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Whistler to Cassatt: The Making of an Exhibition

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

Howard E. Wooden Lecture sponsored by the Friends of the Wichita Art Museum

Free but RSVPs are required
A woman in a flowered dress holds a child. There is a blue vase and washbasin behind them in this painting by Mary Cassatt
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51st Annual Arts Council Awards

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

The 51st Annual Art Awards recognize leaders in the Wichita arts scene

$75
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November 2021 Art Chatter

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Don't miss the 10-year anniversary of this signature event & the final Art Chatter for 2021!

Free for WAM Members with RSVP, $15 advance tickets
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Holiday Film Unclassic: Elf

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Join us for hip, holiday hullabaloo with an interactive screening of Elf

$25 for General Public; $15 for WAM Members
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Murdock Mixology: Dr. Timothy Rodgers

Murdock Members, Adult Events & Programs, Moderns
Wichita Art Museum

Learn about one of the country's leading museums devoted to the inventiveness of decorative arts.

Exclusive to Murdock Society Members and Moderns
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Docent Dialogues

Featured Event, Docent Programs, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

WAM Docents share their knowledge and insights about the exhibition "Art Deco: Designing for the People, 1918-1939,"

$5; free for WAM members
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Educator Night

Educators, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

WAM welcomes educators for an evening of mingling, music, exhibitions, and refreshments

Free admission with a school ID

Drop-In Tour: American Art Deco

Featured Event, Exhibitions, Docent Programs, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Join a WAM Docent for a guided tour of the exhibition "American Art Deco: Designing for the People, 1918-1939"

$15, Free for WAM Members
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mama.film/The Big Read Short Film Series

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Explore explore the themes of identity, the immigrant experience, and coming-of-age in a virtual film series

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Docent Dialogues

Featured Event, Docent Programs, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

WAM Docents share their knowledge and insights about the exhibition "Art Deco: Designing for the People, 1918-1939,"

$5; free for WAM members
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Drop-In Tour: American Art Deco

Featured Event, Exhibitions, Docent Programs, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Join a WAM Docent for a guided tour of the exhibition "American Art Deco: Designing for the People, 1918-1939"

$15, Free for WAM Members
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Art Deco and Its Life in Lettering

Exhibitions, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Learn how new design features in typography, illustration, and advertising are celebrated as and still beloved today as Art Deco.

Graphic with a tool and paintbrush on the left and art deco-inspired letters on the left and the text Art Deco and its life in lettering in red in the center
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Ponder This: Nobody’s Fool

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Poets from Wichita will recite their biting critique through the art of spoken word

$15 General Admission; $10 for WAM members
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Volunteer Appreciation Reception

Murdock Members, Adult Events & Programs, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

Let's honor and celebrate our treasured museum volunteers.

Free
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Murdock Mixology: Sam Gappmayer

Adult Events & Programs, Moderns

Newly opened in 2021, Art Preserve is an experimental space designed to house the John Michael Kohler Arts Center collection of more than 35 artist-built environments.

Exclusive to Murdock Society Members and Moderns
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Chamber Music Society of Wichita Concert: Outburst

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Chamber music musicians from the region playing selections from the Western classical tradition

$25 for WAM Members; $30 General Public
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Senior Wednesday: Ellamonique Baccus

Senior Wednesday
Wichita Art Museum

Learn how a local artist engaged 200 community residents in the design process for a Wichita redevelopment project.

$2; Free for WAM members
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Yoga in the Art Garden

Featured Event, Outdoor Activity, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Sun Salutations in WAM's Art Garden

Free
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Art Chatter May 2022

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

This loyal program with a packed-house following continues!

$15 General Admission; Free for WAM members
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Art After Hours

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Make it a jazzy night out for a last-chance look at American Art Deco: Designing for the People, 1918-1939

$5 General Admission; Free for WAM members
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Print Forum and C.A. Seward Dinner

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

A Centennial Celebration of Block Prints in Wichita

The Print Forum is free. The C.A. Seward Dinner is $55 per person
Color block print on a seascape. In the foreground are gray and white rocks, around an aqua blue water scene with seaweed, fish and turtles. At the far left is a triangle of sand beach and more gray and white rocks at the top of the image.

