BUILDING BRIDGES: ART EXHIBITION & SALE
A 2016 project to create friendships and support resettled artists
FOUR VENUES AT BETHEL COLLEGE
AND WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY
Wichita Common Human is a coalition of community groups and churches that organized together to bring art created by refugees from the Middle East to galleries in the Wichita area. Our goal was to create empathy through art as an important step towards peaceful relations between the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds.
The work of the professional Iraqi artists was discovered by Mel Lehman, who had traveled extensively in the Middle East, originally seeking ways to ease the effect of American sanctions on the people of Iraq and later working to improve the lives of Iraqi refugees in Syria. Read more about Mel's non-profit organization, Common Humanity, here.
Building Bridges ICT was a student and community showcase featuring art by members of the WSU Muslim Student Association and a participatory bridge mural. See "Galleries."
Preview of Building Bridges: Art Exhibition & Sale
August 1 – August 26, 2016
*Work in this exhibition will be available for auction in WSU SHIFTSPACE.
The Looking Glass at Cadman Art Gallery, Rhatigan Student Center
Wichita State University 1845 Fairmount St. Wichita, KS 67218
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday
Admission: Free
August 24 – September 10, 2016
WSU SHIFTSPACE, 416 S. Commerce St., Suite 102 Wichita, KS 67202
Reception: 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Friday August 26, 2016
Final chance to bid: 9:00 p.m. Friday August 26, 2016
Gallery hours: 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Wednesday – Saturday
Admission: Free
Building Bridges: Art Exhibition & Sale
August 26 – September 23, 2016
Robert W. Regier Gallery, Luyken Fine Arts Center
Bethel College 300 27th St. North Newton, KS 67117
Closing Reception: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Friday September 23, 2016
Final chance to bid: 7:00 p.m. Friday September 23, 2016
Gallery hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday; 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Sunday
Admission: Free
Building Bridges: Art Exhibition & Sale
August 29 – September 30, 2016
Clayton Staples Gallery, McKnight Art Center Room 215
Wichita State University 1845 Fairmount St. Wichita, KS 67218
Wednesday September 28, 2016 - Closing Reception and public lecture with guest speaker Dr. Ahmed Abdullah Fadaam.
Lecture: 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Performance: 6:30 p.m. "Angels Rising" by Alithea Mime Theatre
Reception: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Wednesday September 28, 2016
Final chance to bid: 8:00 p.m. Wednesday September 28, 2016
Gallery hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday
Admission: Free
Building Bridges: Art Exhibition & Sale
September 14 – September 30, 2016
WSU SHIFTSPACE, 416 S. Commerce St., Suite 102 Wichita, KS 67202
Reception: 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Friday September 30, 2016
Final chance to bid: 9:00 p.m. Friday September 30, 2016
Gallery hours: 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Wednesday – Saturday
Admission: Free
"In Orchard," 16 x 32" , by Amer Bader. Showing at Robert Regier Gallery, Bethel College, August 26 - September 23.