Gallery Talk: Artist John Douglas Powers

FREE event. Seating is limited.__________________________________
Galleries open 5 €“9 pm.
Gallery talk with John Douglas Powers at 6 pm.
Join artist John Douglas Powers in WAM’s new Confluence Gallery to learn about his original, site-specific installation, Confluence, commissioned by WAM.
Confluence brings the magic of the tallgrass prairie to the Wichita Art Museum galleries. Comprised of some 700 vertical rods swaying rhythmically like prairie grasses in the wind, Confluence forms a mesmerizing kinetic sculpture. Video projections of Flint Hills skyscapes clad in mirrored stainless steel complete the installation.
John Douglas Powers holds an MFA in sculpture from University of Georgia. He has exhibited at Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and MIT Museum, amongst others. He was a 2016 Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA grant. Powers currently lives and works in Knoxville where he is Assistant Professor of Sculpture at the University of Tennessee.
Confluence will be on view beginning Saturday, November 18, 2023.
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About WAM Nights: We’re open late on Fridays until 9 pm! Start your weekend with after-hours access to the galleries, dinner at 1400 by Elderslie (Happy Hour drinks 3-6 pm), or shopping in the Museum Store. WAM Nights will 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!