Much as Wichita sits at the confluence of two rivers, Hazel Stabler lives at the confluence of two identities – fashion designer and school board member. Hazel and her husband, Hollis, retired to Wichita about 10 years ago. Originally from Emporia, Hazel is of Yaqui and Ojibwe heritage; her husband is Omaha. Hazel has a […]
Emily Christensen
Emily Christensen is a journalist based in Wichita who writes about arts and culture, in addition to running a freelance writing and editing business. Follow her on Twitter @SchmemilyEmily.
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Armando Minjárez hopes to highlight the humanity of Wichita’s immigrants
Armando Minjárez was once an undocumented immigrant, a status that put him on a path to both art and activism. The multidisciplinary artist and organizer moved to Wichita in 2012 to co-found the grassroots organization The Seed House/Casa de la Semilla. But he is best known for directing Horizontes, the public-art and documentary project that […]
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‘They were villainized’: Daniel Pewewardy challenges Native American stereotypes through comedy and film
Daniel Pewewardy is best known to Wichita audiences as a stand-up comedian and creator of memes, those jokey combinations of text and images that fill your social media feeds. But over the past few years, the 36-year-old has found their way back to filmmaking, which they studied as an undergraduate at Oklahoma State University. Pewewardy, […]
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Janice Burdine Thacker wants to turn shipping containers into a campus for Black culture in Wichita
Since she retired in 2005, Janice Burdine Thacker has continuously reinvented herself. The septuagenarian spent seven years as a touring road artist, showing and selling her work all over the country, including at the massive international art fair Art Basel Miami. After leaving the road, she launched an annual art show during Black History Month, […]