# Event Details

- **Event Name**: FREE FAMILY FUN | Family ArtVenture: A Sewful Celebration with Stephen Towns
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 17 Jan, 2026 at 11:00 am – Sat, 17 Jan, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Event Description**: ◆◆◆ FREE FAMILY FUN
Family ArtVenture: A Sewful Celebration with Stephen Towns

Saturday, January 17, 2026
11AM – 3PM

WAM invites you to a Family ArtVenture with a very special guest: Stephen Towns, the artist of "Safer Waters: Picturing Black Recreation at Midcentury". Inspired by the subject of Towns’ paintings and quilts—a Florida lake resort for Black vacationers in the age of segregation—join us for creativity, community, and learning. While the weather’s chilly and gray, channel sunny summertime days at WAM as you:

◆ Join guest artist Towns for a storytime in the galleries, and ask him about his art

◆ Explore the sights, sounds, and scents of Paradise Park at a sensory and imagination station

◆ Learn to sew by hand, like Towns

◆ Create wearable art

◆ Travel back in time to Paradise Park in the 1950s with swing music and dance

Learn more about the exhibition:
https://wam.org/whats-on/exhibitions/safer-waters-picturing-black-recreation-at-midcentury/

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Thank you to our sponsors:
◆ Youth and Family programs are generously supported by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program. 

◆ Free Saturday Featured Events and Library Passes* are sponsored by Colby Sandlian, Sandlian Realty. 

◆ Youth Education programs are supported by the Lynne Ruffin-Smith Charitable Foundation. 

◆ StoryTime programs are generously supported by the Walser Foundation. 

◆  Exhibitions and public programs are generously supported by the Downing Foundation. 

◆ The Wichita Art Museum’s education programs are supported in part by the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission, which receives funding from Kansas Department of Commerce and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. 

* Thanks to the generous support of Colby Sandlian, Sandlian Realty, more than 40 public libraries in the metro area and across the state offer access to check out passes to all temporary exhibitions at WAM for FREE! Visit your library and check out your pass today! 

General admission to the museum is free to everyone.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wichita/free-family-fun-|-family-artventure-a-sewful-celebration-with-stephen-towns/200029402833728
- **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions, nonprofit, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 104

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Wichita
- **state**: KS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1400 Museum Blvd, Wichita, KS, United States, Kansas 67203
- **lat**: 37.6949
- **long**: -97.3559
- **full address**: 1400 Museum Blvd, Wichita, KS, United States, Kansas 67203

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is FREE FAMILY FUN | Family ArtVenture: A Sewful Celebration with Stephen Towns being held?
  - **A:** FREE FAMILY FUN | Family ArtVenture: A Sewful Celebration with Stephen Towns takes place on Sat, 17 Jan, 2026 at 11:00 am to Sat, 17 Jan, 2026 at 03:00 pm at 1400 Museum Blvd, Wichita, KS, United States, Kansas 67203.
- **Q**: Who is organizing FREE FAMILY FUN | Family ArtVenture: A Sewful Celebration with Stephen Towns?
  - **A:** FREE FAMILY FUN | Family ArtVenture: A Sewful Celebration with Stephen Towns is organized by Wichita Art Museum.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** FREE FAMILY FUN | Family ArtVenture: A Sewful Celebration with Stephen Towns is ideal for art lovers, trade professionals, collectors, and exhibition enthusiasts exploring the latest in their field. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Wichita, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. With 100+ people already showing interest, this is clearly an event worth adding to your calendar - don't miss out.

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