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Looking After: Art and Care in Education Across Kansas

Kristina Walker, curator
Rachel Straughn-Navarro, curator

August 18, 2026–January 10, 2027

Galleries 315, 316, and 317 Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

This exhibition will feature works from the collection that have inspired Kansas educators and contributed to enhanced learning experiences for K–12 students across the state.

Works of art

The Mummy of Frogtosis, II (Frog Mummy), David James Gilhooly — David James Gilhooly

The Mummy of Frogtosis, II (Frog Mummy), 1971

Orion, Marlies Behm — Marlies Behm

Orion, 2004

Crying Girl, Roy Lichtenstein — Roy Lichtenstein

Crying Girl, 1963

La Pleureuse (The Mourner), Giuseppe Grandi — Giuseppe Grandi

La Pleureuse (The Mourner), circa 1870s

nizuri (vest) — nizuri (vest), early 1900s

Data Brain, Frank Nichols — Frank Nichols

Data Brain, date unknown

Flaws are Opportunities, Mark Kostabi — Mark Kostabi

Flaws are Opportunities, 1983

布袋 (Hotei with two children) — 布袋 (Hotei with two children), 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)

Daisy Field, [west KU campus], William Alexander Griffith — William Alexander Griffith

Daisy Field, [west KU campus], circa 1908–1910

Kansas Harvest, Mary Huntoon — Mary Huntoon

Kansas Harvest, 1934

Driftless Pasture 8-1-17, Claire Pentecost — Claire Pentecost

Driftless Pasture 8-1-17, 2017

Cruel heat, my mind in a whirl, I listen to the thunder rumble, Clifton Karhu; Stanton Macdonald-Wright — Clifton Karhu; Stanton Macdonald-Wright

Cruel heat, my mind in a whirl, I listen to the thunder rumble, 1965–1967

Dustbowl Interior, Claire Pentecost — Claire Pentecost

Dustbowl Interior, 2017

Rural School in Moonlight, Mary Huntoon — Mary Huntoon

Rural School in Moonlight, 1934

official Kansas Day postcard, Coy Avon Seward — Coy Avon Seward

official Kansas Day postcard, 1911

untitled, Andrew Carnie; Nazanin Amiri Meers — Andrew Carnie; Nazanin Amiri Meers

untitled, 2020

Landscape with Four Trees, Birger Sandzén — Birger Sandzén

Landscape with Four Trees, 1920

Yuk, Elizabeth Layton — Elizabeth Layton

Yuk, 1981

The Image of Lawrence, Ron Hinton — Ron Hinton

The Image of Lawrence, late 1900s

13 Cowshed Muck County Road NM, Claire Pentecost — Claire Pentecost

13 Cowshed Muck County Road NM, 2017

Dinner Conversation with Nancy, Roger Shimomura — Roger Shimomura

Dinner Conversation with Nancy, 1983

Rainbow, Lou Bernstein — Lou Bernstein

Rainbow, 1969

Caring Hands, Jan Telfer — Jan Telfer

Caring Hands, 2002

Sky Line, Topeka, KS, Mary Huntoon — Mary Huntoon

Sky Line, Topeka, KS, circa 1934

Nocturnal Passage, Harvey Dinnerstein — Harvey Dinnerstein

Nocturnal Passage, 2009

Spectrum I quilt, Virginia Randles — Virginia Randles

Spectrum I quilt, 1977

okimono — okimono, date unknown

I Can't I Don't Feel Well, Cary Leibowitz; Tribune Showprint — Cary Leibowitz; Tribune Showprint

I Can't I Don't Feel Well, 2005

Blazing Star quilt, or Patchwork quilt, or Eight-Point Star quilt — Blazing Star quilt, or Patchwork quilt, or Eight-Point Star quilt, circa 1870–1900

The Pleiades, Elihu Vedder — Elihu Vedder

The Pleiades, circa 1885–1887

Tornado, Lori Nix — Lori Nix

Tornado, 1998

Facts of Life, Norman Rockwell — Norman Rockwell

Facts of Life, circa 1950

sun figure — sun figure, late 1900s

Brussels, Elliott Erwitt — Elliott Erwitt

Brussels, 1957

Oreo Cookie Frog, David James Gilhooly — David James Gilhooly

Oreo Cookie Frog

Meadowlark, Margaret Evelyn Whittemore — Margaret Evelyn Whittemore

Meadowlark, circa 1935

Oxford Dictionary: Bird Definition, Xu Bing — Xu Bing

Oxford Dictionary: Bird Definition, 1994–1996

This, Candace Hicks — Candace Hicks

This, 2010

The Journey of Youth, George Wesley Bellows — George Wesley Bellows

The Journey of Youth, 1923–1924

The Wait, Norman Akers — Norman Akers

The Wait, 2010

three tiles — three tiles, late 1400s, Lodi dynasty (1451–1526)

