10:00 A.M. Reception | 10:30 A.M. Program. Free and open to all. Please join us in celebrating the School of Art, Design, and Creative Industries 2022 MFA graduates, with artist talks by Tim Stone and Meghan Miller.
10:00 A.M. Reception | 10:30 A.M. Program. Free and open to all. Please join us in celebrating the School of Art, Design, and Creative Industries 2022 MFA graduates, with artist talks by Tim Stone and Meghan Miller.
Join us as we publicly unveil our lovely new Dr. Sam and Jacque Kouri Collection Study Center. Get an overview of the Ulrich permanent collection and watch demonstrations of how the Center makes our art more accessible to students and the general public. Light refreshments will be served. Free and open to all.
5:00 Reception | 5:30 Readings. Join us for a reception and celebration of over sixty years of Mikrokosmos, a literary tradition at Wichita State University.
Reception to follow. Join us for the WSU School of Music's Chamber Music recital, featuring the graduate wind quintet and clarinet quartet.
5:30 P.M. Reception | 6:00 P.M. Program. Happening Now is Wichita State University’s contemporary music ensemble, focusing on chamber music of our time, including world premieres, compositions by WSU faculty and students, and freely improvised music. This performance will include a world premiere of Where’re’yer manners? for found percussion by M. Joseph Willette, who also plays in ... Read More
Join us for a 30-minute live improvisational dance performance in response to Annabel Daou's DECLARATION, a sound installation hosted by the Ulrich Museum of Art at Grace Memorial Chapel. This performance features the dancers of the WSU dance program and Mid America Dance Theatre.
It’s open mic night again at the Ulrich! All WSU undergraduate and graduate students are invited to take the stage with performances in poetry, music, dance, theatre, and art. Email the Ulrich's Jana Erwin for more information on how to sign-up for your time at the mic.
Sculpture Glow, 6-8 P.M.; screening of Space Jam, 9 P.M. An after-hours exploration of the Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection as the glow of the evening light settles and the fireflies of summer twinkle. A community and family event celebrating the summer solstice with interactive stations connecting our sculptures and our history. After touring ... Read More
Join us for an exploration of our newest exhibition on display this summer. Ulrich receptions are a conversation, a gathering, an engagement of artists and art enthusiasts intertwined with music, fine fare, and possibility. Ulrich receptions are free and open to the public.
2:00 P.M. Reception 2:30 P.M. Reading. Please join us to celebrate our 2022 WSU MFA Graduates in Creative Writing. Stephen Woodgeard, Robert Burke, Janet Federico, Reid Kurkerewicz, and Merrick Preti will read from their fiction, and Robert Yates and Luke Ulatowski will read from their poetry. Writing Now/Reading Now is cosponsored by the WSU Department of English, ... Read More
Bring the family for an afternoon of hands-on art making, stories, and fun discoveries inspired by the world class 82-piece Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection.
5:30 P.M. Reception | 6:00 P.M. Program. Printing on the Edge of the World. Narrative artist Jos Sances leads a discussion of the contradictions of making politically engaged art in a privileged society obsessed with consumption. He will share the excitement of printmaking, the joys of survival within community, and the practice of examining, accepting ... Read More
10:00 A.M. Refreshments 10:30 A.M. Program. Join the Ulrich docents for a jaunt through the Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection and learn about our campus favorites and newest additions.
Empty Bowls has a new look this spring! At this year's Bowl Fest, we will still have an impressive collection of bowls made by local and regional artists. Bowls will range in price from $5 - $50. Monetary donations will also be accepted, with 100% of proceeds going directly to the Kansas Food Bank. But ... Read More
What can I do? What should I do? What will I do? For this participatory sound project, artist Annabel Daou invites the public to create a collaborative manifesto for our current moment. Audience answers will reflect personal, political, or social themes with no restriction on topics addressed. All responses will be anonymous and will be ... Read More
10:00 A.M. Refreshments 10:30 A.M. Program. Join artist Ann Resnick as she leads us on a tour of her exhibition Chapter & Verse. This program is free and open to all.
5:30 P.M. Reception | 6:00 P.M. Program. If you cannot attend in person, click here for the livestream. Annabel Daou is a Lebanese American artist known for her poetic conceptual pieces that often mine history and use language across multiple media to empower viewers in the present moment. She will address her works in which ... Read More
Come help us close the gender gap on Wikipedia! In partnership with Art + Feminism, communities across the nation are coming together to research, edit, and add information to the Wikipedia entries for women and other underrepresented artists. Together, we can give more artists in the Ulrich Collection the representation they deserve. Lunch will be ... Read More
5:30 P.M. Reception | 6:00 P.M. Program. Ann Resnick has been making conceptually complex and visually sumptuous art for over forty years. Also a pillar of contemporary art in Wichita, Ann has worked for twenty-five years as a gallerist, activist, and exhibiting artist to benefit our community. Shown nationally and internationally, much of her work ... Read More
