http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/press.shtml en-us News releases involving the Spencer Museum of Art. Copyright 2012 University of Kansas Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:33:44 -0600 kummerow@ku.edu (Bill Kummerow) kummerow@ku.edu (Bill Kummerow) 45 http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/images/smaBanner.gif http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/press.shtml January 24, 2012
Awards celebrate outstanding creativity among undergraduate students at the University of Kansas. Submissions Deadline: Friday, March 16, 2012 at 4 PM]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20120124.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20120124.shtml January 19, 2012
Area craft enthusiasts can come together and share their collective enthusiasm and experience from 5:30-7:30 PM on Thursday, January 26, when the Spencer Museum of Art serves as the Lawrence location for the 2012 International Craftsy Meetup Party]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20120119.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20120119.shtml January 18, 2012
The Crafting Continuities exhibit at the Spencer Museum of Art provides insight into a little thought of piece of the artistic puzzle, the materials and processes that go into creating the final work.]]> http://www.kansan.com/news/2012/jan/18/art-pieces/ http://www.kansan.com/news/2012/jan/18/art-pieces/ January 12, 2012
The Spencer is soliciting submissions for the second annual Jack and Lavon Brosseau Creativity Awards. Benefactor Lavon Brosseau established the prizes to celebrate undergraduate students at KU who engage in creative scholarly work in any discipline.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20120112.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20120112.shtml December 19, 2011
The Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas has again achieved accreditation by the American Association of Museums (AAM), the highest national recognition afforded the nation’s museums.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20111219.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20111219.shtml October 13, 2011
The Spencer Museum of Art invites members of the press to a light lunch and preview of the Museum’s fall 2011 lineup of exhibitions next Wednesday, October 19, from Noon to 1 PM.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20111013.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20111013.shtml October 10, 2011
SL creator Linden Labs touts the Spencer island as a top destination; Italian Vogue name-checks the Spencer in a recent feature article; and respected SL blogger Bryn Oh praises a Petrovsky flux as the author’s top 2010 SL art destination.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20111010.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20111010.shtml October 3, 2011
Filmmaker, photographer, and physician Jon “J.T.” O’Neal graduated from KU with an honors degree in history of art. His latest feature film, Au Pair, Kansas, took inspiration from O’Neal’s long-time interest in the artist Birger Sandzén.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20111003.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20111003.shtml September 21, 2011
The Spencer Museum of Art will conclude KU’s 2011 Homecoming weekend in style with a Family Fun Day from 1-3 PM on Sunday, October 2. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Crafting Continuities, the free event will feature a variety of ...]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20110921.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20110921.shtml September 1, 2011
On Sunday, September 11 at 5 PM, Mexican-American lyric tenor Genaro Méndez, a KU associate professor of voice, and accompanist Robert Hiller, a KU alumnus and university voice coach in Germany, will perform a program that celebrates music...]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20110901.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20110901.shtml August 19, 2011
For more than two years, sculptor Patrick Dougherty’s The Bedazzler, a temporary sculpture commissioned by the Spencer for a 2009 exhibition about trees, has anchored the corner of 14th Street and Jayhawk Boulevard in front of Spooner Hall.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20110818.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20110818.shtml June 22, 2011
An $11,000 grant from the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian and a $7,900 grant from the Kansas Humanities Council will provide critical funding for two fall 2011 exhibitions at the Spencer.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20110622.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20110622.shtml June 9, 2011
Herb and Dorothy Vogel, as the article said, lived in New York City and had a large collection of art. They lived modestly, however. He was a postal worker and she worked as a librarian in Brooklyn.]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/jun/09/heard-hill-50-works-50-states-collection-spencer-a/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/jun/09/heard-hill-50-works-50-states-collection-spencer-a/ June 6, 2011
A sparkling and diverse study in parades, processions, and ceremonies throughout history that will be on view June 12-September 4 on the Conversation Wall of the Spencer’s 20/21 Gallery.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20110606.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20110606.shtml May 23, 2011
Benefactor Lavon Brosseau, a former high school teacher from Concordia, established the prizes last fall to celebrate outstanding creativity among undergraduate students at KU. ]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2011/may/23/creativity.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2011/may/23/creativity.shtml May 19, 2011
The selection panel for this year’s Rocket Grants chose ten multidisciplinary projects to receive funding.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20110519.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20110519.shtml May 18, 2011
A haunting short story by an architectural engineering student and a proposal for a multi-layered sonic installation by a music composition and theory student are the inaugural recipients of The Jack and Lavon Brosseau Creativity Awards.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20110518.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20110518.shtml May 13, 2011
The culmination of the Motion Graphic Design class will be on view to the public at the Commons in an art installation titled 'An Experimental Provocation about the Screens We Use Every Day.']]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2011/may/13/artinstallation.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2011/may/13/artinstallation.shtml May 11, 2011
In support of projects to thoroughly document two significant and historic collections at the University of Kansas, the National Endowment for the Humanities recently awarded grants totaling $245,939 to the Spencer Museum of Art and KU Libraries.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2011/may/11/grants.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2011/may/11/grants.shtml May 9, 2011
It’s a shocker, no matter how many times you watch it. A new installation by Shanghai-based artist Jin Shan in the Spencer Museum’s central court features a 180-pound silicone policeman that falls from the 'sky' with a thud.]]> http://www.kansascity.com/2011/05/07/2852660/it-figures-he-would-fall.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/05/07/2852660/it-figures-he-would-fall.html May 2, 2011
Irish photographer Alen MacWeeney will give guided tours of his work and screen his documentary film Traveller (80 min., 2002) at the Spencer Museum of Art on Thursday, May 5, at 6 PM and again on Saturday, May 7 at 2 PM.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20110502.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20110502.shtml April 27, 2011
SMA Student Advisory Board presents its fourth annual Spring Arts & Culture Festival Featuring local and student artists, live music and activities for everyone.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20110427.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20110427.shtml April 26, 2011
It may be spring but and art exhibit on campus has spectators visualizing icy temperatures. KUJH-TV's Ann Wilson has the story.]]> http://www.kansan.com/videos/2011/apr/26/2085/ http://www.kansan.com/videos/2011/apr/26/2085/ April 25, 2011
'Mutatis Mutandis,' a Latin phrase meaning 'by changing those things that need to be changed,' explores the relationship between time and glaciers. An interdisciplinary group used sound and information graphics ...]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2011/april/21/climatechangeart.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2011/april/21/climatechangeart.shtml April 25, 2011
Permanent collections displayed in new, innovative ways; eye-catching installations open]]> http://oread.ku.edu/~oread/2011/april/25/stories/spencer.shtml http://oread.ku.edu/~oread/2011/april/25/stories/spencer.shtml April 21, 2011
