WAM Nights: Art on a Friday: Winfred Rembert, Jr., Talk

WAM Nights: Art on a Friday: Winfred Rembert, Jr., Talk ◆ Friday, October 23rd, 2026 | 6 - 8 PM ◆ 6 – 6:30 PM: Reception | 6:30 – 8 PM: Talk ◆ Location: Wooden Lecture Hall ◆ Free and open to the public ◆ Artist Winfred Rembert (1945 – 2021) pictured Black life in the Jim Crow-era South on carved and tooled leather paintings. His 'Chain Gang Picking Cotton #3' is one of the newest additions to WAM’s permanent collection on view for the first time in 'Past & Present: Celebrating New Acquisitions and Collection Highlights at the Wichita Art Museum'. Learn about leather tooling and the late artist in a talk by his son, Winfred Rembert, Jr. ◆ About Winfred Rembert, Jr. ◆ Winfred Rembert, Jr., is an artist and lecturer dedicated to preserving and advancing the legacy of his late father, Winfred Rembert, Sr. During a visit to Paducah, Kentucky, he was honored with the key to the city and the establishment of the Winfred Rembert, Jr., Scholarship. In 1992, he received a certificate of appreci