Friends of the Wichita Art Museum

05/07/2026

Tomorrow Night: Fri, May 8th 6:30-7:30PM

Wichita Art Museum along with invites you to an evening with MTWichita’s Artistic Director, Brian J. Marcum.

Come explore WAM’s featured exhibition Alex Katz: Theater and Dance, have a drink and learn through stories, songs and dances how Brian went from a 7-year-old tap dancer to the Artistic Director of Music Theatre Wichita.

Friday, May 8, 2026 | 6:30PM | Free and open to the public | Wooden Lecture Hall | Wichita Art Museum along with Music Theatre Wichita invite you to an evening with MTWichita's Artistic Director, Brian J. Marcum. Come explore WAM's featured exhibition Alex Katz: Theater and Dance, have a drink and l...

05/07/2026

Join us for another great used book sale this Saturday - May 9th - from 10AM - 3PM.

https://wam.org/event/friends-of-wam-mini-used-book-sale-2026/2026-05-09/

02/21/2026

Book Sale today! Come on by the Wichita Art Museum from 10am-3pm!

The Wichita Art Museum book sale is back and will occur throughout the year. Admission is FREE, but bring some money to purchase books. Find some deals on books and enjoy the gallery!

01/10/2026

FWAM Used Book Sale is today at until 3pm! We have great finds for all ages!

12/23/2025

Hey Friends --

◆◆◆ The exhibt "Safer Waters: Picturing Black Recreation at Midcentury" is now open at Wichita Art Museum!
◆◆◆It is a continuation of painter and fiber artist Stephen Towns - Visual Artist work that centers Paradise Park, a lakeside resort located in central Florida that was popular with Black vacationers in the middle of the 20th century. Paradise Park’s sandy beaches, and glass-bottom boat tours allowed Black Americans to escape Jim Crow’s strict segregation, and unrelenting racism.

Towns has created seven new quilts for Safer Waters, the work is created from the perspective of a vacationer on the sandy, warm beaches at Paradise Park. The work in the exhibition evokes the warmth and joy that the visitors of the park experienced while fellowshipping at their beloved, sacred space.

We're bringing this story home by partnering with the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum and The TKAAM - The Kansas African American Museum to present objects and ephemera that connect Towns' art with Kansas' own midcentury Black recreation history.

https://wam.org/whats-on/exhibitions/safer-waters-picturing-black-recreation-at-midcentury/?fbclid=IwY2xjawO3syJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeZEZ5al8QTxqkoY4oTuZVFqJKywjvFeaB8TdE9xuBsQvzGgEFcn8U4JHdaAE_aem_0h3AVKI-EktvSFgxriau-g

Wichita Art Museum

12/02/2025

So excited for the Hoiday Open House this weekend!! We will have DJ Carbon, Santa from 11-1, Elsa will be reading a book with kids from 12-2, hit cocoa bar, dancing, crafts, train station, fishing for treats, games, and a goodie bag when you leave.

See you this Saturday from 11-3.

11/06/2025

📚 Don’t miss the last Mini-Used Book Sale of the year! Stock up on stories, find hidden gems, and give pre-loved books a new home for the holidays ✨ This Saturday, Nov. 8th, 10AM - 3PM.

10/29/2025

We are so excited for Eat at Wichita Art Museum!

10/10/2025

Join us from 10-3pm this Saturday, Oct. 11th, for a used book sale! All proceeds from the Mini Used Book Sale benefit WAM’s events and programs.

08/20/2025

It's almost here! On view August 24–November 16. For more info and tickets:
https://wam.org/.../abstract-expressionists-the-women/