Roots and Journeys: Encountering Global Arts and Cultures

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

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Roots and Journeys: Encountering Global Arts and Cultures
Nancy Mahaney, curator
Cassandra Mesick, curator
Celka Straughn, curator
Gallery 404, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

The gallery of Global Indigenous Arts at the Spencer Museum of Art explores artistic inspirations gleaned from nature, heritage, and transcendent experiences. From ancient instruments to reverse glass paintings, these objects speak to the connections of people to place, the importance of traditions, and the essential creativity of the human spirit.

Sculptural works from around the world serve as anchors for discrete segments of the gallery hosting rotations of arts and cultural works from the University’s former ethnographic collections. These works, now accessioned into the Spencer’s collection, are presented in dialogue with new acquisitions and rarely seen works to create new synergies and thought-provoking engagements.

Exhibition images

Works of art

pu (shell horn)
late 1800s–1992
Shirvan rug
late 1800s

Events

February 4, 2012
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
February 5, 2012
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
February 11, 2012
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
February 12, 2012
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
February 18, 2012
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
February 19, 2012
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
February 25, 2012
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
February 26, 2012
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
November 8, 2012
Talk
10:00–11:00AM
Gallery 404
December 1, 2012
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
December 2, 2012
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
December 8, 2012
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
December 9, 2012
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
December 15, 2012
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
December 16, 2012
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
December 22, 2012
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
December 22, 2012
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
December 23, 2012
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
December 29, 2012
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
December 30, 2012
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
June 1, 2013
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
June 2, 2013
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
June 8, 2013
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
June 9, 2013
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
June 14, 2013
Talk
12:00–1:00PM
Gallery 404
June 15, 2013
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
June 22, 2013
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
June 23, 2013
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
June 29, 2013
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
June 29, 2013
Activity
10:30–11:30AM
Gallery 317 Central Court, Gallery 404, Gallery 405
June 30, 2013
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
September 7, 2013
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
September 8, 2013
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
September 14, 2013
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
September 15, 2013
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Gallery 404, 1301 Mississippi St
September 21, 2013
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
September 22, 2013
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
September 28, 2013
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
September 29, 2013
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
October 24, 2013
Talk
10:00–11:00AM
Spencer Museum of Art, Gallery 404
November 9, 2013
Activity
10:30–11:30AM
3C1 lobby/hallway, Gallery 404
December 7, 2013
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
December 8, 2013
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
December 14, 2013
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
December 15, 2013
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
December 21, 2013
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
December 22, 2013
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
December 27, 2013
Activity
1:00–3:00PM
Gallery 404
December 28, 2013
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
December 29, 2013
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
February 7, 2014
Workshop
9:15–10:45AM
Reception Room
April 24, 2014
Talk
10:00–11:00AM
Gallery 404
April 25, 2014
Talk
12:00–1:00PM
Gallery 404
October 4, 2014
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
October 5, 2014
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
October 11, 2014
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
October 12, 2014
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
October 18, 2014
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
October 19, 2014
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
October 25, 2014
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Gallery 404
October 26, 2014
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Gallery 404
February 28, 2015
Activity
10:30–11:30AM
307 Reception Room, Gallery 404, Gallery 405

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