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	Arctic Spirit: Inuit Art from the Albrecht Collection at the Heard Museum April 6, 2008 through July 20, 2008 A major exhibition of the art of the Inuit, or Eskimos, from Alaska, Siberia, Greenland, and Canada. The multi-media exhibition features 150 works that span 2,250 years of artistic creativity and invention. A Program of ExhibitsUSA, a national division of Mid-America Arts Alliance with The Kansas Arts Commission and The National Endowment for the Arts.
	The New Reality: The Frontier of Realism in the 21st Century May 4, 2008 through June 22, 2008 This exhibition features the state of Realist painting around the world today, and compares this recent work with historical predecessors. All artists represented are members of the International Guild of Realism.
	Jerry Buchanan May 25, 2008 through September 28, 2008 Jerry Buchanan's career as a professional painter began in Wichita, where he was born, and ended in New Haven, Connecticut, where he was professor of painting at Yale. His career was cut short by his death from AIDS. This retrospective examines the many influences on his career.
	Mezzotints from the Museum Collection April 27, 2008 - July 6, 2008 Mezzotint is a method of printmaking in which a metal plate is systematically pricked over its entire surface with small holes that hold ink. Scrapping and smoothing the resulting burrs result in a wide variety of values. The mezzotints in this exhibition are by contemporary artists using this 17th century technique.
	interACTIVE Ongoing Exhibition InterACTIVE is an exhibition that provides space for children and families to view kinetic art and engage in creative expression. The Wichita artists: Christopher Gulick, Tom McGuire and Lee Shiney have created sculptures that move, generate lights, moving images and sounds.
	Across America: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Wichita Art Museum Ongoing Exhibtion Reopening September 30, 2007 and then ongoing. This installation features landscapes and scenes from rural America, urban America and the American Southwest. It unites some of the strongest works in the Museums collection and explores images created by American artists whose themes and styles reflected their regional as well as national influences.
	Heritage of the West: A Romance Gone Forever: The M.C. Naftzger Collection of Paintings, Sculptures and Drawings by Charles M. Russell Ongoing Exhibition Experience the turbulent and thrilling themes of everyday life during the settlement of the American West. This exhibit represents a cross section of Charles M. Russell’s stylistic development over a period of 30 years, from 1896 through 1926.
	Sculpture from the Wichita Art Museum Collection Ongoing Exhibition The Wichita Art Museum has a wide variety of sculpture which can be viewed on the grounds outside of the museum and in the Sam and Rie Bloomfield Gallery.
	A Taste of the Permanent Collection Ongoing Exhibition This exhibition of paintings from the permanent collection are featured in the soon to be released cookbook Artfully Done: Across Generations.
	Flower Paintings from the Wichita Art Museum Collection Ongoing Exhibition This exhibition of paintings from the permanent collection are featured in the soon to be released cookbook Artfully Done: Across Generations.
	American Impressionist Paintings from the Collection of the Wichita Art Museum Ongoing Exhibition This exhibition brings together many of the stunning Impressionist paintings from the Museum’s collection including Mary Cassatt’s Mother and Child.
	American Ruins June 29, 2008 through September 7, 2008 This exhibition of Arthur Drooker’s dramatic photographs of ruins from across the United States is truly sublime in both subject and technique.
	Evolution: Five Decades of Printmaking by David C. Driskell August 3, 2008 through November 9, 2008 Organized by the Driskell Center of the University of Maryland, this exhibition honors David Driskell – artist, art historian, art collector, curator and educator. Driskell is one of the most respected names in the world of African American art and culture.
	Goya's Caprichos September 14, 2008 through November 23, 2008 Los Caprichos, by Francisco Goya, remains one of the most moving—and largest—print series in the history of printmaking. It is one of the treasures of the Wichita Art Museum collection.
	Realistic Pluralism: The Art of Nicholas Trabue October 5, 2008 through January 11, 2009 Wichitan Nicholas Trabue paints imaginary universes that are evocative and of a poetic nature. For this exhibition the Wichita Art Museum has commissioned a catalogue essay from a creative writer at Wichita State University.
	Central American Textiles from the Collection of Jerry Martin Nov. 23, 2008 through March 1, 2009 This exhibition showcases an outstanding local collection of contemporary – and brilliantly colorful – Central American textiles of the highest level of craftsmanship and design sophistication
	Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray: From the Collection of the Nickolas Muray Archives December 7, 2008 through February 1, 2009 This intimate exhibition features photographs of the outstanding Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, taken by Nickolas Muray during their close relationship. From the collection of the Nickolas Muray Archives. Tour development by Smith Kramer Fine Art Services, Kansas City, Missouri.


contact: Crystal Walter pr@wichitaartmuseum.org
The Wichita Art Museum opened in 1935. It is home to The Roland P. Murdock Collection, one of the premier collections of American Art in the country. The Museum is proud to be supported through public and private funds, owned by the City of Wichita and managed by a private entity, Wichita Art Museum, Inc. Located at 1400 West Museum Boulevard, the Museum and Museum store are open Sunday noon – 5 p.m., and Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free through September 30 and scheduled school groups are always free.