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Art House 310 First Friday – Aida Bell & Robin DanksOpening Reception | First Friday November 6th, 2026 | 6-10pm
This event is free to attend and open to the public. Show hangs through November 22nd, 2026. Art House 310 is located at 310 S. Laura. Two blocks SE of Douglas & Washington in downtown Wichita.
NOTE: Open gallery hours throughout the exhibition are generally Tuesday and Thursday, 6-9pm and Sunday, 1-4pm.* These hour may vary so check our social media for weekly open gallery hours.
AIDA BELL
Aida Bell is a woman of science and art. A self-taught abstract expressionist, she was born in Africa and raised between Paris and Algiers. She grew up in a family where culture was nurtured, art cherished, and travel a way of life, an upbringing that deeply shaped her creative vision. She moved to the United States with her husband more than 29 years ago.
Working entirely from imagination, Bell explores the world that surrounds us, what we see and feel, what we hide, and what connects us. She translates emotion and beauty into visual form through the rhythm of shapes, color, movement, and texture in her paintings and sculptures.
Her work has captivated audiences at prestigious art fairs across the United States, including The Other Art Fair and Superfine Art Fair in Dallas, Washington, DC, Miami Art Basel, and New York. Internationally, her work has been shown at Art Capital at the Salon des Artistes Indépendants in Paris, France.
In 2021, she was recognized by Saatchi Art as one of the “100 Most Exciting Emerging Artists.”
After living on three continents, Bell has come to believe that, at the end of the day the sky is the same everywhere.
See more of Aida’s work online: AidaBellArt.com, on Instagram: @aidabellart, and on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089223441538
ROBIN DANKS
“Vibrancy Unbound” is a celebration of color, movement, and the human figure. Bringing together expressive vibrant portraits and lyrical abstract figurative works, the exhibition explores the space between recognition and interpretation. It’s where a face, gesture, or body can remain familiar while becoming something entirely unexpected.
Through saturated color, energetic mark-making, layered textures, and fluid forms, these paintings invite viewers to experience the figure beyond literal representation. Some works emerge from recognizable human presence; others dissolve the figure into color, gesture, and abstraction.
Rather than simply depicting people, the works explore presence and how color/paint can communicate emotion, energy, individuality, and connection. Each piece offers a different balance between control and spontaneity, allowing the painting to evolve through both intention and discovery.
“Vibrancy Unbound” invites viewers to see the human figure not as something fixed, but as something alive, shifting, and open to interpretation.
See more of Robin’s work on Instagram: @danksy.art.studio
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310 S. Laura, Wichita, KS, United States, Kansas 67211
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