All programs are open to the public and are free unless marked ($).
February Programming & Events
2.12
Activity:SMA Art Cart: Beads and Baubles
12:00 – 4:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 404, Gallery
The Spencer Art Cart is a fun, fresh, and free drop-in art program available during gallery hours every Saturday and Sunday. Designed for children and families but open to everyone, the Art Cart changes monthly, each time highlighting a different gallery and featuring a new, self-guided art activity. You’ll learn about a selected work from the SMA collection, and then create your own art based on that experience. Spend as little or as much time on your project as you like. Get started today! Saturdays: 10 AM – 4 PM & Sundays: 12– 4 PM For February: "Beads and Baubles" Explore beaded jewelry and clothing in the Roots and Journeys exhibitions and create a beaded necklace or bracelet.
2.12
Performance:Chamber Ensemble of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra
2:00 – 4:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 317 Central Court
The Chamber Ensemble of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra will present a sampler of their work followed by reception in honor of the Lantern Festival. The Ensemble is in residency at the Lied Center of Kansas February 12-13 as part of the China Festival.
Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art, Lied Center of Kansas, Center for East Asian Studies
2.14
Film:Paris Je T'aime
5:00 – 7:00 PM / Spooner Hall, The Commons
Composed of 18 episodic stories and carried by an ensemble cast, Paris Je T'aime (2006) is set in multiple neighborhoods of Paris and explores different types of relationships in a cosmopolitan environment.
Sponsored By: The Commons
2.14
Film:Cairo Time
7:00 – 9:00 PM / Spooner Hall, The Commons
Cairo Time (2009, Dir. Ruba Nadda) is a love letter to a city intertwined with a love story. A magazine editor travels to Cairo to meet her husband, a UN official working in Gaza, for a three week vacation. When he is unavoidably delayed, he sends his friend Tareq, who had been his security officer for many years, to escort her throughout the beautiful and exotic city. The last thing anyone expects is that they will fall in love.
Sponsored By: The Commons
2.15
Gallery Talk:SMA intern Annie Kroshus on Year of the Dragon: A Selection of Chinese Objects from the Spencer Collection
5:30 – 6:30 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 319 Gallery
Annie Kroshus, St. Paul, Minn., graduate student in the history of art and Sloan Intern in the Spencer's education department, will speak on "Year of the Dragon: A Selection of Chinese Objects from the Spencer Collection." Her talk is presented in conjunction with the China Festival Year
2.15
Lecture and Reception:Artist Talk: Helen Shirk
6:30 – 8:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309 Auditorium, 317, Central Court
Helen Shirk is an internationally recognized metalsmith and jeweler whose work recently has been featured on the cover of Metalsmith magazine. She is Professor of Art Emerita at San Diego State University, and her work can be found in many public collections.
Sponsored By: Department of Visual Art
2.16
Gallery Talk:Prof. Marie-Alice L’Heureux on Socialist imagery: USSR/US (1935)
1:00 – 2:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art
Come view works for the first time, through a new lens, or in a deeper way, in the new gallery talk series Art in a Global Context: The Museum Collection Across the Curriculum. In the program, KU faculty members from the University's international studies centers are invited to discuss a work of art from the Spencer Museum's collection. Speakers relate themes and ideas to various disciplines across campus. For this session, Professor Marie-Alice L’Heureux from the Department of Architecture and the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies will speak on works by Boris Ignatovich and Osvaldo Louis Gugliemi.
