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In downtown Wichita, Jeff Best's Hobo Code Railings is tucked beneath an underpass. The art piece celebrates past nomadic life but permanently sits in a place where homelessness is present.
This installment in an ongoing series about the City of Wichita's public art collection examines a 1975 steel sculpture on long-term loan to the city from Fidelity Bank.
The Advanced Learning Library centerpiece is an interactive sculpture controlled passively by its patrons.
More than 200 works in the collection — from 19th-century stone gargoyles to recently painted murals — can now be viewed online.
Local arts leaders sounded the alarm after comments from Mayor Lily Wu during last Tuesday’s Wichita City Council meeting. The Council will vote to adopt the proposed 2025 city budget tomorrow.
‘Urban Canvas: Exploring Muralism in Wichita’ at the Ulrich Museum of Art highlights work by artists including Armando Minjárez, Ellamonique Baccus, Ric Dunwoody, Connie Fiorella Fitzpatrick and Chris Garcia.
