Mission: The Wichita Art Museum brings people, ideas, and American art together to enrich lives and build community. The Muse Cafe is permanently closed.
Vision: The Wichita Art Museum strives to be a national model of excellence as a regional museum devoted to American art.
Nestled in the heart of the Museums on the River district just five minutes from downtown in the Riverside neighborhood, the Wichita Art Museum is home to a nationally renowned collection of American art. As one of the largest art museums in the state of Kansas, WAM houses one of the country’s premier collections with 10,000+ works in our permanent collection, including masterpieces by Mary Cassatt and Edward Hopper. The Museum features two dramatic and large-scale works by Seattle glass artist Dale Chihuly. Inspired by the intricate patterns of traditional Persian glass, the "Persian Seaform Installation: provides a stunning first impression at the Museum’s entrance and hanging in the S. Jim and Darla Farha Great Hall is the "Confetti Chandelier." New to the Wichita Art Museum is "Living History," a 3-ton sculpture commission by artist Beth Lipman that hangs in the Boeing Foyer. Look for "1400 by Elderslie," a new culinary partnership with Elderslie Farm, opening in February 2023.
Operating as usual
Tomorrow and Sunday are the final days to view the exhibition "Charles M. Russell & the American West." See the traditions & virtues of the Old West as Russell envisioned them. Galleries open 10 am to 5 pm Saturday and noon to 5 pm Sunday. Don't forget about free Saturday admission!
Meet Wichita designer Rachelle Ablah from Rocky's Hardwear tomorrow in the Museum Store. The Rocky's Hardwear Artist Demonstration with Rachelle Ablah starts at 11am--watch her create beautiful & unique silver jewelry during this demonstration.
Are you out holiday shopping? Stop by the Museum Store with fabulous finds for everyone on your gift-giving list. You can & support the arts with every purchase.
Tell us you saw this on Facebook and, when you visit the Store, we have a gift for you! (expires 12/23/22)
Shop the Museum Store for fabulous finds!
Congratulations to our Curator of Education, Mathew Buckingham, who is o-fish-ally retiring! We hope you have fun at the lake, Mat! We will miss you!
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.
Christmas lights and concerts, where to see Santa and the Nutcracker, the best sledding hills & Christmas tree farms - it's all here!
We're excited to announce our new team member, Molly McFerson, starts on Monday as Director of Learning, Engagement and Partnerships, a new position at the museum. Molly brings great museum education experience with her from the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas Museum of Art & The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Welcome to WAM, Molly!
https://wichitaartmuseum.org/wichita-art-museum-names-director-of-learning-engagement-and-partnerships/
It's Cyber Monday! Today is the day to shop the Museum Store online via our Shopify site! Your fabulous finds can be shipped via US Postal Service. We also offer curbside pick-up at no charge.
Shop the Museum Store for fabulous finds!
Today is Museum Store Sunday, sponsored by the Museum Store Association, which means 20% off your Museum Store purchase! We have fabulous finds for everyone on your gift-giving list & complimentary gift packaging, too. The Store opens at noon; look for ICTMakers, Bella Bonita Designs, Heartlandia Stickers, Buddha Board, Trek Light Gear, Pearly Girls, MARY FRANCES ACCESSORIES, Rocky's Hardwear + tree ornaments, puzzles, art supplies for kids & adults, jewelry, notecards and more.
& when you visit our Museum Store!
What is 5th on the Wichita Eagle's list of things to do this weekend? Tonight's Elf Interactive Screening! This is your chance to spread Christmas cheer by singing loud for all to hear! Tix available online with a discount for WAM members: https://wichitaartmuseum.org/event/elf/
Starting today, on Black Friday, and running through Cyber Monday, get 20% off your Individual, Household & Household Plus memberships at WAM:
https://wichitaartmuseum.org/membership/black-friday-membership-deals/
Give the gift of membership to yourself or someone else. Museum memberships are always the right size, and they last all year!
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Thank you Wichita Life ICT for including our Museum Store in your Holiday Shopping Guide! & with your purchases in our Store. We have fabulous finds from Bella Bonita Designs, Heartlandia Stickers, Pearly Girls, MARY FRANCES ACCESSORIES, ICTMakers, Trek Light Gear, Michael Michaud Jewellery and more! Complimentary gift packaging is available, too.
https://wichitalifeict.com/shop-local-wichita-holiday-shopping-guide-2022/
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We're going to do some remodeling in the restaurant space first, so look for "1400 by Elderslie" to open in February 2023.
With the closing of The Muse Cafe inside the Wichita Art Museum, a press release went out earlier this week to announce that the museum and Elderslie Farm are
🙌 A big shout-out to ICTMakers, one of 's local artists featured in our Museum Store, about the importance of AND how YOUR purchase supports our programs, events & exhibitions. Thank you to our artists & our shoppers!
While I'm all wrapped up in Small Business Saturday, I wanted to take a minute to spotlight museum stores.
Shopping at museum stores helps to maintain and grow collections, helps fund classes and special events, and educate our community. You don't have to pay admission to shop at museum stores. You help keep the doors open, and get something great to give. Win-win!