Yoga in the Art Garden

Featured Event, Outdoor Activity, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Sun Salutations in WAM's Art Garden

Free
Group of people in standing in a yoga post with arms over their heads in a garden setting, standing on a concrete pad with pieces of a black sculpture.

Docent Dialogues – June

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

WAM Docents share insights into Beth Lipman's retrospective exhibition

Free admission
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Wichita Grand Opera Presents “ROJO”

Outdoor Activity, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

A spicy and spirited outdoor concert featuring Latin music and dancing by local artists from Wichita's Hispanic community

Tickets start at $50
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Senior Wednesday: Gallery Exploration

Featured Event, Senior Wednesday, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Explore the new glass exhibition with WAM Docents

$2, $2; free for WAM members
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Seeing More Clearly Through Glass

Featured Event, Exhibitions, Adult Events & Programs

Take a closer look at the artist Beth Lipman and her inspirations

Free
Several dozen clear glass bowls, receptacles and vases assembled on a long white table against a black gallery wall in the background

Yoga in the Art Garden – July

Featured Event, Outdoor Activity, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Sun Salutations in WAM's Art Garden

Free
Exterior photo of the Jayne Milburn Sculpture Plaza where nearly two-dozen people are laying on the concrete plaza on colorful mats with their left legs stretched up in the air in a yoga pose

Museum Store Summer Sale

Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Looking for a hot deal? Shop the Summer Sale in the Museum Store.

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Museum Store Summer Sale

Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Looking for a hot deal? Shop the Summer Sale in the Museum Store.

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Museum Store Summer Sale

Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Looking for a hot deal? Shop the Summer Sale in the Museum Store.

Summer Sale on a yellow and green background with an abstract sun image

July Drop-In Tour

Featured Event, Docent Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Tour the summer exhibitions with a WAM Docent as your guide

Free with museum admission
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Senior Wednesday: Artmaking for Everyone!

Featured Event, Senior Wednesday, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Create your own collage masterpiece in a fun make-and-take art session

$2; free for WAM members
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Yoga in the Art Garden – August

Featured Event, Outdoor Activity, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Sun Salutations in WAM's Art Garden

Free
Exterior photo of the Jayne Milburn Sculpture Plaza where nearly two-dozen people are laying on the concrete plaza on colorful mats sit cross-legged in a yoga pose

August Docent Dialogues

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Have a question? Look for WAM Docents wearing "Ask Me" buttons.

Free
Vignette of a room with aan orange settee in front of a pair of windows, each with a red cross and white curtains.

September Yoga in the Art Garden

Featured Event, Outdoor Activity, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Sun Salutations in WAM's Art Garden

Free
Group of people in standing in a yoga post with arms over their heads in a garden setting, standing on a concrete pad with pieces of a black sculpture.
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Senior Wednesday: Director’s Talk and Film Screening

Featured Event, Senior Wednesday, Adult Events & Programs

Filmmaker Sara J. Harmon discusses her award-winning documentary "For Your Amusement: The Wonderland Park on Ackerman Island"

$2; free for WAM members
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Docent Dialogues – September

Featured Event, Exhibitions, Docent Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Docents answer your questions and share their knowledge about our exhibitions

Free
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Ponder This: The Art of the Spoken Word

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Spoken word performances return to WAM featuring local and regional poets

$15 general admission; $10 for WAM members
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Print Talk with London Gallerist Tom Edwards

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

London-based print dealer Tom Edwards discusses English printmaker Gwen Raverat

Free
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Senior Wednesday: Who Scammed Rajah Rabbit?

Featured Event, Senior Wednesday, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Filmmaker Sara J. Harmon talks about her award-winning documentary short "Who Scammed Rajah Rabbit.

$2; free for WAM members
Aqua-tone photo that shAn aqua-tinted background of a photo of a line of rabbit hutches.. Text on the image reads Who Sammed Rajah Rabbit. Under that are two laural wreaths. On the left text reads Best Kansas Short Documentary, Tallgreass Film Festival, 2021. On the right text in the laurer reads Best Kansas Documentary, Doc Sunback Fi;m Festival, 2022. In the center is a large white rabbit, with smaller rabbits on either side

Chamber Music Society of Wichita Concert: PUBLIQuartet

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

WAM and the Chamber Music Society of Wichita present an exciting lineup of performances this fall and spring.

