Victor Rose recently retired from teaching Art Appreciation and Music Appreciation at Butler County Community College. Besides drawing and painting Victor is performing Latin Jazz and Flamenco on guitar, performing with local band on electric bass and performing on the dhoumbec with local dancers. Mr. Rose has earned distinction as a guitarist and vocalist with his induction into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame in 2015. Victor has volunteered with the Boy Scouts of America serving in various roles. Victor, and his wife Gwen are currently members of Heartland Dance Collective and the Kansas Native Plant Society. Gwen and Victor have operated The Rose Aesthetic, henna body art booth at regional fairs for over 20 years. Doing business as Victor Rose, Curator and Conservator Services he has developed techniques for cleaning bronzes and marbles and provides sculpture cleaning services for Resthaven Cemetery, Wichita KS, the City of Eldorado, Main Street, Butler County Community College, Flint Hills National Golf Club and other public and private sculpture collections.

Victor’s visual art styles reflect the diversity of his life. In his portfolio are oil paintings on canvas and oil on board, acrylic and spray enamel on wood relief, ink drawings using only line, different techniques of watercolor including watercolor with added line drawing, altered computer printing techniques including from photographs, photocopy transfer and ink on prepared paper including buried paper and collage. 

*Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cum Laude, with Honors, 1979, WSU 

*Master of Fine Arts, full scholarship and teaching assistantship, 1997, WSU

*Participates in regional competitions and invitational exhibits including the Wichita Art Museum 

*Represented in regional publications and art collections including Father Flanagan’s Boys Town in Nebraska 

*Organized numerous interdisciplinary/collaborative performances and exhibits at WSU, Newman U, Century II