Events

Family Artventure: Holiday Open House

December 7, 2024 | 10:00am - 1:00pm

Famiy ArtVenture, Featured Event, FREE Event, Robert Peterson: Somewhere In America, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum

Cost:

FREE | Open to the public

Organizer:

Friends of the Wichita Art Museum

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About this Event

Celebrate the season with fun and festive activities throughout the museum. Meet and snap a photo with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Santa’s elves and one of his reindeer will be here too! Be entertained by holiday performances including choirs, dancers, and storytelling.  Make your own work of art to take home,  and enjoy FREE admission to our featured exhibition Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America.

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM:
Visit with Santa, Mrs. Claus, and one of their reindeer.

10 AM – 1 PM:

  • Holiday activities in the Beren Conference Room including games and a miniature train display
  • Holiday performances in the Farha Great Hall including storytime with The Snow Flake Princess, Christmas songs with Kim Duggar Attwater, and dance performances with Tenacity Dance Company and Kansas Dance Academy
  • Artmaking inspired by Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America
  • Capture the moment at our festive balloon arch selfie spot– the perfect holiday backdrop for unforgettable memories!

10 AM – 5 PM:
FREE admission to Robert Peterson: Somewhere in America.

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Featured Exhibition

Robert Peterson: Somewhere In America

September 28, 2024 - January 5, 2025

Contemporary artist Robert Peterson's inaugural museum exhibition, Somewhere In America, presents a collection of loving and joyful portraits celebrating African American life, community, and legacy. Featuring key works from his oeuvre alongside over 20 new monumental paintings, the exhibition reflects Peterson's deeply personal and collective experiences.

About the exhibition  About Robert Peterson: Somewhere In America

Robert Peterson,

Thank you to our Sponsor:

◆ Youth and Family programs are generously supported by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program

◆ Youth Education programs are supported by the Lynne Ruffin-Smith Charitable Foundation

◆ 2024 StoryTime and Art Start programs are supported by Walser Foundation

◆ Free Saturday Featured Events and Library Passes* are sponsored by Colby Sandlian, Sandlian Realty

◆ 2024 exhibitions and public programs are generously supported by the Downing Foundation

◆ The Wichita Art Museum’s education programs are supported in part by the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission, which receives funding from Kansas Department of Commerce and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

* Thanks to the generous support of Colby Sandlian, Sandlian Realty, more than 40 public libraries in the metro area and across the state offer access to check out passes to all temporary exhibitions at WAM for FREE! Visit your library and check out your pass today!

General admission to the museum is free to everyone.