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Brosseau Center for Learning: A Humane Society? Considerations of Care in the More than Human World

Cara Nordengren, curator
Kate Meyer, curator

October 7, 2025–November 2, 2025

Gallery 318, The Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Selections for KU American Studies, Sociology, and Spanish courses.

Works of art

Gotta Catch 'Em All!, Michael Menchaca (born 1985); Overpass Projects — Michael Menchaca (born 1985); Overpass Projects

Gotta Catch 'Em All!, 2016

Sun Mad, Ester Hernandez (born 1944) — Ester Hernandez (born 1944)

Sun Mad, 1981

War, Rufino Tamayo — Rufino Tamayo

War, 1959

Nuestras Raices, Nuestras Herramientas, Nuestra Liberación, Josh MacPhee — Josh MacPhee

Nuestras Raices, Nuestras Herramientas, Nuestra Liberación, 2010

Water Bottles, Tom Kiefer (born 1959) — Tom Kiefer (born 1959)

Water Bottles, 2013

Guardian de la Paz (Guardian of the Peace), David Alfaro Siqueiros — David Alfaro Siqueiros

Guardian de la Paz (Guardian of the Peace), 1945

Los Perros durmiendo ladran (Sleeping Dogs Bark), Manuel Alvarez Bravo — Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Los Perros durmiendo ladran (Sleeping Dogs Bark), 1966

Future Library (certificate), Katie Paterson (born 1981) — Katie Paterson (born 1981)

Future Library (certificate), 2014–2114

Tonalá parrot figure — Tonalá parrot figure, late 1800s–1953

wall hanging — wall hanging, late 1900s–1994

Modo con que los antiguos Españoles cazaban los toros á caballo en el campo (How the Original Spanish Hunted Bulls on Horseback in the Wild), Francisco de Goya — Francisco de Goya

Modo con que los antiguos Españoles cazaban los toros á caballo en el campo (How the Original Spanish Hunted Bulls on Horseback in the Wild), 1815–1816

dog figure — dog figure, late 1900s

La Mujer - Juchitan, Oaxaca, Mexico, Flor Garduño — Flor Garduño

La Mujer - Juchitan, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1987

llama figure — llama figure, late 1800s–1965

donkey figure — donkey figure, circa 1942

Farm Workers Are Society's Canaries, Josh MacPhee — Josh MacPhee

Farm Workers Are Society's Canaries, 2010

Zapata, Diego Rivera — Diego Rivera

Zapata, 1932

Howl, Luis Alfonso Jimenez — Luis Alfonso Jimenez

Howl, 1977

vessel with spout and dog figure — vessel with spout and dog figure, late 1800s–1998

crank toy depicting a cock fight with skeletons and moving parts — crank toy depicting a cock fight with skeletons and moving parts, 1985–1995

Taking Care of the Earth is Taking Care of Ourselves, Josh MacPhee — Josh MacPhee

Taking Care of the Earth is Taking Care of Ourselves, 2010

Puerto Rico, Elliott Erwitt — Elliott Erwitt

Puerto Rico, 1957

El esforzado Rendon picando un toro, de cuya suerte murió en la plaza de Madrid (The Forceful Rendon Stabs a Bull with the Pique, from Which Pass He Died in the Ring at Madrid), Francisco de Goya — Francisco de Goya

El esforzado Rendon picando un toro, de cuya suerte murió en la plaza de Madrid (The Forceful Rendon Stabs a Bull with the Pique, from Which Pass He Died in the Ring at Madrid), 1815–1816

dog figure — dog figure, late 1900s

rooster figure — rooster figure, late 1900s–1994

Nuestra señora de las iguanas (Our Lady of the Iguanas), Graciela Iturbide — Graciela Iturbide

Nuestra señora de las iguanas (Our Lady of the Iguanas), 1979

papel picado (cut-paper work) — papel picado (cut-paper work), circa 1990

El Buen Pastor (The Good Shepherd), Luis Alfonso Jimenez; Lawrence Lithography Workshop — Luis Alfonso Jimenez; Lawrence Lithography Workshop

El Buen Pastor (The Good Shepherd), 1999

Tonalá cat figure — Tonalá cat figure, mid 1900s

Plant an Urban Farm Garden/Planta un Huerto Urbano, Josh MacPhee — Josh MacPhee

Plant an Urban Farm Garden/Planta un Huerto Urbano, 2010