
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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Harvester Arts recently moved into a new gallery space located in the Lux near 1st and Market. Meghan Miller, Mike Miller and Delilah Reed are showing new work there. They hope to fill the gallery and immerse the audience in “The Daisy Room Tie-In.”
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Wichita Fine Art Atelier (WFAA) began as a drawing club, but then it became clear that artists needed direction and know-how to advance their careers. After a trial run in the mall, WFAA moved into a multipurpose space leaning toward the arts.
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Every Saturday, Wichita Community Theater welcomes people who want to help construct sets for its next production. Torin Andersen talked with volunteers working on the upcoming production of “Fiddler on the Roof.”
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A local artist finds ways to combine parenting with personal creativity.
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Molly McFerson, the new director of the Wichita Art Museum, grew up in Derby and first joined the staff of the museum two years ago.
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Friends University's The Singing Quakers celebrates its 100th anniversary.
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Microcinemas have been around in Wichita since the 1970s. Characterized by their smaller screen and smaller audience capacity, these theaters feature significantly more independent films that otherwise might not be screened in Wichita.
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Following the death of their mother, "Meet Me at Magic Hour" is about Jordan and their new task of managing the family-owned movie theater.
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Artists often toil in obscurity, even when their work is right in front of us. David Munroe created public commercial art in Wichita for more than 40 years. Patience Biggs explained to Torin Andersen why she’s curating and hosting an exhibit of Munroe’s art … a year after his death.
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When you go for a walk, do you take time to listen to what’s going on around you? Veronica Salinas thinks you should. For this month’s Art Works, she took Torin Andersen on a sound walk in Chase County.