$25 for WAM Members; $30 General Public
Photograph of four people standing on or in front of a metal staircase on the side of brick wall with a door at the top of the staircase on thr left and a window on the right. From left, there is a man earing a dark suit and white shirt standing at the top of the srairway, standing two steps down is a white man earing a dark suit untucked white shirt. Standing at the bottom of the stairway is a white man weaing a white jacket, dark red shirt and dark slacks. IN fron the stairway is a woman with dark, curly hair dressed in black, She is looking down and her arms are outstretched, resting on the stair rail.

Educator Night – October

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

WAM welcomes educators for an evening of mingling, music, exhibitions, and refreshments

Free with school ID
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Murdock Mixology: Laura Hoptman

Murdock Members, Adult Events & Programs, Moderns
Wichita Art Museum

Learn about one of the country's leading museums devoted to drawing.

Two stories of a building on white stone. Gray steops span the width of the building on the street level. Five columns are across the first level, with wood and glass doors. The second level has recessed window with carved arches and an metal balcony with round scrolls. Doors in th center ar flanked with tall windows with writing. On the left, the window says The Drawing Center.
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Senior Wednesday Artist Talk: Marco Hernandez

Featured Event, Senior Wednesday, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Printmaker Marco Hernandez explores issues of society and politics in contemporary Mexico and Mexican American culture

$2; free for WAM members
Color etching of a Mexican artist and printmaker with short, dark hair holding his face in his left hand
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52nd Annual Arts Council Art Awards

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

This annual awards event recognizes leaders in Wichita's arts scene

$100
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Ponder This: Your Authentic Self

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Spoken word poets from Wichita will recite their biting critiques

$15 general admission; $10 for WAM members
The words Ponder This twice in two shades of purple on a black background

Art of Estate Planning

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Learn more about estate planning with seasoned professionals in an informal setting

Free
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Power to the People: The Art That Moved a Movement

Featured Event, Exhibitions, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Don't miss this cultural presentation on the dynamic, groundbreaking art that emerged from the Mexican Revolution

Free
Hispanic woman kneeling on a brick floor kneading dough on a black surface, with a sleeping child on her back in a white sling

Ask Me Tour

Featured Event, Docent Programs, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

WAM Docents share their insights on current exhibitions

Free
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Murdock Mixology: Natasha Egan

Adult Events & Programs, Moderns
Wichita Art Museum

Learn about a Chicago museum devoted to contemporary photography

Street scene with stone building facade. Sign in the center over a series of windows identifies building as Columbia College Chicago. Underneath the sign in the windows is a collage of young people and text Stand Out, Stand Together. At the far right at street level is a sign, white on black, MoCP in large letters over Museum of Contemporary Photography in smaller letters. At the far left is two people walking toward to right, In the center are two more people on sidewalk. Center right are two more people walking on the sidewalk and in the right corner is a man standing at the corner facing to cross the street.
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Art Chatter

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

This loyal program with a packed-house following continues!

$15 General Admission; free for WAM members
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Elf Interactive Screening

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Join us for hip, holiday hullabaloo with an interactive screening of the movie Elf

$15 for WAM members; $25 for general public
The word Elf in green and gold with a photo of a white man wearing black booties, yellow tights, a green hat and green coat trimmed in white getting ready to sing loud for all to hear
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Museum Store Sunday

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

This international event, sponsored by the Museum Store Association, celebrates museums and cultural institutions

Blue background with white text Museum Store Sunday Be a Patron
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Howard E. Wooden Speaker Series: Stacey Epstein on Alfred Maurer

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

A closer look at the work of American artist Alfred Maurer, whose career spanned the divide between the 19th and 20th centuries

Free
Landscape in abstract style with mountains in red-orange tones,and blue tones in the background. Foreground has patch of green.

Rocky’s Hardwear Artist Demo

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Artist Rachelle Ablah creates unique silver jewelry during an in-store demonstration

Free admission
Silver diamond-shaped dangle earrings with four turquoise beads suspended on wire in the middle. Earrings are suspended on French hooks for pierced ears.

