Past Events from February 12, 2021 – January 9, 2021 – Page 30 – Wichita Art Museum

September 2022

Sat 17

September 17, 2022 | 11:00am - 3:00pm

Family ArtVenture: Get Smart With Art

Featured Event, Youth & Family

Wichita Art Museum

Celebrate National Arts in Education Week with Wichita Public Schools

Graphic image of a dark-haired girl in front an aqua blue background with a marker in her hand and the words Celebrate National Arts in Education Week with Wichita Public Schools. The girl is wearing a white top and red pleated skirt. Her hair is braided.

Sat 24

September 24, 2022

Canceled – WAM Gala: Kaleidoscope

WAM Gala Graphic with white background and WAM spelled out in multi-color triangles

Sun 25

September 25, 2022 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Drop-In Tour – September

Featured Event

Wichita Art Museum

Today is your last chance to visit with a docent before "Beth Lipman: All in Time" closes

Three young women looking at a glass sculpture

October 2022

Mon 3

October 3, 2022 | 12:00pm

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

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.

Wed 5

October 5, 2022 | 10:30am - 12:00pm

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.

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

Sat 8

October 8, 2022 | 10:00am - 11:00am

October Drop-In Sculpture Tour in the Art Garden

Featured Event, Outdoor Activity

Wichita Art Museum

Learn more about the sculptures in the Art Garden with a docent-guided tour

Photograph of a group of people looking at a large-scale circular sculpture of weathered metal in the museum art garden with the museum building in the background

Sat 15

October 15, 2022 | 10:00am - 3:00pm

Friends of the Wichita Art Museum Mini Used Book Sale – October 2022

Featured Event, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum

Wichita Art Museum

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.

Sat 15

October 15, 2022 | 11:00am - 3:00pm

Family ArtVenture: Paper Screams

Featured Event, Youth & Family

Wichita Art Museum

Treat yourself to a day of schemes, screams, and spook-tacular artmaking

Woman with dark hair and dressed in a black top, leans toward a dark-haired girl, dressed in pink, holding a white marker to her face and looking at a piece of paper on hte table in front of them. The woman's hand is next to the child's. indicating something on the paper. A green plastic basket with pencils and other art supplies are on the table.

Sat 15

October 15, 2022 | 11:00am - 3:00pm

Exhibition Opening Day for Paper Dreams: Alfred Maurer and American Masterpieces

Exhibition Opening, Featured Event, Exhibitions, Adult Events & Programs, Youth & Family

Wichita Art Museum

It's exhibition Opening Day with art, live music, artmaking, and more!

Back view of adult and child standing in a gallery in front of three paintings by Thomas Hart Benton

Sun 16

October 16, 2022 | 5:30pm

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.

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.

Tue 25

October 25, 2022 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Educator Night – October

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs

Wichita Art Museum

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

Group of people in the gallery with a docent guide

Thu 27

October 27, 2022 | 5:30pm

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.

November 2022

Wed 2

November 2, 2022 | 11:30am - 1:00pm

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

Color etching of a Mexican artist and printmaker with short, dark hair holding his face in his left hand

Thu 3

November 3, 2022 | 6:30pm

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

Graphic with a large brown triangular shape over a light blue and gray geometric pattern with text 52ne Annual Art Awards in a sans serift font

Sun 6

November 6, 2022 | 6:00pm

Ponder This: Your Authentic Self

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs

Wichita Art Museum

Spoken word poets from Wichita will recite their biting critiques

The words Ponder This twice in two shades of purple on a black background

Mon 7

November 7, 2022 | 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Art of Estate Planning

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs

Wichita Art Museum

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

Graphic of a blue box with an off-white box with rounded corners and text: Art of Estate Planning

Wed 9

November 9, 2022 | 6:00pm

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

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

Sat 12

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

Ask Me Tour

Featured Event, Docent Programs, Adult Events & Programs

Wichita Art Museum

WAM Docents share their insights on current exhibitions

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

Thu 17

November 17, 2022 | 5:30pm

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.

Fri 18

November 18, 2022 | 6:00pm

Art Chatter

Featured Event, Adult Events & Programs

Wichita Art Museum

This loyal program with a packed-house following continues!