
Featured Artists
Al Trent
Woodsmith
Al Trent is a wood sculptor and educator recently relocated to Johnson County from Laramie, Wyoming where he taught art and literacy at the University of Wyoming. Trent is co-author of the new book, Art Integration for Elementary Teachers.
Trent creates contemporary sculptures and relief sculptures from various hardwoods and plywoods. Al works in series, typically making multiple sculpture or relief sculpture pieces based on a theme, idea, or process. Recent series include wood: “assemblages,” “mosaics,” “weavings,” and “appropriations.”


Bob Baker
Visual Artist

Bob Baker is an experimental photographer based in Overland Park, Kansas, who explores light not just as a medium, but as a language. With each image, he seeks to bend and shape light into stories—visual daydreams that invite viewers to linger, reflect, and feel.