Kansas Union Gallery
The Kansas Union Gallery (KUG) showcases a variety of mediums from local artists every semester that engages KU students, faculty and staff with the displayed art. Every spring semester we host Senior Shows in order to provide graduating art majors with the unique opportunity to install a solo show.
Our Fall 2024 Exhibitions
Emma Saville
September 1 - 14This exhibit was initially created for an architectural class here at the University of Kansas and has become so much more. When I visit home in southern Kansas, I will take my camera and take a walk throughout my hometown and find small details I didn't notice before or capture places with fond memories. Each photo has a story.
Ayanna Wilkinson
September 15 - 28The name of the exhibit is called Balance. This exhibits art that combines features of ceramics with elements that imitate or include nature.
Sam Azzaro
October 13 - 26Transformation - A comparative work of monsters and horror themes as it relates to LGBTQIA+ people, specifically the way trans people are seen or perceived by a cis-heteronormative society. This body of work will instead explore the power in transformation that Queer and Trans people take back through their gender affirming journeys and why this historical narrative lives on and how it can change.
Maura Dayton
October 27 - November 9The Bauhaus Stills Exhibit
The Bauhaus Stills embodies Lawrence DIY. I have been photographing DIY concerts since March 2023 and I am one of very few people who are making a record of this underground scene. However, this has made the coverage of DIY shows very one-sided. Everything is documented from my perspective. The Bauhaus Stills asks what would happen if I gave the camera to the people and let fate capture a show. In order to let go of control, the process is fairly simple: I buy three rolls of the cheapest 35mm color film and take my point-and-shoot film camera to a DIY show at a house venue called The Bauhaus and let the camera run wild. The camera gets passed to people attending the show and can be anywhere at any time. This allows people to capture any and all aspects of a DIY show at Bauhaus. Pre-show moments, live music, intermissions, and post-show shenanigans. Anything is fair game. Anyone who wants to take pictures can take pictures. My involvement in the project is to simply be a curator of the work, choosing images that show both the live music and community aspects of a Bauhaus show that are then put into a zine that is sold at the next Bauhaus show. Then, the cycle continues. This project reveals an underground movement of music that is happening right under everyone's noses. A movement that dates back decades, way before me and Bauhaus. I hope that this project elicits feelings of nostalgia for any of my parents friends who have told me that Lawrence doesn't have the same concerts that they used to. The zines also act as a physical document for anyone who wants to look back and reminisce on the nights we spent at Bauhaus. Underground music scenes like DIY will always exist, you just have to know where to look.
Archive Show
November 24 - December 7
See something you like? Email us if you would like to see more artwork from the featured artists in our archive or have any questions about the exhibits listed.
CONTENT WARNING! Some of our exhibits contain descriptions of sexual assault, nudity, or harmful words as artists express their artwork in our space. If you have concerns about anything on our website, please email us.
CONTENT WARNING! Some of our exhibits contain descriptions of sexual assault, nudity, or harmful words as artists express their artwork in our space. If you have concerns about anything on our website, please email us.
Artist Submissions
We are not currently accepting submissions, come back at the end of the Fall semester!
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