Fall 2012 Newsletter by Spencer Museum of Art

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Friends of the Art Museum celebrated at the Annual Meeting & Purchase Party on Julyâ&#x20AC;&#x2030;19. Entertainment included demonstrations by SMA exhibition design and collections management staff, live music, and a photo booth featuring wearable props inspired by works from the Spencer collection.

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Director's Remarks

Calendar of Events

Exhibitions

The Spencer in Brief

Friends & Contributors

Looking Toward Vasari

Giorgio Vasari is not on your list of artists to know, he should be. In this day of the artist as entrepreneur and master of open-source sites and technologies,Vasari serves as an enviable archetype for any contemporary artist who navigates multiple venues and social connections. Artist, architect, writer, historian, creative facilitator, and businessman, he is known as one of the first artists to pen biographies of his colleagues, establishing many conventions and protocols for art historians in the West. His most well-known book, Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects (1550, 1568), garnered him a place in history, but it is Vasariâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s many talents and diplomatic aplomb that stimulated and sustained the prodigious amount of activity and artistic foment in and around Florence during his time. His social network was vibrant and pulsating. It continues to resonate through his brilliant artworks and vivid writings. It is often a daunting task to place a work of art separated by time and place from its creation and initial reception within a rich and accurate social and historical context. Still, there is no more compelling historical presence than the material truth of a building, landscape, or object that has borne witness to and participated in the artistic, spiritual, and political discourses of the past. The Spencerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Christ Carrying the Cross by Giorgio Vasari is such an object. It deftly expresses its context in an array of beautifully painted arguments, invoking questions of style and iconography, coded precedence, and historical correspondences with other artists. It transports viewers from their own time and place into the splendid courts and learned academies that Vasari

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frequented. Those who gaze long enough, however, come to realize that the small jewel-like painting holds court well beyond the Medici circle and the late Renaissance. The role of a museum exhibition is not only to evoke an object’s original context, but also to place it in a theatre of experience that is memorable and mind-transforming. The upcoming exhibition Giorgio Vasari & Court Culture in Late Renaissance Italy will share the energetic scholarly investigations of Dr. Sally Cornelison, associate professor of Italian Renaissance art, who is largely responsible for our celebration of Vasari and the careful historical attention given to our treasured painting. Her understanding of the period laid the foundation from which the entire project grew. This collaboration with Dr. Cornelison represents yet another success in our long and valued partnership with the Kress Foundation Department of Art History. The project brings together Dr. Cornelison’s rigorous scholarship and teaching with the resources and capacities of the Spencer Museum in order to enhance research and education at the University of Kansas. In June 2012, SMA director Saralyn Reece Hardy and KU history of art professor Sally J. Cornelison led SMA patrons on a tour of Florence and Tuscany to explore the work of Giorgio Vasari, Italian Renaissance artist whose painting Christ Carrying the Cross is the centerpiece of the Spencer’s fall exhibition Giorgio Vasari & Court Culture in Late Renaissance Italy. Photos courtesy of Nick Zhan.

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Dr. Cornelison came to the Museum with a clear vision for the exhibition, one that required all of us to undertake many important and challenging endeavors before it could be realized. Among these was the stunning restoration of our painting so carefully carried out by Scott A. Heffley, senior conservator of paintings at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Heffley conducted a technical analysis of the painting, including infrared and X-ray studies, before removing the old, yellowed varnish, in-painting the small losses, and applying fresh varnish to restore the original brilliance of Vasari’s creation. Following the conservation work, the painting was displayed in the Renaissance art galleries of the Nelson-Atkins Museum, where it attracted the attention of Kansas City art enthusiasts for nearly four months. Dr. Cornelison is currently teaching her third course related to the project (Renaissance Art in Italy: The 16th Century). Her two previous classes have focused on Italian painting and sculpture in the Spencer Museum, and Vasari and Renaissance court culture. These classes not only expanded the minds of students but also fattened our curatorial files with many useful research papers that incorporated new insights into a number of the museum’s works of art. In addition, Dr. Cornelison and I led a small group trip to Florence last summer to gain a deeper understanding of our Vasari painting and other Italian works in our collections. All this hard work culminates this fall in the opening of the exhibition and accompanying programming —we have prepared a sumptuous feast of lectures and programs for students, faculty, and the public. In addition to a dynamic panel discussion and a series of Renaissance dance events, the Spencer will celebrate the exhibition by hosting the seventh quadrennial Italian Renaissance Sculpture Conference in November.

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Finally, we have produced a Vasari Edition, an issue of our scholarly Register dedicated to the project. Again, Dr. Cornelison’s efforts were central to this issue: she produced three articles on topics related to the exhibition, ranging from the story of the painting’s journey to Lawrence to a discussion of its condition and conservation co-authored with conservator Scott Heffley. Dr. Crystal Hall, assistant professor of Italian at KU, has been another key faculty member; we thank her so much for her contributions to the overall project, as well as for her wonderful article in the Register on Vasari and Renaissance literary culture. My appreciation goes to the entire staff of the Spencer Museum of Art, who raised funds, organized events, produced the Register (please read its many contributors) and mounted the exhibition. In particular, I thank Dr. Susan Earle, who has provided so much support and guidance to the project and has served as the principle editor of the Register. She was ably assisted with editing by Lee Blackledge, Jessica Lea Johnson, and Cathy Blumenfeld. Megan Koza Young and Chassica Kirchoff, 2011–12 curatorial interns, also played important roles in realizing this project. As you ponder V asari and his circle, I invite you to consider what his work and life mean to us now. What does his reverence for the act of drawing continue to contribute to the way we visualize ideas? How did Vasari work— and work so well and prolifically— within an unstable political environment? What kind of impact did his writing have on his own work? How did he boost the careers and legacies of other artists? And what can we learn about seeing our own work as part of an entire social context?

— Saralyn Reece Hardy

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Artist unknown (Flanders), The Road to Calvary, 1500s, alabaster, Gift of Judge Irwin Untermyer, 1955.0018

CALENDAR OF EVENTS for FALL 2012

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SMA Art Cart: Saturdays 10 AM–4 PM & Sundays 12–4 PM / The Spencer Art Cart is a fun, fresh, and free drop-in art program available every Saturday and Sunday during gallery hours. Designed for children and families but open to everyone, the Art Cart changes monthly, each time highlighting a different gallery and providing prompts for a self-guided art activity. You’ll learn about selected works and then create your own art based on that experience. Spend as little or as much time on your project as you like. 9.04 TUE

Presentation: Idea Café 1 "The Birth Certificate: Shaping Identity in an Age of Documentation" with William Staples, KU Professor of Sociology / 12 PM / The Commons / Sponsored by The Commons / A birth certificate is a credential that is often taken for granted until it is required. It serves as proof of one's age or citizenship and is a requirement in order to be adopted, go to school, get a driver's license or a passport, marry, inherit property, or be elected to office. But in helping us prove who we are, this document also helps define US. It has been involved, at various times and places, in the social construction of our sex,

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race/ethnicity, nationality, and parental lineage. This discussion will explore of identification as a method of governing and the formation of identity as a byproduct of such governance.

