June 02

Activity

1PM – 4PM
305 Goddard Study Center

Your art wish is our command. Visit the Goddard Study Center on Fridays to request works of art on paper not currently on view or share your interests and let our staff select works for you. You can also drop in to enjoy works requested by other visitors. The Goddard Study Center is open to all during gallery hours with a break from 12-1PM.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

June 09

Activity

1PM – 4PM
305 Goddard Study Center

Your art wish is our command. Visit the Goddard Study Center on Fridays to request works of art on paper not currently on view or share your interests and let our staff select works for you. You can also drop in to enjoy works requested by other visitors. The Goddard Study Center is open to all during gallery hours with a break from 12-1PM.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

June 13

Talk

5:15PM – 6:30PM
Kansas Union, Woodruff Auditorium, level 5, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd

KU alum, artist, and writer for Reservation Dogs Ryan RedCorn (Osage) returns to campus to set free Indigenous storytelling with a keynote talk for the national conference of the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries. RedCorn uses humor and satire to reclaim representation and cut through complex histories. This talk is free and open to the public, but reservations are required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visual-sovereignty-unedited-voices-an-evening-with-ryan-redcorn-tickets-640805896687

June 15

Activity

5PM – 7PM
Spencer Museum of Art, 409 Lee Study Center

Get ready to put your knowledge to the test with Trivia Night at the Spencer. Gather up your friends, form a team, and join us for an evening of fun and friendly competition

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

June 20

Activity

1PM – 3PM
Spencer Museum of Art, 409 Lee Study Center

Drop by the Lee Study Center on the third Tuesday of the month to see textiles not currently on view. Come back to see different rotations each week.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

June 22

Talk

10:15AM – 11AM
Spencer Museum of Art, 409 Lee Study Center

Join artist Lisa Grossman for a discussion of her paintings and prints focused on the tallgrass prairies and Kansas River Valley, including her painting “Navigating” that is on view. She will offer insights into her creative process and the rewards and challenges of plein air painting. Senior Sessions are designed with accommodations for older adults, but open to all.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

June 23

Activity

1PM – 4PM
305 Goddard Study Center

Your art wish is our command. Visit the Goddard Study Center on Fridays to request works of art on paper not currently on view or share your interests and let our staff select works for you. You can also drop in to enjoy works requested by other visitors. The Goddard Study Center is open to all during gallery hours with a break from 12-1PM.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

June 24

Activity

1PM – 4PM
407 Kress Gallery

Learn about Medieval art and make a faux stained glass creation. The Art Cart is a free drop-in activity station where children and grown-ups enjoy hands-on art projects together, taking inspiration from original works of art on view.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

June 28

Activity

2PM – 3PM
Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St

Join Spencer staff for an hour of fun collaborating and creating amazing art together with our friends at Lawrence Public Library. For ages 5–7. Registration required. Find more information on the Library’s website at lplks.org.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence Public Library

June 30

Activity

1PM – 4PM
305 Goddard Study Center

Your art wish is our command. Visit the Goddard Study Center on Fridays to request works of art on paper not currently on view or share your interests and let our staff select works for you. You can also drop in to enjoy works requested by other visitors. The Goddard Study Center is open to all during gallery hours with a break from 12-1PM.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

July 06

Activity

5PM – 7PM
Spencer Museum of Art, 409 Lee Study Center

Get ready to put your knowledge to the test with Trivia Night at the Spencer. Gather up your friends, form a team, and join us for an evening of fun and friendly competition.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

July 07

Activity

1PM – 4PM
305 Goddard Study Center

Your art wish is our command. Visit the Goddard Study Center on Fridays to request works of art on paper not currently on view or share your interests and let our staff select works for you. You can also drop in to enjoy works requested by other visitors. The Goddard Study Center is open to all during gallery hours with a break from 12-1PM.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

July 11

Activity

10AM – 5PM
Spencer Museum of Art,, 409 Lee Study Center

Take a moment to observe, sketch, and seek inspiration from the collections on display in the Lee Study Center. Engage with works more intimately using prompts encouraging slow looking.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

July 12

Activity

10AM – 5PM
Spencer Museum of Art, 409 Lee Study Center

Take a moment to observe, sketch, and seek inspiration from the collections on display in the Lee Study Center. Engage with works more intimately using prompts encouraging slow looking.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

July 13

Activity

10AM – 5PM
Spencer Museum of Art, 409 Lee Study Center

Take a moment to observe, sketch, and seek inspiration from the collections on display in the Lee Study Center. Engage with works more intimately using prompts encouraging slow looking.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