The Spencer’s Student Advisory Board will open Converging Identities--the group’s third annual juried art show of KU student work--on Tuesday, April 26 at 10 AM. Visitors can enjoy the artwork through May 8 in the Spencer’s Raymond White]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20110421.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20110421.shtml April 18, 2011
A glimpse into the Spencer's latest Central Court installation, with comments from Freeman Foundation International Artist-in-Residence Jin Shan, Curator of Global Contemporary & Asian Art Kris Ercums, and Director Saralyn Reece Hardy.]]> http://www.lawrence.com/news/2011/apr/14/police-state/ http://www.lawrence.com/news/2011/apr/14/police-state/ March 31, 2011
University of Kansas students can enjoy a night of science-fiction inspired activities at the Spencer Museum of Art on Thursday, April 7, as the SMA Student Advisory Board (SAB) hosts the Museum’s annual spring student night.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20110331.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/about/mediareleases/20110331.shtml March 15, 2011
Ernesto Pujol's performance was based on the history of painting, which involved subtle gestures through walking, pausing, looking and drawing the entire contents of the Museum throughout the day. ]]> http://www.kansan.com/news/2011/mar/15/renowned-performance-artist-spends-day-spencer/ http://www.kansan.com/news/2011/mar/15/renowned-performance-artist-spends-day-spencer/ March 8, 2011
The Spencer Museum of Art will become an experimental performance laboratory for a day as performance artist Ernesto Pujol conceptualizes the representation of gaze--the artist as the embodiment of our human gaze.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20110308.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20110308.shtml March 7, 2011
Gwyneira Isaac is Curator of North American Ethnology, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20110307.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20110307.shtml February 17, 2011
The Commons, a partnership at the University of Kansas that promotes learning across disciplines, has awarded more than $20,000 to faculty, staff and students in support of their research in the 2010-11 academic year.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2011/february/17/commons.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2011/february/17/commons.shtml February 14, 2011
On Friday, Feb. 18, for the second time in recent years, students from the Spencer’s Student Advisory Board (SAB) will team with Kansas City’s Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art co-host a DJ-fueled, art-centered party at the Kemper.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20110214.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20110214.shtml January 27, 2011
As part of a week-long 'Drawathon' celebrating the final days of the the Dan Perjovschi Central Court drawing exhibition, the Spencer Museum of Art and its Student Advisory Board will host a 'Dunk & Draw' event Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, at 5:30 PM.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20110127.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20110127.shtml January 20, 2011
Louis Copt, one of five Kansans named as recipients of the 2011 Governor’s Arts Awards, will discuss his working methods, materials used, and philosophy in choosing subject matter during a 6:30 PM painting demonstration in the Spencer on January 27. ]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20110120.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20110120.shtml January 1, 2011
Leralee Whittle mimicked the motion of cardio exercise, jerking her arms and torso back and forth. Dumbbells hanging in a sling formed by her stretchy workout clothing echoed her body’s movements....]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/kcstar_20110101.pdf http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/kcstar_20110101.pdf December 3, 2010
Critic Mindy A. Besaw offers her take in Review magazine on Spencer International Artist-in-Residence Dan Perjovschi's drawing installation.]]> http://ereview.org/2010/12/03/youll-laugh-until-you-frown/ http://ereview.org/2010/12/03/youll-laugh-until-you-frown/ December 2, 2010
SMA Director Saralyn Reece Hardy and Curator of European & American Art Susan Earle are sources for this feature, which follows a Kansan cover story earlier this week about the Spencer's "An Ear for Art" cell-phone audio tour expanding outdoor]]> http://www.kansan.com/news/2010/dec/02/art-and-campus/?jayplay http://www.kansan.com/news/2010/dec/02/art-and-campus/?jayplay November 29, 2010
A front-page University Daily Kansanfeature about the Spencer's "An Ear for Art" campus cell-phone audio guide expanding to include 15 outdoor sculptures on the KU campus.]]> http://www.kansan.com/news/2010/nov/28/ku-art-has-hidden-history/?news http://www.kansan.com/news/2010/nov/28/ku-art-has-hidden-history/?news November 11, 2010
The Journal World features two art projects supported by Warhol Foundation-funded Rocket Grants, which are administered by the Spencer and Kansas City's Charlotte Street Foundation.]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/nov/10/launch-pad-lawrence-artists-use-rocket-grants-fuel/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/nov/10/launch-pad-lawrence-artists-use-rocket-grants-fuel/ November 10, 2010
Critic Alice Thorson weighs in on the Spencer's Fall 2010 International Artist-in-Residence.]]> http://www.kansascity.com/2010/11/06/2395476/romanian-artists-wall-sketches.html http://www.kansascity.com/2010/11/06/2395476/romanian-artists-wall-sketches.html November 10, 2010
The Spencer Museum of Art is pleased to announce the expansion of its popular cell-phone audio guide to include public sculpture located across the KU campus. ]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20101110.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20101110.shtml November 8, 2010
This weekend, performance art will usurp sport for two nights on basketball courts in Lawrence, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., as Warhol Foundation-funded 'Rocket Grant' recipients Leralee Whittle and Paul Sprawl present Work/Art/Out]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20101108.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20101108.shtml November 3, 2010
From a woodcut depicting the scene of the Fall of Man with vine-covered, leafy trees to a print of a tree farm in China littered with plastic bags, the latest exhibit at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University looks at trees...]]> http://theithacan.org/4995 http://theithacan.org/4995 November 2, 2010
Lawrence Magazine gave 5 art collectives 5 days to come up with a work of art based on 1 theme -- 'Love in the time of beer bellies ... a Mass. St. romance.']]> http://vimeo.com/16397524 http://vimeo.com/16397524 October 20, 2010
Recently, Lawrence has been doing it’s best Bucharest imitation. Romanian artist Dan Perjovschi just finished up a residency at the Spencer Musuem, and his central court installation will be up until February 6th. This week, the Spencer screens...]]> http://www.kansan.com/podcasts/as_heard_from_the_hill/2010/oct/20/romanian-film-series-starts-thursd http://www.kansan.com/podcasts/as_heard_from_the_hill/2010/oct/20/romanian-film-series-starts-thursd October 19, 2010
It’s Celka Straughn’s job to bring the academic side of KU to the Spencer Museum of Art. Mike Williams was looking for a way to take the work of the journalism school to a wider campus audience. It was a perfect fit.]]> http://www.oread.ku.edu/2010/october/18/stories/memes.shtml http://www.oread.ku.edu/2010/october/18/stories/memes.shtml October 4, 2010
Author and professor Robert Day, a Kansas native and KU alumnus who gained national acclaim for his 1977 novel The Last Cattle Drive and, more recently, for his 2010 collection of nonfiction essays ...]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20101004.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20101004.shtml September 30, 2010
The Kansas Arts Commission recently awarded the Spencer an $18,000 Kansas Arts Leadership Program grant, recognizing the Museum as a statewide pacesetter in comprehensive arts-learning programs united by a cohesive educational approach.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100930.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100930.shtml September 27, 2010
The University of Kansas Libraries will host a retirement event honoring Librarian Emeritus William J. 'Bill' Crowe, former dean of KU Libraries, on Friday, Oct. 1.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2010/september/27/crowe.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2010/september/27/crowe.shtml September 27, 2010
The Spencer Museum of Art Student Advisory Board invites students to enjoy its annual Fall Student Night on Thursday, October 7. Taking cues from the Museum’s current exhibitions, the evening’s activities revolve around ...]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100927.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100927.shtml September 23, 2010
Including these gifts, the museum has received commitments of $800,000 toward the challenge grant.
