Brosseau Center for Learning: Cultivating Reciprocity: In Conversation with the 2021–2022 KU Common Book

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

Brosseau Center for Learning: Cultivating Reciprocity: In Conversation with the 2021–2022 KU Common Book
Brosseau Center for Learning: Cultivating Reciprocity: In Conversation with the 2021–2022 KU Common Book
Cassandra Mesick Braun, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
Angela Watts, curator
August 17, 2021–September 10, 2021
Gallery 318, The Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Cultivating Reciprocity, an installation that explores connections between the Museum’s collection and the KU Common Book, —“Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants” by Robin Wall Kimmerer, is organized into three themes: Indigenous origin and creation stories, the gift of plants, and the history of education for Indigenous peoples.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith; Lawrence Lithography Workshop
Molly Murphy Adams
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith; Lawrence Lithography Workshop
unrecorded Akimel O'odham (Pima) artist
bowl, late 1800s–1917
unrecorded Coast Salish artist
cradle, late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Saanich artist
cooking basket, late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Tlingit artist
carved horn spoon, late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Northwest Coast artist
cedar bark cutter, late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Tohono O'odham (Papago) artist
tray, 1976
David V. Lee
Father Sky, late 1900s
David V. Lee
Mother Earth, late 1900s
unrecorded Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) or Mi'kmaq (Micmac) artist
small basket with lid, late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Haida artist
seal shaped feasting dish, late 1800s–early 1900s
Orville John Green
Orville John Green
Minnie S. Foster
The Water Way Chant, mid 1900s–1993
unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist
wedding vase, late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Tohono O'odham (Papago) artist
shallow basket, late 1800s–1935
unrecorded Ndee (Apache) or Diné (Navajo) artist
beaded strip, 1922–1928
unrecorded Tohono O'odham (Papago) artist
bowl, late 1800s–1930
unrecorded Ndee (Apache) or Diné (Navajo) artist
Madaline Paul
basket with lid, early-mid 1900s
unrecorded Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) artist
clam basket, late 1800s–1926
unrecorded Musqueam artist
seam creaser, late 1800s–1926
Herbert Ben Sr.
Fah Ambers
Matthew Baker
Raven, circa 2000–2005
Andrea Carlson; Highpoint Center for Printmaking
Exit, 2019
Norman Akers
Landing, 2019
unrecorded Akimel O'odham (Pima) artist
Rhiannon Skye Tafoya; Women's Studio Workshop
unrecorded Ndee (Apache) or Diné (Navajo) artist
beaded hatband, 1922–1928
unrecorded Ndee (Apache) or Diné (Navajo) artist
beaded napkin ring, 1922–1928
unrecorded Ndee (Apache) or Diné (Navajo) artist
beaded strip, 1922–1928
unrecorded Ndee (Apache) or Diné (Navajo) artist
beaded strip, 1922–1928
unrecorded Ndee (Apache) or Diné (Navajo) artist
beaded lamp pull, 1922–1928