How the Light Gets In

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

The interactive installation “How the Light Gets In” was created by artist Sarah Newman in collaboration with Hyunjin Seo and the KU Center for Digital Inclusion in the William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications. It shares the experiences of formerly incarcerated women reentering society. Newman and Seo collaborated with women in reentry through […]

Debut

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

Opening in fall of 2021, Debut will feature artwork from the Spencer Museum’s collection that has never been exhibited in our building since it opened in 1978. The eclectic artwork assembled is explored through seven broad thematic sections. Debut will remain on view for the duration of Phase II renovation and the complete reinstall of our fourth-floor collection galleries. […]

Body Matters: A Conversation with Artists Holland Houdek and Gina Westergard

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

Moderated by Curator Cassandra Mesick Braun, this is the first in a series of conversations with artists in the exhibition Healing, Knowing, Seeing the Body. Featuring Holland Houdek and Gina Westergard, this session focuses on the capacity of functional artwork to tell stories and act as interventions for transforming or extending life and confronting death. In […]

Body Matters: A Conversation with Artists Ingrid Bachmann and Sean Caulfield

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

Moderated by Curator Cassandra Mesick Braun, this is the first in a series of conversations with artists in the exhibition Healing, Knowing, Seeing the Body. This session features Ingrid Bachmann and Sean Caulfield and focuses on questions of privacy and ethics, the role of artists in demystifying scientific knowledge, and implications of artistic and collaborative […]

The Aorta of an Archivist

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

In conjunction with the exhibition Healing, Knowing, Seeing the Body, the Spencer Museum of Art commissioned Houston-based transdisciplinary artist Dario Robleto to create a new work of art: The Aorta of an Archivist. This immersive sound and video installation connects Robleto’s deep and longstanding research on the cosmos, the human heart, and the history of […]