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Family ArtVenture: Play-Write

June 13, 2026 | 11:00am - 3:00pm

Famiy ArtVenture, FREE Event, School and Family programs, Exhibitions, Youth & Family

Cost:

Free | Open to the Public

Location:

Wichita Art Museum

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Saturday, June 13th | 11 AM – 3 PM
Free | open to the public

Featuring

  • Mindful coloring with Get Ya Color On and artist and founder Sontia Levy-Mason (Ablah Reception Gallery)
  • Teen writing workshop with poet and educator April Pameticky (impermanent galleries)
  • Wichita Public Library’s Book Bus and librarian Racine Zackula (Lattner and Walker Family Plaza)
  • Artmaking exploring paper (LL Art Studio)
About Get Ya Color On and Sontia Levy-Mason
Sontia Levy-Mason specializes in activating people, places & spaces through the art of Mindful Coloring, including custom-designed coloring sheets inspired by WAM’s permanent collection.
 
About April Pameticky
Mother, wife, teacher, poet. April Pameticky shares time between roles as public school educator and peer facilitator within the creative community of artists and writers in Kansas. She launched the Wichita Broadside Project and currently serves as editor of Voices of Kansas, an online poetry journal focused on the youth of Kansas. Her latest work, With Concern for How Words Land in the Body, was a semifinalist for the Meadowlark Birdy Poetry Prize. Her first book, Waterbound (2019) is available from Spartan Press. Follow her journey on Instagram @aprilinwichita.
 
About the Wichita Public Library’s Book Bus and Librarian Racine Zackula
Racine Zackula is the Family Literacy Coordinator for the Wichita Public Library, where she supports families in building strong literacy habits and connections. She brings creativity, enthusiasm, and a love of learning in the Book Bus.
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Family ArtVentures on select Saturdays are a great way to spend time together!

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Thank you for our sponsors

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Thank you to our sponsors:

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

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

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

 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.