A trip to WAM

I have been to the Wichita Art Museum or WAM twice in the past two weeks.  Once I went with my foodie friend Sally.  Our main objective was to eat at the Muse Cafe.  More on that in a future T Stands For Tuesday.

The second time was when the children and I went last Saturday.  While two of them were walking on the Chihuly Bridge (see them at the top above), the oldest and I were downstairs

taking photos of the underside of the Bridge.

That's the door to the exterior on the left.  I couldn't get completely under the installation because there were so many people there that day.

I'm not sure which day this was taken, because I somehow managed to mix the two days together.  However, I never miss taking a photo of Phil Epp's clouds.  I'll have to sort through the rest to determine which photos go with the children's visit and which go with Sally's and my visit to WAM.

One thing I am completely certain of, however, is that all of the exterior shots were taken the day the children and I went.  Sally isn't an outdoor person, especially in the heat of summer.

At first, I thought these were sail boats, but on closer inspection, noticed it was a ring toss game the youngsters could play.   They were encouraged to do so, and I was thrilled they had fun joining in this activity.  I took lots of photos, but they all went to their aunt, and will never go on my blog.

While the children played, I walked around the edge of the grassy area and took photos of the Echinacea.    I miss mine.  They seeded for years, but sadly haven't reseeded for two years.

As we walked around the area, I noticed 

WAM employees were blocking off the round about.

It gave me the perfect opportunity to see the installation called The Pulse Field.

Its a lot of aluminum light poles scattered across a berm.  The poles are topped with solar lights that turn on and off after dark.

I got a bit carried away.

Really carried away!

While everything was blocked off, I took a photo of the buffalo

and an overall view of where the Buffalo lives.

We were back to the round about, but on the other side from where I had stood before.

It was now time to go inside and appreciate the coolness of the museum.  I believe the Chihuly Bridge photos should have been shown last, but I somehow got everything out of order.

Thanks for joining the youngsters and me at the Wichita Art Museum.  Right before I finished this post, they said they hoped Helen (H) would see this post because they loved seeing her photos of Chihuly at Kew Gardens in London and my photos of Chihuly and his Bridge in Wichita, KS.