We appreciate working with Botanica, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, Old Cowtown Museum, Kansas Aviation Museum, Mid-America All-Indian Museum!
Many thanks to the Wichita Eagle's Carrie Rengers for writing this important profile about our new Director/CEO Anne Kraybill and the Ulrich Museum of Art's new Creative/Executive Director Vivian Zavataro. Our two museums have worked together for many years, and we look forward to continuing that artistic partnership!
Have you started your holiday shopping? Stop by the Museum Store with fabulous finds for everyone on your gift-giving list. You can & support the arts with every purchase.
Tell us you saw this on Facebook and, when you visit the Store, we have a gift for you! (expires 12/23/22)
Buddy is back! And so are our elves from last year, Kara Evans Hunt & Andy McFayden! Get your $25 tickets today & spend Black Friday Night here, singing loud for all to hear!
https://wichitaartmuseum.org/event/elf/
We're excited to announce our new partnership with Elderslie Farm! Look for "1400 by Elderslie" opening here in February 2023 in our soon-to-be-renovated restaurant space.
https://wichitaartmuseum.org/wam-announces-new-culinary-partnership-with-chef-katharine-elder-of-elderslie-farm/
Look for 1400 by Elderslie coming in February 2023
If you've not seen "Paper Dreams" yet, listen to Curt Clonts's KMUW review & then come to the museum for the exhibition. We're pleased to be showing works on paper by from the Weisman Art Museum collection. What a great way to find artistic inspiration!
KMUW arts commentator Curt Clonts says a new exhibit satisfies his love of paper as a medium.
Icintheict has it right--Groove IS in the Art! Read the review (with great memories from the 70s!) and then head over here to see our "Kaleidoscope" show, which showcases 20th-century art’s experimentation with line, color, and optical effects. Remember: Saturday admission is always free, thanks to Colby Sandlian of Sandlian Realty.
A new exhibit at the Wichita Art Museum brings out the color as the grays of winter roll in.
Thank you to The Community Voice for highlighting winners of The Arts Council's 52nd Annual Art Awards, which will be this Thursday night here at the museum. Congratulations to all of the award recipients for all you do for Wichita!
https://www.communityvoiceks.com/2022/10/29/eaton-thacker-to-receive-arts-council-awards/
Do you have your tickets yet?
Kamala Eaton and Janice Thacker are among 13 individuals, organizations and businesses that will receive awards during the 52nd annual Arts Council Awards on Thurs., Nov. 3, 5:30 to 8:30 […]
Thank you so much for visiting! Come back soon!
Learning to look — these tours at the Wichita Art Museum give students a chance to observe all kinds of artwork! These 4th graders from Harper Elementary were so curious and had so many great insights!
Opening today: See "The Expansive Sky" featuring paintings by Keith Jacobshagen, who was born & raised in , . "The Expansive Sky," on view in the DeVore Gallery on the museum's second floor, serves as an intimate retrospective of Jacobshagen’s career that includes recently acquired works dating from the 1970s through 2021.
While you're sleeping, the Night Helper Blog, LLC is up at night and blogging about travel, including what to do in . We're proud to be included on this list, along with fellow Museums on the River Old Cowtown Museum, Exploration Place and Mid-America All-Indian Museum.
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We're a marketing award winner! During the Travel Industry Association of Kansas - TIAK 2022 Marketing Awards at the Kansas Tourism Conference this week, we received the large market win for our regional insert announcing the Beth Lipman exhibition "All in Time" and showcasing her new sculpture, "Living History," installed in The Boeing Company Foyer. The insert was distributed to subscribers of the Wichita Business Journal as well as to regional subscribers of The Wall Street Journal and Sunday subscribers of The New York Times.
https://tiak.org/tiak-marketing-award-winners-for-2022/
Thank you for your creativity, Young Latino Professionals of Wichita! We'll have these works installed in the Living Room, right next to the Ross/Ritchie galleries where "Power to the People: Mexican Prints from the Great War to the Cold War" is on view.
If you're headed to New York City, be sure to stop by the Whitney Museum of American Art. Our painting, "Sunlight on Brownstones," traveled from City of Wichita- Government to NYC for their new exhibition "Edward Hopper's New York." We're proud to share this collection gem!
We're hiring! WAM is looking for a full-time Director of Security and Facilities who can provide an exceptional experience for visitors while ensuring the safety of people, art, and the campus. Please visit the website for more details:
https://wichitaartmuseum.org/jobs-volunteers/
Today's the day! We're opening our new exhibition "Paper Dreams" with works on paper from the Weisman Art Museum paired with gems from our collection, including Edward Hopper, John Marin, Charles Burchfield & many others. Join us for live jazz music from Wichita Jazz Festival's Jazz Play, performances by Wichita Children's Theatre and Dance Center & lots of Halloween-themed artmaking.
And admission to the museum on Saturday is free thanks to Colby Sandlian of Sandlian Realty.
