Brush, Block, and Blood: Three Generations of Yoshida Women Printmakers

Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas 1301 Mississippi St., Lawrence, KS, United States

This exhibition traces over a century of innovation and artistic vision through the work of three generations of women printmakers from the celebrated Yoshida family: Fujio Yoshida (1887–1987), Chizuko Yoshida (1924–2017), and Ayomi Yoshida (born 1958). Accompanying Ayomi Yoshida’s commission for our Street Nihonga exhibition, Brush, Block, and Blood offers an introduction to her practice through the vibrant legacy […]

Street Nihonga: The Art of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani

Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas 1301 Mississippi St., Lawrence, KS, United States

Street Nihonga: The Art of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani explores the life and work of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani (1920–2012), whose art blends traditional Japanese aesthetics with the rawness of street life in New York City. Born in Sacramento, California, in 1920 and raised in Hiroshima, Japan, Mirikitani lived a life shaped by displacement, resilience, collaboration, and creativity across […]

Iⁿ’zhúje’waxóbe: Return of the Sacred Red Rock

Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas 1301 Mississippi St., Lawrence, KS, United States

Return of the Sacred Red Rock 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. This exhibition is open through January 25.

Free

Soundings: Making Culture at Sea

Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas 1301 Mississippi St., Lawrence, KS, United States

Soundings: Making Culture at Sea explores how visual representations of oceans from different times and places across history have helped humans articulate questions and concerns that are political, cultural, and environmental. Soundings remains on view through December 14, 2025.

Free

Bold Women

Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas 1301 Mississippi St., Lawrence, KS, United States

Bold Women explores how women have pushed the boundaries of art and spurred social and cultural change across generations and geographies. The exhibition showcases more than 75 works of art by nearly 50 artists in a variety of mediums including photography, video, painting, sculpture, textiles, and installations. Bold Women remains on view through July 6, 2025. […]

Free