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Performance: Tibetan Sand Mandala / Please visit SMA website for a daily schedule of events / Central Court / Observe, over four days, as visiting Tibetan monks construct a sand mandala to guide people in their pursuit of enlightment. The sand mandala will be constructed in the Central Court. At the end of the four days, the mandala will be swept up in a sacred ceremony reflecting the impermanence of existence. Reception: Narrative Quilt Project Open House / 6 PM / Lawrence Senior Center / Sponsored by Spencer Museum of Art, Douglas County Historical Society, Territorial CapitalLane Museum, Eudora and Baldwin Historical Society / An open house at the Senior Center dedicated to a quilting project with nationally recognized quilt artist Marla Jackson. This project brings together community members ages 55 and older to share in the creative process of narrative art making. Ms. Jackson will have examples of her own quilts. If you are interested in joining the quilting project please plan to attend this open house or contact Rebecca Clancy, Leisure and Learning Specialist, at (785) 842-0543.

9.12 WED

Film: Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present / 5:30 PM / SMA Auditorium / The feature-length documentary Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present takes us into the world of a fearless performance artist as she prepares for a major retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. After the 106-minute film, Kansas City provocateur David Ford discusses the transformative power of performance art, drawing inspiration from both the movie and his own art happenings.

9.13 THU

Gallery Talk: Senior Session 2 on Sculpture of Sophie / 10 AM / Central Court / This program focuses on Sophie-Ntombikayise, a life-size sculpture by South African artist Mary Sibande. Former SMA curatorial intern Megan Young, now Assistant Professor of Art History and Director of the Dishman Art Museum at Lamar University, will lead the conversation.

9.13 THU

Artist Talk: Fred Stonehouse / 6 PM / SMA Auditorium / Sponsored by Department of Visual Art / As part of the Department of Visual Art's visiting artist series, painter Fred Stonehouse joins us for a presentation about his life and work. A major figure in the Wisconsin art scene, Stonehouse is known for his witty sense of rebellion and a style that reflects outsider and folk art influences. Kansans might recognize Stonehouse's work from his participation in a 2008 group show titled Blab! at the Beach Museum.

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Gallery Talk: Telling Stories through Art / 1 PM / Central Court / Co-sponsored Douglas County Senior Services / Join SMA staff member Amanda Martin-Hamon and nationally recognized quilt artist Marla Jackson for a gallery talk on narrative art. The talk is held in conjunction with the Douglas County Senior Services Narrative Quilting Project.

9.19 WED

Environmental Film Festival: The Battle of Chernobyl / 5 PM / SMA Auditorium / This installment of the Environmental Film Festival is presented by the Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies. Based on top-secret government documents that came to light only during the collapse of the Soviet Union, The Battle of Chernobyl reveals a systematic cover-up of the true scope of the disaster. Guest Speaker: Tanya Khvitsko, who has two prosthetic legs and is missing fingers on each hand due to having been born near the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site. She is currently training for the 2012 Paralympics. The Spencer Museum of Art will display selected works from the SMA collection in conjunction with the film festival. Stop by the Teaching Gallery before or after the films to see works made from recycled materials, a photograph from Edward Burtynsky’s Three Gorges Dam Project, and other related objects.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS for FALL 2012 9.20 Performance: MGL: Live Music / 5:30 PM THU / Central Court / The artist known as MGL brings Lawrence audiences a genre-bending musical performance incorporating soul, electronic and outerspace sounds. As a part of the musical lineup, MGL will also perform a new composition dedicated to Mary Sibande's Sophie-Ntombikayise, a contemporary South African sculpture on display in the Central Court. After the show, the sound-artist will be available for informal conversation in the galleries. This public event kicks off a long-term engagement between MGL and the Spencer Museum of Art. Stay tuned, and listen for more of his work in our galleries in the near future. 9.20 Activity: Craftsy Meet-up / 5:30 PM THU / All galleries 9.22 Performance: Liszt Bechstein CD SAT Release Celebration / 1 PM / The Spencer Museum of Art is home to composer Franz Liszt's famed Bechstein piano. Steven Spooner, Associate Professor of Piano at the University of Kansas, has recorded a track on a new CD using this piano, and will perform a concert in the galleries to celebrate its release. 9.26 Environmental Film Festival: Wasteland WED / 5 PM / SMA Auditorium / This installment of the Environmental Film Festival is presented by the Center of Latin American Studies. Filmed over nearly three years, Wasteland follows artist Vik Muniz as he journeys to his native Brazil to explore the world’s

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largest garbage dump located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There, he photographs an eclectic band of “catadores”—self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Both the dignity and despair of the catadores is revealed as they begin to reimagine their lives. 9.27 THU

Gallery Talk: Senior Session 2 on Isadora and Kansas Barns / 10 AM / Central Court / Modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan and Kansas barns may not have a lot in common, but both emerge as subject matter in works by artist Abraham Walkowitz. Dance historian Joan Stone leads a discussion about these works and performs an original dance as well.

9.27 THU

Gallery Talk: A Little Picture with a Lot of Baggage: Vasari and the Christ Carrying the Cross / 6:30 PM / Join us for this talk by professor of art history Sally Cornelison, with additional remarks from Spencer Museum of Art director Saralyn Reece Hardy. The discussion will be followed immediately by our Fall Opening.

9.27 Reception: Fall Opening Reception / THU 7:30 PM / Central Court / The Spencer Museum of Art opens its doors to the public to celebrate the exhibitions on view this Fall. 9.28 FRI

Activity: Campus Art Walk / 2–5 PM / SMA Galleries & Front Lawn & Multiple Locations around KU Campus / Sponsored by KU Libraries,

Spencer Museum of Art / The Campus Art Walk is designed to allow visitors to explore a variety of creative works, including 2D, 3D, and digital art. Dance and music performances by KU students, alumni, and local and international artists will take place throughout the afternoon. 9.30 SUN

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Lecture: Judging Obama: National Politics Five Weeks from Election Day / NOON / Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave / This event, leading up to the 2012 presidential election, features the incisive political insights of KU professor of political science Burdett Loomis, guest curator of the Spencer Museum of Art's current exhibition, Politics as Symbol/Symbol as Politics. This discussion, part of ECM’s University Forum, will provide an assessment of the 2012 elections five weeks before election day.

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Environmental Film Festival: Manufactured Landscapes / 5 PM / SMA Auditorium / This installment of the Environmental Film Festival is presented by the Center for East Asian Studies. Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky posits that manmade landscapes define us. He sees a certain physical beauty in the order and symmetry in these landscapes despite troubling reasons for their existence and the threat of subsequent degradation they pose to the environment. Cameras follow Burtynsky as he visits what he calls manufactured landscapes: slag heaps, e-waste dumps, huge factories in the Fujian and Zhejiang provinces of China.

Gallery Talk: Politics as Symbol/Symbol as Politics: Curator’s Perspective / 2 PM / 20/21 Gallery / Explore the visual imagery of the political process with KU professor of political science Burdett Loomis, who curated this timely exhibition examining the spectacle of American presidential elections.

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of the Maldives enough to make them uninhabitable. A panel discussion follows the screening.

