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HUE  GALLERY  –  CONTEMPORARY  ART  GALLERY  THAT   EXPLORES  THE  NATION’S  WORKS   Opened  since  September  2014,  HUE  Gallery,  located  in  Wichita,  Kansas,  has  been   bringing  in  artists  throughout  the  country  to  give  a  new  light  of  inspiration  to  a   thriving  city  that  is  beginning  to  truly  become  a  great  landmark  in  the  Midwest  for   contemporary  arts.    With  the  mission  statement,  “To  promote  and  provide  space  to   upcoming  and  established  regional  and  national  artists.  Through  exhibitions,  local   networking  and  online  marketplaces,  we  support  and  promote  visual  arts  in  our   community  through  expanding  the  collections  of  art  patrons  and  businesses  alike,”  we   find  artists  throughout  the  country  to  allow  more  patrons  and  art  lovers  of  Wichita   to  be  able  to  view  art,  that  might  otherwise  require  a  road  trip  to  see.    This  journey   to  starting  this  gallery  began  with  a  past  that  was  intertwined  between  Lindy  Wiese   and  Sean  Christopher  Ward,  who’s  families  have  been  intertwined  for  nearly  twenty   years.    Both  Lindy  and  Sean  began  their  first  gallery  experience  together  as  resident   artists  at  a  local  Wichita  studio  entitled,  Artist  Central,  which  fostered  the   relationship  in  the  arts  and  gave  them  the  dedication  and  will  to  begin  a  gallery  all  of   their  own.    Throughout  the  fall  and  winter  of  2013,  and  leading  up  to  September  of   2014,  they  painstakingly  turned  a  barren  section  of  a  broom  warehouse,  into  what   the  gallery  is  today.   seasidegalleryandgoods.myshopify.com MLB Baseball 5 x 5 oil on panel Throughout  the  first  year  in  business  as  a  commercial  gallery,  the  gallery  has   thrived  with  artists  from  all  over  the  country.    Some  of  the  featured  artists  have   83 85