July 13

Talk

10:15AM – 11AM
Spencer Museum of Art

Professor Anne D. Hedeman delves into representations of history using one sacred Northern European example, the Master of Frankfurt’s “Descent from the Cross with Scenes from the Passion,” and one secular Italian example, the Master of the Apollini Sacrum’s “Assassination of Julius Caesar.” The discussion will focus on the storytelling practices represented in these paintings and consider the experiences of their makers and viewers. Senior Sessions are designed with accommodations for older adults, but open to all.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

July 14

Activity

10AM – 5PM
Spencer Museum of Art, 409 Lee Study Center

Take a moment to observe, sketch, and seek inspiration from the collections on display in the Lee Study Center. Engage with works more intimately using prompts encouraging slow looking.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

July 15

Activity

10AM – 5PM
Spencer Museum of Art, 409 Lee Study Center

Take a moment to observe, sketch, and seek inspiration from the collections on display in the Lee Study Center. Engage with works more intimately using prompts encouraging slow looking.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

July 16

Activity

10AM – 5PM
Spencer Museum of Art, 409 Lee Study Center

Take a moment to observe, sketch, and seek inspiration from the collections on display in the Lee Study Center. Engage with works more intimately using prompts encouraging slow looking.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

July 17

Activity

2PM – 3PM
Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St

Join Spencer staff for an hour of fun and creativity with our friends at Lawrence Public Library. For ages 8–11. Registration required. Find more information on the Library’s website at lplks.org.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence Arts Center

July 18

Activity

1PM – 3PM
Spencer Museum of Art, 409 Lee Study Center

Drop by the Lee Study Center on the third Tuesday of the month to see textiles not currently on view. Come back to see different rotations each week.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

July 21

Activity

1PM – 4PM
305 Goddard Study Center

Your art wish is our command. Visit the Goddard Study Center on Fridays to request works of art on paper not currently on view or share your interests and let our staff select works for you. You can also drop in to enjoy works requested by other visitors. The Goddard Study Center is open to all during gallery hours with a break from 12-1PM.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

July 22

Activity

1PM – 4PM
Spencer Museum of Art, 405 Michaelis Gallery

Cool off at the Spencer and create a design for a folding fan. The Art Cart is a free drop-in activity station where children and grown-ups enjoy hands-on art projects together, taking inspiration from original works of art on view.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

July 28

Activity

1PM – 4PM
305 Goddard Study Center

Your art wish is our command. Visit the Goddard Study Center on Fridays to request works of art on paper not currently on view or share your interests and let our staff select works for you. You can also drop in to enjoy works requested by other visitors. The Goddard Study Center is open to all during gallery hours with a break from 12-1PM.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

August 04

Activity

1PM – 4PM
305 Goddard Study Center

Your art wish is our command. Visit the Goddard Study Center on Fridays to request works of art on paper not currently on view or share your interests and let our staff select works for you. You can also drop in to enjoy works requested by other visitors. The Goddard Study Center is open to all during gallery hours with a break from 12-1PM.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

August 10

Activity

5PM – 7PM
Spencer Museum of Art, 409 Lee Study Center

Get ready to put your knowledge to the test with Trivia Night at the Spencer. Gather up your friends, form a team, and join us for an evening of fun and friendly competition

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

August 11

Activity

1PM – 4PM
305 Goddard Study Center

Your art wish is our command. Visit the Goddard Study Center on Fridays to request works of art on paper not currently on view or share your interests and let our staff select works for you. You can also drop in to enjoy works requested by other visitors. The Goddard Study Center is open to all during gallery hours with a break from 12-1PM.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

August 15

Activity

1PM – 3PM
Spencer Museum of Art, 409 Lee Study Center

Drop by the Lee Study Center on the third Tuesday of the month to see textiles not currently on view. Come back to see different rotations each week.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art

August 24

Activity

3PM – 5PM
Spencer Museum of Art

Students are invited to make their words shine with a Hawk Week activity at the Spencer Museum of Art that builds on themes in the new exhibition “Black Writing.” Get inspired by art on view and create room décor with neon paint and yarn using a selection of words that relate to Afrofuturism and ideas in the 2023–2024 KU Common Book “Parable of the Sower” by Octavia Butler.

Sponsored By: History of Black Writing, Spencer Museum of Art, Spencer Student Advisory Board

August 26

Activity

1PM – 4PM
Spencer Museum of Art, 409 Lee Study Center

Learn about artist Elizabeth Layton and try your hand at contour drawing. The Art Cart is a free drop-in activity station where children and grown-ups enjoy hands-on art projects together, taking inspiration from original works of art on view.

Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art