]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2010/september/23/spencergifts.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2010/september/23/spencergifts.shtml September 22, 2010
Specializing in drawing, printmaking and sculpture, the artists-in-residence this fall at the Spencer Museum of Art and the Lawrence Arts Center cover a wide spectrum of skills, while all working toward the same goal...]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/sep/22/artists-next-door/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/sep/22/artists-next-door/ September 21, 2010
The Spencer has extended the run of a special exhibition honoring the life and legacy of Dalton Howard (1943-2010), a longtime member of the SMA family and a beloved local artist, musician, raconteur, and thinker.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100921.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100921.shtml September 15, 2010
A new exhibition brings together an array of African objects from the collections of the Spencer and the Kauffman Museum, Bethel College, in conjunction with an upcoming international conference at KU. On view through Oct. 3. ]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100913.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100913.shtml September 15, 2010
Perjovschi is the artist in residence at the Spencer Museum of Art. His exhibit, Dan Perjovschi Central Court, will officially open Thursday and run until Feb. 6, 2011.]]> http://www.kansan.com/photos/galleries/2010/sep/15/dan-perjovschis-work/ http://www.kansan.com/photos/galleries/2010/sep/15/dan-perjovschis-work/ September 13, 2010
A new exhibition at the Spencer Museum of Art brings together an array of African objects from the collections of the Spencer and the Kauffman Museum, Bethel College, in conjunction with an upcoming international conference at KU.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100913.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100913.shtml September 12, 2010
A man with a thick black and grey beard stands 20-feet high on a cherry picker in the Spencer Museum of Art, drawing on the walls. He wears a green fly-fishing jacket, which holds everything he needs -- a few markers and a notebook.]]> http://www.kansan.com/news/2010/sep/12/romanian-artists-work-display-spencer/ http://www.kansan.com/news/2010/sep/12/romanian-artists-work-display-spencer/ September 9, 2010
KUJH's video report on the Dalton Howard exhibition, These Moved Me]]> http://www.kansan.com/videos/2010/sep/08/1289/ http://www.kansan.com/videos/2010/sep/08/1289/ September 9, 2010
JayPlay Photo Gallery of pieces from Dan Perjovschi's Dan Periovschi Central Court debut on Sept. 16, in the Spencer Museum of Art.]]> http://www.kansan.com/photos/galleries/2010/sep/09/can-you-see-writing-walls/ http://www.kansan.com/photos/galleries/2010/sep/09/can-you-see-writing-walls/ September 9, 2010
Like People or Cosmopolitan magazines of Western societies, African societies portray their cultural perspective of beauty and culture through popular images and art. Now students of the University of Kansas can see glimpses of those perspectives...]]> http://www.kansan.com/news/2010/sep/09/exhibit-displays-areas-african-culture/ http://www.kansan.com/news/2010/sep/09/exhibit-displays-areas-african-culture/ September 7, 2010
Romania-based international artist Dan Perjovschi is working at the University of Kansas from September 2-16, 2010, as the fall Spencer Museum of Art International Artist-in-Residence.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100907.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100907.shtml August 31, 2010
Contemporary art and the natural world collide in a new exhibition at the Spencer Museum of Art. Site Specifics considers several objects and related sketches made from or for specific sites or conditions, most on land and one in the air.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100831.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100831.shtml August 26, 2010
More coverage of the Spencer's Media Memes: Images, Technology & Making the News.]]> http://www.kansan.com/videos/2010/aug/25/1207/ http://www.kansan.com/videos/2010/aug/25/1207/ August 25, 2010
"Media Memes" seeks to raise additional questions regarding the ways in which technology contributes to our changing relationship with the news media. ]]> http://www.arttattler.com/kansaslawrence.html http://www.arttattler.com/kansaslawrence.html August 23, 2010
A new exhibit at the Spencer Museum of Art will enable anyone to become a photo editor and choose how history is framed -- at least for a day.]]> http://www.kansan.com/news/2010/aug/23/spencer-showcase-examines-photography-digital-age/ http://www.kansan.com/news/2010/aug/23/spencer-showcase-examines-photography-digital-age/ August 23, 2010
Understanding how we make meaning from photography constitutes a key element of media literacy. Our perceptions of news, privacy, awareness, the past and the present are culturally and emotionally anchored in the visual reality that we perceive ...]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100823.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100823.shtml August 19, 2010
A special exhibition opening this weekend at the Spencer Museum of Art will honor the life and legacy of Dalton Howard (1943-2010), a longtime member of the SMA family and a beloved local artist, musician, raconteur, and thinker. ]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100819.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100819.shtml August 16, 2010
The Spencer Museum of Art, which normally opens at noon Sundays, will open at 2 PM on Sunday, August 22, so that staff members can attend the celebration of life for Dalton Howard, a long-time member of the SMA family who recently passed away.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100816.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100816.shtml August 12, 2010
The Spencer’s Student Advisory Board kicks off the 2010-2011 school year with a special Hawk Week screening of the critically acclaimed new documentary Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child, next Thursday, August 19, at 6 PM in the SMA Auditorium. ]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100812.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100812.shtml July 12, 2010
Three years after the Spencer Museum of Art premiered its landmark exhibition 'Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist,' a special double-issue of the journal American Studies celebrates Douglas’s legacy.]]> http://www.oread.ku.edu/2010/july/12/stories/douglas.shtml http://www.oread.ku.edu/2010/july/12/stories/douglas.shtml July 7, 2010
On Thursday, July 15, at 6 PM, Salina-based historical re-enactor and quilter Debbie Divine will assume the persona of Rose Good Kretsinger, a legendary quilter from Emporia, Kansas, whose dynamic artworks have garnered international praise.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100707.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100707.shtml June 29, 2010
In recognition of the Independence Day national holiday, the Spencer Museum of Art galleries will be closed on Sunday, July 4, 2010. ]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100629.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100629.shtml June 15, 2010
At 6 PM this Thursday at the Spencer Museum of Art, film, video, and new media artists Thomas Comerford (Chicago), and Sabine Gruffat & Bill Brown (Madison, Wisconsin) will present Event Horizons--a 90-minute-long touring program of their work]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100615.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100615.shtml June 14, 2010
At the annual meeting of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) last week in Indianapolis, the membership elected Spencer Museum of Art Director Saralyn Reece Hardy as treasurer of its Board of Trustees. The appointment is for a two-year term.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100614.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100614.shtml June 11, 2010
A review of Kim Jongku's Mobile Landscape]]> http://ereview.org/2010/06/11/spelling-out-a-landscape/ http://ereview.org/2010/06/11/spelling-out-a-landscape/ June 8, 2010
A new summer exhibition at the Spencer, organized and curated by the Museum’s advanced-level student interns from 2009-2010, presents quilts from different times and places in conversation with each other.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100608.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100608.shtml June 7, 2010
You never know where research will lead you. David Cateforis’ knowledge of a contemporary Chinese artist led to his involvement in a national television special -- about a completely different artist.]]> http://www.oread.ku.edu/~oread/2010/june/7/stories/cateforis.shtml http://www.oread.ku.edu/~oread/2010/june/7/stories/cateforis.shtml June 3, 2010
The Spencer and Charlotte Street Foundation are pleased to announce the 2010-2011 recipients of Rocket Grants, a new program that provides direct support for innovative, experimental, artist-driven, and artist-centered projects in the Lawrence-KC area. ]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100603.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100603.shtml June 2, 2010
Summertime is perhaps the season most associated with play and playfulness, so it seems the perfect time for a fresh 'conversation' in the Spencer’s 20/21 Gallery that goes beyond mere fun and games to explore the topic of play in a variety of way]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100602.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100602.shtml May 29, 2010
For years, the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas has sought to expand. Now it’s taking a major step in that direction.]]> http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/29/1975692/kus-spencer-museum-working-on.html http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/29/1975692/kus-spencer-museum-working-on.html May 28, 2010
Over the last three decades, the Spencer Museum of Art has nearly doubled the size of its collection. Looking ahead to future expansion, the museum recently hired an internationally renowned architectural firm to create a plan.]]> http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kcur/.artsmain/article/16/77/1656062/Visual.ArtsDesign./Spencer.Mu http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kcur/.artsmain/article/16/77/1656062/Visual.ArtsDesign./Spencer.Mu May 27, 2010
The Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas isn’t the Louvre, but the museums have this in common: the same internationally renowned architectural firm.]]> http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/27/1976042/ku-museum-expansion-taps-renowned.html http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/27/1976042/ku-museum-expansion-taps-renowned.html May 25, 2010
It’s good to see Kansas University’s art museum taking a dynamic approach to its future.]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/may/25/bright-future/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/may/25/bright-future/ May 24, 2010
An enlarged facility will allow the Spencer to house the recently added collection of art and cultural objects of the Americas, Africa and Oceania.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2010/may/24/spencer.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2010/may/24/spencer.shtml May 23, 2010
Spencer Art Museum at Kansas University is making some big plans for the future, starting with a study by world-renowned architectural firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. ]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/may/23/spencer-wants-be-museum-future/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/may/23/spencer-wants-be-museum-future/ May 19, 2010
The art of bead work has a long tradition in the Native American culture, passed down from one generation to the next. An exhibition at the Spencer Museum in Lawrence, Beaded Heritage, pairs...]]> http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kcur/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=11&pid=77&id=1645880 http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kcur/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=11&pid=77&id=1645880 May 19, 2010
The Spencer Museum of Art is pleased to extend by one week the run of its major spring exhibition Machine in a Void: World War I & the Graphic Arts. The show will now remain on view through Memorial Day weekend. ]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100519.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100519.shtml May 10, 2010
Guided tours, free gifts, shopping discounts, and a 2 PM talk in the SMA Auditorium by conceptual artist and educator Ernesto Pujol highlight the Spencer’s celebration of International Museum Day on Tuesday, May 18.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100510.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100510.shtml May 5, 2010
Thursday, May 13, at 12 PM, curator Stephen Goddard will give an in-depth gallery talk on the Spencer’s major spring exhibition Machine in a Void: World War I & the Graphic Arts... ]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100505.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100505.shtml April 20, 2010
The SMA Student Advisory Board presents its third annual Spring and Arts & Culture Festival Featuring live music and dance, local and student art for sale, family activities, the SMA spring exhibitions and more.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100420.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100420.shtml April 20, 2010
The Spencer Student Advisory Board presents its annual Spring Student Night and Juried Art Show.