Ask Me Tour

Featured Event, Docent Programs, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Chat with a docent about the fall exhibits

Free
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Artist Demo with Tamara Bamberger

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Museum Store @ WAM

Meet a Wichita jewelry designer who creates hand-beaded jewelry from vintage beads and stones

Free admission
Three necklaces displayed on clear acrylic holders with beads in red and green

Senior Wednesday: Crafted With Love

Senior Wednesday, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Make a special Valentine at this make-it/take-it workshop

$2, Free for WAM members
Woman's hands holding a pencil over a light blue paper on a table
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Exhibition Opening Day Talk with Fashion Curator Dennita Sewell

Featured Event, Exhibitions, Adult Events & Programs
Robert M. Beren Room at WAM

Accomplished fashion curator, professor and writer Dennita Sewell shares insights into her curated exhibition "Isabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper"

Free admission to the talk
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Senior Wednesday: That’s Paper?

Featured Event, Senior Wednesday, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Enjoy a guided tour of WAM's newest paper fashion exhibition

$2 general public; free for WAM members
Photo of a life-size woman's royalty dress with an elaborate collar, pearls and a dress of brown and white with gold accents made entirely of paper and painted with acrylic
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Art Chatter – Wichita Fashion

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Art Chatter is back with a focus on all things fashion, costume & design

$15 general public; free for WAM members
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Cubing at the Museum

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs, Youth & Family
Wichita Art Museum

Speedcubing is a fast-paced competition to solve Rubik's Cubes

Free
Color bars of green, teal and purple
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Art on a Monday: Wichita Fashionistas

Adult Events & Programs, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

Fresh inspiration from a Wichita fashion trifecta: Bonnie Bing, Allison Baker and Hazel Stabler

$40 general public; $35 WAM members
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Shine Awards Luncheon

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

A celebration of inspirational Kansas women presentedy by Storytime Village

$75
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WAM Nights: mama.film Series – Marie Antoinette

Featured Event, WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

The first of a film series celebrating the art of costume design on screen

$10 general public; free to WAM members
Photo of actress Kirsten Dunst, a white woman with blonde hair, who plays Marie Antoinette
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Ask Me! Tour – March

Featured Event, Exhibitions, Docent Programs, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Docents share their knowledge & insights about WAM's paper fashion exhibition

Free to WAM members or with paid admission
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Chamber Music Society: Akropolis Reed Quintet

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Five reed players with a shared passion to make music that sparks joy & wonder

$30 general public; $25 for WAM members
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Senior Wednesday: Wichita Wore What?

Featured Event, Exhibitions, Senior Wednesday, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Curators from WAM and Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum dish on a century of Wichita fashion

$2 general public; free to WAM members
Installation image of four colorful dresses hanging on display forms: the first short-sleeve dress is long, with orange and gold; the second long-sleeve dress is short with an orange and pink pattern; the third short-sleeve jacket dress has a purple, teal, white and pink design; the fourth short-sleeve, v-neck dress has a shimmery pattern in pastel colors
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Ask Me! Tour – April

Featured Event, Exhibitions, Docent Programs, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Docents share their knowledge & insights about WAM's paper fashion exhibition

Free to WAM members or with paid admission
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Howard E. Wooden Speaker Series with Fashion Curator Helen Jean

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

Phoenix Art Museum Curator Helen Jean discusses the fascinating fashion phenomenon from the late 1960s

Free admission to the talk
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Senior Wednesday: Envision Art Gallery

Senior Wednesday, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Learn how blind & visually impaired artists create art using their other senses

$2; free for WAM members
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WAM Nights: Gallery Talk with Sharif Bey

Featured Event, WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Vollmer Gallery Wichita Art Museum, 1400 West Museum Blvd.

Bey combines his intellectual curiosity, scholarly research & love of physically making art to create work that is not simply beautiful but layered with history, cultural critique, & knowledge of biology and geology.

Free
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Ask Me! Tour – May

Exhibitions, Docent Programs, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Docents share their knowledge & insights about WAM's paper fashion exhibition

Free to WAM members or with paid admission
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WAM Nights: mama.film Series – Purple Rain

Featured Event, WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Howard E. Wooden Auditorium Wichita Art Museum, 1400 West Museum Blvd

The final film in a series celebrating the art of costume design on screen

$10 general public; free to WAM members
Movie poster for Purple Rain with Prince on a motorcycle
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IDB Fashion Closing Party

Featured Event, Exhibitions, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

We are sending her out with a bang--cocktail in hand!

