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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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Family ArtVenture: Playful Patterns

Featured Event, Youth & Family
Wichita Art Museum

Playful patterns make fashion and art pop!

Free admission
Six colorful fabrics and papers photo-stitched together reflect playful patterns of various shapes
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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

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
Gallery image with blue sculpture on a white pedastal in the foreground, various other artworks on the walls
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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
Photo of a Black man with a mustache and goatee wearing a grey head covering and a blue striped collared shirt

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
Red Circle with white text: Ask Me! in a cursive font on a turquoise background
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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
The words Ponder This twice in two shades of purple on a black background
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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
A woman with long, wavy dark hair and wearing glasses looks at the camera while standing next to elements for her art installation
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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
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Family ArtVenture: Ani-May

Featured Event, Youth & Family
Wichita Art Museum

Step into the world of anime & come dressed as your favorite anime character

Free
Graphic design with the words Family ArtVenture presents Ani-May

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