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Exhibition

The Power of Place: KU Alumni Artists

The Power of Place: KU Alumni Artists

Susan Earle, curator

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

The Power of Place: KU Alumni Artists considers profound understandings of place in the work 30 artists who received degrees from KU.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Anne Austin Pearce (born 1968), Animals Don't Take Vows: Tortuga

Terry Evans (born 1944), Four Women on Porch

Terry Evans (born 1944), Cemetery, February 1991

Terry Evans (born 1944), Interstate 35, South of Matfield Green

Keith Jacobshagen (born 1941), Cut Brush Fire-Platte River Valley Near Yutan

Keith Jacobshagen (born 1941), Near Emerald

Keith Jacobshagen (born 1941), Evening, Near Walton

Keith Jacobshagen (born 1941), N.W. 84th & Agnew Road July 31, 1983

Dan R. Kirchhefer (born 1947), Iguazu Falls

Stephen Johnson (born 1964), The Letter "N"

Stephen Johnson (born 1964), The Number "13"

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Blue SUV on South Main Street, Greensburg, Kansas May 5, 2007

Ann Hamilton (born 1956), draw

John L. Newman (1948–2022), Front Porch Therapy

John L. Newman (1948–2022), Rohwer Internees #2

Robert W. Ebendorf (born 1938), Colored Smoke Machine

Lawrence Lithography Workshop (active 2001–present); Julie Green (1961–2021), After

Terry Evans (born 1944), One of the paths that lead from the coastal Greenland landmass to the Jakobshavn Icefjord (a UNESCO World Heritage Site). The icefjord leads to the mouth of the Jakobshavn Glacier.

John Decker (born 1967); Dan R. Kirchhefer (born 1947), “The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh…"

Dan R. Kirchhefer (born 1947), Shoup Glacier, Alaska

Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds (born 1954); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004); Jack Lemon (circa 1935); Steve Campbell; Sarah Pavlus, For Arizona Denials

Gina Adams (born 1965), Broken Treaty Quilt #5

Gina Adams (born 1965), Honoring Modern Unidentified .3

Gina Adams (born 1965), Honoring Modern Unidentified .9

Lisa Grossman (born 1967), 86 Bends of the Kaw

David Reisman (born 1958), Untitled (re-working 1996 dream, “I see a huge circular hole that goes all the way through a mountain”)

Cary Leibowitz (born 1963), Eat in / Take out

Cary Leibowitz (born 1963), Disco Fever!

Cary Leibowitz (born 1963); Tribune Showprint (active since 1878), I'm Sick of Making Art

Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell (1931–2023), Of Thee I Sing quilt top

Ann Hamilton (born 1956), figura 23

Terry Evans (born 1944), Between Kearney and Salina, June 13, 1990

Terry Evans (born 1944), Electrical Boxes that Control Pumps, Cheyenne Bottoms, April 1995

Cris Bruch (born 1957), Weldona

Cris Bruch (born 1957), Pent

Cris Bruch (born 1957), Weathermap

Cris Bruch (born 1957), Harbinger

Julie Green (1961–2021), The Last Supper: Final Meals of U.S. Death Row Inmates

Julie Green (1961–2021), Kansas 14 April 1965 (1 of 2)

Julie Green (1961–2021), Kansas 14 April 1965 (2 of 2)

Julie Green (1961–2021), Kansas 30 November 1962

Julie Green (1961–2021), Gossip Bridle

Julie Green (1961–2021), Gossip Bridles

Julie Green (1961–2021), Too Sad to Tell You

Emily Hanako Momohara (born 1974), Angel Island #2

Emily Hanako Momohara (born 1974), Angel Island #5

Emily Hanako Momohara (born 1974), Angel Island #4

Catherine Reinhart (born 1986), Manifold Landscapes

Catherine Reinhart (born 1986), Patience Corners

John L. Newman (1948–2022), American Citizen #1

John L. Newman (1948–2022), Front Yard

John L. Newman (1948–2022), Hostage

Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds (born 1954), Dead Indian Stories