Thursday, April 29, 2010 / 5:30-7:30 PM Free & Open to the Public]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100420a.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100420a.shtml April 13, 2010
The SMA Student Advisory Board invites KU and Lawrence area Artists to showcase and sell their work at the 3rd annual Spring Arts & Culture Festival, Saturday, May 1 from 1-4 PM inside and outside the Museum. Deadline for participation: Friday, April 22]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100413.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100413.shtml April 1, 2010
At 5 PM on Thursday, April 8, acclaimed artist Ann Hamilton will give an informal presentation about her work in the SMA Auditorium. Hamilton, who earned her bachelor’s degree in textile design from KU in 1979...]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100401.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100401.shtml March 25, 2010
Seoul-based artist Kim Jongku spent two weeks in-residence at the Spencer Museum of Art in February.]]> http://www.kansan.com/news/2010/mar/25/connections-close-home/ http://www.kansan.com/news/2010/mar/25/connections-close-home/ March 15, 2010
From looking at Kim Jongku’s work, it is obvious that steel powder is his medium of choice. Much of Kim’s paintings and other artwork include this material...]]> http://ereview.org/2010/03/15/an-international-initiative-with-kim-jongkus-mobile-landscape/ http://ereview.org/2010/03/15/an-international-initiative-with-kim-jongkus-mobile-landscape/ March 1, 2010
March 4, the Spencer will unveil Machine in a Void: World War I & the Graphic Arts, presenting approximately 200 works of graphic art made during the years of the First World War (1914-1918), with a post-script on the art of the decade following the war..]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100301.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100301.shtml February 18, 2010
On Thursday, Feb. 25 at 6 PM, Seoul-based artist Kim Jongku will talk about his site specific video installation Mobile Landscape, which opens that evening and will remain on view through June 25 in the Spencer’s Electronic Media Gallery.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100218.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100218.shtml February 18, 2010
Nationally renowned painter, installation artist, and filmmaker Kerry James Marshall will speak on 'John Brown’s Body: The Representation of Black Bodies as Revolutionary Gesture,' on Wednesday, March 3, at 5:30 PM in the Spencer Museum of Art Audit]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100218a.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100218a.shtml February 9, 2010
Work will include consolidating and patching deteriorated stone and replacing capstones that are beyond repair. ]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2010/february/9/spooner.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2010/february/9/spooner.shtml February 4, 2010
Our tragic human flaw may be our desire for perfection. From plastic surgery to hippie communes, people are constantly looking to improve themselves and society. But, is a utopian society tangible or ultimately unattainable?]]> http://www.kansan.com/news/2010/feb/04/weekend-art-utopia-spencer/ http://www.kansan.com/news/2010/feb/04/weekend-art-utopia-spencer/ January 21, 2010
A $200,000 gift from The Anschutz Foundation of Denver significantly advances an academic programs initiative launched by the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas....]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2010/january/21/anschutz.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2010/january/21/anschutz.shtml January 19, 2010
There will be a series of informational sessions for artists about Rocket Grants, a new program that will provide direct support for innovative, experimental, artist-driven and centered projects in the Lawrence-KC area. Held at diverse locations ...]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100119.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100119.shtml January 19, 2010
The Spencer Museum of Art, in partnership with the Lawrence Arts Center, brings artist Mel Chin to Lawrence this weekend for a special presentation on his past and present work and his unique conceptual approach....]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100119a.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20100119a.shtml December 21, 2009
The Spencer Museum of Art is pleased to share rarely-seen objects from its collection with the public this season. In accordance with a long-standing tradition, the 18th-century Italian presepio, or nativity scene, is on view in the Renaissance Gallery...]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20091221.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20091221.shtml December 14, 2009
In observation of the annual winter holidays, the Museum will be closed December 24-25, and January 1. We will observe shortened Thursday hours (close at 4 PM) throughout the KU Winter Break (days affected: December 17 and 31, and January 7). ]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20091214.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20091214.shtml November 28, 2009
Video shows can be a hard sell. They wouldn’t be if they were all put together as well as 'Extra/Ordinary,' a new exhibit of contemporary video art from Asia, now on view at the Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence.]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/story/1594184.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/story/1594184.html November 28, 2009
Kris Ercums, curator of Asian art at KU’s Spencer Museum of Art, has a solid foundation in Asian art history, but over the last decade he has become one of the go-to guys for contemporary Asian art.]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/story/1594194.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/story/1594194.html November 28, 2009
'It’s comforting to look at--a reminder of a simpler time,' says Charles Eldredge, distinguished professor of American art and culture at the University of Kansas, of an 1860s landscape by Sanford Robinson Gifford. 'It is an image of the sort that]]> http://www.kansascity.com/974/story/1596415.html http://www.kansascity.com/974/story/1596415.html November 15, 2009
McCrary will read with Lawrence poet Judy Roitman from 'All That' on Nov. 19 at the Spencer Museum of Art.]]> http://www.lawrence.com/news/2009/nov/15/mccrary/ http://www.lawrence.com/news/2009/nov/15/mccrary/ November 15, 2009
This reading is the Lawrence release for local writer Jim McCrary's first 'real' book, 'All That' -- a collection of chapbooks dating from 1987 to 2008 published by ManyPenny Press.]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/events/2009/nov/19/35557/ http://www2.ljworld.com/events/2009/nov/19/35557/ November 12, 2009
The new exhibit at the Spencer Museum of Art, 'Extra/Ordinary: Video Art from Asia' is an exploration of Asian art that’s more YouTube than Louvre, examining the commonplace through video, a medium that has itself become commonplace.]]> http://www.lawrence.com/news/2009/nov/12/extraordinary/ http://www.lawrence.com/news/2009/nov/12/extraordinary/ November 12, 2009
The exhibits of the Spencer Museum of Art will set the scene for a reading of three of the University’s preeminent poets this afternoon.]]> http://www.kansan.com/news/2009/nov/12/poetry/ http://www.kansan.com/news/2009/nov/12/poetry/ November 12, 2009
The Spencer Museum of Art is hosting a screening of the Senegalese film 'Moolaade.' The film tells the story of one woman protecting a village's girls from female circumcision and the controversy her stand causes.]]> http://www.kansan.com/news/2009/nov/12/moolaade/ http://www.kansan.com/news/2009/nov/12/moolaade/ November 8, 2009
It’s certainly a star in the Kansas University anthropological collection. But now it’s co-starring in the new American Indian Galleries at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, which open to the public on Wednesday.]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/nov/08/american-heritage-ku-contributes-new-native-galler/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/nov/08/american-heritage-ku-contributes-new-native-galler/ November 3, 2009
What do Andy Warhol, Boy George, and 1980s photographs have in common? What is it about celebrity culture that is distinctly visual? How have 1980s music videos affected our personal gender politics?]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20091105.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20091105.shtml October 31, 2009
Spencer loans to the Nelson-Atkins, featured in KC Star article about Nelson-Atkins reopening Native American galleries]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/alice_thorson/story/1538400.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/alice_thorson/story/1538400.html October 27, 2009
