The Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art

Spring 2012 Newsletter

jgraves — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:13:15 +0000

Please enjoy our quarterly ‘ArtMatters’ Newsletter. It has the latest on all of our exhbitions, special events, cafe, gift shop, and classes for children and adults. Become a member today and we’ll mail our Newsletter straight to your house!

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Family Day Celebration at the AKMA

jgraves — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:39:38 +0000

Celebrate the last “P’ART” of Summer and the first part of Fall at the Albrecht-Kemper. Come enjoy a Sunday at the Museum with an afternoon BBQ, family art projects, music & fun!

Sponsored by the AKMA Business Council and Open to the public at no charge.

Beginning & Intermediate Acrylics

jbrewer — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:30:37 +0000

Tuesdays, August 30th – October 4th

For ages 15-Adult

Explore the diversity of acrylic painting. Let yourself be inspired by some of the artwork in the Albrecht-Kemper collection by observing and attempting to replicate certain styles and techniques.

Cost is $75 for members and $90 for non-members.

Beginning Photography

jbrewer — Wed, 18 May 2011 18:22:34 +0000

Thursdays, September 1st – October 6th, 2011

For ages 8-14

Learn to observe and capture the world around you in your own unique perspective. Fundamentals such as proper camera care and handling, use of display, zoom, lighting and composition will be covered. Basic computer skills to help digitally alter and enhance photographs will also be addressed.

Cost is $50 for members and $65 for non-members.

Media Mix-Up Series: Session 2

jgraves — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:29:00 +0000

Ages 6-10

Drawing/Chalk & Pastel – Students will go outdoors to create pastel landscapes.

Cost is $12 per session and $30 for the series.

Media Mix-Up Series: Session 3

jgraves — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:30:18 +0000

Ages 6-10

Mixed Media – Students will create art by using textiles, found objects and other materials.

Cost is $12 per session or $30 for the series.

Smithsonian Museum Day

jbrewer — Thu, 12 May 2011 19:09:00 +0000

Join us in celebrating Smithsonian magazine’s 7th Annual Museum Day. On this day, museums across the country invite the public to visit at no cost. We hope you’ll take this opportunity to visit the museum’s collection and current exhibitions. Free Admission. 1 – 4 pm.

“Where the Wild Things Are” Kids Halloween Bash

jgraves — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:07:32 +0000

Come join in the fun as we make monster masks, decorate pumpkins, and enjoy a story teller! Show us your costumes and “Trick-or-Treat” around the Museum.

Cost is $20 per child and all ages are welcome. Adults are Free and must accompany small children. RESERVATIONS are REQUIRED

Sugarplum Workshops

jgraves — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:27:42 +0000

Want to shop at the Sugarplum Festival while your little ones have fun? NEW THIS YEAR, we have 3 workshop sessions for your kids over the Sugarplum weekend. They’ll be excited to handmake Christmas presents for the whole family. When they are done with their creations they will enjoy a Holiday movie in the AKMA Theater.

Tots Session - Friday, Nov. 11th (Ages 3-5) -10:30 am-11:30 am. Cost is $20 per child, must be accompanied by an adult.

Children’s Session 1 – Friday, Nov. 11th (Ages 5-10) – 2:00 pm -3:30 pm. Cost is $25 per child

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED.

Children’s Session 2 – Saturday, Nov. 12th (Ages 5-10) – 2:00 pm-3:30 pm. Cost is $25 per child

Elizabeth ‘Grandma’ Layton “Discoverer” to Speak at AKMA

jgraves — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:45:49 +0000

A program on Elizabeth Layton will be presented by Don Lambert in the theater at the Albrecht-Kemper on April 30th. Lambert was a 27 year-old newspaper reporter for the Ottawa Herald, Ottawa, Kansas, when he saw two of Layton’s drawings at Ottaniversity, the small college there.

“I was mesmerized by those two drawings,” Lambert recalled. “When I llearned they had been done by a 68 year-old taking her first and only art course, I realized she would make a good story to write for the Herald.”

His “discovery” became far more than a single story. He made it his mission to get her drawings exhibited across the country. They have now been in more than 200 art museums and centers, including the Smithsonian in 1992, one year before her death. Lambert wrote many stories about her and arranged for her coverage in the likes of Life, People and Parade Magazine, as well as on National Public Radio and Good Morning America.

“Her works included in this exhibit at the Albrecht-Kemper reflect her concerns about being a woman and growing old,” Lambert explained. “And some are her social statements which are as important today as they were when she drew about them. One, “Niclear Scream” is her self-portrait as she faces nuclear explosions around her, frantically realizing she had done noting about the nuclear threat when she had the chance. Another, “Bag Lady” is her self-portrait as a bag lady, trying to come in from the cold. Layton’s statement about this drawing was that anyone could become a “bag lady” or homeless person if circumstances shifted due to the economy, marital status or mental or physical health.

“What she did in her drawings,” Lambert explained, “Is put herself in the shoes of ‘others.’ As we look at those drawings, we put ourselves in those shoes, too, as we examine our own aging, our own thoughts about the world around us.”

Layton had been drawing for only a couple of months when she realized that by drawing, she had cured manic depression she had been battling for 30 years. She had gone through electric shock treatments and had been treated with anti-depressant drugs. But it had been through drawing that she had cured herself. She became a national symbol of recovery and hope.

“I am pleased that Elizabeth’s drawings will be at the Albrecht-Kemper again and that I’ll be telling her story there again,” Lambert said, “Because that museum was one of the first to recognize her talents and exhibit her drawings.”

Lambert, who now lives in Kansas City, initiated and organized the other special exhibit at the Albrecht-Kemper, “Color Me Bold” which is the fiber works, paintings and sculptures of two longtime Kansas City artists, Gabriella Mountain and Janet Kuemmerlein.