Friends of the Wichita Art Museum

Friends of the Wichita Art Museum FWAM is a dynamic social and volunteer organization that supports the Wichita Art Museum.
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With an initial deposit of $293,105.07 in 1997, the Friends established what has now become a three million dollar endowment through its fundraising activities, gently used Book Sales, luncheon lecture series and a prestigious symposium that spotlights an important area of American art.

See you tomorrow at Wichita Art Museum for our Mini Used Book Sale! 📚📖
09/22/2023

See you tomorrow at Wichita Art Museum for our Mini Used Book Sale! 📚📖

🍁🍂☕🫖The weather is changing, and it's time to find another great read for those cozy autumn nights! 📖
📘 Friends of the Wichita Art Museum Book Sale
📙Sept 23rd ~ 10am to 3pm
📗Fiction, non-fiction, children’s books, 1st editions, author signed

wam.org/event/friends-of-wam-mini-used-book-sale-september-2023

09/13/2023
Amazing new edition to the Museum’s permanent collection. Worth the visit to see it.
09/12/2023

Amazing new edition to the Museum’s permanent collection. Worth the visit to see it.

Four months after the Wichita Art Museum’s controversial sale of a Henry Moore sculpture, the museum has used part of the $10.5 million proceeds for its first new art purchase.

Amazing news for Wichita Art Museum! We can’t wait to check out the newest piece by Kehinde Wiley!
09/12/2023

Amazing news for Wichita Art Museum! We can’t wait to check out the newest piece by Kehinde Wiley!

Four months after the Wichita Art Museum’s controversial sale of a Henry Moore sculpture, the museum has used part of the $10.5 million proceeds for its first new art purchase.

Thank you to everyone who came out to the Friends of WAM Fill-A-Bag Mini Used Book Sale! 😀📚 Be sure to join us July 22 f...
06/24/2023

Thank you to everyone who came out to the Friends of WAM Fill-A-Bag Mini Used Book Sale! 😀📚 Be sure to join us July 22 for our next used book sale.

We want thank Teresa Veazey for her support of FWAM and the Wichita Art Museum. We will miss you!
06/12/2023

We want thank Teresa Veazey for her support of FWAM and the Wichita Art Museum. We will miss you!

Our Friends are off to Philadelphia this week to explore museums, art and all that the Philly has to offer!
06/08/2023

Our Friends are off to Philadelphia this week to explore museums, art and all that the Philly has to offer!

A big THANK YOU to all of our amazing volunteers who helped at the Readiculous Book Sale!
05/09/2023

A big THANK YOU to all of our amazing volunteers who helped at the Readiculous Book Sale!

Tonight kicks off our Friends of WAM Readiculous Book Sale! We have your evening plans covered at Wichita Art Museum!🍽️ ...
05/05/2023

Tonight kicks off our Friends of WAM Readiculous Book Sale! We have your evening plans covered at Wichita Art Museum!
🍽️ Dinner at 1400 by Elderslie
📕Book Sale in the Farha Great Hall
🎸 Guitar performance by Juan Carlos from 5:30-7:30pm
📖 So many books for sale!
🎨 Gallery Talk with artist Sharif Bey at 6:30pm
📚 Did we mention there will be books?!

All proceeds from the book sale benefit WAM. Find you next great read and help support the arts in our community!

We have more than just books at the Readiculous Used Book Sale May 5 through 7! 📗Friday - Guitar performance by Juan Car...
05/04/2023

We have more than just books at the Readiculous Used Book Sale May 5 through 7!

📗Friday - Guitar performance by Juan Carlos
📕Saturday - Performances by North High Flag Girls, Riverside Elementary School Choir, St Anthony Lion & Dragon Dancers, & Prairie Creek Elementary
📘Sunday - Alex the Magician, St Anthony Lion & Dragon Dancers, and the Sweet Adelines

See you this weekend!

Our biggest used book sale of the year is happening May 5 through 7 at Wichita Art Museum! Meander miles of aisles of li...
05/01/2023

Our biggest used book sale of the year is happening May 5 through 7 at Wichita Art Museum! Meander miles of aisles of lightly loved bibliophile bargains and enjoy live performances throughout the day. All proceeds from the book sale benefit WAM! See you there!