A new display of KU design student work, inspired by the current Spencer exhibition The Graphic Imperative, will be on view in the Museum’s main entry hall through November 29.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20091027.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20091027.shtml October 25, 2009
When Richard Klocke goes to art museums, he pays as much attention to presentation as he does the art itself.]]> http://www.lawrence.com/news/2009/oct/25/phoenix/ http://www.lawrence.com/news/2009/oct/25/phoenix/ October 22, 2009
As part of an in-depth website presentation for the exhibition Extra/Ordinary: Video Art from Asia, the Spencer Museum of Art has published an electronic version of the exhibition brochure. ]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20091022.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20091022.shtml October 16, 2009
Spencer continues partnership with Art21,Inc., will host special screening of Season Five of the Peabody Award-winning documentary as part of National Arts & Humanities Month]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20091016.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20091016.shtml October 15, 2009
Please join us for a guided tour and Q&A with Curator Kris Imants Ercums, followed by lunch. ]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20091015.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20091015.shtml October 8, 2009
Fall break in Lawrence promises to be a dramatic experience for seventh- through 12th-graders who participate in a new art-into-theater workshop that focuses on the current Spencer exhibition The Graphic Imperative.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20091008.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20091008.shtml October 7, 2009
In celebration of Homecoming 2009 the Spencer Museum of Art will offer special tours led by Director Saralyn Reece Hardy and free art projects for children and teens on Saturday, October 10. ]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20091007.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20091007.shtml October 4, 2009
The curator of art at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh will speak this week at the Spencer Museum of Art.]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/oct/04/arts-notes-arizona-art-collective-work-lawrence-pr/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/oct/04/arts-notes-arizona-art-collective-work-lawrence-pr/ October 1, 2009
Art all around, custom screen-printing of t-shirts, live music, '80s-inspired appetizers, a soup-can drive and more add up to make 'WARhol & PEACE,' the SMA Student Advisory Board's 2009 fall student party.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20091001.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20091001.shtml October 1, 2009
The SMA and KC's Charlotte Street Foundation announce the launch of Rocket Grants, a new program that will provide direct support for innovative, experimental, artist-driven, and artist-centered projects in the Lawrence-Kansas City area.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20091001a.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20091001a.shtml September 30, 2009
Eric C. Shiner, Milton Fine Curator of Art at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, visits the Spencer next Wednesday evening to discuss the Warhol legacy in his talk, 'Andy Warhol: Consumption x Production.']]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090930.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090930.shtml September 22, 2009
The Spencer Museum of Art is pleased to announce the Museum Shop's 'Bag to School' Sale. Shop the Spencer from Tuesday, September 22, through Sunday, September 27, and score sweet savings...]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090922.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090922.shtml September 17, 2009
For scientists and artists alike at the University, crafting a greater public understanding of their respective fields is crucial....]]> http://www.kansan.com/stories/2009/sep/17/reframing_worlds_art_and_science/ http://www.kansan.com/stories/2009/sep/17/reframing_worlds_art_and_science/ September 17, 2009
The Spencer Museum of Art is pleased to announce the launch of a new cell-phone audio guide. 'An Ear for Art' enables Museum fans to access information about objects in the galleries simply by dialing their cell phones.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090917.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090917.shtml September 17, 2009
Emilio Said's unique exploration and dissection of the modern metropolis forms the foundation of the Mexico City artist's exhibition Unreal Cities: Informal Architecture Zone, opening September 22 in the Spencer's Electronic Arts Gallery. ]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090917a.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090917a.shtml September 15, 2009
Why posters? Because they have the power to change our minds. Because they stir our emotions and cause us to reflect. Because they are a call to action....]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090915.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090915.shtml September 9, 2009
It's another quiet day at the museum, which is a reminder of adjustments it's been forced to make. Like most institutions with an allocated budget, the Spencer Museum of Art face financial setbacks because of the economic recession...]]> http://www.kansan.com/stories/2009/sep/09/museums_getting_creative/ http://www.kansan.com/stories/2009/sep/09/museums_getting_creative/ September 7, 2009
It might seem like a project that’s about fabric and seams. But Marla Jackson says it’s about much more than that.]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/sep/07/visual-voices-project-teaches-quilting-patience-ju/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/sep/07/visual-voices-project-teaches-quilting-patience-ju/ August 28, 2009
When the Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence received a collection of 180 of Andy Warhol's photographs in 2008, it wasn't long before the museum's staff felt compelled to spotlight the gift within the context of Warhol's New York circa the 1980s.]]> http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kcur/.artsmain/article/16/77/1546714/Visual.ArtsDesign./Warhol.Exh http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kcur/.artsmain/article/16/77/1546714/Visual.ArtsDesign./Warhol.Exh August 26, 2009
Kris Ercums knew he would be using objects from the Spencer’s permanent collection in a new exhibition, but he didn’t know what that exhibit would be. But as Ecrums, creator and curator of the new xy exhibition at the Spencer Museum of Art...]]> http://www.kansan.com/stories/2009/aug/26/exhibit_makes_statement_masculinity/ http://www.kansan.com/stories/2009/aug/26/exhibit_makes_statement_masculinity/ August 26, 2009
This synchronized collision of images makes up the Spencer’s latest exhibit, 'xy,' an exploration of the masculine mystique. It’s a collection heavy on the Y chromosome that raises the question, 'Are you man enough to handle it?']]> http://www.lawrence.com/news/2009/aug/26/xy/ http://www.lawrence.com/news/2009/aug/26/xy/ August 24, 2009
The Spencer Museum of Art has announced several grants that will support a variety of initiatives at the museum.]]> http://www.oread.ku.edu/~oread/2009/august/24/features/newsinbrief.shtml http://www.oread.ku.edu/~oread/2009/august/24/features/newsinbrief.shtml August 24, 2009
The Spencer Museum of Art is flourishing because of the support of students and donors, despite budget cuts being made by the University....]]> http://www.kansan.com/stories/2009/aug/24/support_universitys_spencer_museum_art/ http://www.kansan.com/stories/2009/aug/24/support_universitys_spencer_museum_art/ August 20, 2009
Somewhat like Perez Hilton, Andy Warhol was famous simply for being famous and made a living talking about and photographing celebrities. Similar to Hilton, his pop art examines the ideas and effects of popular culture, fame and mass production.]]> http://www.kansan.com/stories/2009/aug/20/get_some_culture_warhol/ http://www.kansan.com/stories/2009/aug/20/get_some_culture_warhol/ August 18, 2009
Joan Collins and Wayne Gretzky. Jean-Michel Basquiat and Liz Taylor. Chris Lawford and William S. Burroughs. What do these seemingly dissimilar individuals have to do with each other? The answer is simple: They were among the many celebrities ...]]> http://www.artknowledgenews.com/2009-08-15-22-13-26-spencer-museum-of-art-shows-big-shots-andy-warho http://www.artknowledgenews.com/2009-08-15-22-13-26-spencer-museum-of-art-shows-big-shots-andy-warho August 14, 2009
