By SALINA POST
The public is invited to a free artist reception Thursday in conjunction with the Grains of Sand exhibition currently on display at the Salina Art Center.
The reception is scheduled for 5-7 p.m. with artist, Mike Miller, giving remarks at 6 p.m.
Miller's Grains of Sand is on display until Sept. 4 at Salina Art Center, 242 S. Santa Fe Avenue. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday, and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free, however, donations are welcome.
Miller is best known for his Machine-Nature Interface series of sculptures. These machine-nature forms combine a natural object with a man made object, creating a machine that produces an original movement or action, according to information from Salina Art Center.
Most of Miller's works are kinetic, whether powered by a motor and salvaged gears, hand crank, the wind, or kids on a swing set. The movements produced echo the machinations of nature itself- plants' production of oxygen, the orbit of a moon around a planet. As man made machines and nature made machines advance the difference between the two becomes indistinguishable, the art center noted.
Miller was born, raised, and educated in Kansas and finds inspiration and materials for both the machine and the nature aspects of his work around his home and studio in rural Butler County.
. . .
CLICK HERE to sign up for the weekday Salina Post email news update.