As   comes to an end, we want to thank our FWAM Board Members for all they do to support Wichita Art Museum!
04/29/2023

As comes to an end, we want to thank our FWAM Board Members for all they do to support Wichita Art Museum!

Join us on Saturday for the Mini Used Book Sale at Wichita Art Museum! There are so many other fun activities planned yo...
04/20/2023

Join us on Saturday for the Mini Used Book Sale at Wichita Art Museum! There are so many other fun activities planned you won’t want to miss it!

Wichita Weekend! The Wichita Art Museum is having a big FREE day of fun on Saturday! Also lots of cool Earth Day events.

Visit: https://wichitaonthecheap.com/
For all the info, times and prices!

Have a safe and happy weekend, Friends!
Wichita Art Museum
Derby, Kansas City Hall
Chicken N Pickle - Wichita
Exploration Place
Botanica
Sedgwick County Zoo

📚The next Mini Used Book Sale is Saturday, April 22 at Wichita Art Museum! 📖 Find your next great read and take advantag...
04/17/2023

📚The next Mini Used Book Sale is Saturday, April 22 at Wichita Art Museum! 📖 Find your next great read and take advantage of the other amazing events happening at WAM!

A few Friends of the Wichita Art Museum visited the Philbrook Museum of Art to check out the Rembrandt to Monet exhibit....
04/14/2023

A few Friends of the Wichita Art Museum visited the Philbrook Museum of Art to check out the Rembrandt to Monet exhibit. Looks like they really immersed themselves in the art!

What are you doing this weekend?! Check out our Mini Used Book Sale on Saturday at Wichita Art Museum. Thanks Wichita on...
03/23/2023

What are you doing this weekend?! Check out our Mini Used Book Sale on Saturday at Wichita Art Museum. Thanks Wichita on the Cheap for including our event!

Wichita Weekend! Lots going on this weekend! Sign up for our weekly email newsletters so you never miss a DEAL!

Have a Safe and Happy Weekend, friends!

Join us this Saturday, March 25 from 10am to 3pm for our Mini Used Book Sale! All proceeds benefit the Wichita Art Museu...
03/22/2023

Join us this Saturday, March 25 from 10am to 3pm for our Mini Used Book Sale! All proceeds benefit the Wichita Art Museum.

March 25, 2023 | 10:00am - 3:00pm - Find your next great read!

As you do your spring cleaning, think about donating your books to Friends of the Wichita Art Museum! We are always look...
03/20/2023

As you do your spring cleaning, think about donating your books to Friends of the Wichita Art Museum! We are always looking for gently used books (no magazines or encyclopedias, please) for our Used Book Sales. Your donations, and proceeds from book sales, help support the exhibitions and events at Wichita Art Museum.

Book donations can be dropped off to the Wichita Art Museum --the dropbox is on the north side of the museum's parking lot.

We had a very chic crowd today at Art on a Monday at Wichita Art Museum!  1400 by Elderslie served a delicious lunch whi...
03/07/2023

We had a very chic crowd today at Art on a Monday at Wichita Art Museum! 1400 by Elderslie served a delicious lunch while Wichita Fashionistas Bonnie Bing, Allison Baker of Aspen Boutique, and fashion designer Hazel Stabler shared trends, inspiration and all things fashion!

Be sure to check out Wichita Art Museum's latest exhibit Isabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper on display until May 14.

03/06/2023
Join us today until 3pm for the FWAM Mini Book Sale at Wichita Art Museum! 📚
02/25/2023

Join us today until 3pm for the FWAM Mini Book Sale at Wichita Art Museum! 📚

FWAM volunteers painting for the Isabelle de Borchgrave opening party!
02/25/2023

FWAM volunteers painting for the Isabelle de Borchgrave opening party!

11/29/2022
Mark your calendar for the Holiday Open House. Start your holiday with a festive event for the entire f family.
11/09/2022

Mark your calendar for the Holiday Open House. Start your holiday with a festive event for the entire f family.

10/13/2022

Looking forward to the opening of Psper Dreams this weekend! It should be spectacular.