Ann Hamilton (born 1956), Robin Hood against the bad barons

Ann Hamilton (born 1956), on the day the war had ended

Bhakti Ziek (born 1946), House

Bhakti Ziek (born 1946), Focused Distraction

Bhakti Ziek (born 1946), Rain

Mark Goodwin (born 1956), Star System

Marcie Miller Gross (born 1958), Beyond the Wall

Brian Hawkins (born 1987), and yet it's so warm

Brian Hawkins (born 1987), There We Were, Holding Hands

Brian Hawkins (born 1987), My sisters and I stand, years apart, transfixed by a pinpoint

Brian Hawkins (born 1987), H is for

Brian Hawkins (born 1987), Traces

Rena L. Detrixhe (born), grass/roots

Ryan RedCorn (born 1979), Portrait of Chantelle Keshaye Pahtayken & Shay Pahtayken, Plains Cree

Ryan RedCorn (born 1979), Portrait of Portlyn Harjo, Creek/Seminole

Sue Ashline (born 1947), Alice goes to the Art Prom

David B. Brackett (1956–2021), Point of View

Richard Mawdsley (born 1945), Alpha-Omega: Water Tower #5

Philip Heying (born 1959), Repurposed billboard west of Salina, Kansas along I-70 7/13/2014 – 1:40PM

Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell (1931–2023), Rode to Phila. quilt

Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell (1931–2023), China Trade with Miss Liberty, U.S.A. quilt top

Philip Heying (born 1959), Lee Kindle salvages a pickup truck destroyed by an F4 tornado in a region that had to be evacuated due to toxic mining waste near Treece, Kansas. 2/19/2009 – 2:04 PM

Ann Hamilton (born 1956), O N E E V E R Y O N E directory

Ann Hamilton (born 1956), O N E E V E R Y O N E newspaper

Cary Leibowitz (born 1963), mug

Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds (born 1954), Kaw

Robert W. Ebendorf (born 1938), My Brother and I

Terry Evans (born 1944), Icebergs, Disko Bay

Terry Evans (born 1944), Icefjord that leads to the mouth of the Jakobshavn Glacier

Terry Evans (born 1944), Icefjord that leads to the mouth of the Jakobshavn Glacier

Terry Evans (born 1944), Icebergs, Disko Bay

Cary Leibowitz (born 1963); Tribune Showprint (active since 1878), Get Up You Lazy Bum

Cary Leibowitz (born 1963), Go Sadness

Cary Leibowitz (born 1963), Misery Rules

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Earth, Fire, and Water, Z-Bar Ranch, Chase County, Kansas

Terry Evans (born 1944), Fairy Ring, Fent's Prairie, Salina, Kansas, June 1979

Rick Mitchell (born 1949), Bottleneck

Rick Mitchell (born 1949), Adam in the Wetlands / Canal

Lisa Grossman (born 1967), Navigating

C. Bechstein (founded 1853), grand piano

Events

February 15, 2019

Talk

Edgar Heap of Birds

1:00–3:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning, 318

February 21, 2019

Talk

Visualizing Place: A Conversation with Visiting Artists Featured in the Power of Place

10:30AM–3:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Sam and Connie Perkins Central Court, 317

February 21, 2019

Social

Student Opening for "The Power of Place" featuring Jean Claude and the Eclairs

5:00–7:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Sam and Connie Perkins Central Court, 317

March 20, 2019

Performance

Musical Places of the Mind

12:00–1:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Sam and Connie Perkins Central Court, 317

March 23, 2019

Activity

Puzzling Places

1:00–3:30PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Sam and Connie Perkins Central Court, 317

March 27, 2019

Talk

Place as Portal: A Conversation with Power of Place Visiting Artists

5:30–7:00PM

317, Spencer Museum of Art, Sam and Connie Perkins Central Court, 317

March 28, 2019

Talk

The Power of Place

10:15–11:15AM

Spencer Museum of Art, Sam and Connie Perkins Central Court, 317

April 6, 2019

Performance

The Power of Place: A Master's Recital

2:00–3:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Sam and Connie Perkins Central Court, 317

April 25, 2019

Performance

Common Ground

6:00–7:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Perkins Central Court, 317

April 27, 2019

Activity

Day of Creativity

1:00–4:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art

May 18, 2019

Talk

International Museum Day Open House

1:00–4:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art

June 5, 2019

Workshop

Write Here

5:30–7:30PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Sam and Connie Perkins Central Court, 317

June 9, 2019

Talk

The Power of Place

2:00–3:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Sam and Connie Perkins Central Court, 317

Resources

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