Most of us are familiar with the work of artist Andy Warhol -- and this Saturday, a KU gallery will present some of his most stylish works.]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/videos/sets/2009/aug/14/6news-august-14-2009/video-26066 http://www2.ljworld.com/videos/sets/2009/aug/14/6news-august-14-2009/video-26066 August 14, 2009
The Spencer Museum of Art is opening an exhibition of photographs taken by Andy Warhol. It includes portraits of artists, athletes, singers and others Warhol found interesting. Susan Earle is the curator of European and American Art at the Spencer, and ..]]> http://kansaspublicradio.org/newsstory.php?itemID=16973 http://kansaspublicradio.org/newsstory.php?itemID=16973 August 12, 2009
'A good picture is one that’s in focus and of a famous person doing something unfamous,' Andy Warhol once said.]]> http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/alice_thorson/story/1377992.html http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/alice_thorson/story/1377992.html August 9, 2009
Andy Warhol was many things: artist, pop culture icon, filmmaker, author, record producer, photographer. Thomas Sokolowski would add another title to that list. 'He was the consummate packrat,' ...]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/aug/09/big-shots-spencer-exhibit-offers-glimpse-andy-warh/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/aug/09/big-shots-spencer-exhibit-offers-glimpse-andy-warh/ August 9, 2009
An exhibit of dozens of rarely seen photographs by pop artist Andy Warhol goes on display Saturday at the Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence.]]> http://www.newsday.com/andy-warhol-exhibit-opens-saturday-in-lawrence-1.1358762 http://www.newsday.com/andy-warhol-exhibit-opens-saturday-in-lawrence-1.1358762 August 5, 2009
Joan Collins and Wayne Gretzky. Jean-Michel Basquiat and Liz Taylor. Chris Lawford and William S. Burroughs. What do these seemingly dissimilar individuals have to do with each other? The answer is simple: They were ...]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090805.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090805.shtml July 30, 2009
Male sexuality is determined by the x and y chromosomes, yet what does it mean to be a man? Through October 5 in the Kress Gallery, the Spencer Museum of Art will explore the complexities of this question via a large-scale exhibition...]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090730.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090730.shtml July 27, 2009
The Spencer Museum of Art is pleased to announce several important grants supporting a variety of initiatives at the Museum.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090727.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090727.shtml July 10, 2009
The Kansas City Convention and Visitors Association announced that Lawrence has been selected as one of the finalists for the top day trip destination in the area, and the Spencer Museum of Art is a finalist for the favorite art museum or gallery.]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/jul/10/lawrence-spencer-museum-finalists-tourism-contest/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/jul/10/lawrence-spencer-museum-finalists-tourism-contest/ July 1, 2009
Thanks to Patrick Dougherty, nests needn't be for the birds.]]> http://www.interiordesign.net/article/CA6671196.html http://www.interiordesign.net/article/CA6671196.html July 1, 2009
Sometimes it takes a village to raise an exhibition. At least, that’s the premise of a new installation at the Spencer Museum of Art featuring the selections of four Lawrence community members, each paired with a Spencer curator...]]> http://www.lawrence.com/events/ongoing/33201/ http://www.lawrence.com/events/ongoing/33201/ June 30, 2009
Sometimes it takes a village to raise an exhibition. At least, that’s the premise of a new installation at the Spencer Museum of Art featuring the selections of four Lawrence community members, each paired with a Spencer curator to create a show that ..]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090630.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090630.shtml June 13, 2009
North Carolina artist Patrick Dougherty likes to build things with sticks -- and the bigger, the better.]]> http://cjonline.com/news/2009-06-12/sculpture_is_swirl_of_saplings http://cjonline.com/news/2009-06-12/sculpture_is_swirl_of_saplings June 9, 2009
A dying tree on Spooner Hall lawn gave the University a chance to combine art and nature in a sculpture made of tree saplings.]]> http://www.kansan.com/stories/2009/jun/09/sculpture/ http://www.kansan.com/stories/2009/jun/09/sculpture/ May 26, 2009
Spencer Museum of Art Collection Manager Sofía Galarza Liu has been selected by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to attend a national forum, June 16 and 17, 2009, in Buffalo, New York.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090526.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090526.shtml May 22, 2009
What do you get when you take 6,000 pounds of maple and dogwood saplings and put them in the hands of an internationally known sculptor? The answer is taking shape at the corner of 14th Street & Jayhawk Boulevard in front of Spooner Hall on the KU campus.]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/may/22/artist-has-designs-ku-tree/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/may/22/artist-has-designs-ku-tree/ May 20, 2009
Daycations: Take a tiny trip to Lawrence]]> http://www.inkkc.com/article/5364&pt=Daycations:-Take-a-tiny-trip-to-Lawrence http://www.inkkc.com/article/5364&pt=Daycations:-Take-a-tiny-trip-to-Lawrence May 14, 2009
World-renowned sculptor Patrick Dougherty will give an artist’s talk about his work, which consists of large-scale tree sculptures, on Thursday, May 21 at 5:30 PM in the Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium. The talk is free and open to the public.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090514.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090514.shtml May 13, 2009
Thanks to the gushings of local art maven Molly Murphy, I decided to check out the Spencer Museum of Art online collection...]]> http://www.lawrence.com/news/2009/may/13/museum-modem-art/ http://www.lawrence.com/news/2009/may/13/museum-modem-art/ May 9, 2009
The exhibition currently on view in the central court at the Spencer Museum of Art plays with this concept of growth systems in alternately scientific, profound, and humorous ways.]]> http://review-magazine.org/2009/05/09/branching-out/ http://review-magazine.org/2009/05/09/branching-out/ May 4, 2009
'Art on the Green' featured sustainable clothing styled by local companies or created by designers with ties to Kansas University. Models walked through the main gallery at Spencer Museum of Art, wearing sustainable clothing.]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/may/04/style-savvy-rocks-lawrence-runways/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/may/04/style-savvy-rocks-lawrence-runways/ May 4, 2009
A Chinese artist is using animals to connect with KU students and show similarities between the United States and China.]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/videos/2009/may/04/24518/ http://www2.ljworld.com/videos/2009/may/04/24518/ May 3, 2009
Percolator Eric Farnsworth has designed new bike racks for the Spencer Museum of Art.]]> http://lawrence-percolator.blogspot.com/2009/05/ride-your-bike.html http://lawrence-percolator.blogspot.com/2009/05/ride-your-bike.html May 1, 2009
Patrick Dougherty will now arrive in Lawrence May 10, and his residency at the Spencer will continue through May 31. Please note that his artist’s talk remains as originally scheduled.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090501.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090501.shtml May 1, 2009
The Spencer Museum of Art Student Advisory Board will participate in its first relay tonight in hopes of not only raising money toward a cure, but also sharing the healing power of art with the community.]]> http://www.kansan.com/stories/2009/may/01/relay/?news http://www.kansan.com/stories/2009/may/01/relay/?news May 1, 2009
For the second year in a row, Student Union Activities and the Spencer Museum of Art’s Student Advisory Board are teaming up to bring the Spring Arts and Culture Festival to campus on Saturday.]]> http://www.kansan.com/stories/2009/may/01/art/?news http://www.kansan.com/stories/2009/may/01/art/?news April 29, 2009
BMXers crash campus (legally!), a sign of the sport's persistent popularity]]> http://www.lawrence.com/news/2009/apr/27/gnarly/ http://www.lawrence.com/news/2009/apr/27/gnarly/ April 28, 2009
