Upcoming Exhibitions
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Future Exhibitions
Soundings
Making Culture at Sea
August 12, 2025–December 14, 2025
Dolph Simons Family Gallery, The Estelle S. & Robert A. Long Ellis Gallery
This exhibition explores how in the past and present the world’s oceans are a space for cross-cultural reflections on the relationship between humans and the earth.
My Mother's Tongue Ties Me Together
August 26, 2025–January 4, 2026
Sam & Connie Perkins Central Court
The Spencer Museum of Art is honored to host the 2025 Charlotte Street Visual Artist Awards exhibition featuring artists Noelle Choy, Hùng Lê, and Merry Sun.
In’zhúje’waxóbe
Return of the Sacred Red Rock
September 9, 2025–January 25, 2026
Larry & Barbara Marshall Family Balcony
This exhibition tells the story of the rematriation of Iⁿ‘zhúje‘waxóbe, or the Sacred Red Rock, from the City of Lawrence, Kansas, to Kaw Nation through artwork created by local artists and Kaw tribal citizens.
Street Nihonga
The Art of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani
February 19, 2026–June 28, 2026
Sam & Connie Perkins Central Court, The Estelle S. & Robert A. Long Ellis Foundation Gallery, Dolph Simons Family Gallery