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Environmental Film Festival: The Island President / 5 PM / SMA Auditorium / This installment of the Environmental Film Festival is presented by the Center for Global & International Studies. After ending 30 years of despotic rule by bringing democracy to the Maldives, President Mohamed Nasheed now confronts the literal survival of his country and its people. The Maldives is one of the most low-lying countries in the world. A rise of three feet in sea level would submerge the 1200 islands

CALENDAR OF EVENTS for FALL 2012 10.11 Gallery Talk: Senior Session 2 on THU Vasari on View / 10 AM / Gallery 318 / This discussion is presented by Sally J. Cornelison, associate professor of Italian Renaissance art at KU and curator of the exhibition, Giorgio Vasari & Court Culture in Late Renaissance Italy.

10.24 WED

Presentation: Idea Café 1 "Silent Spring 50 years later: Is it still relevant?" with Rob Nixon, Rachel Carson Professor of English, University of Wisconsin / 12 PM / The Commons / Sponsored by The Commons / Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring, first appeared in fall 1962. Fifty years later, we have the opportunity to assess her relevance to twenty-first century environmental priorities. Carson, though prescient, could not have foreseen the way the climate crisis, decarbonization, warming oceans, biodiversity loss, and the Anthropocene would dominate today's environmental debates. Nor could she have foreseen the ways in which the Internet would eclipse long-form journalism to become the primary medium for testimony and activism. In the context of our concerns today, which facets of Carson's thinking resonate deeply, and which seem antiquated? RSVP by October 16: thecommons@ku.edu Registration is limited.

10.24 WED

Gallery Talk: Renaissance Dance: Discussion and Workshop / 5:30 PM / Gallery 318 and Central Court / Professor Emerita Joan Stone leads a multimedia gallery talk about the history of dance during the Renaissance, drawing connections to the art and architecture of Giorgio Vasari and his time period. Following the discussion, participants will have the opportunity to learn a few Renaissance dance steps and to practice them in the Museum's Central Court.

10.11 Artist Talk: Chido Johnson / 6 PM / SMA THU Auditorium / Sponsored by Department of Visual Art / As part of the Department of Visual Art's visiting artist series, the Spencer Museum welcomes sculptor Chido Johnson to speak about his life and work. A Detroit artist hailing originally from Zimbabwe (when it was still known as Rhodesia), Johnson claims to have become an artist in order to be a clown, a gorilla and a priest. Throughout the day leading up to and following Johnson's talk, the Spencer Museum lobby will be home to Johnson's traveling Love Library, where visitors can enjoy original, artist-made romance novels. 10.14 Performance: Spencer Consort / SAT 2:30 PM / Central Court / The Spencer Consort performs Baroque music on instruments similar to those in popular use during the 17th and 18th centuries. Musicians in the Spencer Consort include Baroque flutists Joy Laird and John Boulton, harpsichordist Elizabeth Egbert Berghout, and Baroque cellist Paul Laird. The concert is free and open to the public. 10.18 THU

Activity: Craftsy Meet-up 3 / 5:30 PM / Central Court

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10.25 THU

Gallery Talk: Senior Session 2 on Politics as Symbol /Symbol as Politics / 10 AM / 20/21 Gallery / Stop by the Museum for an in-gallery discussion presented by Burdett Loomis, professor of political science at the University of Kansas and curator of Politics as Symbol/Symbol as Politics. This exhibition considers the relationship between politics and image, emphasizing symbol over substance.

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SMA Student Night / 5:30 PM / Central Court / Sponsored by Student Advisory Board & KU Student Senate / The SMA Student Advisory Board invites students to enjoy its annual Fall Student Night featuring free food, music, and art. / Supported by KU Student Senate.

10.26 FRI

Final Friday: Day of the Dead / 5 PM / Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Massachusetts Street / Sponsored by Spencer Museum of Art & Watkins Community Museum of History / Celebrate "Dia de los Muertos” (Day of 11.03 the Dead) at the Watkins Museum with a SAT special exhibition and hands-on activities for the whole family. This event is part of Final Fridays in downtown Lawrence.

10.27 SAT

Activity: Celebrate KU's 100th Homecoming / Please check SMA website for start 11.08 time / Front Lawn / Enjoy pre-game art THU making activities in conjunction with KU's 100th Homecoming.

10.28 SUN

Family Day: Kings, Queens, and Courtly Life / 1 PM / Central Court, Front Lawn, Gallery 318 / Travel back in time to Renaissance Italy and enjoy music, art, and hands-on activities. No registration necessary. All ages.

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Lecture: Finding Leonardo or Losing Vasari? The Search for "The Battle of Anghiari" in Florence's Palazzo Vecchio / 7 PM / SMA Auditorium / Sponsored by KU Department of Humanities and Western Civilization / Presented by Dr. Sally J.Cornelison, associate professor of Italian Renaissance art at KU, this is the twenty-fifth annual James E. Seaver Lecture. The Seaver lecture series was founded in 1988 as a tribute to James E. Seaver, professor emeritus of history, who directed the KU Western Civilization Program for 27 years. Family Activity: Playing with Pattern / 10:30 – 11:30 AM / Central Court, 20/21 Gallery / Experiment with pattern and texture in the museum galleries and create your own mixed media work. Ages 5–8. Gallery Talk: Senior Session 2 on Northwest Totem / 10 AM / North Balcony Gallery / A totem pole from the Pacific Northwest is the focus of this talk, presented by SMA docent Dee Link. Symposium: Italian Renaissance Sculpture Conference / Please check SMA website for a detailed event schedule / Sponsored by 15

CALENDAR OF EVENTS for FALL 2012 Kress Foundation Department of Art History & Spencer Museum of Art / The seventh quadrennial Italian Renaissance Sculpture Conference convenes at the University of Kansas. As part of the program, William E. Wallace, Barbara Murphy Bryant Distinguished Professor of Art History at Washington University, will deliver a plenary lecture followed by a reception to kick off the weekend's events. The conference is free and open to the public, but registration by November 1 is required. For further information on the symposium, read more here: http://www.spencerart. ku.edu/conferences/vasari/ 11.15 Artist Talk: Conversation with Artist THU Randy Regier / 5 PM / SMA Auditorium / Sponsored by Spencer Museum of Art & KU Office of First-Year Experience / Contemporary artist Randy Regier, whose Impending Future Bus has been selected as this year's Common Work of Art, visits KU for a public presentation. This is a special opportunity to discuss issues raised by his work. If you would like to learn more about this work of art and what it means that it was selected to be the Common Work of Art for this school year, information is available at http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/ education/university/academicprograms.shtml. 11.15 Activity: Craftsy Meet-up 3 / 5:30 PM / THU Central Court

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12.01 SAT

Activity: World AIDS Day / 1 PM / Central Court / The Spencer Student Advisory Board and Douglas County AIDS Project (DCAP) invite you to an intersection of an awarenessraising art event commemorating World AIDS Day.

12.08 SAT

Family Activity: Let’s Get Movin’! / 10:30–11:30 AM / Central Court / Explore balance and movement with your child in the galleries and in your own artistic creations. Ages 5–8.

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Activity: Midnight at the Museum Student Study Night / 4 PM–Midnight / Central Court / Sponsored by Student Advisory Board / 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 art, and enjoy refreshments and Wi-Fi.