Sponsored By: Center for Global and International Studies, Spencer Museum of Art
2.16
Film:Pearls on the Ocean Floor
6:00 – 8:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309 Auditorium
Presented as part of the International Focus Series,* Robert Adanto's Pearls on the Ocean Floor is a thought-provoking, feature-length documentary examining the lives and works of Iranian female artists living and working in and outside the Islamic Republic. This unflinching and incisive study presents unique individual perspectives regarding issues of identity, gender, and the role that art plays in challenging the traditional stereotypes often associated with women in Iran. (2010, 77 minutes) A panel discussion will follow the screening with Director Robert Adanto; SMA Curator of Global Contemporary & Asian Art Kris Ercums; KU Assistant Professor of Installation Art Maria Velasco; and Pooya Naderi, an Iran native and doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology. *The International Focus Series is presented by the KU Center for Global & International Studies in collaboration with various KU Departments and Area Studies Centers within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. This is an ongoing series of arts-related events—from the visual to performing arts and literature—with global and international scope. The theme for this Academic Year is “Nations & Identities.” The 2011-2012 series is exploring the idea of Art & Artists as an extension or expression of this theme.
Sponsored By: Center for Global and International Studies, Spencer Museum of Art, Kress Foundation Department of Art History
2.18
Activity:SMA Art Cart: Beads and Baubles
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 404, Gallery
The Spencer Art Cart is a fun, fresh, and free drop-in art program available during gallery hours every Saturday and Sunday. Designed for children and families but open to everyone, the Art Cart changes monthly, each time highlighting a different gallery and featuring a new, self-guided art activity. You’ll learn about a selected work from the SMA collection, and then create your own art based on that experience. Spend as little or as much time on your project as you like. Get started today! Saturdays: 10 AM – 4 PM & Sundays: 12– 4 PM For February: "Beads and Baubles" Explore beaded jewelry and clothing in the Roots and Journeys exhibitions and create a beaded necklace or bracelet.
2.19
Activity:SMA Art Cart: Beads and Baubles
12:00 – 4:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 404, Gallery
The Spencer Art Cart is a fun, fresh, and free drop-in art program available during gallery hours every Saturday and Sunday. Designed for children and families but open to everyone, the Art Cart changes monthly, each time highlighting a different gallery and featuring a new, self-guided art activity. You’ll learn about a selected work from the SMA collection, and then create your own art based on that experience. Spend as little or as much time on your project as you like. Get started today! Saturdays: 10 AM – 4 PM & Sundays: 12– 4 PM For February: "Beads and Baubles" Explore beaded jewelry and clothing in the Roots and Journeys exhibitions and create a beaded necklace or bracelet.
2.20
Lecture:Max Grinnell on What We Talk About When We Talk About Art in Cities
7:00 – 8:30 PM / Lawrence Public Library
Talk held at the Lawrence Public Library / The question "what is art" can be quite simple or complex. When we think about art in cities, things get even murkier. Who is art for? Is it statues of long-gone military heroes? How does art enhance the public realm? Author and urbanologist Max Grinnell will talk about the role of public art in American cities, using illustrative materials from his travels.
Sponsored By: Lawrence Public Library, The Commons
2.25
Activity:SMA Art Cart: Beads and Baubles
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 404, Gallery
The Spencer Art Cart is a fun, fresh, and free drop-in art program available during gallery hours every Saturday and Sunday. Designed for children and families but open to everyone, the Art Cart changes monthly, each time highlighting a different gallery and featuring a new, self-guided art activity. You’ll learn about a selected work from the SMA collection, and then create your own art based on that experience. Spend as little or as much time on your project as you like. Get started today! Saturdays: 10 AM – 4 PM & Sundays: 12– 4 PM For February: "Beads and Baubles" Explore beaded jewelry and clothing in the Roots and Journeys exhibitions and create a beaded necklace or bracelet.
2.25
Activity:Strike a Pose: Figurative Sculpture in the SMA
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, Multiple Galleries
It Starts with Art: Family Activities at the Spencer Join us for a tour of sculpture depicting the human body and then try your hand at creating a sculpture of your own with air-dry clay. Led by SMA staff member Scott Barber. This spring, while our regular It Starts with Art program is on hiatus, the Spencer Museum of Art invites you to join us for some new family programs. We will experiment with new formats for multigenerational youth and family activities that include a variety of interactive, object-based explorations. These programs are free and open to the public, but unless otherwise noted, we encourage advance registration. Please visit http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/programs/kids.shtml to register.
