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Casey Whittier. Every Corner: A Confessional
Casey Whittier’s work is informed by her fascination with cast-off objects and quiet spaces: the things stuck in the corner, at the bottom of the pile. Her interest lies in an object’s ability to catalyze a story, to conjure up associations: past, present, future, real, fictional, or in-between. The works in this exhibition are culled from the everyday, straddling the line between humorous and serious. Complicated, as many stories are, they hold a certain tension within them: at once, ceramic…
2018 Free State Festival!
From social justice documentaries to cutting-edge comedians, the Free State Festival celebrates film, music, art, and ideas in the vibrant college town of Lawrence, Kansas. Music performances, art installations, and engaging discussions enhance a dynamic film lineup- bringing community and visitors together for a week of entertainment and inspiration. Click to learn more at freestatefestival.org!
ALL MEMBER EVENT: Preview The Image & the Vessel – a Survey of Contemporary Pottery
Join us for a preview and first chance to purchase ceramics from this group exhibition. Cash bar. Artists in this group exhibition represent some of the best contemporary potters currently exploring technique, concepts, history, and innovation. The range of processes possible in the 21st century is unlike any other period in history. Building on the rich and long history of imagery on pottery from every part of the world, these artists are continuing to advance with technology and concepts. This…
Brett Kern. Won’t Get Fooled Again
“Something has survived,” reads the tagline for the 1997 movie, Jurassic Park: The Lost World. Undeniably, something has survived: Brett Kern’s infatuation with the pop culture of his formative years, during the late eighties and the nineties. It continues to be through these “cultural glasses” that he continues to view and interpret the world, which influences the subject matter and purpose of his work. Kern’s predilection for producing collectible objects comes from his training as a potter and persistent preoccupation…
FINAL FRIDAY exhibitions
On the final Friday of each month, hundreds of people stream in and out of Lawrence’s galleries, restaurants, bars, and coffee shops in pursuit of art and music. Join us in the galleries for exhibition receptions this month.
The Image & the Vessel – a Survey of Contemporary Pottery
Artists in this group exhibition represent some of the best contemporary potters currently exploring technique, concepts, history, and innovation. The range of processes possible in the 21st century is unlike any other period in history. Building on the rich and long history of imagery on pottery from every part of the world, these artists are continuing to advance with technology and concepts. This dynamic exhibition encompasses a wide range of form and imagery that swings between functional and decorative. The…
Theatre and Dance For the Very Young: Color Play
October 5 | 6pm October 6 | 9:30am, 11:15am, 1:30pm, 4pm October 7 | 9:30am, 11:15am, 1:30pm $10 Adult/$10 Senior/$5 Student/$5 LAC Pre-School/K Family Members What does blue sound like? What does green do when it wakes up in the morning? How does orange dance? Performers in Color Play explore how children think about color through a performance directly inspired by the ideas, movements, and words of children ages 2-6 in our Play Lab series. Very young audiences will enter…
Pottery Jam 2018: the Handbuilt Edition
Chandra DeBuse, Margaret Kinkeade, Joseph Pintz, & Momoko Usami Free and Open to the Public in the Main Lobby Cash Bar Please bring something savory or sweet to share for our “Toast Bar.” Toasters will be provided! Chandra DeBuse, Margaret Kinkeade, Joseph Pintz, and Momoko Usami will work together and share their approaches to handbuilding pots. This interactive demonstration will celebrate the art of making pots as the ceramicists share their techniques, shapes, and stories. Join us for this collaborative and improvisational…
2018 Ceramics Symposium
Every two years, the Lawrence Arts Center hosts nationally recognized ceramicists in a symposium on topics central to the contemporary ceramics art world, offering an opportunity to interact and observe ceramic artists working in the top of the field. Over the course of two days, this select group of artists demonstrates sculpting processes, wheel throwing, surface decoration, and glazing; representing a diverse range of techniques and approaches to ceramic art in studios at the Arts Center while demonstrating their techniques…