Spencer Museum of Art
1301 Miss., KU campus, Lawrence, 66044
Phone: 785-864-4710
Web site: http://www.spencerart.ku.edu
E-mail: spencerart@ku.edu
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In conjunction with winter break at The University of Kansas, the Spencer Museum of Art will close from Friday, Dec. 24 through Sunday, Jan. 2.
On Monday, Jan. 3, the Spencer's administrative offices, the Kress Department of Art History and the Murphy Art and Architecture Library will re-open.
On Tuesday, Jan. 4, the museum galleries will re-open to the public. Until classes resume on Thursday, Jan. 20, the museum galleries will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Regular museum hours will resume on Jan. 20.
Heated smoking area? No
Smoking porch? No
WiFi: No
Business hours:
- Sundays: noon to 5 p.m.
- Tuesdays: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Wednesdays: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Thursdays: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Fridays: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Saturdays: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Ongoing events:
- "Connections in Place" video installation (Every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
- "Time/Frame" (Every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
- "Quilts: Flora Botanica" (Every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
Scheduled events:
September 2008
- Lecture: Laurie Anderson on her performance work "Homeland" (Thursday, Sept. 11)
- Lecture: Barbara Brackman on "Quilts: Flora Botanica" (Thursday, Sept. 11)
- Senior Session: Gilded Gossip (Thursday, Sept. 11)
- Children's art appreciation class: "Turning Time" (Saturday, Sept. 13)
- Children's art appreciation class: "Turning Time" (Saturday, Sept. 13)
- Film: "49 Up" (Thursday, Sept. 18)
- Senior Session: Prairie Print Makers (Thursday, Sept. 25)
- Lecture: Dr. Matthew P. McKelway (Thursday, Sept. 25)
- Children's art appreciation class: "It's About Time" (Saturday, Sept. 27)
- Children's art appreciation class: "It's About Time" (Saturday, Sept. 27)
October 2008
- Opening Reception: "Time/Frame" and "Wendell Castle: About Time" (Thursday, Oct. 2)
- Artist Lecture: Wendell Castle (Thursday, Oct. 2)
- Children's art appreciation class: "Block It Out" (Saturday, Oct. 4)
- Children's art appreciation class: "Block It Out" (Saturday, Oct. 4)
- Senior Session: The Venetian Cousins (Thursday, Oct. 9)
- Town & Gown Forum: "Time/Frame" (Friday, Oct. 10)
- Children's art appreciation class: "What Lies Beneath?" (Saturday, Oct. 18)
- Children's art appreciation class: "What Lies Beneath?" (Saturday, Oct. 18)
- Music Performance: Spencer Consort (Sunday, Oct. 19)
- Difficult Dialogues: Race, Education & American Politics (Wednesday, Oct. 22)
- Lecture: Dr. Mindy Nancarrow (Thursday, Oct. 23)
- Senior Session: "Rococo Rocks" (Thursday, Oct. 23)
- Student Night (Thursday, Oct. 30)
November 2008
- Children's art appreciation class: "Toy Stories" (Saturday, Nov. 8)
- Children's art appreciation class: "Toy Stories" (Saturday, Nov. 8)
- Senior Session: A Picture Gallery (Thursday, Nov. 13)
- Film: "Robot Taekwon V" (Thursday, Nov. 20)
- Film: “Robot Taekwon V,” with introduction by KU professor Michael Baskett, (Thursday, Nov. 20)
- Children's art appreciation class: "Express Yourself" (Saturday, Nov. 22)
- Children's art appreciation class: "Express Yourself" (Saturday, Nov. 22)
December 2008
- Children's art appreciation class: "Comic Relief' (Saturday, Dec. 6)
- Children's art appreciation class: "Comic Relief' (Saturday, Dec. 6)
- Senior Session: Master of Watercolor (Thursday, Dec. 11)
- Family Program: Toy Stories (Sunday, Dec. 14)
Past events at Spencer Museum of Art
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