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The Power of Place: KU Alumni Artists

February 16 – June 30, 2019

Spencer Museum of Art
The University of Kansas
1301 Mississippi
Lawrence, KS

The Power of Place considers profound understandings of place in the work 29 artists who received degrees from KU. Each artist compels the power of hand making in some form, and addresses the power of place, whether it be historical places; the spaces of a textile as place; sites or places of past or current distress, trauma, or violence; place as an abstract idea; or place as a visceral reality. The focus on place also explores the power of this place— the KU campus and community—in shaping students who make art.

The Power of Place: KU Alumni Artists

This exhibition is supported by KU Student Senate and the Linda Inman Bailey Exhibitions Fund

The Spencer Museum of Art – YouTube Channel – see previous Power of Place artist’s dialogue Livestream sessions

One Hundred Seventy-Three: New river work at Haw’s satellite space — Haw Contemporary Crossroads

Opening reception: Friday, November 2, 2018, 6 – 9 p.m.
Artist’s Talk, Saturday, December 1, 2 p.m.

Haw Contemporary Crossroads
15 West 19th Street, Kansas City, MO 64108 (map)
​Hours: Wednesday through Saturday, 12 – 6

This show featured an assemblage of small oil paintings on the main wall depicting the 173-mile long Kansas River, from Kansas City, MO., to Junction City, KS. Multiple large paintings of the river were on view throughout the gallery as well.

Symphony in the Flint Hills 2018 — Prairie Art winner

“In the Cottonwood Watershed,” was chosen as the winner of the 2018 Prairie Art Exhibition, and will be featured at the event’s auction on June 9, 2018. In addition, one hundred limited edition, signed and numbered prints will be available at the event, the online shop, or at the Symphony shop in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.

The 2018 Symphony in the Flint Hills Signature Event took place Saturday, June 9, at Rosalia Ranch in Butler County, Kansas.

Voices of the Wilderness — An Alaskan Artist-in-Residency with Lisa Grossman

My Google Tour for VOTW has been converted to a new web-based Google Tour experience with interactive viewing, as of 2021. View it HERE.

I hope you enjoy it and I welcome your feedback and questions.

Presentations:

Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library 
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
7 – 8:30 p.m.
Marvin 101C
1515 SW 10th Ave.
Topeka, KS 66604

Jayhawk Audubon Society, Lawrence Chapter
Monday, February 26, 2018
7 p.m.
Trinity Lutheran Church
1245 New Hampshire St.
Lawrence, KS 66044

In summer of 2017, Lisa was an artist-in-resident with the US Forest Service kayak rangers in Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness, Tongass National Forest, Alaska. The Voices of the Wilderness Program is modeled after the National Park’s AIR programs but pairs artists with wilderness specialists in the National Park Service, US Forest Service, or US Fish & Wildlife Service, in almost a dozen locations around Alaska. Lisa spent six days kayak camping in Endicott Arm Fjord with Ranger Chrissy, on her rounds monitoring campsites, noise and visual intrusions, wildlife, as well as boarding tour boats for educational talks. She came back with a wealth of photos, videos, paintings, a glimpse of what it takes to manage a place for “Wilderness Character,” and a whole new appreciation for ice! 

Lisa Grossman – artist Facebook – artist page

US Forest Service – Alaska Region – 2017 Voices of the Wilderness artists

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Endicott Arm – Four Progressions, oil on panels, 19 x 31 in., © 2018

Endicott Arm – Four Progressions – Statement

Voices of the Wilderness, Artist-in-Residency

Grossman was selected from 90 applicants to be an artist-in-residence with the U. S. Forest Service in Tracy Arm/Ford’s Terror Wilderness, Tongass National Forest, Alaska, roughly 50 miles southeast of Juneau. She accompanied wilderness rangers on a kayak expedition up the Endicott fiord that included monitoring noise and air pollution, campsites, wildlife, removing invasive species, and boarding small cruise ships for educational talks. She painted on location and will continue painting around these stewardship goals for her donated project. She will be doing presentations in the community about her experience so stay posted for updates here and on her Facebook – artist page.

US Forest Service – Alaska Region – 2017 Voices of the Wilderness 

Voices of the Wilderness, Artist-in-Residency