Tree of Life, Lied Center Lobby Exhibit
on-going
The Tree of Life lobby display highlights the visual aspects of work by KU students who created pieces around the Creative Campus Initiative. The displays highlight work by Eugenia Ortiz, KU Fine Arts graduate student specializing in sculpture; and Creative Campus Student Grant Project partners: Sean Hall (Theatre), Lyle Hansen (Architectural Studies), Michael Mannhard (Architecture), Moodie Younis (Architecture), and Rapa-Nui Gustafson-Ika (Industrial Design and Metalsmithing).

Trees & Other Ramifications: Branches in Nature & Culture
Spencer Museum of Art Exhibit
March 5–May 24
Central Court, Natural History Museum, and The Commons @ Spooner Hall
http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/exhibitions/trees.shtml

Creative Campus KU Student Projects
FREE and Open to Public

Future Life Forms
April 11–18
This project explores the potential of future life forms based on current scientific theory, expressing the needs and limitations of the human body.

Project Student Partners: Jackie Bowin (Theatre & Film and History), Matt Schott (Physics)

An Evolution of Perception
April 18-19, 7:30 p.m., Marvin Grove–KU Campus
April 25, 7 p.m., Lied Center (front entrance)
The project will consist of a series of happenings translated through dance, which will represent key elements in the history of architecture and will be tied to the ideological attitudes of mankind towards nature. The mediums we will use will consist of visual arts including dance, sculptures, and others culminating in an installation at the Lied Center.

Project Student Partners: Sean Hall (Theatre), Lyle Hansen (Architectural Studies), Michael Mannhard (Architecture), Moodie Younis (Architecture), Rapa-Nui Gustafson-Ika (Industrial Design and Metalsmithing)

Friday, April 24
7:30 p.m. Tree of Life–Origins and Evolution Performance (70 minutes–no intermission)

8:45 p.m. Coffee and Conversation – Post-performance discussion with the artists. Seymour Gallery (upper lobby, Lied Center)

Saturday, April 25
An Evolution of Perception - Creative Campus KU Student Project
7 p.m., Lied Center (front entrance)

7:30 p.m. Tree of Life–Origins and Evolution Performance (70 minutes–no intermission)

Engaging Art: The Next Great Transformation of America’s Cultural Life
Monday, March 2 - 4:30 p.m.
Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium
Free and Open to the Public (Reception follows lecture)

This presentation is named after his new book, which explores what it means to participate in the arts in contemporary society—from museum attendance to music downloading. Tepper’s book analyses key trends involving technology, audience demographics, religion and the rise of “do-it-yourself” participatory culture.

Tepper is the associate director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy, and assistant professor, Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University.

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