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pARTy—a collection—

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EVERY GREAT COMMUNITY

NEEDS A GREAT ART MUSEUM,

AND OURS IS THE WICHITA

ART MUSEUM.

WAM welcomes nearly 80,000 visitors annually to experience world-class art. With an Art Garden and creative programs and events for everyone, WAM acts as a living room for learning and enjoyment in Wichita.

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We invite you to support creativity and the art-filled lives of Wichitans by joining these artful gatherings organized to benefit the Wichita Art Museum.

Party hosts welcome you to their homes and locales for extraordinary events and culinary delights. Ticket proceeds will support all the great museum programs for our dynamic community. Tickets will be available online only and will be limited—act now, order early!

Treat yourself to rare enjoyment, and join one of these pARTies for a memorable experience. Why not join two, three, or more? Help the Wichita Art Museum with transformative experiences that raise the bar for the quality of life in Wichita.

Come with us—join in the fun and excitement.We hope to see you out there!

THANK YOU to our generous sponsors:

Tim Finnerty

Arlo and Bob Casper Paula and Barry Downing

Liz and Charles Koch Lattner Family Foundation

IN-KIND SPONSORS

OFFICE AIDE

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AU G U S T

SUNDAY, AUGUST 25

Sunday Funday PAGE 7

Ann and Martin Bauer, April and Grae Johnson

S E P T E M B E R

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

Sunday Society PAGE 9

Bree and Jason Cox

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

The Ultimate Mystery PAGE 11

Genevieve and Chris Farha, Sangeeta Khicha, Janice and Jeff Van Sickle, Trish and Bruce VanOsdel

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

wINe on the vINe PAGE 13

Gordon and Chris Ens, Dale and Sheryll Gibbens, Bob and Linda Nugent, Gary and Ann Patterson

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

Thursday Afternoon Cooking Club PAGE 15

Gretchen Andeel, Nancy Brammer, Ruthie Gillespie, Barbara Mohney, Jan Randle, Becky Ritchey, Marcia Smola

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

Breakfast on the Terrace PAGE 17 Susan and Dan Taylor Jr., Kate and Dan Taylor Sr.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

Farm-to-Table Feast PAGE 19

Myra and Tom Devlin, Helen and Ed Healy, Martha and Keith Walker, Sue and Kurt Watson

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

ART on the HILL PAGE 21

Trish Higgins, Georgia and Keith Stevens, Kate and Clay Bastian

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

Insta-Fabulous! PAGE 23

Nancy Michaelis, Bree Cox, Claire Watson

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

Mangia! PAGE 25

Toni and Bud Gates

O C TO B E R

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1

A Ladies’ pARTy PAGE 27

Jennifer Babst, Linda Boyd, Ruthie Gillespie, Becky Middleton, Betsy Redler, Grace Rishel, Debbie Sinclair

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12

Margaritaville PAGE 29

Ken and Susan Arnold, Bill and Patty Bennett, Helen Bullock, Gary and Nancy Conover, Sharon Heiman, Davis and Libby Merritt, Will and Kelly Momsen, Andy and Linda Peressin, Harold and Linda Ralston

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17

Art of Whisky PAGE 31

Anne Frey and Kirk Filbey

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19

Simply Magical PAGE 33

Martha and Jeff Linsner

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Enjoy an urban garden picnic on the coolest street in Wichita—Commerce!

Bring your friends to laze in the sun, browse pop-up art, eat and drink brews from our

local breweries, and participate in group art.

Entertainment—quirky and fun—to be provided.

Wear your local gear, you’ll have fun, have no fear.

It’s where the cool “kids” will be August 25th.

HOSTS

Ann and Martin Bauer, April and Grae Johnson

SUNDAY, AUGUST 25

12:30 TO 3 PMURBAN GARDEN @ THE HUDSON

Sunday Funday BREWS AND BITES

Guests: 100 Fun Adults

$50 per person

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Enjoy all the happy, local College Hill-ICT vibes in our outdoor

space designed by The Workroom with a Bloody Mary bar, Central Standard Brewing keg,

Reverie Coffee Roasters coffee, Chop Shop snacks, and a little relaxing live music.

