celebrating its 50th anniversary with this year’s Prairie Festival, which takes place on September 25 and will have a host of speakers, performers and artists. -
When viewing an art exhibition, you don’t often think about how the pieces were mounted on the wall. James Porter has been hanging artwork in WSU’s Ulrich Museum and throughout the community for decades. Torin Andersen caught up with Porter at the Ulrich recently to see a work in progress. -
Versus: A Live Art Battle is an annual competition at Mark Arts that gives artists a 20 minute time limit to come up with a winning piece. -
Suburban Kansas is not usually considered as a bastion of high school fine arts. Derby High has been challenging that notion for decades with many hands-on art-making resources. Torin Andersen caught up with Derby High School ceramics teacher Natalie Brown for this month’s Artworks. -
Hear the sounds and songs of a Pow Wow at The Mid-America All Indian Museum. -
The Wichita Art Museum is partnering with Envision Arts Center to present “See, Hear, Feel America,” an exhibit that is aimed at including the visually impaired. Torin Andersen caught up with Charlie Wilks, a local musician who provided the sonic illustrations for these visual works. -
A popular work of WSU art gets a third unveiling as part of the kick off for The Ulrich's Adopt-a-Sculpture campaign.
