Denita Benyshek

Denita Benyshek

Wichita, KS

Dr. Benyshek creates doorways to visionary, ethereal realms, where viewers create meaning, while connecting intimately to self, the life cycle, and the cosmos.

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Drawings of Patrick O'Connor's presentation about his book, Wichita Blues, The Kansas African American Museum by Denita Benyshek Image: L'Overture School.
L'Overture School.
Drawings of Patrick O'Connor's presentation about his book, Wichita Blues, The Kansas African American Museum by Denita Benyshek Image: Interior, history Calvary Baptist Church, built 1917.
Drawings of Patrick O'Connor's presentation about his book, Wichita Blues, The Kansas African American Museum by Denita Benyshek Image: Museum director, Shane Carter, speaking.
Drawings of Patrick O'Connor's presentation about his book, Wichita Blues, The Kansas African American Museum by Denita Benyshek Image: Ted Ayres, former director of the board, introducing Patrick O'Connor.
Drawings of Patrick O'Connor's presentation about his book, Wichita Blues, The Kansas African American Museum by Denita Benyshek Image: Patrick O'Connor sharing the story of the research grant.
Drawings of Patrick O'Connor's presentation about his book, Wichita Blues, The Kansas African American Museum by Denita Benyshek Image: Interior of museum, housed in the 1917 Calvary Baptist Church.
Drawings of Patrick O'Connor's presentation about his book, Wichita Blues, The Kansas African American Museum by Denita Benyshek Image: Patrick O'Connor sharing part of an interview from Remona Hicks (Miss Blues): My mother was a guitar player... cut sugarcane... shook pecan trees...
Drawings of Patrick O'Connor's presentation about his book, Wichita Blues, The Kansas African American Museum by Denita Benyshek Image: Patrick O'Connor speaking and a drawing of a photograph of a young man in the Jive Five group.
Drawings of Patrick O'Connor's presentation about his book, Wichita Blues, The Kansas African American Museum by Denita Benyshek Image: From the story about Harmonica Chuck (Charlie Phillips). Master Artist Program, Kansas Historical Society, provided grant to cover O'Connor's apprenticeship with Harmonica Chuck. Chuck was paid $50 per lesson. He used the funds to buy a new solid body guitar from Uhlich Music, Japanese solid body guitar.
Drawings of Patrick O'Connor's presentation about his book, Wichita Blues, The Kansas African American Museum by Denita Benyshek Image: Girl wearing a white dress, from photograph on display in museum. O'Connor recounting history, Pearl Harbor, John Philip Sousa, buffalo soldiers...
Drawings of Patrick O'Connor's presentation about his book, Wichita Blues, The Kansas African American Museum by Denita Benyshek Image: Woman wearing long white dress and woman dancer from the Mambo Club.
Drawings of Patrick O'Connor's presentation about his book, Wichita Blues, The Kansas African American Museum by Denita Benyshek Image: How publishers turned down book initially, how one of the musicians assumed O'Connor was black during a phone call.
Drawings of Patrick O'Connor's presentation about his book, Wichita Blues, The Kansas African American Museum by Denita Benyshek Image: Sheila Kinnard, who purchased all of the books at Barnes and Noble and told them to buy more!
Drawings of Patrick O'Connor's presentation about his book, Wichita Blues, The Kansas African American Museum by Denita Benyshek Image: Unknown woman at the museum event.
Drawings of Patrick O'Connor's presentation about his book, Wichita Blues, The Kansas African American Museum by Denita Benyshek Image: Portrait of Pat Grimmeth, who sat next to me during the talk.
Drawings of Patrick O'Connor's presentation about his book, Wichita Blues, The Kansas African American Museum by Denita Benyshek
  • Denita Benyshek
  • Drawings of Patrick O'Connor's presentation about his book, Wichita Blues, The Kansas African American Museum, 2025
  • Ink in sketchbook.
  • 6 x 5 in (15.24 x 12.7 cm)
  • Available

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From The Kansas African American Museum press release:
Senior Wednesday: Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community
Wed Jul 30th 10:00am - 11:30am
HISTORYMUSICBLUES
The Kansas African American Museum, 601 N. Water St. in Wichita
Join us for a walk through Wichita blues history with Patrick Joseph O'Connor as he discusses his book "Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community".
Through interviews with 19 African American blues performers in Wichita, O'Connor explores Wichita's blues legacy by tracing African American history in Kansas and the evolution of blues from the 1930s to 1960s in the Heartland.

Other Work From Denita Benyshek

Series: Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Ellen Laundau lecture at Wichita Art Museum by Denita Benyshek
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Guerilla Girls, Wichita Art Museum, 11/14/24 by Denita Benyshek
Ulrich Art Museum, 2, art audience with "Repose" exhibit, Fontanive presentation by Denita Benyshek
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