HOSTS

Bree and Jason Cox

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

10:30 AM TO 1 PM COLLEGE HILL

AT THE HOME OF JENNIFER BABST

Sunday Society

Guests: 50

$50 per person

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Have you ever wondered what happens when you leave this world?

Join us Friday, the 13th of SeptemberIn an intimate Film-Noir Setting for a Private Screening

of a Voyeuristic, Relatable, and ExquisiteSundance-Award-Winning Film

Mamafilm Micro Cinema at RevolutsiaMixologist Libations and Artfully Crafted Sustenance

Swank Attire

Intrigued?

HOSTS

Genevieve and Chris Farha, Sangeeta Khicha, Janice and Jeff Van Sickle, Trish and Bruce VanOsdel

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

ARRIVE AT 6:30 PM REVOLUTSIA

The Ultimate Mystery

Guests: 30

$100 per person

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An evening mingling and strolling with friends feasting on art,

music, food, and wine. Enjoy an art collection featuring works from Rembrandt to Chagall,

from French posters to Frederick Hart. Actual vines may be just right for picking!

HOSTS

Gordon and Chris Ens, Dale and Sheryll Gibbens,

Bob and Linda Nugent, Gary and Ann Patterson

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

5 TO 7 PM FLINT HILLS NATIONAL RESIDENCES

wINe on the vINe

Guests: 50

$100 per person

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Thursday Afternoon Cooking Club is a story of cooking, eating, and friendship. Join us as we toast

Sondra Langel, author of our club’s historical cookbook. Elderslie Farm will provide the beautiful autumn setting

for a Ladies’ Luncheon, and our menu will feature “favorites” from the book with an Elderslie twist.

In the pursuit of culinary art.

HOSTS

Gretchen Andeel, Nancy Brammer, Ruthie Gillespie, Barbara Mohney, Jan Randle, Becky Ritchey, Marcia Smola

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

11:30 AM ELDERSLIE FARM, VALLEY CENTER

Guests: 50

$75 per person

Thursday Afternoon Cooking Club

EST. 1891 WICHITA, KS

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Guests: 50

$150 per person

The inspiration for this breakfast comes from Susan and Dan’s honeymoon to the island of

Mallorca, Spain, several years ago. The breakfasts on the hotel terrace were beyond special with exceptional views and traditional Spanish fare.

Come relax and enjoy delicious food and celebrate Joan Miró, who spent the last 20 years of his life in

Mallorca. Enjoy a mimosa (or two) in honor of Joan Miró! And CELEBRATE the Wichita Art Museum

for all it has been and will be.

HOSTS

Susan and Dan Taylor Jr., Kate and Dan Taylor Sr.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

11 AM TO 1 PM EASTBOROUGH

AT THE HOME OF JENNIFER BABST

Breakfast ON THE TERRACE

MEDITERRANEAN STYLE

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Farm-to-Table Feast

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Take the country roads to nearby Flint Hills National where you will see the

unique beauty of this special place.

Experience a dining adventure, reflecting the finest locally sourced ingredients—straight from

the farm to your table. A culinary revolution, fully embodied by the Flint Hills National chefs.

Food exactly as it was meant to be.

See the light changing and the gold on top of the trees as you sip cocktails on the patio while relaxing

to live entertainment. This delightful evening will continue with dinner in the log club house.

The painted leaf landscape at Flint Hills is unmatched in splendor and magnificence.

Please join us for this fall bounty.

HOSTS

Myra and Tom Devlin, Helen and Ed Healy,Martie and Keith Walker, Sue and Kurt Watson

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

6 TO 9:30 PM FLINT HILLS NATIONAL

Farm-to-Table Feast

Guests: 80

$150 per person

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Stroll the sidewalks of Belmont and Crestway in historic College Hill.

