Downtown Wichita - 120 E. 1st St N.

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Downtown Events

Sean Kenney's Nature Pop! Made with LEGO Bricks
Sunday, September 8
Botanica Wichita

Bring out your inner builder at Botanica’s Nature Pop! Exhibit. This mesmerizing exhibit features a series of nature-inspired sculptures built entirely with over 850,000 LEGO bricks. Join us to explore the beauty of nature through highly stylized, colorful sculptures that stand in striking contrast with their surroundings. On display throughout Botanica’s lush 20-acre gardens, this is not only an exhibition you will not want to miss, but a summertime destination you will want to visit again and again!

Bring out your inner builder at Botanica's Nature Pop! exhibit! All ages are sure to delight in discovering Artist Sean Kenney's awe-inspiring sculptures as they Pop out of Nature at Botanica!

The exhibit features over 40 sculptures built with over 850,000 LEGO bricks and will accompany daily activities, art projects, tours, and special events.

Join us for daily activities:

  • 2 Mega Building Zones with LEGO Bricks: grab the family and enjoy building in nature.
  • Rotating exploration stations to discover something new at each visit.
  • STEAM stations in the Bug Bungalow, Barn, and Bee House. Make sure to visit them all.
  • Trek through the gardens on a digital scavenger hunt where you can enter your photos for a chance to win fun prizes throughout the summer.
  • Stop by the Garden Cafe for young ones to color Nature Pop! inspired postcards that can be colored and sent to loved ones near and far!
  • Don't forget your garden favorites: Butterfly House, Woodland Walk, Miniature Railroad Garden, Troll Hill, Khicha Family Carousel, Wildflower Garden, Koi Pond Pavilion and more!

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July - September Gallery Exhibits
Sunday, September 8
CityArts

Join us for a First Friday opening reception celebrating our July-September 2024 gallery exhibits from 5-8pm on Friday, August 2.

In addition to our class and workshop offerings in a wide range of artistic mediums, CityArts has four galleries that feature rotating exhibitions.

 

On view from July 26 through September 8, 2024:

• Untamed by Alexandria Olthoff - Main Gallery

• The Ripoff by Jim Phillips - Boardroom Gallery

• Reality Is What We Create by Sloane Dyer - Balcony Gallery

Learn more about the exhibits: https://www.wichita.gov/197

 

Galleries are FREE and open to the public during business hours: Monday-Thursday: 9 am-8 pm, Friday: 9 am-5 pm, Saturday: 9 am-3 pm, Sunday: 12-5 pm.


Contact Naomi Shapiro at (316) 350-3245 or cityarts@wichita.gov
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Brick Fest Live
Sunday, September 8
Century II Expo Hall

See the most life-size models made from tens of thousands of bricks built to unlock your imagination. Enjoy hands-on activities and attractions assembled for maximum family-fun. Meet contestants from the LEGO® Masters TV show, and screen-quality Cosplayers, LIVE and in-person. Dive in and get this once-in-a-lifetime photo with over 200,000 colorful bricks and so much more.


Contact Marketing Intern at (316) 303-8000 or c2marketing.intern@asmwichita.com
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DC Super Heroes
Sunday, September 8
Exploration Place

Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman need YOU to help them battle crime in the never-ending fight for truth and justice in the all-new exhibit, DC Super Heroes: Discover Your Superpowers. Save the city, vie with villains and work as a team to restore order across the DC Universe. In this immersive DC environment, you’ll explore the Hall of Justice, investigate robberies in Gotham City, hone your superhero skills in the S.T.A.R. Labs and more. Along the way you’ll also meet Cyborg, Aquaman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Supergirl and Batgirl. Recruits are needed now! Will YOU answer the call?


Contact Laura Roddy at (316) 660-0602 or laura.roddy@exploration.org
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Sankofa: Tell the Stories Exhibition
Sunday, September 8
The Kansas African American Museum

The Kansas African American Museum and Harvester Arts are proud to announce Sankofa: Tell the Story, a community project including a large temporary mural at TKAAM's new location, 201 N Main, and a museum exhibition in TKAAM's current space at 601 N Water St. This community focused project is designed to bridge the past, present, and the future of the The Kansas African American Museum in Wichita, KS.

TKAAM and Harvester Arts invites visitors to the mural and exhibition to engage with in Sankofa by viewing the mural and images of the past included in the exhibition and their personal story Sankofa is an expression of the Twi language of Ghana who literal translation means, "to go back and get it". The phrase evokes the past as a teaching tool: in order to find our way forward, we must look to our past to inform the future. 


Contact Brad Richardson at (316) 262-7651 or tkaamcommunityoutreach@tkaamuseum.org
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