The last month of the exhibition Trees & Other Ramifications: Branches in Nature & Culture will feature the arrival on campus of world-renowned sculptor Patrick Dougherty.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090428.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090428.shtml April 27, 2009
Shanghai-based experimental calligrapher Wang Tiande’s work is hailed for dissolving traditional boundaries and definitions of Chinese art. He now brings his innovative ideas to the Spencer as international artist-in-residence.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090427.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090427.shtml April 23, 2009
Japanese marimbist Makoto Nakura will give a concert at the Spencer Museum of Art on Wednesday, May 6 at 7 PM. Accompanied by cellist Matthew Herren and flutist David Fedele, Nakura will perform his original piece 'The Wood and Forests Project.']]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090423.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090423.shtml April 22, 2009
Celebrate spring at the Second Annual Spring Arts & Culture Festival on May 2. The event, which is free and open to the public, will feature live music, performances by various artists and the opening of the annual Children’s Art Exhibition.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090422.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090422.shtml April 21, 2009
Steger uses compelling data and satellite imagery to show the extent of global warming at the polar ice caps. ]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/april/21/willsteger.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2009/april/21/willsteger.shtml April 16, 2009
The Spencer Museum of Art Student Advisory Board invites students to enjoy its annual Spring Student Night on Thursday, April 23. Featuring free food, live and DJ music, an artist’s demonstration, and a fashion show]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090416.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090416.shtml April 15, 2009
The Spencer Museum of Art Student Advisory Board will present art as a message of hope and perseverance at the KU Relay for Life on Friday, May 1. ]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090415.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090415.shtml April 13, 2009
The Spencer Museum will kick off the Apparel-geddon with Spring Student Night, Thursday, April 23.]]> http://www.lawrence.com/news/2009/apr/13/fierce-and-fabulous/ http://www.lawrence.com/news/2009/apr/13/fierce-and-fabulous/ April 2, 2009
The American Liszt Society meets Friday through Sunday in Lawrence for its annual festival, which is expected to draw several hundred people. The theme is 'Liszt and the Art of Transcription.']]> http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/mar/31/festival-planned-fans-liszt/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/mar/31/festival-planned-fans-liszt/ April 1, 2009
SMA Director Saralyn Reece Hardy talks climate change with KS Lt. Gov. Matt Parkinson.]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/apr/01/lt-gov-says-scientists-not-politicians-will-save-e/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/apr/01/lt-gov-says-scientists-not-politicians-will-save-e/ March 26, 2009
What if the questions surrounding design turned out to be the big questions? What if life itself became a design project? What if the welfare of the entire human race became design’s practical objective? What if we succeeded?]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090326.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090326.shtml March 24, 2009
Opening April 4, 2009]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090324.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090324.shtml March 10, 2009
Trees are taking center stage at local art galleries starting this month as three separate exhibits of arboreal art open.]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/mar/10/branchin-out-tree-themed-art-exhibits-sprout-acros/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/mar/10/branchin-out-tree-themed-art-exhibits-sprout-acros/ March 10, 2009
Photojournalist Stephen Williams will be at the Spencer Museum of Art on March 26 and 27 to talk about his photographs and observations of Inuit life that appear in the exhibition Climate Change at the Poles. ]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090310.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090310.shtml March 9, 2009
Expanded exhibition listing in ArtTattler]]> http://arttattler.com/kansaslawrence.html http://arttattler.com/kansaslawrence.html March 5, 2009
Attendance is booming at Kansas University museums during the economic recession, and for more than one reason, museum officials said.]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/mar/05/ku-museums-see-increased-attendance-tough-economic/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/mar/05/ku-museums-see-increased-attendance-tough-economic/ March 5, 2009
Come spin "The Wheel of Willing Diversion" - a Percolator project]]> http://lawrence-percolator.blogspot.com/2009/03/percolating-at-spencer.html http://lawrence-percolator.blogspot.com/2009/03/percolating-at-spencer.html February 25, 2009
The exhibition features prints, drawings, books & photographs drawn from KU and area collections, explores works of art inspired by trees & images from the arts & sciences in which trees have served as a metaphor for real & imagined branching systems.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090225.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090225.shtml February 20, 2009
Cease and desist is the advice I give university administrators toying with thoughts of closing their campus museums and peddling the art, as Brandeis recently threatened to do. Just stop. Period. Bad way to go.]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/arts/design/20yale.html?_r=3 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/arts/design/20yale.html?_r=3 February 17, 2009
A spectacular national traveling exhibition at the Spencer Museum of Art honors Chu-tsing Li--one of KU’s most distinguished retired faculty members and a pioneer in the teaching, study, and collecting of modern and contemporary Chinese art in the West.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090217.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20090217.shtml February 14, 2009
Members of the Kansas City Chinese Music Ensemble perform and give a teachers workshop Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009 at KU's Spencer Art Museum.]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/videos/2009/feb/14/23218/ http://www2.ljworld.com/videos/2009/feb/14/23218/ February 14, 2009
Climate change is the topic of two current exhibitions at KU’s Spencer Museum of Art.]]> http://www.kansascity.com/219/story/1032107.html http://www.kansascity.com/219/story/1032107.html February 12, 2009
Ice Wolf, a tragic drama written for a child audience, runs this weekend at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/feb/12/ice-wolf-offers-lessons-tolerance/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/feb/12/ice-wolf-offers-lessons-tolerance/ February 12, 2009
Theater always involves collaboration between like-minded actors, directors, and designers. This weekend, a theater in Lawrence expands that relationship to the staff of the Spencer Museum of Art. ]]> http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kcur/.artsmain/article/12/77/1468797/TheaterPerformance/Inuit.Cult http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kcur/.artsmain/article/12/77/1468797/TheaterPerformance/Inuit.Cult February 6, 2009
The term 'climate change' is steeped in divisiveness. Politics vs. science, nature vs. doomsday, Al Gore vs. George Bush. But what about the artistic aspect of the phrase?]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/feb/06/climate-control-spencer-museum-art-exhibit-examine/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/feb/06/climate-control-spencer-museum-art-exhibit-examine/ February 5, 2009
The Spencer Museum of Art and the Lawrence Public Library are teaming up to offer a monthly, Thursday night book discussion and film series for community members to further explore the topics presented in the exhibition Climate Change at the Poles.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20080205.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20080205.shtml February 5, 2009
It's difficult for many metro residents to imagine thriving in a biome harsher than the unpredictable Midwest, but for thousands of years, our neighbors to the extreme north and south have lived well, despite the cold.]]> http://www.pitch.com/events/climate-change-at-the-poles-855116/ http://www.pitch.com/events/climate-change-at-the-poles-855116/ February 3, 2009
