Giving God a show: Leisure as prayer in 'Safer Waters'
In an exhibition at the Wichita Art Museum, Stephen Towns invokes a higher power who affirms the dignity of Black Americans.
Jeromiah Taylor
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ICT Soup returns to give artists funding (and full bellies)
The long-dormant crowdfunding series returns to Harvester Arts on December 6.
This is how we do it: Giana Martinez's 'Chicana Diaries'
With "sharp edges, cutesy excess, and unflinching sincerity," a Wichita tattoo artist brings a slice of East L.A. to Harvester Arts. The exhibition is on view through July 25.
Canonizing Black American life: Robert Peterson at the Wichita Art Museum
More than 40 works about childhood, masculinity, domesticity, and protest constitute the artist's first major museum exhibition, which is on view through January 5.
Gordon Parks Academy students have a 'trajectory-changing' experience in the documentary 'I Needed Paris'
'I Needed Paris' is a moving witness to one generation of Black Wichitans' investment in the next. It screens at the Tallgrass Film Festival on October 24.
The raw material of emotions: Scott Jones at the Steckline Gallery
The artist's bright, lumpy forms are investigations into masculinity and 'a permanent record of touch, an indictment against cruelty.' The exhibition is on view through October 25.
In his new book, Patrick Joseph O'Connor situates Wichita within the history of the blues
The author will promote "Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community" during appearances this fall in Topeka and Wichita, beginning with the Kansas Book Festival on September 28.
Recalculating the equation: 'Tetra Zeros' at Mulberry Art Gallery
An exhibition of six "self-portraits" is an exploration of multiracial identities. The works will be on view at the Revolutsia gallery through September 13.
You will never untangle this: Juan Gallardo Sánchez at Harvester Arts
In an immersive multimedia installation, the artist presents his Latinx identity as 'unsolvable'