FWAM Mini Book Sale Saturday, October 15th from 10:00-3:00.
10/11/2022

FWAM Mini Book Sale Saturday, October 15th from 10:00-3:00.

A wonderful night was had at the FWAM party. The food, drinks, entertainment, and company was the best. Thank you to our...
10/10/2022

A wonderful night was had at the FWAM party. The food, drinks, entertainment, and company was the best. Thank you to our hosts Gena and Steve Dillard for having us in your beautiful home, and yard. Thank you also to the social committee. It was a perfect evening.

Friends of the Wichita Art Museum had a fun day on the Art Bus Hop. It was a great day viewing Wichita’s impressive publ...
09/18/2022

Friends of the Wichita Art Museum had a fun day on the Art Bus Hop. It was a great day viewing Wichita’s impressive public art.

The Friends of the Wichita Art Museum presented Patricia McDonnell a painting by Roger Shimomura. This is in honor of  h...
09/12/2022

The Friends of the Wichita Art Museum presented Patricia McDonnell a painting by Roger Shimomura. This is in honor of her leadership as the Director of the Wichita Art Museum. This painting will be part of the museum’s permanent collection. Patricia will be missed, and we wish her a wonderful retirement.

11/10/2020


MINI BOOK SALE: Friends of WAM will hold its next mini book sales on 11/27/20 & 11/28/20, 10:00-3:00 ea day. A variety of book categories available at reasonable prices. Masks required. Held in conjunction with Winter Art Mania.

11/02/2020

HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE—Sun, 12/6/20, 2:00-4:00–FWAM invites you to warm up with holiday cheer at WAM! BYOC - bring your own camera for an outside Photo Op as Santa will be taking a toymaking break to swoop in on his sleigh w live reindeer (socially-distanced line and socially-distanced photo). FREE Museum Admission! Holiday shopping galore inside at the WAM Museum Store. See the WAM art exhibitions. The Muse Museum Cafe will be open for food & beverage purchases. Treats and individual art-making bags will be handed out to kids.

Leave it to the artist to leave his mark on history.From Artnet News: An Artist Is Transforming the Parking Lot of the Q...
05/28/2020

Leave it to the artist to leave his mark on history.

From Artnet News: An Artist Is Transforming the Parking Lot of the Queens Museum Into a Tribute to Health Care Workers ‘So Big It Can Be Seen by Satellite’

Artist Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada's mural appears in one of New York City's hardest-hit neighborhoods.

05/25/2020

FINALLY!

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03/26/2020

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03/26/2020

Postponed or cancelled until further notice. 😔

MAR27 Postponed until July 17: Interactive Film Screening: Grease
Tomorrow 6 PM • 376 guests
MAR28 Cancelled: Mini Used Book Sale
Sat 10 AM • 583 guests
MAR28 Postponed: Family ArtVenture: WAM BAM Disco Time
Sat 11 AM • 207 guests
APR1 Cancelled: Senior Wednesday: Mid-America All-Indian Center
Wed 10 AM • Myron Ackerman is going
APR9 Postponed: Curator Talk with Candice Hopkins
Thu 6 PM • 67 guests
APR12 Cancelled: Drop-In Tour: Preston Singletary
Sun 2 PM • 33 guests
APR14 Postponed: Volunteer Appreciation Reception
Tue 5 PM • Christopher Gulick is going
APR21 Cancelled: Tuesday Tour: Preston Singletary
Tue 2 PM • Christopher Gulick is going
APR24 Cancelled: Members-Only Late 'til 8
Fri 5 PM • 37 guests
APR25 Postponed: Renovation Opening Day Extravaganza
Sat 11 AM • 129 guests
APR25 Cancelled: Docent Dialogues in the Galleries: Preston Singletary
Sat 1 PM • 18 guests

Mourning the close of museums.
03/25/2020

Mourning the close of museums.

Indeed, there may be "safety" in art.From Artnet News: Want to avoid catching the coronavirus? Maybe you should have bee...
03/21/2020

Indeed, there may be "safety" in art.

From Artnet News: Want to avoid catching the coronavirus? Maybe you should have been an artist.

Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators, have a remarkably low risk for contacting the disease, according to new data compiled by the New York Times.