12.13 THU

Gallery Talk: Senior Session 2 on Hughes Haitian Art Gift / 10 AM / 20/21 Gallery / This talk focuses on selected

works from the Mary Lou Vansant Hughes Collection of Haitian Art, which the Spencer recently received as a generous gift. Former SMA curatorial intern Megan Young, now Assistant Professor of Art History and Director of the Dishman Art Museum at Lamar University, leads the discussion. 12.20 Activity: Craftsy Meet-up 3 / THU 5:30 PM / Central Court

Ansel Adams, 1902–1984, Oak Tree, Snowstorm, Yosemite National Park, California, 1948, gelatin silver print, Gift of Terry J. Sutcliffe and Sally S. Sutcliffe, 1993.0340

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Idea Café The Idea Café consists of a 15-minute introduction to a provocative topic by an expert in the field, followed by a dinnertable-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 in response to the speaker’s introduction.

Senior Sessions This popular series of informal gallery discussions is designed for senior citizens but open to everyone.

Craftsy Meet-up Share your crafting spirit with kindred souls and make some crafty new friends. Share a current project over coffee, form a craft stash swap, or demonstrate a crafting technique at this community event. All are welcome to attend and participate.

Please visit www.spencerart.ku.edu for a complete & updated Calendar of Events

EXHIBITIONS

Politics as Symbol / Symbol as Politics July 17, 2012 – January 27, 2013 | 20 /21 Gallery Conversation Wall

olitics is simultaneously about substance and symbol. If art is in part spectacle, there is no political spectacle to match an American presidential election. Each such contest produces thousands of images and scenes, almost every one planned and executed like a work of art, be it a poster, portrait, or performance. This exhibit takes advantage of the Spencer collection and includes works ranging from buttons, to historic photographs, to highly politicized prints, to abstract art. They are mostly not about presidents or presidential

elections; rather, they explore the relationship between politics and image, emphasizing more the symbol than the substance. The exhibit derives in part from political scientist Murray Edelman’s path-breaking approach to the role of symbols in political life. In his later work, Edelman assessed how art can perform the function of distancing us from our ordinary reactions to political symbols, and thus potentially re-order our interpretations of the familiar. For example, in the exhibit a seemingly benign photograph of a presidential inauguration is paired with Marion Palfi’s striking photo, Washington, D.C., 1946–49, In the Shadows of the Capitol, which depicts a young black girl, playing in the street, with the Capitol dome looming in the background. Politics as Symbol /Symbol as Politics aims to provide an alternative view of political life in the midst of a presidential campaign that bombards us with images. This exhibition is curated by Burdett Loomis, professor of political science at the University of Kansas, and has been organized with the Andrew W. Mellon Department of Academic Programs at the Spencer Museum of Art.

Marion Palfi, 1907–1978, Washington, D.C., 1946–49, In the Shadows of the Capitol, mid 1900s,gelatin silver print, Gift of Marion Palfi, 1973.0179

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Mary Sibande & Sophie-Ntombikayise Take Central Court August 10 – November 11 | Central Court

his exhibition focuses on the Spencer’s recent acquisition of SophieNtombikayise by South African artist Mary Sibande. Sophie-Ntombikayise is the culmination of Sibande’s series of sculptural installations featuring four generations of women in her family, all of whom worked as domestic servants. These women represent Sibande’s impetus to transcend and interrogate constructions of domestic servitude and expectations of simplicity and submission based on race and gender. As a self-portrait, SophieNtombikayise interjects the artist into the guise of domestic worker. Sibande states, “Adopting a new position as artist, yet celebrating the women in my family, this figure represents my appreciation and acknowledgement of

the hardships borne by my family and countless others in South Africa.” Sibande explores constructions of gender, class and race while also enriching the Spencer’s growing collection of contemporary African art. With eyes downcast and arms outstretched in a dual gesture of resignation and jubilation, SophieNtombikayise transports viewers to an alternate realm where history, fantasy, and identity become outwardly expressed through clothing, and cultural stereotypes are dismissed. The artist currently lives and works in South Africa. This is the first of her work to enter a museum collection in the United States.

Mary Sibande, born South Africa, 1982; active Johannesburg, Sophie-Ntombikayise, 2009, cast resin, fiberglass, cotton, tulle, 2011.0007 detail

EXHIBITIONS

Giorgio Vasari & Court Culture in Late Renaissance Italy September 15 – December 9, 2012 | Gallery 318

ften billed as the first art historian, Giorgio Vasari (1511–74) is best known as the author of the Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, a compilation of artists’ biographies that was among the first of its kind. The lion’s share of scholarship on Vasari’s life and work is devoted to the Lives, but he was also a successful painter and architect, and his workshop included many of the leading artists active in late 16thcentury Italy. Coming one year after the 500th anniversary of Vasari’s birth, this exhibition celebrates the Spencer Museum’s small, but important, Vasari panel depicting Christ Carrying the Cross. The painting belonged to Vasari’s close friend and collaborator Vincenzo Borghini (1515–80), a learned Benedictine monk, pioneering philologist, and one of the great Florentine intellects of the period. Indeed, the exhibition reunites Vasari’s Christ Carrying the Cross with its pendant from Borghini’s collection, a painting attributed to Ventura di Vincenzio Ulivieri (called Livo) that depicts St. Paul’s conversion from Judaism to Christianity. Remarkably, the two paintings remained together from 1580, when they were recorded in an inventory of Borghini’s possessions taken shortly after the monk’s death, until they were separated in the early 1950s. Giorgio Vasari & Court Culture in Late Renaissance Italy investigates the place Vasari’s Christ Carrying the Cross occupies within Vasari’s career and 16thcentury Florentine and Roman court culture. Additionally, it documents the picture’s technique, condition, and recent restoration. The exhibition also brings together many of the graphic images that inspired the panel and it explores Vasari’s relationship with Michelangelo. Capitalizing on the Spencer Museum’s rich collection of late medieval and early modern religious art and the Spencer Research Library’s extensive holdings of rare, early modern Italian books, this exhibition situates the Christ Carrying the Cross within its visual, devotional, historical, and literary contexts. In doing so, it elucidates the significance of a local treasure for the first time since it entered the University of Kansas’ art collection in 1953.

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Giorgio Vasari & Court Culture in Late Renaissance Italy is made possible by the generous support of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and the Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne. The exhibition curated by Sally J. Cornelison, Associate Professor of Italian Renaissance Art in KU’s Kress Foundation Department of Art History, with the assistance of Susan Earle, Spencer Museum of Art Curator of European & American Art. The interdisciplinary scholarly publications related to the exhibition are available in the Register of the Spencer Museum of Art 8, no. 3 (2010–11).

Italian Renaissance Sculpture Conference November 8 –10, 2012 | Spencer Museum of Art In conjunction with this exhibition, the seventh quadrennial Italian Renaissance Sculpture Conference will convene at KU November 8 –10, 2012. William E. Wallace, Barbara Murphy Bryant Distinguished Professor of Art History at Washington University, will deliver a plenary lecture the evening of Thursday, November 8, followed by a reception, and scholars will present additional papers on Friday and Saturday, November 9–10. The conference is free and open to the public, but registration by November 1 is required. For further information on the symposium, read more here: http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/conferences/vasari/ Giorgio Vasari II, 1511–1574, Christ Carrying the Cross, circa 1562–1565, oil on panel, 1953.0015

EXHIBITIONS

The Drop-In/Pop-Up Waiting Room Project with M-PACT (Medical Policy Access & Care Triage) Interface September 15, 2012 – January 27, 2013 | 20 /21 Gallery, Process Space & Front Lobby

aiting is generally a passive experience. We are not in control— we are asked to follow specific formalities and procedures as we agonize over the time spent or wasted. We obsess on whose turn is next. In the medical waiting room this sense of powerlessness can be compounded by anxiety over the implications of examination and treatment.

