Elizabeth Kanost
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785.840.0142
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Trove of World War I Artwork Gifted to Spencer Museum of Art as 100th Anniversary of the Historic Event Approaches

LAWRENCE, KS, August 11, 2014 – One of the richest collections of World War I-era art in the country can now be found at the University of Kansas’s Spencer Art Museum thanks to Professor Eric G. Carlson’s gift of more than 3,000 objects.

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Public Invited to View Installation of Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing

LAWRENCE, KS, November 10, 2014 – During the next two weeks the newest addition to the Spencer Museum of Art’s collection will begin to take shape. This fall, the Spencer received a momentous donation of a Sol LeWitt wall drawing from international corporation Pitney Bowes Inc. “Wall Drawing 519” is a set of instructions for installing a large-scale work of art, which Spencer Museum staff will execute in collaboration with the Sol LeWitt Foundation.

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Panel discussion explores Kansas art controversies, Invites audience participation

Lawrence, KS, October 31, 2013 – Kansas has seen its fair share of widespread public controversy sparked by art. On Thursday, November 14, a panel discussion planned by KU’s Spencer Museum of Art, the KU School of Law, the Kress Foundation Department of Art History and the KU Department of Visual Art will invite legal and art historical experts to discuss memorable upheavals as well as the legal precedents they set. Each expert presenter will briefly map out a Kansas art controversy of note before the conversation opens up for lively audience participation.

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Albert Bloch painting donated by KU alumni represents artist’s early work in Lawrence

LAWRENCE, KS, December 19, 2014 – It may be cold outside, but the Spencer Museum’s 20/21 Gallery has some added warmth with the newly acquired Albert Bloch painting Summer. The painting, donated this fall by KU alumni Dr. Eric and Michelle Voth, adds to the Spencer’s strong holdings by Bloch and represents a unique period in the artist’s work. The left half of the painting portrays a still-life of a vibrant yellow flower in a vase, while on the right half a woman and a clown share a quiet and somewhat mysterious interaction.

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2011 Governor’s Arts Award winner Louis Copt to give painting demonstration at Spencer

Lawrence, KS, January 20, 2011 – Louis Copt, one of five Kansans named as recipients of the 2011 Governor’s Arts Awards, will discuss his working methods, materials used, and philosophy in choosing subject matter during a 6:30 PM painting demonstration in the Central Court of the Spencer Museum of Art on Thursday, January 27. The event is free and open to the public.

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Celebrating final week of Dan Perjovschi installation, SMA Student Advisory Board to host “Dunk & Draw”

Lawrence, KS, January 27, 2011 – As part of a week-long “Drawathon” celebrating the final days of the the Dan Perjovschi Central Court drawing exhibition, the Spencer Museum of Art and its Student Advisory Board (SAB) will host a “Dunk & Draw” event Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, at 5:30 PM. The event is free and open to the public, and includes Roasterie coffee from the Kansas Union, complimentary donuts from Muncher’s Bakery, and music provided by DJ Genki.

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Spencer Student Advisory Board to co-host Student Night at Kansas City’s Kemper Museum

Lawrence, KS, February 14, 2011  – On Friday, Feb. 18, for the second time in recent years, students from the Spencer Museum of Art’s Student Advisory Board (SAB) will team with Kansas City’s Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art co-host a DJ-fueled, art-centered party at the Kemper, and the SAB is making it easy for KU students to join in the fun by providing free bus transportation.

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Smithsonian curator Gwyneira Isaac on "Object 2.0: New Paradigms in the Interpretation of Ethnographic Collections"

Lawrence, KS. March 7, 2011 – Gwyneira Isaac is Curator of North American Ethnology, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. She investigates the relationships societies develop with their past, especially as to how this is expressed through knowledge systems, material culture, and museums. She will speak on "Object 2.0: New Paradigms in the Interpretation of Ethnographic Collections." A reception will follow in the Central Court.

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Ernesto Pujol to present Visitation, a one-day performance art piece

Lawrence, KS, March 8, 2011 – The Spencer Museum of Art will become an experimental performance laboratory for a day as performance artist Ernesto Pujol conceptualizes the representation of gaze—the artist as the embodiment of our human gaze. Pujol stages meditative performances that involve subtle gesture, such as walking, pausing, looking, tracing, and drawing.

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Student Advisory Board to Host Spring Student Night, 2011: A Space Odyssey

Lawrence, KS, March 31, 2011 – University of Kansas students can enjoy a night of science-fiction inspired activities at the Spencer Museum of Art on Thursday, April 7, as the SMA Student Advisory Board (SAB) hosts the Museum’s annual spring student night.