$50 general admission; $25 for Murdock Members
Pink graphic of a detail of Isabelle de Borchgrave's “Maria-Maddalena d’Austria
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Ponder This: Spoken Word in the Galleries

Featured Event, WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

A new round of spoken word performances, exploring hard-hitting topics close to the heart

Free admission
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WAM Nights: Artist Talk with Meghan Miller

Exhibitions, WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Howard E. Wooden Auditorium Wichita Art Museum, 1400 West Museum Blvd

Meet Wichita artist Meghan Miller & learn about her inaugural exhibition in WAM's new gallery space dedicated to local artists

Free admission
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Drop-In Sculpture Tour in the Art Garden

Outdoor Activity, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Take a docent-led tour that highlights the Art Garden sculptures

Free admission & no reservations required
Photo of two large-scale silver abstract sculptures installed on green grass with the museum building in the background

Clearly Indigenous Exhibition Preview Party

Murdock Members, Renegades, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Mix and mingle with artist Dan Friday and guest Chef Loretta Barret Oden

$175 for Murdock Members at the Ambassador level & above
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Artist Talk with Dan Friday

Exhibition Opening, Featured Event, Exhibitions, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Hear glass artist Dan Friday talk about his work in WAM's new glass exhibition

Free admission to the Artist Talk / Exhibition or membership fees apply to our featured exhibition
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Art & Krimes Documentary Film & Panel Discussion

Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

While locked up for six years in federal prison, artist Jesse Krimes secretly creates monumental works of art

Free to WAM Members & college students w/ ID; $10 general public
Movie poster for Art and Krimes
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Ask Me! Tours – June 2023

Featured Event, Exhibitions, Docent Programs, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Docents share their knowledge & insights about WAM's glass exhibition

Free to WAM members or with paid admission
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Art Chatter – July 2023

WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

A sizzling summer lineup of local creatives inspired by the exhibition "Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass"

$15 general public, FREE for WAM members
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Ask Me! Tours – July 2023

Exhibitions, Docent Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Docents share their knowledge & insights about WAM's glass exhibition

Free to WAM members or with paid admission
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WAM Nights Film Series: Love and Fury

Featured Event, WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

The first film in a series hosted by Rod Pocowatchit

$10 general public; FREE for WAM Members
Love and Fury film
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WAM Nights: Artist Talk with Rory Erler Wakemup

Featured Event, Exhibitions, WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum
Free admission to the Artist Talk / Exhibition or membership fees apply to our featured exhibition
Headshot of Rory Erler Wakemup. He's wearing a native american headdress made out of glass.

Ask Me! Tours – August 2023

Exhibitions, Docent Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Docents share their knowledge & insights about WAM's glass exhibition

Free to WAM members or with paid admission
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Clearly Indigenous Closing Party

Featured Event, Exhibitions, Murdock Members, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum
$50 general admission, $25 for WAM / MAAIM Members
Graphic of Samantha Crain playing guitar for Clearly Indigenous Closing Party on August 26
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Evening for Educators 2023

WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum
Free with Teacher's ID. Register in advance.
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Art on a Monday Featuring Denise Sherman

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
S. Jim and Darla Farha Great Hall at WAM
$40 public/$35 WAM members
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Fall Jazz Series: Jazz Play

WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum
Free event. No reservations required.
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Art Chatter – October 2023

Featured Event, WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Howard E. Wooden Auditorium Wichita Art Museum, 1400 West Museum Blvd
$15 public/FREE WAM members
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Fall Jazz Series: Billie’s Bounce

WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Last chance to catch the Fall Jazz Series. October 27 features Billie's Bounce.

Free event. No reservations required.
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Spanish Night!

WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Enjoy tours of the galleries in Spanish and a performance by local Latin jazz band Conjunto Latino.

Free. No reservations required.
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Noche de español

WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Enjoy tours of the galleries in Spanish and a performance by local Latin jazz band Conjunto Latino.

Gratuita. No es necesario reservar.
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Gallery Talk: Artist John Douglas Powers

WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Meet the artist who is creating a site-specific art installation for WAM.

FREE event. No reservations required.
Art installation on the floor with a large, round wooden rotary shape and a video projection of a forest in the background

National Museum Store Sunday

Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

The holidays are here. Shopping is always a joy at WAM's Museum Store!

