- A community in stitches
- April 7, 2013
- Artists need vision — and local artist, quilter, historian and teacher Marla Jackson has big ones.
- Film festival explores women as leaders
- April 7, 2013
- An upcoming film festival will highlight women as leaders in society, illustrated through nine short films by female filmmakers.
- Teen, young adult actors sought for feature film and miniseries
- April 7, 2013
- LightLyre Films is looking for teens and young adults with acting experience to work on several projects the company will shoot this spring and summer in Lawrence. Auditions for actors will be Friday and Saturday.
- ‘This Old Guitar’ explores links to cultural past
- April 4, 2013
- A new short film by Lawrence resident Stephen Lerner, “Esta Guitarra Vieja (This Old Guitar),” explores how objects can remind us of our heritage and ancestry. The main character of the movie, which premieres at the Lawrence Arts Center on Sunday, remembers her late father through his old guitar. By Giles Bruce
- Life story: Lawrence native’s film opens across U.S.
- April 4, 2013
- Lawrence native Alonso Mayo’s first feature-length film, “The Story Of Luke” — starring Lou Taylor Pucci, Seth Green, and Cary Elwes — opens Friday in 18 cities across the country, including a 7 p.m. screening at Liberty Hall. By Eric Melin
- Book signing event features authors, illustrator of ‘Kansas Bestiary’
- March 31, 2013
- Copies of “A Kansas Bestiary” will be for sale at an upcoming event hoped to celebrate the book’s hard-cover release and raise funds for the Kansas Land Trust.
- Liberty Hall to screen Lawrence native’s award-winning ‘Story of Luke’
- March 31, 2013
- Liberty Hall is presenting a one-time screening of Lawrence native Alonso Mayo’s debut feature film, “The Story of Luke,” starring Lou Taylor Pucci, Seth Green, Cary Elwes and Kristin Bauer.
- Congressional art competition open to high schoolers
- March 24, 2013
- High school students in Kansas’ 3rd Congressional district are invited to submit work for this year’s Congressional Art Competition.
- Wonder Fair announces secret ‘adventure’ to celebrate anniversary
- March 24, 2013
- To celebrate its fifth anniversary, Wonder Fair is planning a community-driver art event befitting of its reputation as one of Lawrence’s best-kept secrets. On Friday the small, upstairs art gallery, shop and studio at 803 1/2 Massachusetts St. will kick off a month-long “art adventure.”
- Noted production designer teams with local rock band for ‘Servants’
- March 24, 2013
- A sculptor and production designer who has worked with film iconoclasts such as Isabella Rossellini and James Franco will present a multi-part “art experience” in collaboration with Lawrence rock band Hospital Ships.
- Auction delivers art to the people, funding to the Arts Center
- March 22, 2013
- You can own original art. Yes, you. The Lawrence Arts Center’s annual Benefit Art Auction is its most important single fundraiser of the year, but organizers also see it as a way to introduce artists to new eyes and community members to a way of life that includes owning art. By Sara Shepherd
- New art exhibit explores water, eco-critically to symbolically
- March 17, 2013
- Crystalized urine from an artist who drank from the Yangtze River for 21 days. Photos for which an artist placed herself in danger to depict the ocean’s turbulence. Contemporary interpretations of the bends of the Kansas River. All come together in “Conversation XIV: Water,” a new exhibition at the Spencer Museum of Art. By Sara Shepherd
- Behind the Lens: Great snow photos about finding the right exposure
- March 17, 2013
- I realize we’re probably done with snow for the year, but after talking to people about their recent photographs of snow, I thought I’d offer some tips that can apply to photos taken year-round. By Mike Yoder
- Duo to give free musical performance at art museum
- March 10, 2013
- The Goldenberg Duo will present a free recital at noon Friday in the Central Court at the Spencer Museum of Art, 1301 Mississippi St.
- Cut paper art on display at Law Library gallery
- March 3, 2013
- The intricate cut paper creations of Lawrence artist Angie Pickman are on display through March at the Douglas County Law Library Art Gallery.
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