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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KMUW is partnering with the Ulrich Museum of Art for CoLab: Getting Personal, a community lending art show. The community is asked to contribute a cherished object from their collection. Here is the story of a fossil and how it was discovered on a farm by a Kansas couple. -
When thinking of painters, many often picture a man with a brush in front of a canvas on an easel. The newest exhibit at the Wichita Art Museum challenges all of those assumptions. -
KMUW is partnering with the Ulrich Museum of Art for Co-Lab: Getting Personal, a community lending art show. People were asked to contribute a cherished object from their collection. Ron Starkel offers up a jacket and shirt that has a British Invasion flair. -
KMUW is partnering with the Ulrich Museum of Art for Co-Lab: Getting Personal, a community lending art show. People were asked to contribute a cherished object from their collection. Valerie Jones submitted a collection of her father's old local restaurant menus. -
What happens when two of Wichita’s art behemoths team up? Well, that already happened to some extent when John and Connie Ernatt got married in 1999. However, their newest exhibition features collaborative work — something relatively unexplored until now. -
Having an educated docent to guide you through an exhibit can be a deeper and richer way to explore the artwork. Torin Andersen caught up with docents at The Ulrich Museum of Art for this month's ArtWorks. -
Jack Baumgartner is a farmer in Rose Hill. His most recent work, “The Fourth Vision of Zecharia,” has already been acquired for a private collection. Torin Andersen talked with Baumgartner before this painting left his studio. -
It’s a question that has influenced the art of Yulla Faun Vega. Especially the periods of her life when her housing was constantly in flux. Torin Andersen talked with Vega for this month’s ArtWorks. -
New art exhibit highlights the sculptures and wind vanes of prolific Lindsborg artist John Whitfield. -
An artist's drive to create almost never stops, even when they’re building a career in another field. Kelly Rundell is a testament to that creative spirit.For this month’s ArtWorks, Torin Andersen talked with Rundell during an open studio at Mark Arts.