2.26
Activity:SMA Art Cart: Beads and Baubles
12:00 – 4:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 404, Gallery
The Spencer Art Cart is a fun, fresh, and free drop-in art program available during gallery hours every Saturday and Sunday. Designed for children and families but open to everyone, the Art Cart changes monthly, each time highlighting a different gallery and featuring a new, self-guided art activity. You’ll learn about a selected work from the SMA collection, and then create your own art based on that experience. Spend as little or as much time on your project as you like. Get started today! Saturdays: 10 AM – 4 PM & Sundays: 12– 4 PM For February: "Beads and Baubles" Explore beaded jewelry and clothing in the Roots and Journeys exhibitions and create a beaded necklace or bracelet.
2.28
Symposium:History of Sixteenth-Century Italian Art and Court Culture
5:15 – 7:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 211, Classroom
KANSAS-MISSOURI ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART SYMPOSIUM SIXTEENTH-CENTURY ITALIAN ART AND COURT CULTURE "The Intersection of Public Rituals and Convent Spaces in Renaissance Florence," Saundra Weddle, Associate Professor of Architechture, Drury University "The Color of Money: Pigments, Color Sellers, and Social Class in Kansas-Missouri Italian Renaissance Art Symposium. Renaissance Venice," Julia DeLancey, Professor of Art and Art History, Truman State University "After Vasari: Bernardino Poccetti and Reform," Douglas Dow, Assistant Professor of Art History, Kansas State University
Sponsored By: Kress Foundation Department of Art History, Spencer Museum of Art, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art
2.29
Activity:What Would You Protest?
12:00 – 1:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 317, Central Court
The public is invited to bring a cardboard sign with a slogan encapsulating a worthy protest topic. We will gather for two mass photographs—outside the Mississippi Street entrance of the Spencer Museum and then move indoors to the Central Court. Followed by a free pizza lunch!
2.29
Lecture:Rebecca Solnit on Civil Society, the Phoenix in the Ruins: Disaster, Carnival, Revolution, and Public Joy /
7:30 – 9:00 PM / Spooner Hall, The Commons
Do we return to our original nature in chaos and crisis? That's been the theory of disaster management (and Hollywood disaster movies), but what if our original nature is calm, openhearted, generous, and creative? Rebecca Solnit has studied and written about major disasters and reached conclusions that are relevant not only to emergencies but to larger questions about our deepest desires and greatest possibilities. She is the author of thirteen books about art, landscape, public and collective life, ecology, politics, hope, meandering, reverie, and memory.
Presentation:Idea Café "Do We Need Crisis to Have Citizenship?” with Rebecca Solnit
10:30 – 11:30 AM / Spooner Hall, The Commons
The Idea Café consists of a 15-minute introduction to a provocative topic by an expert in the field, followed by a dinner-table-style discussion among members of the audience. It is intended to serve as an alternative model of engagement among scholars, and among scholars and the broader community, with the goal of eliciting energetic exchanges between attendees in response to the speaker's introduction. Coffee is provided, and RSVP is required by February 22. Limit 40 guests. RSVP to Emily Ryan at thecommons@ku.edu
Sponsored By: The Commons
3.1
Film:Somewhere To Disappear
5:00 – 8:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium
Somewhere to Disappear is a 57-minute documentary film about photographer Alec Soth's work on his project "Broken Manual", in which he documented the lives of hermits and recluses. Soth will be speaking at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art on Saturday, March 3rd. This screening will serve as a supplement to his talk, and as an introduction to Soth for those who are unfamiliar with his photographs.
Sponsored By: Photo Media Student Advisory Board
3.4
Lecture:Artist Karen LaMonte
4:00 – 5:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309 Auditorium
Karen LaMonte has earned international acclaim for her striking cast-glass sculptures. Born in New York in 1967, she earned her BFA at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1990. She began working in the medium of glass, creating innovative pieces that combine intellectual depth with masterful technique and stunning forms. In 1999, she earned a Fulbright scholarship to study in Prague, the Czech Republic, to expand her skills at making large-scale cast glass in one of the world’s top glass factories. Through the generosity of Hope Talbot, the Spencer recently acquired a monumental glass sculpture by LaMonte called Chado, now on view in the 20/21 Gallery.
