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

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

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

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

Catching Light: Selections from the Wichita Art Museum’s Burnstein Collection

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

Dr. Robert Burnstein, a Detroit psychiatrist, began collecting glass in the 1980s. He was attracted to American glass of the 19th and 20th centuries because, as he stated, "it was a time when handcrafted expertise and precision craftsmanship were the benchmarks of the American glass industry." Soon he came to find that among American companies, […]