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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For this month’s ArtWorks, Torin Andersen talked with Santa Fe artists Jennifer and Kevin Box about their traveling sculpture exhibit that was inspired by the Japanese art of origami. -
Harvester Arts is hosting a thesis show for Wichita State artists that closes Friday. Torin Andersen caught up with Sloane Dyer and Branden Lawless to hear more about their thesis exhibit and the anxieties of putting it together. -
A new exhibit in Salina invites visitors to lose themselves in vibrant color, sound and collaborative art inside Salina’s historic Temple Projects building. -
Several art students at Wichita State are currently prepping for a thesis show at Harvester Arts. One of those artists is Madison Mullen, who’s exploring the effect the internet and social media have had on her experience and the way others see her. -
Two Wichitans have immersive artworks on display at Leedy-Voulkos Art Center in Kansas City. Torin Andersen caught their opening at the beginning of March. The exhibit will be on display until May 29, and visitors are encouraged to interact with each piece to find some fun or even a safe space. -
One of the many art classes at City Arts each week is Doug Cravens' Beginning Glass Art class. KMUW's Torin Andersen caught up with Cravens teaching student Lisa Payne about glass blowing for this Wichita Soundscape. -
Harvester Arts has teamed up with the Neighboring Movement on South Broadway to offer artist studios on the cheap. The groups have secured space in a former law office south of Kellogg, where the rent is reasonable and artists can find a place to create. -
Some artists like to work clean, and some like to smudge. Amy Herrmann is among the latter, and much of her “blending friendly” work is on display at an exhibition opening Friday night. For “ArtWorks,” Torin Andersen visited her home studio to find out more about her creative process. -
Portraits are a popular subject for artists. But a new exhibition by artist Ann Resnick goes a step further by exploring human personalities from the perspective of science ... and pseudoscience. ArtWorks' Torin Andersen caught up with Resnick at the Salina Arts Center to talk about the two-part show. -
The Kansas Aviation Museum blends aviation history with art, featuring murals, architectural details and even airplane craftsmanship. Torin Andersen caught up with Logan Daugherty, the museum’s curator and director of collections, to find out more about what’s considered art in the world of aviation.
