{"id":50849,"date":"2016-10-13T18:23:40","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T23:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=50849"},"modified":"2016-10-14T14:36:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T19:36:30","slug":"spencer-art-museum-opens-up-publicly-and-conceptually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2016\/10\/13\/spencer-art-museum-opens-up-publicly-and-conceptually\/","title":{"rendered":"Spencer Art Museum Opens Up: Publicly and Conceptually"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-50855 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/MG_1548-edited-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"_mg_1548-edited\" width=\"312\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/MG_1548-edited-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/MG_1548-edited-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/MG_1548-edited-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/MG_1548-edited-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/MG_1548-edited.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/>Lawrence&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spencerart.ku.edu\/\">Spencer Museum of Art<\/a> is open again after an $8 million series of renovations that have shut its doors from last spring until now. Because KU students are the Spencer&#8217;s biggest audience, the\u00a0museum threw them a Student Preview Party last Thursday, October 6th to get an exclusive sneak peek at the renovations.<\/p>\n<p>From outside the Spencer, you could see partygoers inside through the glass-encased entryway.\u00a0Music from local band <a href=\"http:\/\/csluxem.bandcamp.com\/\">CS Luxem<\/a> vibrated off the modern gallery flooring. Tables stocked with food and drink bordered\u00a0the walls newly lined with windows. Students were having a great time at the Preview Party, but this was just the first step toward a brighter future for the Spencer Museum of Art.<\/p>\n<p>The Spencer was built in 1977 and these are its first large-scale renovations. KU alums may remember it as an isolated, outdated building, with most of its character found only in the artwork it displayed. But now the museum&#8217;s doors are not the only thing that are open after these renovations: so is the Spencer&#8217;s architecture. Openness was a huge theme with these renovations, something the museum staff hopes will create\u00a0a new reputation of connectivity and relatability among students.\u00a0Now it&#8217;s a spacious environment filled with organic light, inviting to not only students, but the rest of the Lawrence community and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>The Spencer Museum of Art will\u00a0celebrate its reopening to the public with festivities planned for this Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 15-16. Details can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/309772549386427\/\">Facebook event page<\/a>. To hear more about the renovations and what they mean for the Spencer, listen in on the FM story below.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/kjhk\/open-space-spencer-museum-pre-opening&amp;color=993300&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=true&amp;show_comments=false&amp;show_user=false&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawrence&#8217;s Spencer Museum of Art is open again after an $8 million series of renovations that have shut its doors from last spring until now. Because KU students are the Spencer&#8217;s biggest audience, the\u00a0museum threw them a Student Preview Party last Thursday, October 6th to get an exclusive sneak peek at the renovations. From outside the Spencer, you could see partygoers inside through the glass-encased entryway.\u00a0Music from local band CS Luxem vibrated off the modern gallery flooring. 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