The WFMA hosted Live at the Lake on Sept. 5 to fundraise for their student workers On the Wall Workshops and other free programs. 

“We started planning around April of last year and we reached out to local bands, organizations, local painters and local vendors. We have been planning this event for a while and it is nice to watch this event finally fall through and to welcome back our students with a MSU Jazz concert,”  curator of education at the WFMA, Sarah Griego, said. 

Most of the museum’s programs and events are funded through fundraisers and donations. 

“A common misconception is that MSU gives us the money to be able to buy supplies but that’s not true, we do it through donations and fundraising,” Griego said. 

The event had a live performance by the MSU Music Department.

“This event brings all these people here today who can sit around and watch seven people hit stuff and do funny things with their fingers. That is the beauty of music to me,” music freshman attendee, John Craig said.

During the concert, local artist Natalia Hernádez Pagan live-painted a Canadian goose.

“There is definitely a head space I have to get into before I paint live because it is a little socially exhausting for me. I feel like I am performing because there are people watching me. I have been painting for about 10 years and the only real challenge is getting over that hurdle of being seen while painting but once you are past that it isn’t really hard at all,” Pagan said. 

“It is always nice seeing the community come together and that we are not only reaching our MSU students but local members of our community and MSU staff and faculty,” Griego said.

The WFMA is hosting an On the Wall workshop where they will make felted birds on Saturday, Sept.21 at 2 p.m.

The Wichita Falls Museum of Art will be hosting several events throughout the fall semester. For more information go to wfma.msutexas.edu or call at 940-397-8904.