Rare textiles being shown at KU gallery
A rare collection of Jacquard textiles is being displayed Tuesday-Feb. 1 in the Art and Design Gallery in the Art and Design Building at Kansas University. An opening reception and lecture will be from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 27.
Called "digital wearvings," this collection of textiles created by several artists has been executed exclusively on Jacquard looms, using computer-aided drafting technology.
The exhibit is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Sundays; 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays; 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursdays; and 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Fridays.
KU theater department offers children's classes
The Kansas University department of theater and film will offer free after-school drama classes for two age groups of 15 children this spring semester. Enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Registration for students in grades 1-3 will be from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Jan. 28 in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre lobby in Murphy Hall. The class will meet from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 31; Feb. 7, 14 and 21; April 18 and 25; and May 2.
Registration for students in grades 4-6 will be from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. March 13 in the Crafton-Preyer lobby. The class will meet from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. March 26; April 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30; and May 7.
The classes are taught by Jeanne Klein, KU associate professor of theater and director of Theatre for Young People, and KU students. They will meet in room 209 in Murphy Hall.
For more information call Klein or Julie DePauw, 864-5576.
Unusual exhibit taps into technology
Salina UnMediated Vision, an exhibition about art, science, technology and culture, opens Saturday at the Salina Art Center, 242 S. Santa Fe.
The exhibit focuses on artists who use biotech and surveillance technologies. Videos, installations, Web-based projects, performance art and documentation by American and international artists address the expansion and redefinition of nature.
The exhibition will include a residency by artist Adam Zaretsky, who will construct and live in a portable "cleanroom" in the art center's gallery for a week as part of his installation "Workhorse Zoo."
Other artists participating in the exhibition are DJ Spacewurm, known for recording cell phone conversations as a way to explore sonic voyeurism; Tran T. Kim-Trang and Karl S. Mihail's Creative Gene Harvest Archive, a display of hair samples from a variety of scientists and artists; and Zina Kaye, who creates music from outer space sounds.
For more information, call the Salina Art Center, (785) 827-1431.
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