Events Calendar
Our galleries are temporarily closed. Check back frequently for updates on virtual events.September 24
Activity
SPOTLIGHT ON CARE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION: MOVING FORWARD THROUGH THE TUMULT
12PM
– 1PM
Join us by registering here: kansas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtf-CurTIvEtcO85SK4Xp6htYsSzG…
Join us for an open discussion about what's happening at the intersection of our professional and personal lives right now. We'll explore how we're keeping up with daily responsibilities - or not keeping up - in the midst of so many momentous events happening all at once. This series is presented weekly, as a collaborative effort to bring awareness to care and well-being for the University of Kansas.
Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art, The Commons
September 24
Talk
FRANKLIN D. MURPHY LECTURE SERIES: INTERSECTIONS OF IDENTITY: EXPRESSION, EXCHANGE, AND HYBRIDITY OKESA/HALF WAY THERE
7PM
– 8:15PM
Join us on the KU Art History YouTube channel: youtube.com/channel/UCRJOPyODK_5UQpxza7HBAjg
In the Osage language, Okesa means halfway. This word describes being in between points in time or place. In his lecture, Akers will discuss aspects of Osage history and culture and their role in forming his identity in a contemporary world. Through stories and visual images, he seeks to communicate his concerns about an evolving cultural history. What constitutes identity, and how do people navigate, form, and reform their sense of self? And how can the study of art and its history help us to consider the diverse identities expressed by visual culture and its creators? This series seeks to amplify the voices of scholars and artists whose work explores individual and collective identities as those intersect with notions of the body, dis/ability, gender, heritage, and race.
Sponsored By: Kress Foundation Department of Art History, Spencer Museum of Art, Department of Visual Art, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence Public Library, Raven Bookstore, BLACK Lawrence, and other community partners.
October 12
Activity
ART ME ANYTHING
7PM
– 8PM
facebook.com/events/764145424350073/
Get your Spencer Museum art fix the second Monday of the month on Facebook with Curator Kate Meyer. Head over to our main Facebook page and watch for the Art Me Anything post. Then comment with a prompt, anything from an artist name to an emoji, and Kate will reply with a link to a work of art in our collection.
Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art
October 29
Talk
FRANKLIN D. MURPHY LECTURE SERIES: INTERSECTIONS OF IDENTITY: EXPRESSION, EXCHANGE, AND HYBRIDITY UNFINISHED (WE ARE WHAT’S LEFT UNDONE): IDENTITY, PERFORMATIVE RACIAL SCRIPTS & THE NECESSITY OF THE ANTI-COLONIAL ICONOCLAST
7PM
– 8:15PM
Join us on the KU Art History YouTube channel: youtube.com/channel/UCRJOPyODK_5UQpxza7HBAjg
What constitutes identity, and how do people navigate, form, and reform their sense of self? And how can the study of art and its history help us to consider the diverse identities expressed by visual culture and its creators? This series seeks to amplify the voices of scholars and artists whose work explores individual and collective identities as those intersect with notions of the body, dis/ability, gender, heritage, and race. Presented by M. Carmen Lane, Artist, writer, and Director of the ATNSC: Center for Healing & Creative Leadership, "At the core of my practice is the investigation of the responsibilities inherent in carrying unfinished ancestral business in the body--individually and collectively within a system. Race, as a social construct, is often the primary lens for viewing and meaning making in North American western ideologies of individualism and resistance. However, race is both glue and lifeblood of the experiment called America. This slide based lecture is a discussion of identity politics, intersectionality as framework, the paradoxical nature of contemporary art making and the socially engaged possibilities in the development and nurturing of a non-accomodating heretical art practice."
Sponsored By: Kress Foundation Department of Art History, Spencer Museum of Art, KU Department of Visual Art, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence Public Library, Raven Bookstore, BLACK Lawrence, and other community partners.
November 09
Activity
ART ME ANYTHING
7PM
– 8PM
facebook.com/events/615457285830132
Get your Spencer Museum art fix the second Monday of the month on Facebook with Curator Kate Meyer. Head over to our main Facebook page and watch for the Art Me Anything post. Then comment with a prompt, anything from an artist name to an emoji, and Kate will reply with a link to a work of art in our collection.
Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art
December 14
Activity
ART ME ANYTHING
7PM
– 8PM
facebook.com/events/679637159564916
Get your Spencer Museum art fix the second Monday of the month on Facebook with Curator Kate Meyer. Head over to our main Facebook page and watch for the Art Me Anything post. Then comment with a prompt, anything from an artist name to an emoji, and Kate will reply with a link to a work of art in our collection.
Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art