Enjoy a progressive dinner served in three distinctive homes,

highlighting unique styles and collections.

Start with appetizers in a 1956 Modern way

Enjoy your entrée with a 1929 Batchelder fireplace

Top off the evening with dessert in 1918 Arts-and-Crafts style

HOSTS

Trish Higgins, Georgia and Keith Stevens,

Kate and Clay Bastian

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

6:30 TO 9:30 PM COLLEGE HILL

ART on the HILL

Guests: 16

$200 per person

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“You don’t take a photograph. You make it.” —Ansel Adams

STRIKE A POSE!

It’s the Instagram Era, and photos matter. Get your selfie ready at a glam afternoon withstylists, photographers, and modeling coaches.

Come clink champagne glasses, and pull out your best supermodel pout as we learn to work our best angles

and storm social media!

HOSTS

Nancy Michaelis, Bree Cox, Claire Watson

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

2 TO 4 PM OLD TOWN WAREHOUSE

Insta-Fabulous!

Guests: 30

$50 per person

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“I don’t like food that is too carefully arranged . . . if I wanted a picture, I’d buy a painting.” —Andy Rooney

Sunday Supper somewhere in Tuscany (or in a New York Italian neighborhood).

Olive oils, cheeses, salumi, wine, pizzas hot off the wood-burning fire, and then . . . sitting down to supper outside, on the Loggia, with the big, extended family

for Old World, cooked-all-day, Italian recipes.Boisterous! Fun Loving! Toasting!

Mangia, Mangia, Mangia!

HOSTS

Toni and Bud Gates

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

5 PM SAINT ANDREWS

Mangia!

Guests: 22

$200 per person

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“One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I’m a woman.” —Marilyn Monroe

Roar with high spirits and gaiety while sipping creative cocktails at an absolutely audacious affair

at the home of Jennifer Babst.

HOSTESSES

Jennifer Babst, Linda Boyd, Ruthie Gillespie, Becky Middleton, Betsy Redler,

Grace Rishel, Debbie Sinclair

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1

5:30 TO 7:30 ??? PM COUNTRY PLACE ESTATES

A Ladies’ pARTy JUST FOR THE FUND OF IT

PART II

Guests: 100

$125 per lady

“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” —Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

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Buenos Noches Y Bienvenidos to the Ralston Hacienda at Creekview

Escape and relax to live music on the patio overlooking Four Mile Creek. It will bring positive changes

in latitude and attitude. Tasting away in Margaritaville from Margaritas to Churros y Chocolate and

everything sumptuous in between.A delicioso dinner!

The Art of the Mix—Shake it, Shake it!

MIXOLOGISTS

Ken and Susan Arnold, Bill and Patty Bennett, Helen Bullock, Gary and Nancy Conover, Sharon Heiman,

Davis and Libby Merritt, Will and Kelly Momsen, Andy and Linda Peressin, Harold and Linda Ralston

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12

6 PM APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES EAST OF WICHITA

Margaritaville

Guests: 30 Parrotheads

$100 per head

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Join us for an intimate exploration of the taste and smells of whiskies from Scotland.

Reinier Eijkhout, a certified whisky ambassador from Auburn Wine & Spirits, will guide us through

six tastings of this most mystifying beverage. You will also sample delectable nibbles.

Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind tour of Scotland’s whisky regions.

HOSTS

Anne Frey and Kirk Filbey

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17

7 to 9 PM COLLEGE HILL

Art of Whisky

Guests: 10

$100 per person

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A step into the future. New opportunity. Freedom to embrace a fresh vision. Carefully planned to not let a new space become a museum of the past.

Mesh moving with Charles Green Shaw, a significant figure in American abstract art who throughout his career

made montages of antique playing and tarot cards, and you make magic.

Explore the magic of rightsizing Linsner style, while enjoying wine, cuisine, and a unique after-dinner, one-man, mind-reading, magic-and-mentalism show guaranteed to

keep you engaged and thoroughly entertained!

