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Mini Used Book Sale – October 2021

Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

The Friends of the Wichita Art Museum are back with their popular Mini Used Book Sale

Free admission but bring some $ for books!
Stack of books
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Mini Used Book Sale – November 2021

Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

The Friends of the Wichita Art Museum are back with their popular Mini Used Book Sale

Free admission but bring some $ for books!
Stack of books
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Holiday Open House

Featured Event, Youth & Family, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

Celebrate the season with a visit with a visit with Santa, live reindeer, dance performances and get in the holiday spirit!

Free, Free
Santa, Mrs. Claus, dressed in green and red, and an elf dressed in red.
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Art on a Monday: Trish VanOsdel

Featured Event, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

What happens when one of the region's premier art galleries with a 43-year history in Wichita changes hands?

$35
Red-haired woman with dark-framed glasses, dressed in a black v-neck with a long gold necklace, standing in front of an abstract art in yellow and orange tones

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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Books and All That Jazz

Featured Event, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

Books and more books, live entertainment, and more at the Friends of the Wichita Art Museum big book sale

Free general admission to the museum and to Books and All That Jazz
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Books and All That Jazz

Featured Event, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum

An extravaganza of books, books, and more books plus entertainment, too!

Free general admission to the museum and to Books and All That Jazz
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Books and All That Jazz

Featured Event, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

Books and more books, live entertainment, and more at the Friends of the Wichita Art Museum big book sale!

Free general admission to the museum and to Books and All That Jazz
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Art on a Monday: Anne Kraybill

Featured Event, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

The Friends of WAM welcome Anne Kraybill, the museum's new Director/CEO

$35
White woman standing with arms crossed. She has medium length blonde hair and is dressed in black with a gold necklace. She stands in front of a window and the wall behind her has a reflection of a geometic pattern.
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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.
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Mini Used Book Sale – January

Featured Event, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

Are you looking for your next great read?

Free admission
Couple standing in front of a tablecovered with books. Woman on the left holds a book in her hand and is pointing to a page inside the book. She is dressed in a blue button blouse and has a red leather bag over her right shoulder. The man looks over her left shoulder at the book. He is balding, wears glasses and and a blue and white striped shirt.
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Mini Used Book Sale – February

Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

Open a new chapter in your life with a book purchase!

Free admission but bring some $ for books!
Couple standing in front of a tablecovered with books. Woman on the left holds a book in her hand and is pointing to a page inside the book. She is dressed in a blue button blouse and has a red leather bag over her right shoulder. The man looks over her left shoulder at the book. He is balding, wears glasses and and a blue and white striped shirt.
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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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Mini Used Book Sale – March

Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

Find your next great read!

Free but bring $ for some books!
ellow sign in the foreground with text Friends on Wichita Art Museum Book Sale, ART on a stick above boxes of books on a table. Two women in either side of the table looking at the boxes of books.
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Friends of WAM Mini Used Book Sale – April

Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

Find your next great read at the Friends of WAM Mini Used Book Sale

Free but bring $ for some books!
Couple standing in front of a tablecovered with books. Woman on the left holds a book in her hand and is pointing to a page inside the book. She is dressed in a blue button blouse and has a red leather bag over her right shoulder. The man looks over her left shoulder at the book. He is balding, wears glasses and and a blue and white striped shirt.
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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
Image of the galleries at the Phoenix Art Museum that show several colorful paper dresses on view

Friends of WAM Fill-A-Bag Mini Used Book Sale

Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

Find your next great read at the Friends of WAM Mini Used Book Sale

Free admission, bring $ for some books!
Couple standing in front of a tablecovered with books. Woman on the left holds a book in her hand and is pointing to a page inside the book. She is dressed in a blue button blouse and has a red leather bag over her right shoulder. The man looks over her left shoulder at the book. He is balding, wears glasses and and a blue and white striped shirt.

Friends of WAM Mini Used Book Sale

Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

Find your next great read at the Friends of WAM Mini Used Book Sale

Free admission, bring $ for some books!
Couple standing in front of a tablecovered with books. Woman on the left holds a book in her hand and is pointing to a page inside the book. She is dressed in a blue button blouse and has a red leather bag over her right shoulder. The man looks over her left shoulder at the book. He is balding, wears glasses and and a blue and white striped shirt.
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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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Family ArtVenture: Holiday Open House

Featured Event, Youth & Family, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

Come early to meet Santa, Mrs. Claus, and their reindeer. Enjoy holiday performances and storytelling and create your own work of art.

Free event. No reservations required.
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Family ArtVenture: Fun & Games

Famiy ArtVenture, Featured Event, Youth & Family, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum
Free admission
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READiculous Family ArtVenture

Famiy ArtVenture, Featured Event, Youth & Family, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

Free Family Fun >>Let your imagination soar through the magic of art and stories! Performances, storytelling, activities in the galleries, and art making for the whole family!

Free admission
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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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ART ON A FRIDAY: Women Photographers in Wichita

ANNIE LEIBOVITZ / WORK, Featured Event, Exhibitions, WAM Nights, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

Art on a Monday is now Art on a Friday! Inspired by the summer featured exhibition ANNIE LEIBOVITZ / WORK, a panel of local female photographers will discuss their different approaches to this art form.

Happy Hour: $25 general public/$20 WAM members | Panel Discussion: FREE, open to the public
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Family Artventure: FREE DAY. ANNIE LEIBOVITZ / WORK

ANNIE LEIBOVITZ / WORK, Exhibition Opening, Famiy ArtVenture, Featured Event, FREE Event, Exhibitions, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

Gain extra insight into the ANNIE LEIBOVITZ / WORK exhibition by visiting when docent hosts are in the galleries to share information and answer questions.

Open to the public | Special Exhibition FREE DAY
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Family ArtVenture: National Arts in Education Week

Famiy ArtVenture, Featured Event, FREE Event, Outdoor Activity, Youth & Family, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Wichita Art Museum

Join WAM and Wichita Public Schools for National Arts in Education Week! Enjoy student performances, an art exhibition, hands-on activities, and more!

Free admission

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