Interior photo of the Museum Store showing six aisles of merchandise with two female shoppers in the foreground
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Celebrity Chef Dinner with Toni Tipton-Martin

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum
$200 public/$175 WAM members 🛍️ Get in on the Black Friday Deals! Half Table (4 tickets) priced at just $150 (25% off) Full Table (8 tickets) priced at just $130 (35% off)
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Ponder.This.

Featured Event, WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Ponder.This. presents an evening of entertaining and thought-provoking spoken word performances.

$15 public/Free WAM members
Ponder.This.
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Drop-in Artmaking for Adults

Featured Event, WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum
Free event. No reservations required.
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Pop-Up Gallery Concert

Featured Event, WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum
Exhibition ticket is required. Free to: WAM Members. Youth 18 & Under. College Students (w/ID)
Josue Estrada is holding a trumpet. Kylie Brown is holding a cello.
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Artist Talk: Marco Hernandez

Featured Event, Exhibitions, WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum
FREE event. No reservations required.
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Valentine’s Day Fun

Featured Event, WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum
Free admission
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College Night

Featured Event, WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum
Free with Student/Faculty ID | Advance Registration Requested (link below)
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Wichita Symphony String Quartet Performance

Featured Event, WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum
Free admission to the performance / Exhibition or membership fees apply to our featured exhibition
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Ponder.This. – Poetry Unchained

Featured Event, WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Ponder.This. presents an evening of entertaining and thought-provoking spoken word performances.

$15 public/Free WAM members
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Exhibition Opening: Rachel Curtis: Dissolution

Exhibition Opening, Featured Event, FREE Event, Local Creatives Exhibition Series, WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Howard E. Wooden Auditorium Wichita Art Museum, 1400 West Museum Blvd

Artist Talk— “Rachel Curtis: Dissolution”

Local Creatives Exhibition Series, Senior Wednesday, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Learn about the latest exhibition "Rachel Curtis: Dissolution" in WAM’s Regional Creatives Exhibition Series with a talk by painter Rachel Curtis

$2 general public; FREE for WAM Members
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Howard E. Wooden Speaker Series with author Patrick Bringley

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

Join Patrick Bringley, author of "All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me," for a talk about finding comfort and meaning in the beauty and solitude of art, a memoir based on his decade as a guard at the Met Museum.

FREE | Advance registration requested
Howard E. Wooden Speaker Series with author Patrick Bringley
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WARPED | RSG Group Glass Exhibition Panel Discussion

FREE Event, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

A panel discussion in conjunction with the opening weekend of “Warped” an invitational glass exhibit of works by artists in the United States and United Kingdom that will be on display at Reuben Saunders Gallery.

Panel Discussion: FREE and open to the public
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VANITY AFFAIR pARTy at WAM

ANNIE LEIBOVITZ / WORK, Featured Event, RSVPs & Ticketed Events, Exhibitions, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Get ready to rock the night away at WAM's Vanity Affair pARTy! You're invited to the most glamorous party in town, celebrating the "ANNIE LEIBOVITZ / WORK" exhibition at WAM.

Ticketed | RSVP Required

Senior Wednesday: What’s New at WAM

Senior Wednesday, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Join WAM’s curator, Dr. Tera Lee Hedrick, to learn about (im)permanent—the new installation of WAM’s permanent collection.

$2 general public; FREE for WAM Members
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WAM Nights – First Friday Field Trip – July 2024

Featured Event, WAM Nights, Adult Events & Programs
Wichita Art Museum

Enjoy Wichita’s First Friday art scene without the hassle of planning and parking!

$30 general public/$25 WAM members
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Senior Wednesday: ANNIE LEIBOVITZ / WORK

ANNIE LEIBOVITZ / WORK, Featured Event, Exhibitions, Senior Wednesday
Wichita Art Museum

Senior Wednesdays are informational and entertaining sessions designed for active seniors ages 55 & older.

$2 general public; FREE for WAM Members
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Senior Wednesday: Sketching in the Galleries

(im)permanent collection, Featured Event, Exhibitions, Senior Wednesday
Wichita Art Museum

Senior Wednesdays are informational and entertaining sessions designed for active seniors ages 55 & older.

$2 general public; FREE for WAM Members

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