3.5
Lecture:Dr. Kevin Gotham on A Repertoire of Authenticity: Tourism Gentrification and the Transformation of the French Quarter
7:30 – 9:00 PM / Spooner Hall, The Commons
The topic for the 2012 University Lecture Series at The Commons is The Visual City: The Intersection of History, Memory, Space and Image. Dr. Gotham's talk will dovetail with the Commons course designed for Honors Program students, co-taught in Spring 2012 by Dr. Catherine Preston, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies and Dr. Anton Rosenthal, Associate Professor of History. Gotham is Professor of Sociology/Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the School of Liberal Arts, Tulane University
Sponsored By: University Honors Program, The Commons
3.8
Gallery Talk:Senior Session: SMA intern Megan Young on Baubles and Bangles: Selections of Jewelry and Material Culture from the 1950s
10:00 – 11:00 AM / Spencer Museum of Art, 405 Gallery
This popular series of informal gallery discussions is designed for senior citizens but open to everyone.
3.11
Performance:Spencer Consort
2:00 – 3:30 PM / Central Court
The Spencer Consort plays on instruments like those in use during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Its members include Baroque flutists John Boulton and Joy Laird, harpsichordist Elizabeth Berghout, and Baroque cellist Paul Laird. Guest musicians for this performance include alto recorder player Bailey Pike and Baroque cellist Hsun Lin. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call Paul Laird at 864-9716 or contact him by email at plaird@ku.edu.
3.14
Performance:The Goldenburg Duo
12:00 – 1:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 317 Central Court
Susan Goldenburg is a violinist with the Kansas City Symphony. William Goldenburg, her brother, is Distinguished Professor of Piano at Northern Illinois University. This concert will include works by Handel, Rachmaninoff, Oscar Peterson, George Gershwin, and Edvard Grieg.
Sponsored By: Kansas City Symphony
3.22
Gallery Talk:Senior Session: SMA docent Georgiana Torres on Made on a Shade
10:00 – 11:00 AM / Spencer Museum of Art, 405 Gallery
Self-taught folk artist Clementine Hunter painted her untitled (scenes of life) on a vinyl window shade / This popular series of informal gallery discussions is designed for senior citizens but open to everyone.
3.26
Lecture:James Gelvin on The Arab Uprisings at the Intersection of the National and Transnational
7:30 – 8:30 PM / Spooner Hall, The Commons
Gelvin is Professor of History at UCLA
Sponsored By: University Honors Program, Dole Institute of Politics, Center for Global and International Studies, Spencer Museum of Art, Hall Center for the Humanities, Religious Studies, Department of Anthropology, The Commons
3.29
Lecture:Visiting Artist Series: Chris Duncan
6:00 – 7:30 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309 Auditorium
Duncan is an Oakland, California-based artist whose diverse array of work includes paintings, drawings, sculpture and site-specific installation.
Sponsored By: Department of Visual Art
3.31
Activity:Not So Fast! Not So Slow!
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, Multiple Galleries
It Starts with Art: Family Activities at the Spencer Kids, pull your parents into the real and virtual worlds of the Spencer Museum. Learn how you can innovatively engage with both experiences, followed by a creative activity. Led by SMA Director Saralyn Reece Hardy. This spring, while our regular It Starts with Art program is on hiatus, the Spencer Museum of Art invites you to join us for some new family programs. We will experiment with new formats for multigenerational youth and family activities that include a variety of interactive, object-based explorations. These programs are free and open to the public, but unless otherwise noted, we encourage advance registration. Please visit http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/programs/kids.shtml to register.
