Weekends through December 6

Ann Dean photographs

Mexico: Color, Line, & Texture

closing reception Friday, December 4
7-9 pm

Day of the Dead

You are invited to bring something to the Percolator altar for

El Dia de los Muertos en Kansas
Where we who are not dead yet celebrate those who are

Sunday, November 1
6 pm potluck dinner
7:30 procession / invocation

Free & open to the public

On the walls: Ann Dean, Mexico: Color, Line, & Texture
through Dec. 6
closing reception Friday, Dec. 4

Come See the Mural

Thanks go out to everyone who helped make the Black Sheep Art Collective residency at the Percolator a great success. The mural will be on view at the Percolator through October 28th,and then will be installed at the Four Winds Native Center at 15th and Haskell.


The DIY Spraypaint Workshop.


Jeff, Cy, and Ave at work in the Percolator studio.


Haskell students finishing their panel for the Four Winds Center.

Coming to the Percolator in October - The Black Sheep Art Collective

From October 8 - 16, the Black Sheep Art Collective will be artists in residence at the Percolator. Listen to the lawrence.com podcast here.

Schedule of events so far (check back for updates)
Saturday, October 10th, 7pm - Get to know the Black Sheep Art Collective followed by a screening of the graffiti documentary "Bomb it."
Sunday, October 11th, 2-5pm - DIY spraypaint workshop
Friday, October 16th, 6-9pm - BSAC mural unveiling
October 16 - 28 - BSAC mural displayed at the Percolator
The completed mural will then be installed at the 4 Winds Center (formerly Pelathe) at 15th & Haskell. More on an opening for that soon.

From Here to There

From Here to There
A Lawrence Percolator + FBL joint featurette

HEARTLAND

The friendly neighborhood Lawrence Percolator is featured in the SMART Museum's Heartland exhibtion catalog. Here is a PDF of it for you! The catalog features essays by John Corbett and Frank Veenstra; Joshua Decter; Dave Eggers; Charles Esche; Hasan Kwame Jeffries; Andria Lisle; Hesse McGraw; Kerstin Niemann; Stephanie Smith; Rebecca Solnit; Matthew Strauss; Dan S. Wang; and Matt Weiland.

While this publication stems from the Heartland exhibitions at the Van Abbemuseum and the Smart Museum of Art, this book is much more than an art catalogue. Contributors—including novelist Dave Eggers, scholar Hasan Kwame Jeffries, and journalist Rebecca Solnit—explore the region through topics ranging from art to music to urban farming to political history. An illustrated section introduces all of the artists involved in both iterations of Heartland, including established figures like Kerry James Marshall and exuberant newcomers like Whoop Dee Doo. An appendix surveys the lively state of independent and artist-run cultural initiatives from New Orleans to Detroit.

If you see any Percolator Paraphrenalia at the exhibition, send us a note about it.

Make a License Plate - Support the Arts

Call for Artists To Design the Kansas Arts License Plate

The Kansas Arts Commission invites Kansas visual artists to submit designs for a new Kansas Arts License Plate. Artists must currently reside in Kansas and be 10 years old and older.

The plate is scheduled for production in 2010 or once funds are raised for its manufacture.

The license plate will be available for all Kansans to purchase for their vehicles. All proceeds will go towards grant programs of the Kansas Arts Commission.

The design should reflect and promote a positive image of Kansas and Kansas arts. The image will be used to promote the arts and the Kansas Arts Commission throughout the state and nationwide.

Submissions must be postmarked by October 15, 2009, or if delivered, received by October 15, 2009. No submissions will be returned.

Kansas Arts Commissioners and staff will narrow the submissions to five finalists. A sample plate for each of the finalists will be posted on the Kansas Arts Commission website and Kansans will be invited to vote for their favorite plate.

The winning design will be announced in January 2010. The artist submitting the winning design will be credited in all promotional material for the license plate and will be prominently featured on the Kansas Arts Commission’s website. Other promotional opportunities may be available. In addition, the winning designer will receive a three-percent royalty fee for all Kansas arts license plates sold.