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StoryTime: "Life Doesn’t Frighten Me" by Maya Angelou, illustrated by Jean-Michel Basquiat, and edited by Sara Jane Boyers◆ December 4th, 2026 | 10:30 - 11:00 AM
◆ Free event. No reservations required.
◆ Introduce your early learner to local artist Taiomah Rutledge and join him in artmaking inspired by the exhibition 'Past & Present: Celebrating New Acquisitions and Collection Highlights'.
Engaging stories and related activities make works of art come to life for young learners and their caregivers during Storytime on the First Friday of each month. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Extend your visit by exploring PLAY—WAM’s interactive space for families—afterward
◆ Book: "Life Doesn’t Frighten Me" by Maya Angelou, illustrated by Jean-Michel Basquiat, and edited by Sara Jane Boyers
◆ Artwork: Uman, 'In my gumboots with my fur coat in the snow', 2019. Acrylic and gesso on canvas, 120 x 89 inches. Wichita Art Museum, Paula Downing Collection, 2025.3.4
◆ Special Guest: Taiomah Rutledge is a multidisciplinary artist and cofounder of Warclan Collective based in Wichita, Kansas. A member of the Ojibwe, Meskwaki, and Dakota people, Taiomah imbues his work with cultural narratives and reinterprets modern ideas of community and belonging. Taiomah studied fine art and graphic design at Wichita State University and is an Artist Inc. Alumni. He is a cultural advocate and mentor for native youth, instructing with his family’s drum “Thunderhead” and collaborating with the Mid-America All-Indian Museum through culture shares and art making. Taiomah is a current facilitator for Artist Inc. and guest curating Native art exhibitions for Kansas based non-profit galleries and presenting art workshops and cultural programming in an effort of art advocacy and community building.
Learn more about this StoryTime: https://wam.org/event/storytime-in-the-galleries-dec-4-2026/
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Thank You to Our Sponsors:
◆ Youth and Family programs are generously supported by Art Bank of America and Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program
◆ Youth Education programs are supported by the Lynne Ruffin-Smith Charitable 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.
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1400 Museum Blvd, Wichita, KS, United States, Kansas 67203
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