When spring semester classes start Tuesday, Jan. 18, entertainment and educational events from the WSU College of Fine Arts and the Ulrich Museum of Art for the month of January will soon follow.
The Ulrich Museum of Art will open the 18th Faculty Biennial from the WSU School of Art and Design with a members’ party on Jan. 22. On the same day, the Ulrich Project Series also will open Alfredo Jaar’s exhibit “We Wish to Inform You That We Didn’t Know,” a retrospective on world tragedies.
For youth, the two-day Piano Festival Jan. 22-23 and the following weekend’s Organ Day, Jan. 29, offer the region’s talented middle and high school students a chance to mix with School of Music faculty and students, and perform on quality instruments, including the Marcussen organ.
Tickets for Wichita State's 2010-2011 performing arts and music events can be purchased in person or by phone from 12:30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday at the College of Fine Arts Box Office, temporarily housed in Wilner Auditorium, (316) 978-3233.
18th Faculty Biennial, School of Art and Design, Saturday, Jan. 22, through Sunday, April 3, Ulrich Museum of Art, WSU campus. Free admission. Gallery hours 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays; 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays. Information, (316) 978-3664.
Alfredo Jaar, “We Wish to Inform You That We Didn’t Know,” Ulrich Project Series, Saturday, Jan. 22, through Sunday, March 27, Ulrich Museum of Art, WSU campus. Free admission. Gallery hours 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays; 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays. Information, (316) 978-3664.
Youth Outreach: Middle and High School Piano Festival, School of Music, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, and 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, in Wiedemann Recital Hall, WSU campus. Free and open to the public. Information, (316) 978-6235.
Gerald Scholl
WSU School of Art and Design student and faculty artists, 6-10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28 (Final Friday), Shift Space Gallery, 803 E. Third St. in Old Town; normal gallery hours 4-7 p.m. Wednesday-Friday; 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. Free. Information, (316) 978-7705.
Youth Outreach: Organ Day, School of Music, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, in Wiedemann Recital Hall, WSU campus. Tours of and opportunities to play the Marcussen organ. Free and open to the public. Information, (316) 978-6218.