The University Daily Kansan Thursday, February 15, 2001
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Section B • Page 3
FINE ARTS
Today
Intern Beth Harris will present Study Gallery installation at 12:15 p.m. in the Study Gallery of Spencer Museum of Art.
Saturday
Cooo Fusco will lecture at 7 p.m. at the SMA Auditorium in Spencer Museum of Art. The lecture is in conjunction with Contemporary Art from Cuba: Irony and Survival on the Utopian Islands.
"I Thought I Had a Seat," presented by the Fine Arts Ministry of Ninth Street Baptist Church, 847 Ohio, at 6 p.m. Call 843-6472.
Kodo Drummers from Japan will perform at 8 p.m. at the Lied Center, Call 864-ARTS.
The Kansas City Ballet presents its winter program entitled "Stravinsky Festival 2001," Feb. 15 to 18 at the Lyric Theatre. It will feature Balanche's The Donizetti Variations set to the opera Don Sebastian de Portugal. Purchase tickets from the Kansas City Ballet Box Office by phone at (816) 931-2232. They may also be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com. Prices range from $18-$44. Group discount rates are available.
The University Theatre, in preparation for their upcoming appearance at the International University Theatre Meeting in Liege, Belgium, will perform An American Medley, a collection of short plays including "This Property is Condemned," "Time Files," and "Desire, Desire, Desire," which will run today through Saturday. All performances are at 7:30 p.m. in the Inge Theatre in Murphy Hall. The Sea Horse will also run at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20 and 21 at the same location.
Josiah McElhney; Works 1994-2000 is currently on exhibit at the Carlsbad Center Gallery of Art at the Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd. The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Thursday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday; and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Call (913) 469-2344.
"Flag Story Quilt," a dyed and pierced flag by African-American artist Faith Ringgold, is part of a new exhibit on display at Spencer Museum of Art. Photo by Eric Hedinger/KANSAN
Art exhibit on display
Museum honors African-American women artists
By Melissa Bronnenberg
joyplay @ kansan.com
joyplay writer
A new exhibit at the Spencer Museum of Art helps viewers understand the influence of African culture on modern-day women artists.
"Contemporary African- American Women Artists: Looking at the Past, Living in the Present," opened Feb. 3 in conjunction with Black History Month and will be displayed until March 9.
"It also dovetails into women's history month," said Beth Harris, an education intern who did all of the research and preparation for
the exhibit. "We have African-American male artists' work up pretty frequently, so this exhibit tied in nicely with the theme on women."
The exhibit presents six works, three of which are recent acquisitions that have never been shown, including a pop-up silhouette book by Kara Walker titled, "FREEDOM: A Curious Interpretation of a NEGRO in Trouble."
Roundout the exhibit are artists Elizabeth Catlett, Alison Saar and Carrie Mae Weems. A dyed and pieced flag by Faith Ringgold, "Flag Story Quilt," is also included because Harris thought it fit the focus of the display.
Rachel Buller, photography intern, worked closely with Adrian Piper's photograph "It Doesn't Matter."
"I saw a retrospect on Adrian
SPENCER EXHIBITS
Spencer Museum of Art gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Harris designed the exhibit to be interactive. Following each description of the piece are questions for visitors to think about.
Piper in New York, and this measures up pretty well," Buller said. "We have a lot of important works by African-American women of the last century."
"It's meant to engage the audience visually in looking at formal aspects of the work, especially novice visitors because 20th century art tends to be difficult and inaccessible," Harris said.
Edited by Brandy Straw
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