2:00 – 4:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 318 Gallery
Join Curator of Global Contemporary and Asian Art Kris Ercums to learn about Prepared: Strategies for Activists, a new project from Chen Shaoxiong, this spring’s Freeman Foundation International Artist-in-Residence at the Spencer. Chen, a Beijing-based artist, has developed an artistic practice that deploys humorous play in an abiding pursuit to uncover and understand the mechanisms of contemporary political culture. He will spend three weeks working with University students, faculty, staff, and a broad cross-section of the Kansas City metropolitan community to create artworks designed to impart a better understanding of effective protest strategies. Enrollment required. /$/ Contact Continuing Education, 785-864-KUCE(5823), or kuce@ku.edu
Sponsored By: Continuing Education, Spencer Museum of Art
4.3
Lecture:Dr. Janet Ward on Visualizing the Ruined City
7:30 – 9:00 PM / Spooner Hall, The Commons
The topic for the 2012 University Lecture Series at The Commons is “The Visual City: The Intersection of History, Memory, Space and Image.” Dr. Ward's talk will dovetail with a Commons course designed for Honors Program. Ward is Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma.
Sponsored By: University Honors Program, The Commons
4.4
Lecture and Reception:Professor Jessica Winegar on Creativity and Revolution: Egypt at a Crossroads
5:30 – 7:30 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium, 317, Central Court
On January 25, 2011 thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to start an uprising against decades of authoritarian oppression. Eighteen days later, on February 11, millions descended on Tahrir to celebrate their victory in a revolution that shook the world. In these early days of the revolution, Egyptians composed thousands of signs, poems, songs, music videos, jokes, graffiti, and murals, and engaged in countless other acts of civic creativity. As the revolution continues, the creativity of Egyptians in expressing their demands, frustrations, and hopes is stunning. Winegar presents a look at the range of creative expressions and commemorations of revolution in Egypt today. Drawing on her anthropological experience in Egypt during the early days of the uprising, she explores the major themes of exasperation, dignity, and victory in a range of creative works. She then analyzes some of the tensions in these works which raise important questions about the potential outcomes of this world famous uprising. The lecture will feature multiple visual and audio examples of revolutionary creativity. Winegar is the author of numerous articles on arts and culture in the Middle East, and the book Creative Reckonings: The Politics of Art and Culture in Contemporary Egypt (Stanford University Press, 2006), which won the Albert Hourani Book Award for best book in Middle East studies and the Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award from the African Studies Association. She is also a founding member of the Task Force on Middle East Anthropology, dedicated to increasing the relevance, visibility, and application of anthropological perspectives on the region. This talk is part of the University Honors Program’s series on the Arab Spring and is sponsored by the Spencer, the University Honors Program, and the Department of Anthropology.
Sponsored By: Sponsored by University Honors Program, Dole Institute of Politics, Center for Global and International Studies, Spencer Museum of Art, Hall Center for the Humanities, Religious Studies, Department of Anthropology, The Commons
4.5
Gallery Talk:Dr. Peter Haney on Spectacles of discipline and color: Mexican regional costume in the art of Carolos Mérida
1:00 – 2:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 319, Gallery
Come view works for the first time, through a new lens, or in a deeper way, in the new gallery talk series Art in a Global Context: The Museum Collection Across the Curriculum. In the program, KU faculty members from the University's international studies centers are invited to discuss a work of art from the Spencer Museum's collection. Speakers relate themes and ideas to various disciplines across campus. For this session, Dr. Peter Haney, Asst. Director of Latin American Studies will speak on "Spectacles of discipline and color: Mexican regional costume in the art of Carolos Mérida."