The Drop-In/Pop-Up Waiting Room Project with M-PACT (Medical Policy Access & Care Triage) Interface turns this dynamic upside down by providing shared spaces where emotions and experiences are expressed, recorded, collected and represented. The project aims to stimulate public dialogue about healthcare access and experience through two intertwined narrative

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threads: what do we expect from healthcare and what do providers, policy makers and researchers bring to the table? Participants drive the content of this artistic collaboration with the medical community and the public. Comprised of two spaces for interaction, the Drop-In Waiting Room includes a custom chair transformed with a sculptural slipcover, a talking table, and an interactive kiosk. Located in the Museum lobby, the Pop-Up Waiting Room allows participants the opportunity to share their thoughts about what they want from health care at a “voting booth” computer station. Data from anonymous responses to “The SUPER Health Care Questionnaire!” drive the visualization animation displayed in the Drop-In Waiting Room installation in the Process Space gallery. The Drop-In/Pop-Up Waiting Room Project with M-PACT (Medical Policy Access & Care Triage) Interface is organized and curated by Marguerite Perret, Bruce Scherting, Robin Lasser and James Stone.Visit the main gateway website of The Waiting Room Project at: www.thewaitingroomproject.org.

The Ray of Hope: Aaron Douglas-inspired Quilts and Murals Through September 16, 2012 | Lobby Gallery

ationally recognized quilt artist Marla Jackson worked with Liberty Memorial Central Middle School 8th graders in Michel Loomisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; English class, and Topeka area 4th graders from the Williams Science and Fine Art Magnet School to produce a number of painted and quilted works inspired by Aaron Douglas and the Harlem Renaissance. This exhibition features two large paintings, made by the 8th-graders, and 18 individual quilts made by the 4thgraders. Jackson and Loomis collaborated with Joan Wilson of the National Park Service on this project. Marla Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story-quilts have been exhibited nationally, including at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. She is an active participant in the Women of Color Quilters Network. Michel Loomis is an award-winning teacher and longtime faculty member at Liberty Memorial Central Middle School in Lawrence. This exhibition was organized by Susan Earle, SMA curator of European and American Art, and Marla Jackson, artist. This project was sponsored by Accessible Arts; the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, Topeka; and by the Spencer Museum of Art.

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Empire of Things Fall 2012 | Gallery 401

he third phase of Project Redefine, the Spencer’s gallery renovation in broadly conceived thematic installations, will present an eclectic assortment of objects—blue-andwhite ceramics, Persian rugs, Roman glass, African ivory, and architectural fragments—that explore the concept

of things, or materiality. Designed to elicit wonder and wanderlust, Empire of Things, addresses topics such as taxonomy and order, collectors and collecting, and exoticism and empire and encourages visitors to stroll through a densely populated and flowing installation scheme.

Gillis van Tilborgh, A Picture Gallery, 1660–1670, oil on canvas, 1954.0157

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Ann Hamilton + Cynthia Schira a commission for the Spencer Museum of Art March 2 to August 31, 2013 | Central Court and other galleries Mark your calendars & plan to engage! he Spencer Museum of Art is commissioning internationally recognized artists Ann Hamilton and Cynthia Schira to create room-sized, site-specific installations in the Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s galleries, opening March 2, 2013. Using digital technologies to explore the fundamental nature of cloth and the ways museums organize and maintain material legacies, Hamilton and Schira will consider the role of the hand and human practices that reveal and conceal. Working with current KU visual art students and Spencer Museum staff, the artists are also investigating their former relationship as student and teacher (Hamilton came to KU in 1976 to study fiber arts with Schira). Transforming multiple galleries with their immersive installations, both artists will employ images of and actual objects from the SMAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s permanent collection to create a multisensory tapestry that will feature changing interactive elements. The exhibition will include a scholarly book and significant community and student involvement.

For more information, please contact SMA curator Susan Earle. The exhibition is supported by an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Additional support comes from Emprise Financial Corporation and Dave and Gunda Hiebert. Top: Artists Ann Hamilton and Cynthia Schira explore the Spencer collection during a recent site visit to prepare for their Spring 2013 commission.

Bottom: Cynthia Schira, Etymon, 2010, Damask; Egyptian cotton, woven on electronic Jacquard loom at Oriole Mill.

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Henry Luce Foundation supports SMA 2013 color symposium featured image: Artist unknown (Japan), wedding obi, 1868–1911, Meiji period (1868–1912), silk, silver-wrapped thread, jacquard, 0000.1107

A $40,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation of New York will support Color in Ancient and Medieval East Asia, an international research symposium and exhibition sponsored by the Spencer Museum of Art. Convened by SMA Research Curator Mary M. Dusenbury, the symposium will bring together an international team of scholars from the arts, humanities, and sciences to explore the roles that color played in the society, politics, thought, art, and ritual practices of ancient and medieval East Asia. The symposium will take place March 8 –9, 2013, at The Commons at KU.

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SMA receives KU Research Investment Council grant “Discovery relies on creativity, which is the cornerstone of the arts. This project brings in wonderful opportunities for creativity in and through the arts.” — Jeffrey Vitter, KU Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor

The University’s newly established Research Investment Council has awarded the SMA a grant of $276,000 to support the initial development of a center for innovative research in the arts, sciences, technology, and society. Convened by Provost Jeffrey S. Vitter, the Research Investment Council is tasked with strategically directing University resources to further four interdisciplinary research initiatives that have been identified as the University’s highest priorities for the next five years. The SMA’s proposed Initiative for the Arts in Collaborative Research will position KU as an emergent leader for new research endeavors integrating the arts, technology, and sciences; it will also infuse new models and methodologies for creativity and collaboration into the University’s existing research profile across disciplines.

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Dick and Jeannette Sias complete the International Artist-in-Residence Challenge “We are truly grateful for the vision-in-action that Dick and Jeannette Sias demonstrate by this gift. The program will have an international impact while distinguishing the Spencer Museum and the University of Kansas as leaders in creative work.” — SMA Director Saralyn Reece Hardy Dick and Jeannette Sias of Edmund, Oklahoma, have given $150,000 to support the International Artistin-Residence challenge grant established in 2008 by Dr. Elizabeth Avery Schultz, professor emerita of literature at the University of Kansas. This extraordinary gift by the Sias family completes the challenge set forth by Dr. Schultz to establish an endowed International Artist-in-Residence Program. To date, the program has provided residencies for artists from Romania, Korea, and China, with additional support from a number of donors. The IAiR initiative is designed to bring contemporary, multicultural artistic and curatorial practice into closer dialogue with the creative life of the University, the community, and the region. By creating an artist-centered program, the SMA recasts itself as a generative force that motivates new discourse about contemporary art, stimulates cross-disciplinary inquiry, and builds strategies to address the increasingly global challenges of the 21st century. The international perspective provided by the program is unique in the Lawrence-Kansas City contemporary art scene.

