The Bookmobile will not be at any stops this week for scheduled maintenance. We will resume a normal schedule Tuesday, May 28.

American Indian Heritage Month featured artist: Roxanne Swentzell

Posted by on November 19, 2012

In recognition of American Indian Heritage Month, I want to share the art of Santa Clara Pueblo artist Roxanne Swentzell with you. We’ll take a closer look at her sculpture called “Laughing at the Ducks”, which is part of the library’s permanent art collection. Then we’ll hit the road to see examples of her work in museums in Kansas City and Denver.

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Chinese Decorative Arts

Posted by on April 9, 2012

Sparrows scroll

Discover some of the many symbols found in Chinese decorative arts on display at the Alice C. Sabatini Gallery in the Hirschberg Gallery from April 6 through May 18.

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Is That a Book?

Posted by on February 13, 2012

Evidence of Compression

Artists’ books encourage us to look outside the binding to see what a book can be. Bottle cap pages, metal covers, and sanded and shaped text blocks are just a few of the possibilities.

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Woven Wonders

Posted by on January 30, 2012

Woven glass—that’s right woven glass. We are all used to seeing woven rugs or woven blankets, but glass?

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52 for 150: What’s So Special About Albert Bloch?

Posted by on December 12, 2011

For week 50 of our Kansas sesquicentennial video series, we’re taking a closer look at artist Albert Bloch, head of drawing and painting from 1923-1947 at the University of Kansas, and only American member of Der Blaue Reiter, Germany’s most important group of artists in the 20th century which contributed greatly to the development of Expressionism.

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