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◆SOLD OUT◆Talk with Dr. Reilly Shwab: “Prairies on Paper” Exhibition

March 15, 2024 | 6:00pm

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Cost:

SOLD OUT! Free Reception and artist talk | Optional dinner | Please RSVP by March 1, 2024

Location:

Wichita Art Museum

Organizer:

Wichita Art Museum

About This Event

Herschel C. Logan, Snow, 1930, Woodcut, Wichita Art Museum, Gift of Samuel H. and Martha F. Logan, 2005.13.54

Herschel C. Logan, Snow, 1930, Woodcut, Wichita Art Museum, Gift of Samuel H. and Martha F. Logan, 2005.13.54

Prairies on Paper: Rural Kansas Through the Eyes of Printmakers and Photographers.

Event is sold out. Contact Megan at 316-268-4971 to join the waiting list.

◆ Curator and art historian Dr. Reilly Shwab explores artistic responses prompted by our state’s culture and landscape.

Explore the variety of artistic responses prompted by our state’s culture and landscape in the exhibition Prairies on Paper during this talk with art historian Dr. Reilly Shwab. Drawn from the collections of the Wichita Art Museum and Emprise Bank, this exhibition features works of art from the 1920s to the present, including scenes of endless expanses of grass and sky, towering grain elevators, and decaying-or flourishing farm towns.

5 pm | Exhibition preview and cocktails. Free and open to the public.
6 pm | Talk with Dr. Reilly Shwab, Howard E. Wooden Lecture Hall
7 pm | Optional dinner from Blue Moon Catering ($65 per guest)

Cash bar will be available all evening.

◆  Event is SOLD OUT! Contact Megan at 316-268-4971 to join the waiting list.


PRESENTING SPONSOR:
Emprise Bank

PRINCIPLE SPONSOR:
Mary Eves

DISTINGUISHED SPONSORS:
Dr. Harold and Mrs. Evelyn Gregg
Errol and Suzie Luginbill
Joseph E. Miller
Jane and Barry Murphy
Linda and Bob Nugent
Georgia and Keith Stevens

2024 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.

About WAM Nights: We’re open late on Fridays until 9 pm! Get your weekend started with after-hours access to the galleries and shopping in the Museum Store. WAM Nights will include programs with artists, musicians, and performers–don’t miss your chance to see the art at WAM in a new way! The museum comes to life with local creatives during WAM Nights! 

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