Name: Art Deco and Its Life in Lettering
Start: 2022-03-31T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2022-03-31T20:30:00-05:00
Location: Wichita Art Museum

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November 2021

Tue 16

November 16, 2021 | 6:00pm

Roadside Culture and American Photography in the 20th Century

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs

Wichita Art Museum

A look at the great American open road as seen through the lens of the country’s greatest photographers

Black and white photograph of a large cup and sauce labeled

Fri 19

November 19, 2021 | 6:00pm - 11:00pm

Positive Directions presents The Category Is . . . Drag Runway & Trivia

Adult Events & Programs

Wichita Art Museum

This trivia night will be anything but a drag . . . it’ll be a ball!

Fri 26

November 26, 2021 | 10:00am - 5:00pm

Spend Some, Get Some at the Museum Store

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs

Wichita Art Museum

Start your holiday shopping off right and get rewarded!

Graphic with two rows of Christmas ornaments with white text: upper left, dark green

Sat 27

November 27, 2021 | 10:00am - 5:00pm

Spend Some, Get Some at the Museum Store

Adult Events & Programs

Wichita Art Museum

Start your holiday shopping off right and get rewarded!

December 2021

Wed 1

December 1, 2021 | 11:00am - 4:00pm

Senior Wednesday: Holly, Jolly Holiday

Featured Event, Senior Wednesday

Wichita Art Museum

A Holly, Jolly Holiday event just for seniors

Four images of musicians with a whitewhite graphic with the words b-Side surrounded by representation of a record.

Thu 9

December 9, 2021 | 6:00pm

Holiday Film Unclassic: Elf

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs

Wichita Art Museum

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

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

January 2022

Thu 20

January 20, 2022 | 6:00pm

Life Lessons: The Collaborative Process Behind Life Magazine’s Iconic Photographs

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs

Wichita Art Museum and via Zoom

Free admission to this behind-the-scenes look at the iconic photography of "Life" magazine

Black and white image of a person dressed in a hat, goggles, and white shirt and darker pants

February 2022

Wed 2

February 2, 2022 | 10:30am

Postponed to May 4: Senior Wednesday: Ellamonique Baccus

Senior Wednesday

Wichita Art Museum and via Zoom

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

Fri 18

February 18, 2022 | 5:30pm

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.

Head and shoulders image of a bald man wearing dark-rimmed glasses, in a textured blue suit jacked and open collared white shirt. in front of a plae blue background

Sat 19

February 19, 2022 | 1:00pm - 3:00pm

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,"

Red Circle with white text: Ask Me! in a cursive font on a turquoise background

Tue 22

February 22, 2022 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Educator Night

Educators, Adult Events & Programs

Wichita Art Museum

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

Thu 24

February 24, 2022 | 6:45pm

UPDATE: Harlem Renaissance Artist Aaron Douglas and Writer James Weldon Johnson with New African American Creative Expression

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

Wichita Art Museum and via Zoom

Art historian Dr. Renée Ater explores the paintings of Topeka, Kansas native Aaron Douglas

Black and white photo of African American man with close-cropped hair, wearing glasses, and a suit, against a dark background, with light comeing from the left of the photo. There is a sliver of a print curtain at the left of the image.

Sun 27

February 27, 2022 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

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"

Woman on the right in the galleries gesturing towards a painting while two boys on the left sit on a round sofa and watch

Sun 27

February 27, 2022 | 6:00pm

Ponder This: Uniting Cultures Through the Arts

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs

Wichita Art Museum

Ponder This presents an evening of spoken word performances

Neon blue text Ponder. This on a black baclground with a mirrored image below the text

March 2022

Wed 2

March 2, 2022 | 10:30am - 12:00pm

Senior Wednesday: American Art Deco Gallery Exploration

Senior Wednesday

Wichita Art Museum

For ages 55 & older, explore the exhibition "American Art Deco: Designing for the People, 1918-1939"

Group of people in gallery, blue walls, paintings in bright light

Sat 5

March 5, 2022 | 6:00pm

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

Thu 10

March 10, 2022 | 6:00pm

American Cacophony Midwest Art Deco 1918-1939: A Historical Context

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs

Wichita Art Museum

KU History Professor gives a historical context to Art Deco design and architecture

Photo of a white man with dark hair , dark moustache and salt-and-pepper beard standing in front of a map of the United States

Sat 12

March 12, 2022 | 1:00pm - 3:00pm

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,"

Sun 27

March 27, 2022 | 3:00pm - 4:00pm

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"

Group of people in the gallery with a docent guide

Thu 31

March 31, 2022 | 7:00pm

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.

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