Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas
Dissent, Discontent, and Action: Pictures of US by Accra Shepp
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas 1301 Mississippi St., Lawrence, KS, United StatesThe Spencer Museum collaborates with contemporary photographer Accra Shepp to share two photographic projects, Occupying Wall Street and The Covid Journals. Through these portrait series, Shepp reveals a sense of community, hope, and resilience during an era of tremendous social, political, and environmental change. Shepp began photographing the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York’s Zuccotti Park on […]
How the Light Gets In
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas 1301 Mississippi St., Lawrence, KS, United StatesThe 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 StatesOpening 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 StatesModerated 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 StatesModerated 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 […]