Wichita State University College of Fine Arts

2004-05 Ulrich Museum of Art Events

The Ulrich Museum of Art is Wichita's premier institution for the exploration
of contemporary visual culture.

The museum, located on the campus of Wichita State University, is open 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday - Friday and 1 - 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; closed Mondays and holidays.

Museum admission and events are free unless otherwise noted. Guided group tours are available by calling (316) 978-7116. For more information about museum exhibitions, membership, or events, call (316) 978-3664, e-mail ulrich@wichita.edu, or consult our website at: www.ulrich.wichita.edu.

New Art
June 14-September 4, 2005
Recent acquisitions will be the focus of this show displaying the newest additions to the Ulrich collection.

On Paper
June 25-August 7, 2005
This show features more than 40 prints and drawings, from the 1960s to the present, selected from the Ulrich’s outstanding collection. Artists represented include Josef Albers, Romare Bearden, Alexander Calder, Jim Dine, Adolph Gottlieb, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson, Ad Reinhardt, Edward Ruscha, Shahzia Sikander, Kara Walker, and Andy Warhol.

ArtPositions: Modern and Contemporary Art
from the Collection
Opens August 25, 2005 (ongoing)
This revolving installation draws from the Ulrich’s extensive collection of paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, and new media works to highlight various movements and styles of the past century, with an emphasis on current work by emerging and established artists of national and international reputation.

Afterburn—Willie Cole: Selected Works 1997-2004
August 25-October 23, 2005
In his assemblage, installation, and wall works, Willie Cole transforms ordinary, domestic objects such as hair dryers, bicycle parts, irons and ironing boards, high-heeled shoes, and lawn jockeys into powerful works embedded with references to African-American history and inspired by West African religion, mythology, and culture. Organized by the University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, Wyoming, and funded in part by the Norton Family Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Slide talk by the artist at 4 p.m. Thursday, August 25, in 210 McKnight Art Center West (School of Art & Design) followed by a reception/preview from 5 to 7 p.m. with remarks by the artist at 6 p.m. at the museum.

Ulrich Project Series: Andy Spence
September 22-November 13, 2005
This sampling of paintings and prints by Andy Spence shows how the (mostly) abstract work of this well-regarded New York artist has developed in recent years. Spence’s hard-edged, colorful forms are at once rigorously non-objective yet wittily evocative of things in the world around us, images that are both abstract and referential. Slide talk by the artist at 4 p.m. Thursday, September 22, in 210 McKnight Art Center West (School of Art & Design) followed by a reception/preview from 5 to 7 p.m. with remarks by the artist at 6 p.m. at the museum.

Possible Models: New Work by Jenny Perlin
November 10-December 23, 2005
In her first major solo museum exhibition, Brooklyn-based artist Jenny Perlin examines details of everyday life through 16mm film, video, and drawing. Included in the exhibition is the multi-channel video installation Sight Reading, which documents three pianists performing a difficult piece of music for the first time. Slide talk by the artist at 4 p.m. Thursday, November 10, in 210 McKnight Art Center West (School of Art & Design), followed by a reception/preview from 5 to 7 p.m. with remarks by the artist at 6 p.m. at the museum.

WSU School of Art and Design MFA Thesis Exhibition
December 1-23, 2005
Morgan Price, graduate student from Denver, Colorado, presents an exhibition of his work in fulfillment of requirements for a Masters of Fine Arts degree in art with an emphasis in printmaking.

Almost 30
January 19-February 26, 2006
Almost 30 features six young artists, some already represented by commercial galleries, some not. In a larger context, Almost 30 deals with the complexities and anxieties of being young and trying to make it in the art world. Artists to be exhibited include: Larissa Bates, Jeff Degolier, Sarah Anne Johnson, Stacie Johnson, Renee Lotenero, and Adam Sipe. Panel discussion with the artists at 4 p.m. Thursday, January 19, in 210 McKnight Art Center West (School of Art & Design) followed by a reception/preview from 5 to 7 p.m. at the museum.

Ulrich Project Series: Clare E. Rojas
February 2-March 12, 2006
Recalling iconic folklore images and the dark underbelly of too-sweet fairytales, San Francisco painter, filmmaker, and musician Clare E. Rojas develops her own personal, esoteric myths with repeating characters that interact and travel through lyrical landscapes and environments. Musical performance by the artist as Peggy Honeywell at 4 p.m. Thursday, February 2, followed by a reception/preview from 5 to 7 p.m. at the museum.

2006 New Art Event
March 11-19, 2006
The annual exhibition of new art allows the community to voice their opinion of the museum’s latest acquisitions of works by emerging and established artists from around the world. This is your chance to play curator for a night and cast a vote for your favorite new artwork. Preview Party 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 11.

Ulrich Project Series: The General Store
March 30-April 30, 2006
Renegade artist collective The General Store started as a storefront gallery in Milwaukee in 2000 displaying the works of local and international artists. In addition to making their own work, Scott, Tyson, and Elysia Reeder now curate group shows across the country. For their Ulrich Project show, The General Store is inviting up to 70 artists from around the world, as well as WSU students, to submit a 6” x 8” painting which, when installed, will transform the exhibition space. Slide talk by the artists at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 30, in 210 McKnight Art Center West (School of Art & Design) followed by a reception/preview from 5 to 7 p.m. with remarks by the artists at 6 p.m. at the museum.

Semina Culture: Wallace Berman & His Circle
April 20-July 9, 2006
This international traveling exhibition documents the community of creative people that coalesced around Wallace Berman (1926-1976), the quintessential visual artist of the Beat era. Semina Culture: Wallace Berman & His Circle has been organized for the Santa Monica Museum of Art by co-curators Michael Duncan and Kristine McKenna. The Santa Monica Museum of Art is grateful to the following foundations and organizations for support of the exhibition: Philip E. Aarons; LLWW Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts; and the Pasadena Art Alliance.

WSU School of Art and Design MFA Thesis Exhibition
May 11-June 4, 2006
Debi Kaufman, graduate student from Derby, Kansas, presents an exhibition of her work in fulfillment of requirements for a Masters of Fine Arts degree in art with an emphasis in printmaking.