The Ulrich Museum of Art will dig deep into its vault over the next five years and share with the public selected works it has acquired since its opening in 1974, thanks to a grant recently awarded to the museum by Humanities Kansas.
Last month, the Topeka-based independent non-profit Humanities Kansas announced that the Ulrich Museum of Art on the Wichita State University campus will receive a Humanities for All grant worth $10,000. The grant supports projects that draw on history, literature and culture to engage the public with stories that spark conversations.
The Ulrich will use the grant to support its “Voices from the Vault” series of programs, which will showcase pieces from the museum’s permanent collection from every decade that it has been in operation. Each year, the museum will spotlight a different decade, beginning this year with pieces from the 1970s and ending with a look at the 2010s in 2024, the year the museum will celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Ulrich Director Leslie Brothers said the grant would allow members of the WSU and Wichita communities to enjoy some of the artistic treasures the museum has acquired in its nearly five decades of operation.
“By focusing on five decades of the collection we are able to share a very diverse range of stories as well as the questions we are asking about works of art in their time,” Brothers said.
Brothers said the five-year series will also help people see how art is of its time yet can remain relevant to today.
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