Many thanks to City of Wichita- Government Councilmember Maggie Ballard for Wichita City Council District VI for stepping in for Mayor Brandon Whipple during this week's media briefing. She introduced our new Director/CEO Anne Kraybill and got a sneak peek at the new exhibition opening this Saturday, "Paper Dreams," featuring gems from our collection and artwork on loan from the Weisman Art Museum.
Don't miss Exhibition Opening for Paper Dreams: Alfred Maurer and American Masterpieces!
Don't miss this Saturday's Exhibition Opening for Paper Dreams: Alfred Maurer and American Masterpieces!
Did you miss yesterday's film screening during Senior Wednesday? We're offering a repeat screening, thanks to Double Stuffed Podcast, at 10:30 am today (Thursday, October 6), in the Howard E. Wooden Lecture Hall. Don't miss this film or the chance to meet co-director Sara Joy Harmon.
Of the 70 paintings in the Royal Academy of Arts exhibition "Milton Avery: American Colourist," the first comprehensive exhibition of Avery’s work in Europe, one painting traveled from City of Wichita- Government to London--our own collection gem, "Beach Blankets" from 1960. Check out the show's review from The Art Newspaper's Ben Luke.
The American artist was a brilliant colourist who pushed figuration to its limits but never went the way of “the abstract boys”. Plus, what the other critics said about the show
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.
It's a discount! Starting today & running through Sunday, receive 20% off one item (excluding consignment items) in our Museum Store this weekend.
Are you a WAM member who usually receives 10% off your purchases? Today through Sunday, you'll receive 30% off one item. Stop in and shop today!
We have new offerings, including HERNÁN hot chocolate pots, Trek Light Gear adventure blankets and Michael Michaud Jewellery.
Interested in becoming a member at the Wichita Art Museum? Learn more at: mm.wichitaartmuseum.org/join
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/
Job announcement: We are seeking a dynamic and creative Director of Learning, Engagement, and Partnerships during a time of exciting strategic planning and growth. This person will play a critical role in creating programming, partnerships, and interpretation for all audiences to ensure that WAM is accessible, welcoming, and inclusive for all. See full description & salary range:
https://wichitaartmuseum.org/jobs-volunteers/
We were thrilled to welcome Heroes Academy here for a visit. Do you belong to a student group that would enjoy a guided tour of the museum? Fill out our online Tour Request Form: https://wichitaartmuseum.org/visit/guided-tours/
Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.
Heroes Academy Students had the opportunity to attend the Wichita Art Museum for a unique experience. Thank you for helping us continue our mission to provide culture to our youth.
Congratulations to Sam Smith, who participated in the Kansas Creative's Critical Writing Initiative, for generating this review that was published by KC Studio online. Visit WAM on Saturdays when general admission is free to everyone, thanks to Colby Sandlian of Sandlian Realty.
WAM gives 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 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.
A black and white skull grins blithely, eye sockets empty; on its head sits a bountiful hat, resplendent with feathers and flowers.
Thank you, Visit Wichita, for highlighting our newest exhibition, “Power to the People: Mexican Prints From the Great War to the Cold War." This exhibition, which is now on view, includes work by icons of Mexican modernism--Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. We give 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 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/
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We finished this week's Hot Art for Cool Kids program with a fashion show in the Living Room. Check out the colorful creativity with the kids and their tie-dyed t-shirts! 👉 Camp spots are still open at the end of July: https://wichitaartmuseum.org/learn/hot-art-for-cool-kids/
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.
Don’t miss the Friends of the Wichita Art Museum’s Blowout Book Sale today & tomorrow. We have tons of tomes in 35 categories!
Will you be out shopping this weekend? #ShopLocal & visit the Museum Store from 11am-4-pm for unique gift ideas for all ages. Gift packaging available. Don't know what to buy? WAM gift cards are an artful way to give! Remember: WAM members receive 10% off Store purchases
#ShopLocal during the holidays & remember your Museum Store purchases support WAM programs & exhibitions. November 29 is Museum Store Sunday with 20% off select jewelry. Gift packaging available. #shopict
Looking for inspired gifts this holiday season? Shop local at the Museum Store--we can help! From Hot Sox to ZSISKA jewelry to Cubebot, you have many options in all prices ranges. Complimentary gift packaging available. Not sure what to buy? Museum Store cards are perfectly sized for everyone on your gift-giving list
Saturday night, September 26 - An innovative, virtual occasion with thoughtfully curated content conceived by a collective of creative virtuosos. Expect the unexpected! wichitaartmuseum.org/gala
Nestled in the heart of the Museums on the River district just five minutes from downtown in the Riverside neighborhood, the Wichita Art Museum is home to a nationally renowned collection of American art. As the largest art museum in the state of Kansas, WAM houses one of the country’s premier collections with nearly 10,000 works in our permanent collection, including masterpieces by Mary Cassatt and Edward Hopper. The Museum features two dramatic and large-scale works by Seattle glass artist Dale Chihuly. Inspired by the intricate patterns of traditional Persian glass, the Persian Seaform Installation provides a stunning first impression at the Museum’s entrance and hanging in the S. Jim and Darla Farha Great Hall is the Confetti Chandelier.
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