Dick and Jeannette Sias

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Dick Sias earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas in 1951, and a law degree from the KU School of Law in 1954; Jeannette Joullian Sias earned a degree in speech therapy from Oklahoma State University in 1954 and a master’s degree from Northwestern University in 1956, and worked as a speech therapist in the Oklahoma City public schools. The couple has provided generous support to a broad range of University projects, bolstering the visual and performing arts, enhancing graduate research in the humanities, and supporting student scholarships. Sias states, “There are two ways for the arts to exist — as a separate part of the community, or woven into the fabric of the community. But they really need to be interwoven into the rest of the community to make a difference. The arts need to be at the heart of the community.”

International Artist-in-Residence projects (clockwise from top left): Jin Shan, Chen Shaoxiong, Dan Perjovschi, and Kim Jongku

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Works on Loan* SMA Collection Around the World

Faces from China’s Past: Paintings for Entertainment and Remembrance Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO

/ April 28 – October 21, 2012 After Qiu Ying, Female Pursuits of the Four Seasons, late 1800s, handscroll, ink, gold on paper, 0000.1216 Accordion-fold album (1978.0119) with paintings by Pang Xunqin, Miao Woman, ca. 1944, ink, color on paper Lei Guiyuan, Song of Xikang, ca. 1944, ink, color on paper

Henry Varnum Poor: Commemorating 125 Years Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS / July 8 – September 30, 2012

Henry Varnum Poor, The Hudson River at Bear Mountain, oil on Masonite, 0000.0646 Duane Michal, Henry Varnum Poor, New City, NY, gelatin silver print, 1980.0446

KOREAN EYE 2012 Saatchi Gallery, London, England / July 26 – September 23, 2012

Yee Sookyung, Translated Vase, 2009, ceramic shards, epoxy, 24K gold leaf, 24K gold powder, 2012.0033 * as of September, 2012 32

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Fashioning Traditions of Japan Through Indigo-Dyed Textiles Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

/ August 31 – December 30, 2012 Stencil for yukata, circa 1826-1834, stencil paper with silk mesh, 0000.2959 Stencil for yukata, 1800s or 1900s, stencil paper with silk mesh, 0000.2962 Futonji panel with design and chrysanthemum blossoms, 1800s or 1900s, cotton, 1992.0083 Yukata panel with design of flowering gourds, 1800s-1900s, cotton, 1992.0084 Woman’s jacket, mid-late 1800s, hemp, cotton and tree-bast fiber, 1993.0010 Yogi (night garment), late 1800s or early 2900s, cotton with dyes and pigments, 1993.0013

Circus and the City Bard Graduate Center, Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, New York, NY / September 13, 2012 – February 3, 2013

< William Hicks, W.P.A. Circus. Ca. 1939, etching and aquatint, 0000.0365

Impressions of Interiors: Gilded Age Paintings by Walter Gay Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh, PA / October 5, 2012 – January 6, 2013 Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, FL / January 29 – April 21, 2013

Walter Gay, The Sculptor’s Studio, 1885, oil on panel, 0000.0647 Walter Gay, Ranston House, Dorset, 1884, oil on board, 1952.0006

Awash in Color: French and Japanese Prints Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago / October 4, 2012 – January 20, 2013

13 Western and 14 Japanese prints from the Spencer Museum collections

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Spencer Welcomes 2012–2013 Curatorial Interns

The 2012–2013 cohort of curatorial interns joined the staff at the Spencer in August. Funded through the generous support of donors and family foundations, these internships provide valuable experience for the students, as well as intriguing research and exhibition projects for the Spencer. The Spencer welcomes the following interns:

Yen-Yi Chan, (Ph.D. candidate in

Kathryn Sparks, (M.A. candidate

History of Art, Japanese), Carpenter Foundation Asian Art Intern

in Museum Studies, Natural History Track), Donald E. Sloan Works on Paper Intern

Raechel Cook, (M.F.A. candidate in Textiles), Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Academic Programs Intern

Morgan Philippi, (M.A. candidate in History of Art, Western), Berkley Foundation Education Intern

Brittany Conge, (M.A. candidate in History of Art, Contemporary American, 18th and 19th Century American Art) Andrew W. Mellon Foundation / Loo Family Intern, European & American Art

Ellen Raimond, (Ph.D. candidate in History of Art, Photography), Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Collections Intern

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Tony Ray-Jones, 1941–1972, Fourth of June, Eton, 1967, gelatin silver print, 1974.0133.02

Rocket Grants Arts Granting Program in the Kansas City area The third crop of Rocket Grants artists have received awards at a ceremony May 31 in Kansas City. The program, now in its 3rd year, distributed a total of $40,000 to artists living within an 80-mile radius of metropolitan Kansas City.

Maria Calderon & Lacey Wozney: POP! A Series of Social Happenings Sean Starowitz: Byproduct: The Laundromat Tanya Hartman & Awein Lual Wol: Awein's DreamCart Rie Egawa & Burgess Zbryk: Those Things That Protrude Richard Fritz, Crystal Gould & Michele Bridges: Art is Long, Life is Short Jose Faus, Sharon Eiker, David Arnold Hughes, Glenn North, William Peck, Michelle Pond, Rhiannon Ross & Judith Towse Roberts: (Vox Narro): Tell Me a Story

Andrea Steudel & Karl Fundenberger: Cyclotrope Cinema Minister of Information (Don Wilkison): We Are Here to Plant a Tree Dave Loewenstein: Give Take Give Json Myers & Megan Gallant: Spark Farm Park (with sculpture)

For more information, visit: rocketgrants.org

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THE 2012– 2013 EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS ARE SUPPORTED IN PART BY THE FOLLOWING FOUNDATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS: AAMD Educational Foundation Anonymous Adair/Dyer Fund Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts The Anschutz Foundation Art Mentor Lucerne Foundation Barbara Benton Wescoe Fund Black Hills Energy Breidenthal-Snyder Foundation Brooking Fund for Interdisciplinary Research Daura Foundation Docent Scholarship Fund Donald E. Sloan Intern Fund Douglas County Community Foundation E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation E. F. Pierson Fund el dorado, inc. Emprise Financial Corporation Enid & Crosby Kemper Foundation Ethel & Raymond F. Rice Foundation ExxonMobil Foundation Esquire Collection Fund Estelle S. and Robert A. Long Ellis Foundation The Helen Foresman Spencer Acquisition Endowment The Henry Luce Foundation International Artist-in-Residence Fund Joseph D. and Ester G. Berkley Fund Judith M. Cook Native American Art Fund Lavon Brosseau Creativity Award Fund Letha Churchill Walker Memorial Art

Kaw Valley Quilters Guild Kress Foundation Conservation Fund KU Coca Cola Program Fund KU Endowment Association KU Research Investment Council KU Student Senate Mary Margaret Brett Fund Mary P. Lipman Children’s Education Fund Mary Ruth Petefish Charitable Lead Trust Mitchell Art Museum Education Fund National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Humanities O’Connor Company – Piller Foundation Olin K. and Mary Ruth Petefish Charitable Trust Piersol Foundation Price R. and Flora A. Reid Foundation R. Charles and Mary Margaret Clevenger Art Acquisition Fund Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts Samuel H. Kress Foundation Shirley Cundiff Haines and Jordan L. Haines Art Acquisition Endowment Shumaker Family Foundation Spencer Museum of Art Acquisitions Fund Spencer Museum of Art Collection Catalog Fund Stokstad Student Award Fund Target Foundation Terra Foundation for American Art Terry and Sam Evans Fund Turkish Cultural Foundation William T. Kemper Foundation

