Brosseau Center for Learning: A Humane Society? Considerations of Care in the More than Human World

Exhibition

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Brosseau Center for Learning: A Humane Society? Considerations of Care in the More than Human World
Cara Nordengren, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
October 7, 2025–November 2, 2025
Gallery 318, The Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Selections for KU American Studies, Sociology, and Spanish courses.

Works of art

Gotta Catch 'Em All!, Michael Menchaca; Overpass Projects
Michael Menchaca; Overpass Projects
Sun Mad, Ester Hernandez
Ester Hernandez
Sun Mad, 1981
War, Rufino Tamayo
Rufino Tamayo
War, 1959
Nuestras Raices, Nuestras Herramientas, Nuestra Liberación, Josh MacPhee; Mazatl; Justseeds Artists' Cooperative
Josh MacPhee; Mazatl; Justseeds Artists' Cooperative
Water Bottles, Tom Kiefer
Tom Kiefer
Guardian de la Paz (Guardian of the Peace), David Alfaro Siqueiros
David Alfaro Siqueiros
Los Perros durmiendo ladran (Sleeping Dogs Bark), Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Future Library (certificate), Katie Paterson
Katie Paterson
parrot figure
parrot figure, late 1800s–1953
wall hanging
wall hanging, late 1900s–1994
Modo con que los antiguos Españoles cazaban los toros á caballo en el campo (How the Original Spanish Hunted Bulls on Horseback in the Wild), Francisco de Goya
Francisco de Goya
dog figure
dog figure, late 1900s
La Mujer - Juchitan, Oaxaca, Mexico, Flor Garduño
Flor Garduño
llama figure
llama figure, late 1800s–1965
donkey figure
donkey figure, circa 1942
Farm Workers Are Society's Canaries, Josh MacPhee; Chris Stain; Justseeds Artists' Cooperative
Josh MacPhee; Chris Stain; Justseeds Artists' Cooperative
Zapata, Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera
Zapata, 1932
Howl, Luis Alfonso Jimenez
Luis Alfonso Jimenez
Howl, 1977
vessel with spout and dog figure
crank toy depicting a cock fight with skeletons and moving parts
Taking Care of the Earth is Taking Care of Ourselves, Josh MacPhee; Meredith Stern; Justseeds Artists' Cooperative
Josh MacPhee; Meredith Stern; Justseeds Artists' Cooperative
Puerto Rico, Elliott Erwitt
Elliott Erwitt
Puerto Rico, 1957
El esforzado Rendon picando un toro, de cuya suerte murió en la plaza de Madrid (The Forceful Rendon Stabs a Bull with the Pique, from Which Pass He Died in the Ring at Madrid), Francisco de Goya
Francisco de Goya
dog figure
dog figure, late 1900s
rooster figure
rooster figure, late 1900s–1994
Nuestra señora de las iguanas (Our Lady of the Iguanas), Graciela Iturbide
Graciela Iturbide
papel picado (cut-paper work)
El Buen Pastor (The Good Shepherd), Luis Alfonso Jimenez; Lawrence Lithography Workshop
Luis Alfonso Jimenez; Lawrence Lithography Workshop
Tonalá ware cat figure
Plant an Urban Farm Garden/Planta un Huerto Urbano, Josh MacPhee; Justseeds Artists' Cooperative; Alejandra Delfin
Josh MacPhee; Justseeds Artists' Cooperative; Alejandra Delfin