Art is the second-safest career, with a physical proximity score of nine and a disease exposure of zero. That ranks it behind only loggers and just ahead of authors and writers, who are at zero on exposure but 14 on proximity.

Graphic designers have comparatively less risk: they score zero for exposure and 34 for how close they typically get to other people.

Thank you to our loyal WAM community. The world has turned inside out in the past week. A sense of belonging means so mu...
03/20/2020

Thank you to our loyal WAM community.

The world has turned inside out in the past week. A sense of belonging means so much more in anxious days. We thank you—our incredible WAM community—for all the ways you connect and care about the Wichita Art Museum. We’ve honestly felt it this week, as many reached out to the museum. The support is so very appreciated.

Stay safe, remain healthy. We will be back in action and together again. It can’t come soon enough, and we will reach out virtually during this period as we weather a global crisis. We thank you for support of the Wichita Art Museum.

David Hockney from his home in Normandy, France, creates a new painting to brighten the spirits of all those sequestered...
03/19/2020

David Hockney from his home in Normandy, France, creates a new painting to brighten the spirits of all those sequestered from Covid-19.

FWAM board member, Mickie Moore Brown, shares her "Doors and Windows on the World" with us--photos she took on a recent ...
03/16/2020

FWAM board member, Mickie Moore Brown, shares her "Doors and Windows on the World" with us--photos she took on a recent trip to Egypt.

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Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

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Thanks to Wichita Mom for this holiday list! You can see Santa and Mrs. Claus this Sunday afternoon during the Friends of WAM Holiday Open House, sponsored by the Friends of the Wichita Art Museum. In addition to photos with Santa, Lamphouse Photo Booth Co. will be here to capture your family's holiday-themed portrait.
The Wichita Eagle has a long list of holiday-related events, so make sure you have Sunday, December 4 on your calendar when the Friends of the Wichita Art Museum have their annual Friends of the Wichita Art Museum Holiday Open House. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be there!

https://www.kansas.com/entertainment/holidays/article268260327.html?ac_cid=DM721723&ac_bid=1296221310
Today is the last day to see stunning glass in the show we organized titled "Beth Lipman: All in Time." This exhibition has been generously underwritten by presenting sponsor F. Price Cossman Memorial Trust, INTRUST Bank, Trustee. Sondra M. Langel provided major underwriting, and DeVore Foundation is a principal sponsor. Additional generous support has been provided by Sue and Fred Berry, Sonia Greteman and Chris Brunner, Dr. Harold and Mrs. Evelyn Gregg, Terry and Lou Heldman, and Trish Higgins.

2022 exhibitions and public programs are generously supported by the Downing Foundation. All museum exhibitions receive generous sponsorship from the Friends of the Wichita Art Museum and the City of Wichita- Government.
Julia guided Friends of the Wichita Art Museum on a tour of the art in our building last week! KLC and the Kansas Health Foundation Conference Center houses a rich and varied collection of painting, sculpture, photography and fiber art by Kansas artists.

Learn more about the intersection of art and leadership in our book In Plain View here: https://kansasleadershipcenter.org/store/in-plain-view-klc-art-collection/
Today marks the beginning of , and we're pleased to be included in Visit Wichita's list of events and activities with a new exhibition, "Power to the People: Mexican Prints from the Great War to the Cold War." This exhibition is generously supported by City of Wichita- Government and the Friends of the Wichita Art Museum. 2022 exhibitions and public programs are generously supported by the Downing Foundation. Annual exhibition funding is provided by the Judy Slawson Family Exhibition Fund and the Charles E. Baker and Jim V. Phillips Exhibition Fund.

Special thanks to Teresa Molina, assistant professor of Spanish at Friends University, for advising and for translating "Power to the People" exhibition signage and labels for each work of art for our Spanish-speaking visitors.

WAM agradece especialmente a Teresa Molina, profesora de español en la Universidad de Friends, por el asesoramiento y la traducción de la señalización de la exposición Power to the People y de las etiquetas de cada obra de arte para los visitantes de habla hispana.

https://www.visitwichita.com/blog/post/honoring-hispanic-heritage-month-in-wichita/
Have you seen the stunning, spectacular glass work by artist Beth Lipman? If you missed Exhibition Opening Day for "Beth Lipman: All in Time" last Saturday, visit this week and take in "All in Time," which follows her retrospective at the MAD | Museum of Arts and Design in NYC.

