Gallery Talk

Rachel Epp Buller

Thursday, Feb. 2

1:30 - 2:30 pm

Hear from Rachel Epp Buller, the artist featured in the WUmester exhibition Invitations to Listen. She created the art in this show as a response to her daily listening walks during a residency in Canada.

First Friday

Opening Reception

Friday, Feb. 3

5:00 - 7:00 pm

Join us during First Friday Artwalk at this reception celebrating the opening of our current exhibitions Invitations to Listen and Clear Water: Encountering Mokuhanga.

Gallery Talk

Matthew Willie Garcia

Thursday, Feb. 16

12:00 - 1:00pm

Learn about the history of Japanese woodblock printing (mokuhanga) from artist Matthew Willie Garcia, the guest curator of Clear Water: Encountering Mokuhanga.

Fat Tuesday

with FOMAM

Tuesday, Feb. 21

5:00 - 7:00 PM

Calling all FOMAM members:

Join us for refreshments, art door prizes, and more as we celebrate Fat Tuesday.

Become a member and celebrate with the Friends of the Mulvane Art Museum. Join or renew and save $5.

Masks optional.

Reserve your spot here!

Art Journaling

Meet-Up

Tuesdays

4:00 - 6:00 pm

Room 16, Garvey Fine Arts

Join Monique Robins, MLS, Outreach CEP/Coordinator, Washburn University College of Arts and Sciences, for weekly art journaling workshops.

LOOKING FORWARD

2023 Mulvane Art Fair

Artists can now apply for the 2023 Mulvane Art Fair scheduled for June 3-4. 2023. The 29th annual Mulvane Art Fair features artists from across the country. Be part of this exciting two-day event and apply today.

Apply 2023 Mulvane Art Fair

2023 Art Student Competition

Art students at Washburn University are invited to submit their work to the student competition. See details at the link below.

Apply 2023 Art Student Competition

Hank Willis Thomas Memorializes MLK and Coretta Scott King's Love (Hyperallergic): This Black History Month, read about a new public sculpture in Boston commemorating the love and sacrifices of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.

As a Lightning-Rod Philip Guston Show Tours the U.S., a New Book Explains Why It Put Censorship and Race on a Collision Course (Artnet): Philip Guston Now, a traveling exhibition that has sparked heated debate, features work by a major Canadian American artist represented in the Mulvane collection.

If education is the heart of the Mulvane Art Museum, exhibitions are its life-blood. They challenge, inspire, open minds, ignite ideas, and speak to us about the human endeavor. Select exhibitions and museum programs are supported by a National Endowment For The Humanities (NEH) #SHARP Grant.

Invitations to Listen

Rachel Epp Buller created the new works in this exhibition in response to her daily walks during a residency in Alberta, Canada. During her walks, Buller explored how listening can be carried out not just with the ears but with the whole body. The works in Invitations to Listen represent her experience of connecting with her surroundings during her listening walks. Her art encourages viewers to slow down, use their senses to ground themselves in the present, and simply listen.

Clear Water: Encountering Mokuhanga

Guest curator and artist Matthew Willie Garcia selected works from the Mulvane's rich collection of Japanese woodblock prints. Garcia takes inspiration from traditional Japanese woodblock printing (mokuhanga) in his innovative practice as a multimedia printmaker. His selections highlight the history, techniques, forms, and effects of mokuhanga, offering a fresh view of this engaging medium from the perspective of a contemporary artist.

Drawings from the Legacy Collection

Rita Blitt Gallery

Rita Blitt’s creative practice pivots on gesture. Whether her medium is painting, sculpture, or, as in this exhibition, drawing, she manipulates the material to suspend her body’s movements in time. Drawings from the Legacy Collection features a small sampling of Blitt's love for and fascination with line.