Spencer Museum of Art The University of Kansas

It Starts With Art!

Online Registration

This spring, while our regular It Starts with Art program is on hiatus, the Spencer Museum of Art invites you to join us for some new family programs. We will experiment with new formats for multigenerational youth and family activities that include a variety of interactive, object-based explorations. These programs are free and open to the public, but unless otherwise noted, we encourage advance registration.

You can only register one child at a time online. If you would like to register more, you will have fill out the registration form again.

Please phone (785.864.0137) or email smakids@ku.edu if you experience any problems with this form.

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Fall 2011 Classes

Classes may be full, please call 785.864.0137 if you would like to place your child on the waiting list.

 
Look at a selection of landscape paintings with a focus on Japanese scroll paintings, then create your own landscape scroll painting.
Teacher: Kristina Carlson, KU Alumna, VAE

 
Learn how food is portrayed in art, from realistic still-life paintings to Wayne Thiebaud's pop-art works. Use pastels and colored pencils to make your own food-themed still-life artwork.
Teacher: Kristina Carlson, KU Alumna, VAE

 
Explore the Crafting Continuities exhibition and find out why some art forms are labeled "craft" while others are not. Make your own wearable art form: jewelry!
Teacher: TBA

 
Examine objects that Native American people used to move their personal belongings during different seasons, then design, cut, stitch, and decorate your own parfleche—a Native American bag.
Teacher: Cindy Sears, KU Alumna, MA, VAE

 
Study how the KU campus has changed over the years in the exhibition Glorious to View, and talk about how photographs visually record the history of places and people. Then, take photographs of your own to record how things look today. *Students must supply their own cameras.
Teacher: Ann Dean, Professional Photographer

 
Explore portraiture by Native American artists whose ancestors were relocated away from Kansas, and discuss how the place where you live affects who you are as a person. Create a self-portrait and collage it with things that remind you of home.
Teacher: Cindy Sears, KU Alumna, MA VAE

 
Discover how the written language can be used visually in art, and build your own wire sculpture using your choice of words.
Teacher: Rick Wright, KU Alumnus, MA VAE

 
Look at prints from different cultures and examine the various methods for making them, then learn one method of printmaking for yourself!
Teacher: Rick Wright, KU Alumnus, MA VAE