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

unrecorded Ka’igwu (Kiowa) artist
late 1800s
unrecorded Ka’igwu (Kiowa) artist
late 1800s–1918
Ike Hans
early-mid 1900s
unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) or Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo) artist
late 1800s–1954
Hubert Koonuk
circa 1972
unrecorded Australian Aboriginal artist
late 1800s–1944
unrecorded Koasati (Coushatta) artist
late 1800s–1981
late 1800s–1992
unrecorded Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo) artist
late 1800s–1981
unrecorded Pueblo artist
late 1800s–1981
unrecorded Tlingit artist
late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Native Arctic artist
early-mid 1900s
unrecorded Haida artist
late 1800s–early 1900s
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unrecorded Karuk (Karok), Natinixwe (Hupa), or Yurok artist
late 1800s–1917
unrecorded Wasco artist
mid 1900s
Tonita Martinez Roybal
late 1920s
Miguel Martinez, C. Szwedzicki
1932
Julia Jumbo
circa 1959
late 1800s
unrecorded Senufo artist
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Nupe artist
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Abelam artist
1850s–1969
unrecorded Abelam artist
1850s–1969
unrecorded Abelam artist
1850s–1969
Luke Watson
1937
unrecorded Haida or Tlingit artist
late 1800s–1926
Preston Singletary
2003
unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist
late 1800s–1898
unrecorded Tetsuge Owingeh (Tesuque) artist
late 1800s
unrecorded Tetsuge Owingeh (Tesuque) artist
late 1800s
Richard Martinez, C. Szwedzicki
1932
unrecorded Hausa-Fulani artist
1980
unrecorded Oyo artist
late 1950s
unrecorded Yoruba artist
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Ndebele artist
late 1900s–1979
unrecorded Ndebele artist
late 1800s–1982
unrecorded Ndebele artist
1960–1982
unrecorded Potawatomi artist
early 1930s
unrecorded Potawatomi artist
early 1930s
unrecorded Onitsha artist
early-mid 1900s
unrecorded Onitsha artist
early-mid 1900s
unrecorded Dakelh (Carrier) artist
late 1800s–1950
unrecorded Hinono’eino (Arapaho) or Sioux artist
late 1800s
unrecorded Flathead artist
circa 1912
unrecorded Ka’igwu (Kiowa) artist
late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Igbo artist
circa 1950
unrecorded Ndebele artist
late 1900s–1982
unrecorded Ndebele artist
1960–1982
unrecorded Guro artist
late 1800s–1982
unrecorded Yoruba artist
late 1800s–1982
unrecorded Oyo artist
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Maasai artist
early-mid 1900s
unrecorded Hinono’eino (Arapaho) artist
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Plains artist
late 1800s–1980
unrecorded Ka’igwu (Kiowa) artist
1890s
unrecorded Ka’igwu (Kiowa) artist
1890s
unrecorded Ka’igwu (Kiowa) artist
1890s–1901
unrecorded Maasai artist
early-mid 1900s
unrecorded Nubian artist
mid-late 1900s
unrecorded Acoma artist
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Zulu artist
1960–1965
unrecorded Valley Zapotec artist
1989

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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