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Brosseau Center for Learning: Initiatives

Cara Nordengren, curator

September 15, 2026–October 11, 2026

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

These selections from the collection support a number of Spencer projects, including the Art and Care in Education teacher conference (September 18–19), a visit with artist Rhonda Holy Bear (September 16th at 11am in this gallery), and collaborations with KU faculty and Lawrence artists.

Works of art

Pretty Shield and Raven, Rhonda Holy Bear — Rhonda Holy Bear

Pretty Shield and Raven, 1990

Waterworks: Kansas, Mel Watkin — Mel Watkin

Waterworks: Kansas, 2005

Listening to music (Schubert's "Serenade"), 1880, Dario Robleto — Dario Robleto

Listening to music (Schubert's "Serenade"), 1880, 2017

Play De Blues, Aaron Douglas; Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes — Aaron Douglas; Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes

Play De Blues, 1926

How to Look at a Spiral, Ad Reinhardt; Thomas B. Hess; Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf — Ad Reinhardt; Thomas B. Hess; Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf

How to Look at a Spiral, circa 1947

Grass: Green Series V, Charles Jeffries Bangert; Colette Stuebe Bangert — Charles Jeffries Bangert; Colette Stuebe Bangert

Grass: Green Series V, 1982

A Rainbow Tree, Rockne Krebs — Rockne Krebs

A Rainbow Tree, 1970

Messengers, Rhonda Holy Bear — Rhonda Holy Bear

Messengers, 1985

Front, Lesley Dill; Landfall Press — Lesley Dill; Landfall Press

Front, 1994

untitled, Katie Baldwin — Katie Baldwin

untitled, 2011

Joe Kelly, Rhonda Holy Bear — Rhonda Holy Bear

Joe Kelly, 1990

The Plains Series II: MARCH, Charles Jeffries Bangert; Colette Stuebe Bangert — Charles Jeffries Bangert; Colette Stuebe Bangert

The Plains Series II: MARCH, 2012

Three B, Charles Jeffries Bangert; Colette Stuebe Bangert — Charles Jeffries Bangert; Colette Stuebe Bangert

Three B, 2004

Sunday, October 16, 1859. John Brown with a company of 21 men, white and black, marched on Harper’s Ferry., Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters — Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters

Sunday, October 16, 1859. John Brown with a company of 21 men, white and black, marched on Harper’s Ferry., 1974–1977

The Builders: The Family, Jacob Lawrence — Jacob Lawrence

The Builders: The Family, 1974

Heart and Mind, Andrew Carnie — Andrew Carnie

Heart and Mind, 2020

Chicago, 1964, School boycott ("Man dreams of himself as a human being then turns and kills his dream." Lillian Smith.), Marion Palfi — Marion Palfi

Chicago, 1964, School boycott ("Man dreams of himself as a human being then turns and kills his dream." Lillian Smith.), 1964

untitled, Emmi Whitehorse; Landfall Press; Jack Lemon; Sarah Pavlus — Emmi Whitehorse; Landfall Press; Jack Lemon; Sarah Pavlus

untitled, 2001

How to Look, Ad Reinhardt; Thomas B. Hess; Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf — Ad Reinhardt; Thomas B. Hess; Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf

How to Look, 1946

Soaring Plains Figure, Rhonda Holy Bear — Rhonda Holy Bear

Soaring Plains Figure, 1994

Anne: Prairie Plain, Charles Jeffries Bangert; Colette Stuebe Bangert — Charles Jeffries Bangert; Colette Stuebe Bangert

Anne: Prairie Plain, 1987

Little Big Horn War Honor Dress, Rhonda Holy Bear — Rhonda Holy Bear

Little Big Horn War Honor Dress, 1987

Grass Dancer, Rhonda Holy Bear — Rhonda Holy Bear

Grass Dancer, 1988

design for a bracket panel for a Japanese pavillion, Thomas Jeckyll — Thomas Jeckyll

design for a bracket panel for a Japanese pavillion, 1876

Earth, Fire, and Water, Z-Bar Ranch, Chase County, Kansas, Larry Schwarm — Larry Schwarm

Earth, Fire, and Water, Z-Bar Ranch, Chase County, Kansas, 1994