Courtsey of Stephanie LanterThis month, we’re welcoming visitors to campus for WSU Family Weekend and the WSU Open House! We hope some of our campus guests venture out to experience Wichita’s Final Friday Gallery Crawl. Here’s what’s in store in September:
WSU ShiftSpace
Stephanie Lanter returns to WSU ShiftSpace with “Terms,” an installation of layered porcelain sculptures and drawings that explore the implications
of the words we use.
“A word is a map, a living thing, a series of lines, an enigma,” Lanter writes. “In these works I have gotten lost investigating slippery meanings.”
While Lanter was a visiting professor of ceramic media at WSU, she cofounded ShiftSpace with Robert Bubp, associate professor of studio art. She currently teaches at Emporia State University.
Lanter is back in her old stomping grounds to serve as a judge for Empty Bowls Wichita, which is part of an international effort by ceramic artists to end hunger. All funds raised at the Empty Bowls Chili Cook-Off on Oct. 13 will benefit the Kansas Food Bank.
WSU ShiftSpace is a student-run gallery in the heart of the Commerce Street Arts District.
Funded by the Student Government Association, it serves as a platform for arts engagement
at Wichita State and in the larger community.
6–10 p.m. at WSU ShiftSpace, 416 S. Commerce St., Suite 102
Elsewhere on Commerce Street
Work by alumna and current lecturer Kelsy Gossett and alumnus Matthew Hilyard both have work in the group show “I Am Me and We Are Free,” an international invitational exhibition at Hue Gallery of Contemporary Art.
The Fiber Studio presents an exhibit and sale of the art estates of Ginger Tanner and Thomas Siegman, two prolific Wichita artists who both graduated from WSU’s Master of Fine Arts program.
The estate sale was the subject of one of KMUW's "An Artist's Perspective" commentaries by Curt Clonts.
6–10 p.m. at The Fiber Studio, 418 S. Commerce St.
Downtown
Harvester Arts presents "One Summer," an exhibition by its summer 2018 interns, all
of whom are ADCI students: Carter Bryant, Xuan Ha, Emiliano Molina, Melissa Saengchanh and Mary Alexis Wirths. These five students assisted with projects by JooYoung Choi, the 2018 Harvester Arts/Riverfest artist-in-residence and George Ferrandi of Jump!Star. Learn more about Lexi Wirths' summer experience in this short video.
ADCI student Julian Kincaid invites you to both look at and feel the multimedia works in "An Infinite Amount of Bedrooms" at 86 Cold Press. The exhibition "explores the bedroom as a place of trust, candidness and comfort while also viewin ghte environment as a visual extension of the personality." All proceeds from the show benefit the Children's Miracle Network. 6-9 p.m. at 86 Cold Press, 600 E. Douglas Ave.
Around Town
Reuben Saunders Gallery invited ceramic artists from across the United States to participate
in a fundraising exhibition to benefit Empty Bowls Wichita. Half of the proceeds from all sales will go toward the effort, which benefits the
Kansas Food Bank. ADCI alumni participating in the show include Nathan Carris Carnes,
Emily Chamberlain, Trisha Coates, Laura Nave, Joseph Rincones, Taylor Sijan, Bruce
Van Osdel and Lars Voltz.
5:30–9 p.m. at Reuben Saunders Gallery, 3215 E. Douglas Ave.
Did you know you can park downtown and take the Q Line Trolley to many Final Friday destinations? Visit the Downtown Wichita website to learn more.
Know of an upcoming exhibition by an ADCI student or alumnus? Please alert Emily Christensen, ADCI Coordinator of External Affairs: (316) 978-7556 or emily.christensen@wichita.edu.