This event is Sold Out! Please sign up for our next Teen program, Sew You, occurring on May 22nd and 23rd

• Friday, May 8 | 5–8:30 PM — Wichita Art Museum

• Saturday, May 9 | 12–4 PM — Harvester Arts

Creative Futures Lab: Tools for Rising Professionals in the Arts is a two-day professional development workshop designed for high school students who are serious about pursuing creative pathways, inspired by the exhibition Framed in Friendship: American Women Artists and Their Networks. This immersive experience introduces young artists to the possibilities of building a life in the arts, centering community, collaboration, and long-term career development.

Participants will explore how artists grow and sustain networks, develop creative career portfolios, and articulate their work. The workshop emphasizes the idea that creative careers are not constructed alone, but through relationships, shared knowledge, and active engagement in artistic communities.

This workshop is open to high school students by nomination from teachers, ensuring a cohort of committed, motivated participants ready to invest in their creative growth. The two-day format allows for both reflective learning and hands-on development, providing students with practical tools and confidence as they begin shaping their futures in the arts. (Students who do not have access to an art teacher, please email education@wam.org.)

Learn more about the Framed In Friendship exhibition