What’s it like for an artist who has revealed ecological issues in her photographs of the American landscape to turn her attention to one of Greenland’s Glaciers? What can her work bring to that of KU scientists who are studying the same glacier?]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20080203.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20080203.shtml February 2, 2009
In collaboration with KU’s international area studies centers, the SMA presents images of revolution in the 20th century in an installation titled Changing the World: Images of Revolution, on view February 12--March 1.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20080202.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20080202.shtml January 30, 2009
The Spencer Museum of Art is showing climate change in a way that combines maps, photographs and an 18-foot-long kayak.]]> http://www.kansan.com/stories/2009/jan/29/new_exhibition/ http://www.kansan.com/stories/2009/jan/29/new_exhibition/ January 29, 2009
The Spencer Museum of Art Student Advisory Board invites student artists to submit their work for a juried show to be held March 29 through April 18 in the SUA Gallery in the Kansas Union.]]> http://news.larryville.com/index.php/component/content/article/1220-spencer-museum-asks-for-submissi http://news.larryville.com/index.php/component/content/article/1220-spencer-museum-asks-for-submissi January 27, 2009
The Spencer Museum of Art Student Advisory Board invites student artists to submit their work for a juried show to be held March 29 through April 18 in the SUA Gallery in the Kansas Union.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20080127.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20080127.shtml January 26, 2009
The Spencer Museum of Art presents today Climate Change at the Poles, on view through May 24, 2009.]]> http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=28580&int_modo=2 http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=28580&int_modo=2 January 23, 2009
TheSMA invites the public to a free gallery talk on the exhibition Climate Change at the Poles and a preview of the Lawrence Arts Center's upcoming play The Ice Wolf on Jan 29. The talk begins at 6:30 PM, with the performance to follow]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20080123.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20080123.shtml January 21, 2009
Highlights of the Spencer Museum of Art’s spring 2009 schedule include a retrospective of one collector’s modern and contemporary Chinese art, installations that consider climate change and trees, and a full, diverse slate of public programs.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20080121.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/20080121.shtml December 26, 2008
The Hall Center for the Humanities will present a lecture titled 'Beyond Harlem and Modernism: Aaron Douglas and Art History' by art historian Susan Earle at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Wichita Art Museum.]]> http://www.thekansan.com/community/x1060488583/Earle-to-present-lecture-Feb-26-on-artist-Douglas http://www.thekansan.com/community/x1060488583/Earle-to-present-lecture-Feb-26-on-artist-Douglas December 23, 2008
Hope you enjoy the attached 'KU Works for Kansas' radio spot about the Spencer (and, specifically, Rose Kretsinger), which will be played during KU basketball broadcasts on a rotating basis.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/media/artminute/sew_unique.mp3 http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/media/artminute/sew_unique.mp3 December 18, 2008
The museum’s galleries, currently open Tuesday-Sunday, will close one hour earlier each day.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/december/18/spencerhours.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/december/18/spencerhours.shtml December 16, 2008
Toys are never just toys. The playroom remnants of childhood embody the cultural and social mores from which they emerge and suggest a multitude of meanings. Far from benign objects, they function as stand-ins for experiences and memories and retain...]]> http://www.pitch.com/2008-12-18/culture/the-spencer-s-array-of-korean-toys-puts-away-childish-things http://www.pitch.com/2008-12-18/culture/the-spencer-s-array-of-korean-toys-puts-away-childish-things December 12, 2008
Like every museum curator, I fantasize discovering a major work of art in a second-hand store or an attic, or revealing that a painting previously considered unimportant is actually a masterpiece. It happens rarely. But as director of the Spencer Museum..]]> http://www.tfaoi.org/aa/8aa/8aa295.htm http://www.tfaoi.org/aa/8aa/8aa295.htm December 8, 2008
The works in Spencer Museum of Art aren’t just for looking at. They’re also for learning. Or at least that’s the idea behind a grant totaling $1.2 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that will help expand the use of the museum’s art for .]]> http://www.kansan.com/stories/2008/dec/08/grant/ http://www.kansan.com/stories/2008/dec/08/grant/ December 4, 2008
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation award underscores the Spencer Museum of Art’s place among select national company.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/december/4/spencergrant.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/december/4/spencergrant.shtml November 18, 2008
The Spencer Museum of Art has been selected as the Kansas institution to receive a gift of 50 works of contemporary art from New York collectors Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, with the help of the National Gallery of Art, the NEA and IMLS.]]> http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/vogel.shtml http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/information/mediareleases/vogel.shtml October 24, 2008
On view through January 24, 2009. Toys are more than fun. As cultural artifacts, they embody the fantasies, values, obsessions and anxieties of a generation, speaking to the global relevance of play and the imagination across cultures.]]> http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=26831&int_modo=1 http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=26831&int_modo=1 October 8, 2008
Question—When is furniture not furniture? When one leg of the chair braces itself against the wall, when the drawers of a dresser protrude from a metallic sphere, or maybe when the surface of the table is smaller than the legs?]]> http://www.presentmagazine.com/full_content.php?article_id=1496&full=yes&pbr=1 http://www.presentmagazine.com/full_content.php?article_id=1496&full=yes&pbr=1 October 2, 2008
Change is coming. From the perspective of an art museum, the prospect of climate change raises some elemental questions. For example, what impact will changing conditions have on current culture, thought, behavior, and artistic expression?]]> http://www.huliq.com/13/69781/climate-change-poles http://www.huliq.com/13/69781/climate-change-poles August 23, 2008
Lawrence Journal World]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/aug/23/works_warhol_arbus_part_timeframe/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/aug/23/works_warhol_arbus_part_timeframe/ August 23, 2008
Ms. Brackman is a noted quilt historian, author, and fabric designer. Her name appears extensively in the quilt world. ]]> http://blog.americanquiltstore.com/2008/08/23/barbara-brackman.aspx http://blog.americanquiltstore.com/2008/08/23/barbara-brackman.aspx August 23, 2008
The Spencer Museum of Art has an exhibit entitled "Quilts: Flora Botanica" on this year from July 12 to October 12. This themed exhibit targets the generation and genesis of patchwork patterns.]]> http://blog.americanquiltstore.com/2008/08/23/spencer-museum-of-art.aspx http://blog.americanquiltstore.com/2008/08/23/spencer-museum-of-art.aspx August 22, 2008
An art exhibition exploring the representation of time throughout history and within cultures will open at the Spencer Museum of Art on Aug. 23.]]> http://www.kansan.com/stories/2008/aug/22/Exhibition/ http://www.kansan.com/stories/2008/aug/22/Exhibition/ February 4, 2008
Artist Alexander Rodchenko called the lens of the camera "the pupil of the eye of the cultured man in socialist society." Now visitors to the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas can see for themselves what Rodchenko meant.]]> http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/february/4/spencer.shtml http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/february/4/spencer.shtml August 27, 2007
Even if you’ve been to the Spencer before, you’ve never seen it quite like this. Artists Maria Velasco and Janet Davidson-Hues have created a playful "way-finding" system for the museum called "Stop // Look // Listen"]]> http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/aug/27/all_signs_point_unique_art_experience/ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/aug/27/all_signs_point_unique_art_experience/