Many thanks to our wonderful donors, sponsors and patrons!
This exhibition has been generously underwritten by presenting sponsor F. Price Cossman Memorial Trust, INTRUST Bank, Trustee. Sondra M. Langel provided major underwriting, and DeVore Foundation is a principal sponsor. Additional generous support has been provided by Sue and Fred Berry, Sonia Greteman and Chris Brunner, Dr. Harold and Mrs. Evelyn Gregg, Terry and Lou Heldman, and Trish Higgins.

2022 exhibitions and public programs are generously supported by the Downing Foundation. All museum exhibitions receive generous sponsorship from the Friends of the Wichita Art Museum and the City of Wichita- Government.
Tons of tomes! The Friends of the Wichita Art Museum’s “Books and All That Jazz” continues today with live music & performances by Wichita High School East & Buckner Performing Arts Magnet Elementary School from Wichita Public Schools + Roxy's Downtown & more. Join us for Family ArtVenture with free artmaking activities from 11am to 3pm.
What's on the Wichita Eagle's list for this weekend? The Friends of the Wichita Art Museum's Books and All That Jazz fundraising event, which starts tonight at 5 pm & goes through the weekend. In addition to hundreds of books, we have three days of activities and performances. See the full schedule: https://wichitaartmuseum.org/whats-on/books-and-all-that-jazz/

https://www.kansas.com/entertainment/article260821072.html?ac_cid=DM640051&ac_bid=-283392287
Thanks to Visit Wichita for including us on their list! Make sure your calendars are marked for the Friends of the Wichita Art Museum's big book fair, Books and All That Jazz, starting on Friday night, April 29. Books, books, and more books!
The Wall Street Journal, in their review of the Denver Art Museum's "Whistler to Cassatt" exhibition, called our "Mother and Child" painting by Mary Cassatt a "masterpiece!" How fortunate we were to hear from the exhibition curator, Dr. Timothy Standring, back in October during the Friends of the Wichita Art Museum's Howard E. Wooden Lecture, as he gave us a behind-the-scenes look on the making of this fabulous exhibition.
The Friends of the Wichita Art Museum will have Santa & Mrs. Claus here this Sunday afternoon, December 5, during their free Friends of the Wichita Art Museum Holiday Open House. Meet Sparkle the reindeer from Fulton Valley Farms A Country Christmas, too!
Don’t miss the Friends of the Wichita Art Museum’s Blowout Book Sale today & tomorrow. We have tons of tomes in 35 categories!
The career of Will Barnet, born in 1911, "spanned many of the great art movements of 20th-century America. In his early years, Barnet embraced the social realism of the 1930s, making paintings and prints that grappled with the devastating poverty of the Great Depression. In the 1940s and 50s, Barnet turned to abstraction and painted flat, hard-edged geometric shapes that lacked any obvious reference to the observable world. By the early 1960s, however, Barnet had abandoned pure abstraction and returned to depicting the human body—mostly images of his family. He developed a style that would characterize the next 50 years of his career.

"Chess Game" pictures Barnet’s daughter, Ona, in the New York City brownstone the family began renting in the late 1960s. Barnet was fascinated by the 1901 building and used it as the setting for many of his prints and paintings during this period. The artist was particularly interested in the home’s original woodwork—slanting floors, old staircases, bannisters, windows, and doorways. In both his figural and abstract work, Barnet juxtaposed strong verticals with horizontals and curves with right angles.

Image: Will Barnet, "Chess Game," 1973. Oil on canvas, 43 1/4 x 33 inches. Wichita Art Museum, Museum purchase, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum
Book donations needed! The Friends of the Wichita Art Museum are wanting gently used books (no magazines or encyclopedias, please) for the Mini Used Book Sale on June 8. Do you have unneeded books on your bookshelf? Bring them to the Wichita Art Museum--the dropbox is on the north side of the museum's parking lot. And know that your book donations to the Friends, and proceeds from book sales, help support the exhibitions and events at WAM.
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