Contact: Lainie Mazzullo, co-director of news and media relations, 316-978-3409 or lainie.mazzullo@wichita.edu.
Downtown will glow from the light of illuminated art works from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Nov.
6, during the First Friday gallery crawl.
“Get Lit: A Night of Light” is a collaboration between Wichita State’s ShiftSpace
Gallery and Wichita Festivals Inc. The event will take place near the gallery’s location
at Groover Labs, 334 St. Francis Ave.
ShiftSpace invites WSU students and community members to build an inflatable bubble
using simple materials and step-by-step instructions provided by guest artist Kylie
Brown, creator of the MULTIBUBBLE project.
“When we started to think about ways of safely coming together as a community, building
literal bubbles made a lot of sense,” said Kristin Beal, ShiftSpace gallery manager.
“The pandemic has changed our typical patterns of behavior, but we can still celebrate
the power of art, which is open to everyone.”
Up to 20 free MULTIBUBBLE kits are available to WSU students. They include plastic
sheeting, tape, velcro, and a loaner fan courtesy of Vornado. Community members may
also join but will have to purchase their own materials at a cost of about $60. All
participants can register and find more information at wichita.edu/multibubble.
“Depth of Field: A Wichita Photo Album,” a collaboration between WFI and the Wichita
chapter of AIGA, will also debut during the November First Friday event. The illuminated
art installation salutes the citizens who have shaped Wichita history. It will be
installed in windows in the downtown area from Nov. 6-16.
Wichita State University serves as the Kansas urban-based research university, enrolling
more than 20,000 students from every state in the U.S. and more than 100 countries.
Wichita State and WSU Tech are recognized for being student centered and innovation
driven.
Located in the largest city in the state with one of the highest concentrations in
the United States of jobs involving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM),
Wichita State University provides uniquely distinctive and innovative pathways of
applied learning, applied research and career opportunities for all of our students.
The Innovation Campus, which is a physical extension of the Wichita State University main campus, is one
of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing research/innovation parks, encompassing
over 120 acres and is home to a number of global companies and organizations.