PICTURED AT LEFT, THE MAGICIAN, BY CHARLES GREEN SHAW

HOSTS

Martha and Jeff Linsner

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19

6 to 9 PM ROLLING HILLS

Simply Magical

Guests: 12

$100 per person

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Step 1 Visit wichitaartmuseum.org/party.

Step 2 Select which party you wish to attend and click on the PURCHASE TICKETS HERE link.

Step 3 Indicate under QUANTITY the number of tickets you want to purchase for that party.

Step 4 Complete the form with your information and payment details.

Step 5 If you are purchasing tickets for a guest, enter your information in the billing section and your guest information below in the ticket section.

pARTy—a collection—

Tickets may ONLY be purchased online at wichitaartmuseum.org/party.

Credit card purchases only, please.

Only one party purchase per credit card

transaction. For example, if you want to attend

three parties, your ticket purchases for each

party will be separate and will generate three

transactions on your credit card statement.

HOW TO RESERVE TICKETS

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Step 6 Once you have all of your information entered, click on the REGISTER button. Upon submission, a THANK YOU FOR REGISTERING page will display showing your ticket purchase for the party you selected.

Step 7 To return to the main pARTy page and purchase tickets to another party, click on your browser’s back button or re-enter the URL: wichitaartmuseum.org/party.

Upon registration, you will be emailed

the address of the party location along

with a receipt of your purchase.

Party tickets are not tax-deductible.

Please thank your hosts—they are

generously contributing the party to

support our museum.

Tickets are non-refundable. If you would need to transfer your ticket to another name, notice will be required. Please email the change to RSVP@wichitaartmuseum.org or call 316-268-4905. As a courtesy to hosts, it is important to have an accurate guest list.

Once a party is full, the words SOLD OUT will be noted on the graphic next to the party. No waiting lists will be generated.

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Ann BauerRuthie GillespieApril JohnsonMartha LinsnerBecky MiddletonDebbie SinclairMartha Walker Sue Watson

2019 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

pARTy—committee—

Prisca N. Barnes Ann Bauer Lathi de SilvaPaula DowningJ. Eric EngstromSharon FeareySuzy FinnTim FinnertyToni GatesChris Angel Gomez Helen Healy Lou HeldmanApril JohnsonJeff KennedySondra Langel TREASURER

AND IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

Robert LaytonMartha L. Linsner SECRETARY

Megan Lovely Gayle Malone Naama MarcosMike MichaelisDavid MitchellRichard OverbyTeOndra PhillipsDiane PostTodd RamseyAdriene RathbunDebbie Sinclair Marni Vliet Stone Gil Trout VICE CHAIR

Jeff Van Sickle CHAIR Martha Walker Sue WatsonAlex Williams

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Patty ArmstrongSusan ArnoldHamid BakhtiaraJoan BarrierKathleen BergkampPam BjorkBunny BroeckelmanNancy Conover Pat CougerKacie FayeJoanie GegenStephen GleissnerCarol GliddenBeth GolayMarcey Gregory TREASURER

Trina HarmonSharon HeimanJudy Hess

2019 FRIENDS OF THE WICHITA ART MUSEUM BOARD

Connie KendallLibby MerrittJill Miller PAST CHAIR

Dennis MurphyLois PappademosLinda PeressinStephen PerryPam PorvaznikDiane Post CHAIR

Jo Ann PottorffLinda Ralston VICE-CHAIR

Joan SeatonMarcia SmolaD. J. Spaeth SECRETARY

Jane SudermannBetsy SweeneyMarilyn WallaceSusan WilhiteLeslie Wilson

PICTURED ON PAGE 32: Charles Green Shaw, The Magician, 1956. Oil on canvas, 36 x 24 inches. Wichita Art Museum, Gift of Mr. Kurt Olden. © Estate of Charles Green Shaw, Courtesy D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc.

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wichita ARTmuseum

1400 West Museum Boulevard

Wichita, Kansas 67203

wichitaartmuseum.org

316-268-4921