Stone Gallery - Hays, Kansas Pete Felten passed away February 4, 2026 at the age of 92. Memorials may be made to the Pete Felten Legacy Fund for the much needed repair, preservation, maintenance & celebration of Pete's sculptures, Stone Gallery & Studio and proposed sculpture garden. Memorial gifts can also be made to PO Box 1673, Hays, KS, 67601. Please note “Pete Felten Legacy Fund” in the memo. The Stone Gallery in Hays, Kansas is the fascinating two story gallery and studio of Pete Felten. Felten was a self taught artist who sculpted, made pottery, painted, took photographs, and worked in other media. Well, not entirely self taught, he did confess to having studied at an art league school. For one month. But Pete Felten's art is nationally known. Some of his work has received high visibility, including "Four Kansans" in the Kansas Capitol building, "Monarch of the Plains" at Fort Hays, and the Volga Germans statute across from the Cathedral of the Plains in Victoria. Over 20 of his sculptures are on public display around Hays. Felten moved from project to project with many things going at once. Two of the most interesting current projects during the visit when most of the photos were taken were a bathroom that he was decorating with tile, and a fence on the edge of the property that he has been working on for years. Pete is interesting as well as creative.
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