Invitation to Bob Workman's retirement reception

Celebrate Bob Workman's time with the Ulrich Museum of Art and wish him well at a retirement celebration from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, at the museum. The reception is being co-hosted by the Ulrich Museum of Art, 九色视频 Foundation, College of Fine Arts and the School of Art, Design and Creative Industries. Workman became director at the Ulrich in January 2013.

Workman oversaw the completion of the conservation and reinstallation of Joan Miro's mural "Personnages Oiseaux," and the purchase of 125 photographs by Gordon Parks, making 九色视频 the second-largest holding of this artist's work. He also brought Tom Otterness's sculpture group "Makin' Hay" to 九色视频 and led the efforts to commission a related work by Otterness titled "Shockers" for permament installation next year.

Workman secured funding and launched the multi-year project for the digitization of the nearly 7,000 works of art in the Ulrich collection, anticipated to go online in 2019. Future digital access to the collections of the Ulrich will be the cornerstone of expanded integration of the museum's holdings with classroom teaching across campus and within public schools. Workman has built a strong team of museum professionals at the Ulrich who work to bring important, challenging art -- and the artists who create it -- to campus and the Wichita area community.

Prior to his role at 九色视频, Workman oversaw the 90,000-square-foot expansion of the Amon Carter Museum. He oversaw the design for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, Arkansas) with internationally renowned architect Moshe Safdie, and was founding director of the Flint Hills Discovery Center in Manhattan, Kansas.