Curator Talk: Susie Silbert

Wichita Art Museum 1400 West Museum Boulevard, Wichita, KS, United States

Join Corning Museum of Glass curator, Susie Silbert, for an illustrated talk about the depth and breadth of contemporary glass art. Silbert will discuss artists and artworks in her current exhibition at Corning, titled New Glass Now, featuring an astounding 100 artists of 32 nationalities. As the Corning Museum of Glass' Curator of Modern and […]

Free

Family ArtVenture: Fall Light

Wichita Art Museum 1400 West Museum Boulevard, Wichita, KS, United States

In honor of Wichita Art Museum's fall exhibition, Light & Shadow: Alyson Shotz and Kumi Yamashita, this fun-filled and active family program centers on making art from the shadows. The day includes multiple artmaking activities and a special gallery-looking activity. Free Saturday admission thanks to the generosity of Colby Sandlian and Sandlian Realty. Drop in […]

Free

Senior Wednesday: Curator Talk

Wichita Art Museum 1400 West Museum Boulevard, Wichita, KS, United States

Wichita Art Museum welcomes Jami Frazier Tracy, curator of collections at the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, to Senior Wednesday to share her collaborative work on the Wichita Art Museum exhibition Coffee and Cocktails. This exhibition brings together designer clothes and elegant decorative arts objects to explore the fashionable worlds of teatime and cocktail hour in […]

$2

Art Chatter

Wichita Art Museum 1400 West Museum Boulevard, Wichita, KS, United States

Part open mic, part thought cocktail, part happy hour on a Friday night, join the crowd as caffeinated ideas unfold. A line-up of local artists, musicians, and designers present streamlined ideas of what’s up and on their minds. Featured presenters are architect Carlos Coello, graphic designer Ayu Gagnebin, designer and textile artist Liv Grant, creative […]

$10

What She Wore: Portraiture, Fashion, and Femininity

Wichita Art Museum 1400 West Museum Boulevard, Wichita, KS, United States

Fashion and portraiture have always been intertwined. Particularly in images of women, clothes are used as a shorthand to describe the sitter’s personality—is she respectable and old-fashioned, over-the-top and risqué, or no-nonsense and capable? What She Wore features nineteenth and twentieth-century portraits of women from the permanent collection, wearing everything from evening gowns to shirtdresses. […]