Sponsored By: Center for Global and International Studies, Spencer Museum of Art
4.5
Reception:SMA Student Night
5:30 – 7:30 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 317 Central Court
Sponsored By: Student Advisory Board, Spencer Museum of Art
4.6
Gallery Talk:SMA intern Lindsey Waugh on The Elegant Equation: Intersections of art and mathematics in works from the Cryptograph Exhibition honoring Alan Turing
12:00 – 1:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 318, Gallery
4.11
Reception:Spring @ SMA
5:30 – 8:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 317 Central Court, Multiple Galleries
Sponsored By: Friends of the Art Museum
4.11
Lecture:Andy Carvin on Citizen Journalism and Arab Spring
7:30 – 9:00 PM / The University of Kansas, Dole Institute of Politics
Andy Carvin Senior of NPR will be interviewed about the use of social media in Arab Spring, a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab world since late 2010
Sponsored By: Sponsored by University Honors Program, Dole Institute of Politics, Center for Global and International Studies, Spencer Museum of Art, Hall Center for the Humanities, Religious Studies, Department of Anthropology, The Commons
4.12
Gallery Talk:Senior Session: SMA Curator Susan Earle on Wax and Glass
10:00 – 11:00 AM / Spencer Museum of Art, 405 Gallery
Two exquisite contemporary sculptures by Karen LaMonte and Petah Coyne are the focus of this talk / This popular series of informal gallery discussions is designed for senior citizens but open to everyone.
4.12
Lecture:Visiting Artist Series: Brad Kahlhamer
6:00 – 7:30 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309 Auditorium
Internationally recognized Native American painter, sculptor, and installation artist Brad Kahlhamer fuses an exuberant embrace of Expressionist painting with the visionary tradition of Native American art. Drawing from country western and the Native American rock music scene, the artist’s visionary landscapes swirl with an atavistic energy; the paintings seem to have a sound that accompanies their visual rhythm.
Sponsored By: Department of Visual Art
4.13
Lecture:Architecture Lecture Series: Christopher Mead
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309 Auditorium
Mead is Regents' Professor of Architecture & Art History, UNM, Albuquerque
Sponsored By: School of Architecture, Design and Planning
4.15
Performance:KU Composers Guild Recital
1:30 – 3:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 317, Central Court
A concert featuring several works by KU student composers.
Sponsored By: KU Composers Guild
4.19
Lecture and Reception:2012 Franklin D. Murphy Lecturer, Michael Brenson
5:00 – 8:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309 Auditorium, 317 Central Court
Michael Brenson is a critic, curator, scholar, and teacher. He received an MA in Creative Writing and a Ph.D in art history from Johns Hopkins University, and was an art critic for The New York Times from 1982 to 1991. Reception to follow in the Central Court.
Sponsored By: Kress Foundation Department of Art History, Spencer Museum of Art
4.22
Activity:Art and Ecology
1:00 – 3:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, Multiple Galleries
It Starts with Art: Family Activities at the Spencer Celebrate Earth Day at the Spencer by exploring work by contemporary artists in the collection as well as the exhibition 39 Trails: Research in the Peruvian Amazon, followed by a creative activity. Led by SMA staff member Kristina Walker. This spring, while our regular It Starts with Art program is on hiatus, the Spencer Museum of Art invites you to join us for some new family programs. We will experiment with new formats for multigenerational youth and family activities that include a variety of interactive, object-based explorations. These programs are free and open to the public, but unless otherwise noted, we encourage advance registration. Please visit http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/programs/kids.shtml to register.
4.22
Lecture:2012 Franklin D. Murphy Lecturer, Michael Brenson
2:00 – 3:30 PM / Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
This lecture will be presented at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, MO.
Sponsored By: Kress Foundation Department of Art History, Spencer Museum of Art
4.25
Gallery Talk:SMA intern Megan Young on Roads to Understanding and Catharsis: Trauma as Subject and or Content in Modern and Contemporary Art
5:30 – 6:30 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 405 Gallery
4.25
Film:A Lot Like You
7:00 – 8:20 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF)
Sponsored By: African and African American Studies, Spencer Museum of Art
4.25
Film:Body and Soul
8:25 – 9:20 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF)
4.25
Film:Family Portrait in Black and White
9:25 – 11:05 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF)
4.26
Gallery Talk:Senior Session: Professor John Kennedy on Irving Norman's "The Race"
10:00 – 11:00 AM / Spencer Museum of Art, 405 Gallery
John Kennedy from the Department of Political Science and the Center for East Asian Studies will speak on The Race, a 1962 oil painting by Polish American artist Irving Norman (1906-1989). This popular series of informal gallery discussions is designed for senior citizens but open to everyone.
