Events Calendar
All events are free and open to everyone unless otherwise noted. See individual listings for events that require registration.January 26
Activity
Art Cart Still Life
1PM
– 3:30PM
SPENCER MUSEUM OF ART, LARRY AND BARBARA MARSHALL FAMILY BALCONY, 404
The Art Cart is a drop-in activity station where children and grown-ups enjoy hands-on art projects together, taking inspiration from original works of art on view. Explore various types of still life prints and drawings and create your own. Staff members from KU’s Natural History Museum will bring specimens to add to a still life display. The Art Cart is supported by: Midco
Sponsored By: Natural History Museum, Spencer Museum of Art
February 20
Activity
Read Across Lawrence Art Magic
4PM
– 5PM
LAWRENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 707 VERMONT ST
Explore themes of magic in the book A Tangle of Knots and create artwork inspired by optical illustions and magic as part of the Read Across Lawrence series. Designed for kids age 7–11.
Sponsored By: Lawrence Public Library, Spencer Museum of Art
February 23
Activity
Art Cart Australian Dreamtime Painting
1PM
– 3:30PM
SPENCER MUSEUM OF ART, JOHN AND LINDA STEWART GALLERY, 406
The Art Cart is a drop-in activity station where children and grown-ups enjoy hands-on art projects together, taking inspiration from original works of art on view. Learn about traditional Australian Aboriginal bark painting and the belief of “Dreamtime,” then paint your own story with symbols and dots. The Art Cart is supported by Midco.
Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art
March 23
Activity
Art Cart Puzzling Places
1PM
– 3:30PM
SPENCER MUSEUM OF ART, SAM AND CONNIE PERKINS CENTRAL COURT, 317
The Art Cart is a drop-in activity station where children and grown-ups enjoy hands-on art projects together, taking inspiration from original works of art on view. Learn about artist Edgar Heap of Birds, and create a puzzle-like mixed media artwork with decorative paper that connects environmental and human elements in our world. The Art Cart is supported by Midco.
Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art
April 27
Activity
Art Cart Hidden Messages
1PM
– 3:30PM
SPENCER MUSEUM OF ART, KEMPER FAMILY FOUNDATIONS BALCONY, 408
The Art Cart is a drop-in activity station where children and grown-ups enjoy hands-on art projects together, taking inspiration from original works of art on view. Discover the art of camouflage and develop your own secret code using invisible ink or symbols so you can deliver hidden messages. The Art Cart is supported by Midco.
Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art
May 18
Activity
Art Cart Plants, Lizards, and Snakes
1PM
– 3:30PM
SPENCER MUSEUM OF ART, LESTER "DUSTY" LOO GALLERY, 401
The Art Cart is a drop-in activity station where children and grown-ups enjoy hands-on art projects together, taking inspiration from original works of art on view. Celebrate International Museum Day with staff from the Spencer and KU Natural History Museum by learning about a 16th-century ceramic platter from France that is covered with plants and reptiles cast from real critters. Then create your own platter from clay. The Art Cart is supported by Midco.
Sponsored By: Natural History Museum, Spencer Museum of Art
May 24
Activity
Art Cart at Large: Marine Life
10AM
– 12PM
THE PANORAMA, NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, DYCHE HALL, 1345 JAYHAWK BLVD
Join Spencer staff for an Art Cart at Large in the Panorama of the KU Natural History Museum during their Discovery Day.
Sponsored By: Natural History Museum, Spencer Museum of Art