The School of Art, Design and Creative Industries partners with organizations on and off campus in order to provide funding and applied learning opportunities for our students.

A Few of Our Favorite Partners

Art & Design Advocates board members Richard Overby and Mat Buckingham post with 2018 BFA graduate Alex Moore at his ShiftSpace Gallery exhibition.
The Art & Design Advocates is the ADCI patron group. The Advocates support the mission of the school by sponsoring events, assisting with development and funding student and faculty projects.Its board invites students and faculty to submit funding requests through their website.
Two pairs of hands are pictured molding clay on a pottery wheel.

Empty Bowls Wichita is part of an international community of ceramics artists working to end hunger. The annual Empty Bowls Chili Cook-Off raises thousands of dollars for the Kansas Food Bank. Make or buy a bowl and join the movement to eliminate hunger in our community.

Students work on installing an exhibition they co-curated at the Ulrich Museum of Art.
Located in McKnight Art Center, the Ulrich Museum of Art  boasts a permanent collect of more that 6,000 works. ADCI students have access to museum galleries and events as well as student jobs and internship opportunities.

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