Departure of the Joads, Thomas Hart Benton — Thomas Hart Benton

Departure of the Joads, 1939

#18 Hogback Mountain Prairie Ridge, Claire Pentecost — Claire Pentecost

#18 Hogback Mountain Prairie Ridge, 2017

miniature cart — miniature cart, late 1900s

inu hariko (dog) figure — inu hariko (dog) figure, late 1900s

Omocha junikagetsu omamori to engimono (Twelve months of toys:
Protective talismans and good luck charms), Kyosen Kawasaki — Kyosen Kawasaki

Omocha junikagetsu omamori to engimono (Twelve months of toys: Protective talismans and good luck charms), 1926, Taisho period (1912–1926)

Alliance, Vija Celmins; Gemini G.E.L.; Doris Simmelink; Ken Farley — Vija Celmins; Gemini G.E.L.; Doris Simmelink; Ken Farley

Alliance, 1983

Beach Parade, Australian Style, Jan Telfer — Jan Telfer

Beach Parade, Australian Style, 2003

untitled (dog wearing boots), William Wegman — William Wegman

untitled (dog wearing boots), 1988

Censorship, Elizabeth Layton — Elizabeth Layton

Censorship, 1989

maneki neko (cat that brings money) on pillow — maneki neko (cat that brings money) on pillow, late 1900s

vase, Marie Levering Benson — Marie Levering Benson

vase, circa 1910

Get Up You Lazy Bum, Cary Leibowitz; Tribune Showprint — Cary Leibowitz; Tribune Showprint

Get Up You Lazy Bum, 2005

Now I Can Read!, Elizabeth Layton — Elizabeth Layton

Now I Can Read!, 1992

Big and Small, East and West, Bea Gold — Bea Gold

Big and Small, East and West, 2001

pair of star-shaped cuff links, Ed Wiener — Ed Wiener

pair of star-shaped cuff links, 1950

Antarctic Surveyor II - Tracking Solar and Lunar Transitions, Nathalie Miebach — Nathalie Miebach

Antarctic Surveyor II - Tracking Solar and Lunar Transitions, 2008

puppy vase, Jeff Koons; Art of this Century, New York — Jeff Koons; Art of this Century, New York

puppy vase, 1998

brooch, Georg Jensen A/S; Henning Koppel — Georg Jensen A/S; Henning Koppel

brooch, 1948

High Bridge by Night, Hasegawa Takejirō; Kobayashi Eijirō — Hasegawa Takejirō; Kobayashi Eijirō

High Bridge by Night, 1915–1920, Taisho period (1912–1926)

Night Rider, Woodrow Wilson Crumbo — Woodrow Wilson Crumbo

Night Rider, circa 1940s

Cottonwood Trees, Patricia DuBose Duncan — Patricia DuBose Duncan

Cottonwood Trees, 1976

pendant, Georg Jensen A/S; Henning Koppel — Georg Jensen A/S; Henning Koppel

pendant, 1940s–1950s

Topeka High, Mary Huntoon — Mary Huntoon

Topeka High, 1937

Traditional Sailboat, David Bull; 吉田博 Yoshida Hiroshi — David Bull; 吉田博 Yoshida Hiroshi

Traditional Sailboat, 2001

Horse, Colt, and Prairie Dogs, Woodrow Wilson Crumbo — Woodrow Wilson Crumbo

Horse, Colt, and Prairie Dogs, circa 1940s

When Titans Collide, Diego Romero — Diego Romero

When Titans Collide, 1999

Painting Laughter, Kojima Rōtetsu — Kojima Rōtetsu

Painting Laughter, 1800s

Heaven, Earth, Man, Jung Do-Jun — Jung Do-Jun

Heaven, Earth, Man, 2011

American Bison, Patricia DuBose Duncan — Patricia DuBose Duncan

American Bison, 1977

takarabune and shichifukujin (ship with seven gods of good fortune) — takarabune and shichifukujin (ship with seven gods of good fortune), late 1900s

Hinamatsuri (doll festival) figures — Hinamatsuri (doll festival) figures, late 1900s

ox carrying boxes of money — ox carrying boxes of money, late 1900s

Wool, cotton or linen, Janice Atkins — Janice Atkins

Wool, cotton or linen, 1988

Image not available — Mel Watkin

Emergency Tree: SAD, 2011

Image not available — Clare Tucker

Snow on Flint Hills, 1982

Image not available — Fish-Basket Guanyin, 1700s–1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Image not available — John E. Buck

Aloha, 1978

Image not available — Dan Santat

Beekle, Cover, 2014

Image not available — Dan Santat

After the Fall, Page 28-29, 2017

Image not available — Dan Santat

After the Fall, Page 4-5, 2017

Image not available — Dan Santat

Beekle, Endpage, 2014