Events Calendar
Events are free and take place in a variety of locations and formats. The Museum is committed to accessibility for all visitors. Our efforts are ongoing. To request an accommodation for an upcoming event, please contact the Museum in advance at spencerart@ku.edu or 785.864.4710.
April 13
Talk
SENIOR SESSION THREE AMERICAN MODERNISTS: ELAINE DE KOONING, LOUISE NEVELSON, AND ELIZABETH MURRAY
10:15AM
– 11AM
Spencer Museum of Art, 405 Michaelis Gallery
Join KU Professor and Chair of Art History David Cateforis in exploring three major works in the Spencer collection: Elaine de Kooning’s "Arena" (1959), Louise Nevelson’s "Seventh Decade Garden IX-X" (1971), and Elizabeth Murray’s "Chaotic Lip" (1986). The discussion focuses on the artists’ distinctive uses of abstraction – a key feature of much modernist art – both as a vehicle of personal expression and to invite the viewer’s creative engagement with the artwork. Senior Sessions are designed with accommodations for older adults, but open to all.
Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art
May 11
Talk
SENIOR SESSION JAPANESE CRAFT AND THE ART OF TEA
10:15AM
– 11AM
Spencer Museum of Art, 406 Stewart Gallery, 409 Lee Study Center
Learn how objects in the Spencer Museum’s collection intersect with the Japanese tradition of tea. Dale Slusser, who has studied and taught the Urasenke tradition of tea for nearly 40 years, provides an introduction to tea practice and shares how aesthetics, craft, and tea have interacted over time. Senior sessions are designed for older adults, but open to all. Senior Sessions are designed with accommodations for older adults, but open to all.
Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art