ADELANTE JUNTOS/FORWARD TOGETHER MURAL UNVEILING AND PRE-CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION Friday, May 3 4:30-7 p.m. Duerksen Fine Arts Center Amphitheater FREE Join us for the unveiling of GLeo’s (Nathalia Gallego) mural at the Duerksen Amphitheater! From 4:30 to 7 p.m., this Friday, May 3, enjoy a pre-Cinco de Mayo celebration with speakers, live music by ... Read More
Come celebrate the 2024 graduates of the MFA Program in Creative Writing as they share selections from their literary works. Reception at 2 p.m., with the reading starting at 2:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend this free event.
In conjunction with Urban Canvas: Exploring Muralism in Wichita, join artist, designer and community organizer Armando Minjarez for a panel discussion with local muralists about the triumphs and challenges of mural making in Wichita. Reception at 5:30, with the program starting at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend this free event.
Artist Tim Stone will explore ways of looking at and sketching 3D works as we experience the Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection and the exhibition Fully Dimensional. Sketchbooks and pencils will be provided or bring your own. This event will take place indoors and outdoors if weather allows. 10 a.m. refreshments | 10:30 a.m. ... Read More
WE WILL LIST THE NEW DATE ON THIS PAGE WHEN RESCHEDULED In conjunction with Fully Dimensional: Artists of the Outdoor Sculpture Collection, sculptor Randy Regier will give an artist’s talk in the form of a staged field demo beside his sculpture, The Celestial Mechanic (2016-2018). Regier will open the clear dome that encases the partially ... Read More
Join us for an exciting evening with Marianne Marti, founding partner of Russell-Marti Conservation Services, in connection with Fully Dimensional: Artists of the Outdoor Sculpture Collection. Marti is a sculpture conservator who specializes in working with bronze, stone, terra cotta, plaster, and wood, with an expertise in outdoor public art. For more than 25 years, ... Read More
Learn from Wichita State School of Digital Arts student and faculty artists who partnered with the Ulrich to develop the virtual and augmented reality components for spring 2024 exhibitions. Refreshments at 10 a.m., with the programing starting at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome to attend this free event.
In conjunction with Urban Canvas | Exploring Muralism in Wichita and the Duerksen Amphitheater Mural Project, Forward Together/Adelante Juntos, enjoy a discussion with Nathalia Gallego aka GLeo and artist, designer, and community organizer Armando Minjarez about working collaboratively and with community including their experiences with the Horizontes Project and the Duerksen Amphitheater Mural Project. Spanish ... Read More
Join us for a beer and wine happy hour and become a co-curator! Bring friends and enjoy a beverage (21+ to drink alcohol, please) meet some fellow art fans and give us your feedback via the activity walls of Co-Lab! Help the Ulrich Museum create an exhibition, ???????????? ???????????????????????? ????????-????????????, that will debut in 2026. ... Read More
Marin R. Sullivan is an art historian and curator, specializing in the history of sculpture and its relationship to photography, design, and the built environment. She will discuss the history of outdoor sculpture collections on museum and university campuses, in conjunction with the exhibition Fully Dimensional: Artists of the Outdoor Sculpture Collection. Sullivan is the ... Read More
Join Mina Estrada, program director of WSU’s dance department, as she guides you through an experience in the galleries that incorporates movement and select works of art. Learn a movement phrase that embodies an element of each artwork—texture, line, space, or narrative—and leave with a small dance that represents the kinesthetic and aesthetic experience the ... Read More
Bee Sacks holds an MFA from the Programs in Writing at the University of California, Irvine. Their debut novel, City of a Thousand Gates, published under the name Rebecca Sacks, was awarded the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for fiction. Their second novel, The Lover, was published in 2023. A former journalist, Bee worked at Vanity ... Read More
THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL! Join us for our first Ulrich Artist Workshop, in conjunction with Fully Dimensional: Artists of the Outdoor Sculpture Collection. Join WSU Associate Professor of Sculpture Media Barry Badgett for an intimate lecture and workshop on the process of bronze pouring. Barry will describe the process of creating Untitled (Female Nude) by ... Read More
Memoir reading with Brian Turner Visiting Author Brian Turner will present a reading from his memoir, My Life as a Foreign Country. He’s the editor of The Kiss and co-edited The Strangest of Theatres. He lives in Florida with his dog, Dene, the world’s sweetest golden retriever. Writing Now Reading Now is cosponsored by the ... Read More
Ulrich + ADCI Present Clayton Staples Speaker David J. Getsy: Scott Burton and Queer Behavior In connection with Fully Dimensional: Artists of the Outdoor Sculpture Collection, art historian, curator, and art writer David J. Getsy will speak about the career of artist Scott Burton and discuss his award-winning book, Queer Behavior: Scott Burton and Performance ... Read More
Senior Wednesday | Fully Dimensional Conversation with Curator Jo Reinert Wednesday, February, 21 10 a.m. Refreshments 10:30 a.m. Program Ulrich Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Jo Reinert, will discuss the process of curating Fully Dimensional: Artists of the Outdoor Sculpture Collection, on display this spring in the Polk/Wilson Gallery and Amsden Gallery. This event ... Read More
Writing Now Reading Now | Poetry Reading by Brian Turner Thursday, February 15 5:30 p.m. Reception 6 p.m. Reading Ulrich Dr. Sam & Jacqui Kouri Collection Study Center Visiting author Brian Turner will read from his new trilogy of poetry books. Writer of the memoir, My Life as a Foreign Country, Turner has penned five ... Read More
Makers & Masterpieces | Love Wins Wednesday, February 14 5:30-7:30 p.m. Ulrich Museum of Art FREE Celebrate love and creativity this Valentine’s Day at our new Makers & Masterpieces series. Learn the printmaking process using linoleum blocks to create a card for someone you love with the help of WSU’s Tornado Alley Press. Take your ... Read More
*ALL TICKETS FOR THE RUN OF THIS EVENT ARE SOLD OUT * Candles flicker, Whisky pours, Conversation stirs. Before the night is over you will have encountered the impossible. The worldwide smash-hit that has mesmerized both audiences and critics alike, Scott Silven’s At the Illusionist’s Table is unlike anything else in the world of theater. An unforgettable ... Read More
*ALL TICKETS FOR THE RUN OF THIS EVENT ARE SOLD OUT * Candles flicker, Whisky pours, Conversation stirs. Before the night is over you will have encountered the impossible. The worldwide smash-hit that has mesmerized both audiences and critics alike, Scott Silven’s At the Illusionist’s Table is unlike anything else in the world of theater. An unforgettable ... Read More
