Backyard Bash: Understories

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

Backyard Bash: Understories
Backyard Bash: Understories
October 21, 2021–November 12, 2021
Marvin Grove, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Understories is a series of 12 installations and activations created by KU and Haskell students to tell stories untold and explore ideas about place.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Fungal Networking, Abbigail Dougherty
Abbigail Dougherty
Pass Me the Mic, Naomi Madu
Naomi Madu
Echoes of the Prairie, Morgan Siemers
Morgan Siemers
Self-reflection, MacKenzie Greckel
MacKenzie Greckel
Beyond Bias, Emily Almloff
Emily Almloff
Beyond Bias, 2021
Asters and Goldenrod: Defining Duality, Ava Soteria Cully
Ava Soteria Cully
The Erasure of North Hollow, Kirsten Taylor
Kirsten Taylor
Useless Abuse, James Aaron Cadotte
James Aaron Cadotte
Flower Teller, Gwendolyn Joslin
Gwendolyn Joslin
Vanished Growth, Anne Rogers
Anne Rogers
Footsteps of Our Ancestors, Tweesna Rose Mills
Tweesna Rose Mills

Events

October 22, 2021
Activity
Plein Air Painting - Open Session
4:00–6:00PM
Marvin Grove, directly behind Spencer Museum, 1301 Mississippi
October 29, 2021
Activity
Plein Air Painting - Open Session
4:00–6:00PM
Marvin Grove, directly behind Spencer Museum, 1301 Mississippi
November 1, 2021
Performance
Footsteps of our Ancestors
5:30–6:15PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Reece Memorial Plaza
November 4, 2021
Activity
Potter Lake StoryTour
5:30–6:15PM
KU Campanile
November 5, 2021
Activity
Plein Air Painting - Open Session
3:00–5:00PM
Marvin Grove, directly behind Spencer Museum, 1301 Mississippi
November 5, 2021
Performance
Footsteps of our Ancestors
4:00–4:45PM
Marvin Grove, directly behind Spencer Museum, 1301 Mississippi St
November 8, 2021
Performance
Footsteps of our Ancestors
12:00–12:45PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Reece Memorial Plaza
November 8, 2021
Activity
A Sensory Garden StoryTour
5:00–5:45PM
Audio-Reader, 1120 W 11th St
November 12, 2021
Performance
Footsteps of our Ancestors
1:00–2:00PM
Marvin Grove, directly behind Spencer Museum, 1301 Mississippi St
February 24, 2022
Performance
Pass Me the Mic: A Black History/Black Futures Storytelling Experience
5:30–7:30PM
Spencer Museum of Art, 316 Simons Gallery

Resources

Documents

Media Release