Be sure to plan around our holiday hours to see our summer exhibitions now on display

Thanks to all who attended our Summer 2023 Exhibition Opening Celebration Thursday night! It was great to see you!

If you couldn't make it, plan to visit soon. Our summer exhibitions—Susan Copich: Staged Stories in the Polk/Wilson Gallery, In Event of Moon Disaster in the Beren and Amsden Galleries, and Artists at Work: the Ulrich Staff Creates in the Grafly Gallery—are now on display. We can't wait for you to experience them, but also want you to know that we will be CLOSED for holidays on the following days, so you can plan ahead:

- Saturday, May 27, Memorial Day Weekend
- Monday, May 29: Memorial Day
- Tuesday, July 4: Independence Day

You'll also want to check out the programs we have scheduled in conjunction with these exhibitions. Take a look at the line-up on our website and add us to your calendar. And have a terrific holiday weekend!

The Ulrich is grateful for the ongoing support of Ulrich Friends with Benefits members who make the Museum’s exhibitions and programs possible through their UFWB memberships. We also receive funding for general operational support from the City of Wichita and Wichita State University.

Artist Talk
HYBYCOZO | Sculpture in the Stratosphere: Maker Culture and Public Art
as Social Practice
Thursday, June 1
5:30 p.m. | Reception
6 p.m. | Program
Woolsey Hall

Join us for an artist talk with collaborative installation art collective HYBYCOZO, (Yelena Filipchuk and Serge Beaulieu). Their sculpture Stratosphere is the most recent piece to join the Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection.

The event takes place Thursday, June 1 at Woolsey Hall, and kicks off with a reception at 5:30 p.m., followed by the program at 6 p.m. This event is free and everyone is invited.

HYBYCOZO’s work consists of larger-than-life sculptures that celebrate the inherent beauty of geometric form and pattern, and compose them in ways that harmonize the experience of sculpture, light, and shadow. Much of their work draws on inspirations from mathematics, science, and patterns in nature and acknowledges diverse cultural influences in pattern making and design.

They seek to create public art that creates a sense of place and invites wonder and curiosity not only about the elemental geometric forms used to compose their sculptures but also in the technological processes used to create them.

Have you shared your Ulrich memories with us yet?

Our 50th anniversary is right around the corner (in 2024) and we're planning lots of great exhibitions and events to celebrate the Museum's excellence. One thing we are working on is collecting memories from folks who have been connected to the Ulrich over the years. Whether you are a present or past employee, a donor, volunteer, student, or general visitor, we'd love to hear your favorite memories of the Ulrich. We've created this webpage, which has a form on it, to help you share your stories. The memories we collect will be shared throughout our 50th anniversary celebrations and might even end up in a book we're putting together. We'd love to hear your stories.