Conference of the Birds

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

Conference of the Birds
Conference of the Birds
Emily Kruse, curator
Sabine Rishell, curator
https://spencerartapps.ku.edu/spencer-projects/3354

Kick off the 5th annual Backyard Bash with a special edition of Spencer Projects featuring an aviary of art from the Museum’s collection projected on the building. Perch in front of the Museum to view a vast array of bird-themed pottery, paintings, and prints, as well as feathered objects. Afterward, take a flashlight tour of Conference of the Birds, a series of 13 sculptural nests created by KU students, commissioned by the Museum, and installed throughout Marvin Grove. Please wear a mask and practice social distancing. This adaptation of Spencer Projects is curated by student staff members Emily Kruse and Sabine Rishell.

Exhibition images

Works of art

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Matt Morgan Art Pottery
circa 1882–1884
Roza Jaso
1820–1860
Utagawa Hiroshige
1830s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Hiroshige
1830s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Carrie A. Hall
early 1900s
Hoerman Brothers Manufacturing Company
late 1800s–1905
Kōno Bairei
1883, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Karl Jutz
late 1800s
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton, Gus Kayafas
1940
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton
1965
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton
mid-late 1900s
Henry Bugbee Kane
circa 1954
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton
1979
Patricia DuBose Duncan
1977
Awa Tsireh, C. Szwedzicki
1932
Awa Tsireh, C. Szwedzicki
1932
Richard Martinez, C. Szwedzicki
1932
Robert Lostutter
1988
John Ashbery
circa 1980
Charles Marshall
date unknown
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Lawrence Lithography Workshop
1995
Tom Druecker
1998
Owl
Sue Fuller
1949
John David Boyd
2001
Peter Walls
2000
Barbara Mason
2001
Félix Bracquemond
circa 1882
Tony Fitzpatrick, Landfall Press
1992
Jeanne Norman Chase
2003
Eli Griggs
2003
Roger Shimomura
circa 1970
Bea Gold
2005
Eric Hagstrom
2005
late 1800s–1950
unrecorded Ayoreo artist
late 1800s–1976
jar
Pablita Concho
mid 1900s
Dale Burlison DeArmond
1970
jar
Sadie Adams
early 1900s–1965
Bernard Homer
late 1800s–1964
unknown maker
late 1800s–1992
unrecorded Lakota artist
late 1800s–1993
Mary Annette Clause
1993
late 1900s–1994
unrecorded Guna artist
late 1900s–1994
Herbert Ben Sr.
1974
Michelle Sisneros
circa 1997
Jacqueline Bishop
2010
Pierre Joseph-Valcin
1975
Norman Akers
2010
late 1900s–1994
Ravi Varma Press
circa 1920
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
Matthew Day Jackson, Collaborative Art Editions, Christopher T. Creyts
2015–2016
ACM SIGGRAPH
1980s
Matthew Baker
circa 2000–2005
Skip Saunders
2003
Mamie Deschillie
late 1900s–2010
Mamie Deschillie
late 1900s–2010
Emmett Williams
1979
Frederick Stuart Church
1892
Henry Wessel
1977
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton
1934
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton, Gus Kayafas
1936
Mark Goodman
late 1900s
Maurice R. Bebb, Prairie Print Makers
1959
Avis Chitwood, Margaret Evelyn Whittemore
1930s
Robert James Hunt
1987
John Talleur (1925–2001)
1976
Keith Jacobshagen
1979
Sakamoto Koichi
circa 1970s
Brion Gysin
1935, circa 1982
David Bull
1999
Lynita Shimizu
2000
Patsy Giclas
2002
Gillyin Gatto
2002
Richard Basil Mock
2002
Carl Fischer
1973
Ohara Shōson
1920s, Taisho period (1912–1926) or Showa period (1926–1989)
Asada Benji, Uchida Woodblock Printing Co., Ltd.
early-mid 1900s
Matt Laine
2004
unrecorded Kwih-dich-chuh-aht (Makah) or Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) artist
1900–1926
unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist
late 1800s
Nampeyo of Hano
circa 1890
unrecorded Northwest Coast artist
late 1800s–early 1900s
Damacia Cordero
mid 1900s
late 1800s–1928
late 1900s–1994
unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) artist
circa 1967
Alice Paul
late 1800s–1996
late 1800s–1953
unrecorded Ayuukja’ay (Highland Mixe) artist
1989
Hazelle, Inc.
1959–1979
Fu Bin
2007
Harvey Dinnerstein
2009
Adam Leontus
circa 1950–1976
Norman Akers
2010
Ellen Lanyon, Landfall Press
1985
Elva Nampeyo
mid 1900s

Events

October 23, 2020
Activity
7:00–7:45PM
Spencer Museum of Art