Self Expression Fill your cultural belly with art
By Gwen Olson
Kansan Correspondent
Lawrence offers many choices for the culturally inclined.
The University of Kansas has several museums on campus, and Lawrence also provides several places of interest for art and culture seekers.
The Natural History Museum is holding the "Wildlife Photographer of the Year" exhibit.
"It's about 100 award-winning wildlife photographs," said Brad Kemp, marketing director for the museum. "The photos come from an annual international competition. We have had a lot of positive input on the exhibit because the photos really are spectacular."
The wildlife photographs will be exhibited until Nov. 3.
In mid-November, "The Art of Science: Scientific Illustration at the Museum" will be exhibited until March 1996. The exhibit will show examples of scientific illustration and the process that these illustrations must go through. Dates will be announced before the show begins.
The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Saturday and noon to 5
p.m. on Sundays.
The Museum of Anthropology is holding several exhibits this semester. The
largest of the exhibits is the "Seventh Annual Lawrence Indian Arts Show: a Juried Competition."
This show includes two- and three-dimensional art by Native-American artists from all over the United States. The museum is holding this part of the show until Oct. 22. The rest of the Indian Arts show will be displayed at several places around Lawrence.
The museum also will display "Islam in West Africa" through Dec. 31. The exhibit will show photographs, paintings and objects depicting the ways of life of these people.
The art museum also will be showing "American Indian Beadwork," which is part of the Lawrence Indian Arts Show. The exhibit will show beadwork borrowed from the Museum of Anthropology's collection.
The Spencer Museum of Art is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m.
The city of Lawrence also has several interesting events for art lovers.
The Watkins Community Museum, 1047 Massachusetts St.,is another attraction in Lawrence. This historic museum will feature "Douglas County Kansas, in World War II: the Homefront and Beyond."
Community activities and events
Recent Works by American Indian Artists Leslie Evans and Blanche Wahnee. Open through Sept. 24 at Haskell University's Parker Hall. Free.
American Indian Beadworks Workshop with Yolanda Stevens. Opens Sept. 27 through Oct. 1 at the anthropology museum. Reservations 864-4245.
Recent Works by Potawatomi Indian Artist Doug Coffin. Open through Oct. 4 at the Lawrence Arts Center, Free.
An Exhibit of Traditional American Indian Beadwork. Open through Oct. 22 at KU's Spencer Museum of Art. Free.
A Photographic Narrative. The Indians of Kansas. Open through Oct. 31 at the
Lawrence Public Library, Free
"This exhibit shows how World War II really had a dramatic effect on Lawrence," said Steven Jansen, museum director. "It involves 12 storyboards that show how Lawrence changed during the years of the war."
The exhibit will continue until Sept. 15, 1996. The museum is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1:30 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Another artistic part of the community is the Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 New Hampshire St. The theater has a six-show season that runs throughout the year.
The first show, "Once Upon a Mattress," will run Sept. 29 to Oct.15.
"It is a musical comedy," said Mary Doveton, manager of the theater. "It is
sort of based on the old story of the Princess and the Pea."
The theater will hold a haunted house called "Phantoms of the Night" Oct. 13-31. In December, the theater will show The Sisters Rosensweig."
Another place in Lawrence for art lovers who are thirsty is the Java Break, 17 E. Seventh St. The shop displays student paintings.
"Every month we have a new exhibit," said Brian MacDonald, a Java Break employee. "We currently are showing Steve Wilbur's art. The artists usually come to us to get their art displayed, or they are people that the employees know."
The Java Break also sells many of the displayed paintings and is open 24 hours.
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