Clare Bell, Snow on Flint Hills, 1982, porcelain, Metal Drawer 5, E2003.003

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AMBASSADOR Michael and Dee Michaelis John and Ann Prosser Marynell D. Reece Elizabeth Schultz Dick & Jeannette Sias Dolph Simons, Jr. Family BENEFACTOR Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne Mark and Lauren Booth M. Lavon Brosseau Kay, Tom, Tyler, and Jeff Carmody David and Gunda Hiebert The Estate of Alice E. and Jim Gerstner Scott and Carol Ritchie Marilyn Stokstad SPONSOR Cathy L. Daicoff Margaret M. Daicoff Reed and Stacey Dillon Charles and Jane Eldredge Kathleen M. Hall David C. Henry and Matt Taylor Kansas Humanities Council Burdett and Michel Loomis O'Connor Company-Piller Foundation Ethel & Raymond F. Rice Foundation Alicia and John Salisbury Susan and Brad Tate Terra Foundation for American Art COLLECTOR'S SOCIETY Linda Bailey Colette and Jeff Bangert Jean K. Francisco Thomas and Dru Fritzel Carolie and Bill Hougland Larry and Barbara Marshall Barbara Nordling DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE Breidenthal-Snyder Foundation Brad and Bev Burnside Rich Clarkson Joe and Vicki Douglas Douglas County Community Foundation Barbara M. Duke

el dorado, Inc. John and Rosy Elmore Mrs. Anne Foresman Chuck and Sandy Garrett Randy Gordon and Lori Shannon Dean and Ginny Graves Leo P. Hallak Saralyn Reece Hardy Barbara Head and Mark Litzler Don and Jene Herron Nancy Jackson Brian and Barbara King Sacie and David Lambertson Gaye and John Leonard Mike and Cindy Maude Gerry Miller Susan and Joe Morris Charlotte Mueller James and Vickie Otten Brent and Melissa Padgett Scott J. Jones and Mary Lou Reece Price R. and Flora A. Reid Foundation Roger Shimomura and Janet Davidson-Hues John T. and Linda Stewart Rob and Betsy Weaver Lee F. Young PATRON John Poertner and Edith Black Joyce Castle Edith Clowes and Craig Huneke Marilyn Dowell Lewis and Laura Gregory Don and Sandra Hazlett Marcia and Stephen Hill Robert Hiller Nora Kaschube David M. and Sharyn Brooks Katzman Chuck and Mary Loveland Jean and Bill Mitchell Richard S. Paegelow Margaret Perkins-McGuinness and Nathan Benjamin Charles Edward Persinger Piersol Foundation W. Propst and Carol Schmitt Mr. and Mrs. Dolph C. Simons III Jeff and Mary Weinberg Sue Grosjean Wilcox

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John and Ardith Pierce Reggie and Jane Robinson Mrs. L. J. Rose Gladys N. and Robert B. Sanders Dick and Barbara Schowen Bryan Scrivner Todd and Jeannot Seymour Tim and Julie Shaftel The Hon. Fred and Lilian Six Morton I. and Estelle Sosland Charles Stansifer and Mary Miller Valentino and Elizabeth Stella John and Deanell Tacha Judith and Peter Thompson Glenda and Andy Tompkins Tim and Jerrye Van Leer Kevan and Gail Vick Jeff and Sharon Vitter Steven F. Warren and Eva Horn Arnold Weiss Beth and David Wittig Jack and Judy Wright FRIEND Conrad Altenbernd Deena Amont Carol Anderson and John Fowler Marnie Argersinger Tom and Francie Arnold Gretchen Day Atwater Janet Perkins and Jeff Aube Mara Aubel Michael L. Aurbach Victor and Kathryn Bailey Price and Marge Banks Peg Baradi Richard Barohn Frank and Betty Baron Chuck and Beth Berg David Bergeron and Geraldo Sousa Doug Bergstrom and Julie Battaglia Dan Bernstein Carolyn Berry Marlene and Greg Bien Judy Billings Nancy and Gary Bjorge

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Chuck and Dee Blaser Sally G. Bloom Rolf and Laura Borchert David Brackett and David Quinn Dr. Mark J. Brodkey Mark and Susie Brooks Patricia M. Brooks Elizabeth Broun Robert and Sharon Brown Rex Buchanan and Mindy James Dr. and Mrs. Henry W. Buck Tim and Rachel Epp Buller Cord Burk George W. Byers Kit Carlsen Janet Carpenter Peter and Rosalea Carttar Linda Chubbuck and Stan Slaughter Lois Clark Brigid Murphy and Jackson Clark Bob and Janice Cobb Steven Cohen Ardis J. Comfort Fred P. Conboy Warren and Mary Corman Sally Cornelison and Dan DePardo Jane A. Cotitta Alex T. Cox Susan V. Craig Sarah and Doug CrawfordParker William J. Crowe Ann Cudd and Neal Becker Judy Culley Stanley and Alice Jo DeFries Richard T. and Fernande M. DeGeorge Bill Dentler and Kathy Suprenant Dorothy Devlin Patrick and Mary Dooley Gay and Michael Doudoroff Patricia Dubose Duncan James and Nancy Dunn Katy Eddy Edmund and Pamela Eglinski Susan Elkins and Jack Winerock

Mandy Enfield Hilda Enoch Tim and Margot Evans Stephen Fawcett & Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett Jeanne Fletcher Diane Fourny Sherry Fowler and Dale Slusser Marci Francisco Hank and Paula Frankel Robert J. Friauf Charles and Diane Frickey SuEllen and Harvey Fried Victor and Linda Frost Larry and Jacqueline Gadt Ligia Galarza Norman and Helen Gee George E. and Ruth B. Gibbs Web and Joan Golden Pat Graham and David Dunfield Lynne Green Roy and Marilyn Gridley Brenda Groskinsky George and Susan Gurley Kay and Gary Hale Julie and Greg Hamel Rex and Cathy Hamilton Louise and Allan Hanson Katie and Stephen Hardy Thomas Hardy Brooke and William Hardy Tom Harper Donald and Carol Hatton Matt and Diane Henk Charles and Laurie McLane Higginson Dick and Sue Himes Ronald L. and Barbara J. Hinton Carol Hintz Nancy Hope Dave and Linda Howard Matt and Heather Hoy John and Janet Huchingson Harry and Mary Lou Hughes Kenneth Irby Wes and Joan Jackson John and Reinhild Janzen Lori K. Johns Dan and Jeannette Johnson Jeanene Johnson

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Ted and Mary Johnson Kent Johnson and Yvonne Gibbons Stephen T. Johnson Linda and Topper Johntz Nancy Jorn G. J. and Katherine Kallos Megan Kaminski Vaun and Sydnie Kampschroeder Mike and Elaine Kautsch W. Bradley M. Kemp J. Patrick and Jean Grosjean Kerich Lesley T. Ketzel Karen L. Koehler Karen and Ed Komp Liz Kowalchuk John and Margie Kuhn Betty A. Laird Tom and Jennifer Laming Alice Leonard Alice A. Lieberman Richard and Karen Lind Loraine H. Lindenbaum Dr. Loretta Loftus Stan Lombardo and Judy Roitman Jim and Larissa Long Allison Lopez Lila Borgman Lothson R.W. and Cathy Lucas Judith Major Robert and Anita Markley Mrs. Robert Marshall Alan Martin Sarah and Jack Martin Norman L. and Shirley J. Martin Stephen Mazza Paul J. and L. Jean McCarthy Barbara B. McCorkle B. Kent and Janette McCullough Sally McGee Mary and William McGuinness Ross and Margaret McKinney Dr. and Mrs. Sidney A McKnight Jr. Genevieve McMahon Rosalie McMaster Mr. and Mrs. Nation Meyer Susan C. Meyer Allan and Sandi Miller

