Born in Las Vegas, Justin Favela is renowned for his large-scale installations in cartonería, the traditional Mexican art of piñata making. Favela celebrates his heritage and identity while reflecting on themes of Latinidad, cultural appropriation, and art history. By reflecting on the intersections of tradition and contemporary culture, Favela challenges the ways Latine identity is represented, ... Read More
This summer, come cool off in our maker’s space during our Summer Studio Saturdays! Everyone is invited to participate in this free guided art-making event led by Ulrich staff. Expect to participate in a wide variety of projects, including activities that will be installed in our Amsden Gallery through the fall season. Don’t miss out ... Read More
This summer, come cool off in our maker’s space during our Summer Studio Saturdays! Everyone is invited to participate in this free guided art-making event led by Ulrich staff. Expect to participate in a wide variety of projects, including activities that will be installed in our Amsden Gallery through the fall season. Don’t miss out ... Read More
This summer, come cool off in our maker’s space during our Summer Studio Saturdays! Everyone is invited to participate in this free guided art-making event led by Ulrich staff. Expect to participate in a wide variety of projects, including activities that will be installed in our Amsden Gallery through the fall season. Don’t miss out ... Read More
Join us for the Ulrich50 Gala in celebration of the Ulrich Museum of Art’s 50th birthday! The Gala takes place from 6-9 p.m., Friday, May 9 at Henry’s Place rooftop venue inside NICHE at 124 S. Broadway in Wichita. The event includes an upscale art auction, wine and whiskey pulls, food stations and libations, and ... Read More
The Makers and Masterpieces art engagement series offers hands-on learning and community connection. In conjunction with the exhibition Devan Shimoyama: Rituals, this event will include themed art projects for all ages, including creating colorful identity collages, face-painting, live music, a food truck, and guided exhibition tours as we partner with WSU Student Engagement & Belonging. ... Read More
Kids can learn from local artist and Northwest High School printmaking teacher, Sunny Overholt, at this exciting hands-on workshop designed for ages 8 to 12. They will let their creativity shine as they design and create their very own masterpiece to take home. A $5 registration fee is required. Spots are limited to 30 participants. ... Read More
Come celebrate the community, identity, and local artists at the Ulrich Community Art Market at Open Streets Shocker Neighborhood! This event provides an opportunity for the people of Wichita to come together and interact with artists, create free take-and-make art, and explore local organizations. Artists, local and regional, will set up booths, some offering their ... Read More
11:30 Doors open for brunch and drinks | 1 p.m. Program Join the girls for a mimosa, brunch, and top notch drag artists at Roxy’s Downtown. From RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12, the Widow Von’Du is in the house! Riirii, from Kansas City, and Jaharia from The Boulet Brother’s Dragula will perform, along with Wichita’s ... Read More
Michael Prior, Wichita State’s 2024-25 visiting emerging poet, will be in residence at WSU March 24 through April 18 teaching advanced undergraduates and graduate students in the poetry tutorial. He will give a reading of his work on Tuesday, April 8. Join us for a reception at 5:30 p.m. with the program following at 6 ... Read More
Ladee Hubbard, Wichita State’s 2024-25 visiting distinguished writer, is in residence at WSU from February 17 to March 14, teaching advanced undergraduates and graduate students in the fiction tutorial. Join us when she presents a reading of her fiction at the latest Writing Now | Reading Now program at 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 11. Everyone is ... Read More
THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER! Due to today's cold, rainy weather, we've decided to postpone this car cruise to keep you and all of our queens and allies warm and dry. (Also true: AquaNet can only do so much.) We will post a new event with the updated day and time on this ... Read More
3 p.m. Reception | Ulrich Museum of Art 4:15 p.m. Film | McKnight 210 Celebrate the culmination of the youth photo competition, Telling Your Stories, with a special reception followed by a screening of "I Needed Paris." This compelling documentary, produced and directed by Michael Cheers, follows students from the Gordon Parks Academy as they ... Read More
The Ulrich Museum of Art welcomes NEH Fellowship Award-winning writer and scholar Dr. Derrais Carter to speak on his research, which examines Black masculinity, Black queer culture, and Black popular music. Carter’s presentation will closely connect to themes represented in the exhibition Devan Shimoyama: Rituals (currently on display in the museum's Polk/Wilson Gallery), and will ... Read More
Local artist and adjunct faculty of the WSU School of Art Design and Creative Industries, Kendra Cremin, shares her knowledge of photography, specifically lumen prints, in conjunction with the exhibition Listening Devices: The Photographer and New Perspectives, on display through July 12 in the Beren Gallery. This program will start with a lecture addressing photography ... Read More
Local artists, Jocelyn Woodson, Levente Sulyok, Taiomah Rutledge, and Artists A + B, will present their process in creating new works inspired by the Ulrich Collection for the Ulrich Co-Lab: Homegrown. Their pieces are on display in the Grafly Gallery, concept and research by Vivian Zavataro, Executive and Creative Director. Refreshments will be served at ... Read More
In connection with the Spring 2025 exhibition, Devan Shimoyama: Rituals, award-winning contemporary multidisciplinary artist Shimoyama will share his creative process, experiences, and inspirations. Shimoyama’s mixed media works explore gender, sexuality, and cultural identities, interpreting at great depths ideas of vulnerability and transformation. He has exhibited worldwide, most recently a solo show at Serlachius Museum Gösta ... Read More
Curators of the Ulrich’s Spring exhibitions — Exhibition Designer and Production Manager James Porter, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Jo Reinert, and Executive and Creative Director Vivian Zavataro — will discuss their processes of building the season’s four new shows on view: Devan Shimoyama: Rituals, Listening Devices: The Photographer and New Perspectives, Jim Riswold’s ... Read More
Celebrate LOVE before Valentine’s Day when you support the Museum and local artists at this Ulrich50 fundraising art auction, 6-9 p.m., Thursday, February 13 at the Ulrich. Bid on 46 love-themed original artworks by popular Wichita artists in our silent auction. Enjoy a social evening of art, light hors d'oeuvres, and libations: wine, bubbly, beer, ... Read More
Poetry Out Load is a national arts education program that encourages high school students to learn about poetry through recitation, memorization, and competition. Come listen to students compete in this regional competition for the opportunity to go to the state competition. This event is located in the Polk/Wilson Gallery.