4.26
Film:Surfing Soweto
7:00 – 8:25 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF)
4.26
Film:Street Journey
8:30 – 9:30 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF)
4.26
Film:The Creators
9:35 – 10:55 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF)
4.26
Film:Shooting Freetown
11:00 – 11:30 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF)
4.27
Film:Dimanche a Brazzaville
7:00 – 7:55 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF)
4.27
Film:Lover's Rock
8:00 – 9:36 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF)
4.27
Film:Twilight Revolution
9:45 – 10:45 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF)
4.27
Film:18 Days
10:45 – 11:05 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF)
4.28
Activity:Slow Art Day
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art
4.28
Film:Kontinuasom
1:00 – 2:20 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF)
4.28
Film:Tengenenge
2:25 – 2:40 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF)
4.28
Film:The World's Youngest Nation
2:40 – 3:30 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF)
4.28
Film:Murder in Mesopotamia
3:30 – 3:45 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF)
4.28
Film:Rwanda: Beyond the Deadly Pit
3:35 – 5:25 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF)
4.28
Film:Donsoya
5:30 – 6:15 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF)
4.28
Film:Fambul Tok
7:00 – 8:22 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF)
4.28
Film:Indochina: Traces of a Mother
8:25 – 9:40 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF)
4.28
Film:400 Miles to Freedom
9:45 – 10:45 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium
Africa World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF)
4.28
Film:Kwa Heri Mandima
10:50 – 11:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, 309, Auditorium
1:00 – 4:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, Front Lawn, 317 Central Court, Multiple Galleries
Sponsored By: Student Advisory Board, Spencer Museum of Art
5.8
Activity:Midnight at the Museum Student Study Night
4:00 PM – 12:00 AM / Spencer Museum of Art, 317 Central Court
The paintings and sculptures may not magically spring to life, but the Spencer Museum’s Central Court surely will buzz with brainpower during “(Mid)Night at the Museum” when the SMA Student Advisory Board hosts a finals study night for KU students. Prep for finals, gaze at some art, and enjoy free refreshments and Wi-Fi!
Sponsored By: Student Advisory Board, Spencer Museum of Art
5.10
Gallery Talk:Senior Session: SMA docent Jane Kuwana on Enlightened Ones
10:00 – 11:00 AM / Spencer Museum of Art, 408 Gallery
This talk will focus on Buddhist sculpture / This popular series of informal gallery discussions is designed for senior citizens but open to everyone.
5.13
Activity:You Lead the Tour!
1:00 – 3:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art, Multiple Galleries
It Starts with Art: Family Activities at the Spencer Tour the Spencer galleries, then create your own “gallery guide” for a highlights-of-the-collection tour featuring your personal favorite works in the Spencer. Led by SMA staff member Megan Young. This spring, while our regular It Starts with Art program is on hiatus, the Spencer Museum of Art invites you to join us for some new family programs. We will experiment with new formats for multigenerational youth and family activities that include a variety of interactive, object-based explorations. These programs are free and open to the public, but unless otherwise noted, we encourage advance registration. Please visit http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/programs/kids.shtml to register.
5.17
Lecture:Professor Perry Alexander, ITTC director
6:30 – 7:30 PM / , Kansas City Public Library
Lecture to take place at the Kansas City Public Library.
Sponsored By: Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas City Public Library
5.18
Activity:International Museum Day
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM / Spencer Museum of Art
5.24
Gallery Talk:Senior Session: Denise Giannino, PhD candidate in art history, on Best Face Forward: Seventeenth-Century Dutch Portraits in the Spencer Museum of Art
10:00 – 11:00 AM / Spencer Museum of Art, 401 Gallery
This popular series of informal gallery discussions is designed for senior citizens but open to everyone.