Elizabeth Miller and William L. Eakin Mary Miller Ross Richard W. Mitchell Mary Mortensen Ruth B. Moss Herman and Phyllis Munczek John and Carol Nalbandian Art and Connie Neuburger Marge Newmark Virginia Ann Nichols Jerry and Judy Niebaum SanDee and Jerry Nossaman Harolyn O'Brien Robert and Lisa O'Connor Dr. & Mrs. W. Ronald Olin Dick and Georgia Orchard Dean and Doris Owens Ann Carlin Ozegovic Stephen N. Paige Stephen and Marie-Luce Parker Fred and Cathie Pawlicki Jane B. Pearce Mr. William E. Pfeiffer Jr. Carolyn and Lew Phillips Austin and Karley Ast Porter Laurance and Johanna Price Vickie Randel Tom and Ann Raney Richard and Joan Ring Jeanne Ritter W. Stitt and Connie Robinson Patricia and Lance Rodewald Steven Ramberg and Margaret Rose Beverly and Howard Rosenfeld Jean Rosenthal and Dave Kingsley Mary Ross Pat Roth Tom and Janette Rudkin Jeannette Runyan Henry and Lynn Russell Bob and Ann Russell Dan and Nicole Sabatini Fred Sack Virginia Seaver Will and Margaret Severson Del and Carol Shankel Larry E. Shankles

Carolyn and Bob Shelton Bob Sigman Diane Simpson Geraldine Slater and James A. Slater, II Eric N. Smith and Pat Roach Smith Boyd and Heather Smith Glee and Jerry Smith Marjorie A. Smith Terry and George Smith Lucy Smith Mary Smith Bill and Dona Snead Paul and Debbie Sokoloff Gary and Constance Sollars Gail Spaits Robert L. Speer Emily Stamey John Staniunas Barbara Starrett Clare E. Statham Tammy and Don Steeples Celka Straughn Patrick Suzeau and Muriel Cohan Marjorie Swann and William Tsutsui Jennifer and Ryan Talbott James B. and Thelma Taylor Deborah and Ron Teeter Tom and Dixie Telander Lawrence Tenopir Sarah Chappell Trulove and James Woelfel Mrs. Ruth A. Turney Kathryn and Bill Tuttle Lorie Vanchena Mary Ventura David and Wendy Vertacnik Graham and Anne Walker A. Bret and Mary Lou Waller Chuck and Karen Warner Marion Warriner Alice Weis Robert Hickerson and Gina Westergard Darin and Shannon White Ann and Pete Wiklund Teresa Wilke

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Betty Wilkin Sheila Wilkins and Kim Kern Tom and Jan Wilson William Woods Judy Wright Robert and Marilyn Zerwekh SENIOR Betty W. Alderson Patricia M. Balsamo Lillian M. Barker Susan Barr Maynard and Virginia Bauleke Grace H. Beam Lynne C. Bodle Jeanie Bundy Dennis Capps Ann and James Church Anna Cienciala Ann Kuckelman Cobb Judy Greer Davis Ray and Kathy Davis Hal M. Davison Douglas H. Dean Leola R. Doyen Marjorie Dozier and Frances L. Fischer Clark and Helen Fisher Jane Fortun Drs. Brenda and Mark Frei Dorothy H. Fritzel Katherine Carr Giele Leo R. Goertz Marrillie C. Good Margaret S. Gordon James and Jane Gunn Cindy Gustafson Susan Haley and Jason Franchuk Betty Austin Hensley Anita Herzfeld Richard C. Hite and Edith Olson David and Diana Ice Dr. Howard and Shirley Joseph Don James Kallos Ruth Lawson R. Keith and Phyllis Lawton Paula and Rusty Leffel Pamela Loewenstein Josephine A. Lutz

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Bill and Beverly Mayer Linda and Doug McKay Nancy S. Mitchell C. M. S. and Janet Mody Mary Alice Pacey Pamela and John Peck Ken and Rowena Pine Thomas E. Pott Jane Pronko Mel Riggs James K. Rowland Dr. Rosemary Schrepfer Brilla Scott Al and Jane Sellen Ted L. Sexton Jr. Michael and Margaret Anne Shaw Betty Sisk Esther M. Smith Haskell Springer Stepping Stones, Inc. Denise L. Stone Susan Suhler University Women's Club Luella G. Vaccaro Deborah West George and Carol Worth Morgan Wright STUDENT Deneige Barr Emily Bullard Ashley Caldwell Alex Case-Cohen Laura Cook Molly Fister Matthew Hobart Colleen Ireland Colleen Jones Katie Jones Sean Kramer Kirsten Marples Johanna McSweeney Ellen Mcgivern Melissa Melling Lauren Miller Kayla Mitchell Colleen Murbach Sarah Padilla Rachel Roth

Chloe Seim Richard Shie May Simpson Vicky Stadler Sandra Tickles Bailey Wells Mallory Wiegers CORPORATE CORNERSTONE Emprise Financial Corporation Exxon-Mobil Foundation Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor Co.-Piller Foundation CORPORATE ASSOCIATE Black Hills Energy El Dorado, Inc. Kaw Valley Quilters Guild KU Endowment Target Foundation CORPORATE DONOR Piersol Foundation US Bancorp Foundation CORPORATE FRIEND The Bank of America Foundation Conoco-Phillips Company Golf Course Superintendents Association International Business Machines Intrust Bank Landmark National Bank Salina Public Library St. John's Catholic Church and School Washburn Rural Middle School Weaver's, Inc. Wellsville High School Wilkerson, Saunders & Anderson DDS, LLC

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Friends of the Art Museum Board Vickie Otten, President Brad Burnside Jason Edmonds Laura Gregory Cathy Hamilton Nancy Jackson Stephen Johnson Nora Kaschube, Docent Rep.

Burdett Loomis Dakota Loomis Linda Lungstrum Vickie Otten Reggie Robinson Chloe Seim, Student Rep. Josh Shelton Robin Ward

SMA Advisory Board Mike Michaelis, Chair Linda Bailey James K. Ballinger Carol Ann Brown Rose Bryant Randy Gordon David Hiebert Larry Marshall Virginia Nadeau

Arthur Neis Phyllis Nolan Melissa Padgett A.Scott Ritchie Beth Schultz Linda B. Stewart Marilyn Stokstad Jeff Weinberg

Newsletter SPRING 2012 vol. XXXII, no. 10 Newsletter is published by the Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas.

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On June 17, the Spencer invited families to spend a fun-filled afternoon discovering a world of hidden secrets, puzzles, and cryptographs in the Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collection. The Family Day event was presented in conjunction with Cryptograph: An Exhibition for Alan Turing, and featured artist Stephen T. Johnson (top right), whose work was included in the exhibition.

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