WAM Nights: Screening of Gordon Parks’ "The Learning Tree" (1969) | Rated PG
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◆ WAM Nights: Screening of Gordon Parks’ "The Learning Tree" (1969) | Rated PG ◆ July 11, 2025 | 6 PM - 8 PM ◆ Free and open to the public ◆ Cash bar
"The Learning Tree" was the first film commissioned by a major Hollywood studio and directed by a Black American. Based on Parks’ semi-autobiographical novel of the same name, it tells the story of a Black teenager descended from Exodusters coming of age in rural Kansas. Parks—a polyglot of the arts—wrote, directed, and produced the film, and he composed its score.
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About WAM Nights: We’re open late on Fridays until 9 pm! Get your weekend started with after-hours access to the galleries and shopping in the Museum Store. WAM Nights include programs with artists, musicians, and performers–don’t miss your chance to see the art at WAM in a new way! The museum comes to life with local creatives during WAM Nights!
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More info: https://wam.org/whats-on/exhibitions/gordon-parks/
'“Homeward to the Prairie I Come:” Gordon Parks Photographs from the Beach Museum of Art' is organized by the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University. Generous support provided by Art Bridges.
Thank you to our sponsors:
PRINCIPAL SPONSORS:
◆ Art Bridges
DISTINGUISHED SPONSORS:
◆ Brenda Aldinger and Albert Brouwer
◆ Lou and Terry Heldman
◆ Mary Sue Smith
2025 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.
"The Learning Tree" was the first film commissioned by a major Hollywood studio and directed by a Black American. Based on Parks’ semi-autobiographical novel of the same name, it tells the story of a Black teenager descended from Exodusters coming of age in rural Kansas. Parks—a polyglot of the arts—wrote, directed, and produced the film, and he composed its score.
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About WAM Nights: We’re open late on Fridays until 9 pm! Get your weekend started with after-hours access to the galleries and shopping in the Museum Store. WAM Nights include programs with artists, musicians, and performers–don’t miss your chance to see the art at WAM in a new way! The museum comes to life with local creatives during WAM Nights!
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More info: https://wam.org/whats-on/exhibitions/gordon-parks/
'“Homeward to the Prairie I Come:” Gordon Parks Photographs from the Beach Museum of Art' is organized by the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University. Generous support provided by Art Bridges.
Thank you to our sponsors:
PRINCIPAL SPONSORS:
◆ Art Bridges
DISTINGUISHED SPONSORS:
◆ Brenda Aldinger and Albert Brouwer
◆ Lou and Terry Heldman
◆ Mary Sue Smith
2025 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.
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