Events
American Art Deco Opening Day
February 12, 2022 | 11:30am - 4:00pm
Exhibition Opening, Featured Event
Cost:
Free admission to Opening Day activities
Location:
Wichita Art Museum
About This Event
Walter Dorwin Teague, designer, Sparks-Withington Company, manufacturer, Jackson, Michigan, Sparton Bluebird Radio (Model 566), 1934. Wood, glass, and metal, 14 3/4 x 14 5/8 x 6 inches. Collection Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art, Denver, Colorado
11:30 am to 1 pm
Celebrity Jazz Band
Have a swingin’ good time with the Celebrity Jazz Band. Put on your dancing shoes and join in the fun! Live music is part of the Taste of Jazz program in partnership with Wichita Jazz Festival.
1:30 to 2:30 pm
Opening Day Talk: Art Deco in Our Hometown
Join architect Dean Bradley and art photographer Larry Schwarm as they present a travelogue of their Art Deco discoveries in Wichita. Both are exceptional artists who live in Wichita, plus they adore Art Deco. Together, they visited sites about town that reflect the best of this historic style. From Wichita’s original airport built in 1935 to our United States Courthouse completed in 1932, this pair will share images from their excursion around town and discussion of classic Art Deco in Wichita.
2:45 to 4 pm
Calling All Cool Cats!
Learn to Charleston with the Wichita Swing Dance Society then take to the floor and cut a rug with the pros to the swinging tunes of the Celebrity Jazz Band.
Admission is free to Art Deco Opening Day activities. Admission to the American Art Deco exhibition requires a ticket that may be purchased at the museum’s Welcome Desk.
Art Deco Tickets on Saturday (includes general admission)
WAM Members: Free
Adults and Seniors: $5
College/university students (with ID) and youth under age 18: Free
Donors, Sponsors & Community Parters
The Wichita presentation has been generously underwritten by presenting sponsor Lattner Family Foundation. Judy Slawson Exhibition Fund and DeVore Foundation are lead sponsors.
Emprise Bank, Charles E. Baker, David and Rynthia Mitchell, and Jan and Steve Randle provided additional major underwriting.
J. Eric Engstrom and Robert Bell and Sarah T. Smith are principal sponsors.
Generous support has been provided by The Trust Company of Kansas, Dr. John and Nancy Brammer, Donna J. Bunk, Carol and H. Guy Glidden, Sondra Langel, and Mary Sue Smith.
Charles E. Baker and Jim V. Phillips Exhibition Fund, Sue and Fred Berry, Dr. Alan and Sharon Fearey, Toni and Bud Gates, Patricia Gorham and Jeff Kennedy, Harold and Evelyn Gregg, Sonia Greteman and Chris Brunner, Anita Jones and Richard Hite†, Delmar and Mary Klocke, Errol and Suzanne Luginbill, Dr. Glen and Marianne Misko, Dr. Barry and Jane Murphy, Kristin and Will Price, Bob and Nancy Schwan, and Sue and Kurt Watson are additional exhibition patrons.
Sponsors as of December 31, 2021
†deceased
2022 exhibitions and public programs are generously supported by the Downing Foundation. All museum exhibitions receive generous sponsorship from the Friends of the Wichita Art Museum and the City of Wichita.
