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Jo Ellen Trilling

New York NY

 

Cinderella (2006)

Soft sculpture and handmade book

Gift of the Swogger Foundation

2006.28

 

The artist made this doll by hand, and rewrote the story of Cinderella using these animals as characters. The cat is Cinderella and the mouse is the fairy godmother. The characteristics of the animals remain in the characters—the mouse casts a spell on Cinderella to make her knit so Cinderella can’t eat her.

 

–Sherry Best

 

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11/150: William H. Bratton discharge, 1883 Bratton was a northeast soldier, the great-great grandfather of Phillip Menninger. Inside the case are campaign and reunion buttons. Gift of the Menninger Foundation 2003.27.35

Daniel Essig

Asheville NC

 

Spirit of the Times—4th Century (2003)

Oak, mica, bone fossil, walnut-stained handmade flax paper, linen cord, 1800s rag text paper, Ethiopian coptic binding

Unique book

2009.4

 

Yuji Hiratsuka

New Birth, 2007

Intaglio, chine collé, paper

Printed Image 2 Friends of the Library Purchase Award, 2008.024

 

Jerald Jacquard, Reverse Perspective

 

Facing north (10th Avenue). Permanent outdoor sculpture and part of the Library's permanent collection (2004.16).

Sabots, Netherlands.

Wood, leather; 20th c.

Gift of Annie B. Sweet

Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library Permanent Collection, S-18

double-neck vase / 1991

peter callas (belvidere NJ)

stoneware, anagama kiln wood fire

 

2001.6

Robert Hodges | Lawrence, KS

Bowl (1984)

Glass

Topeka Crafts Competition 8

Friends of the Library Purchase Award

1984.8

Peacock robe

ca. 20th century

Embroidered panels, fabric, brass buttons

97.40.436

 

Stormy skies for October First Friday artwalk and RED opening reception

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Edward Eberle

Pittsburgh PA

 

The Bow is Strong (1991)

Porcelain

2006.46

 

When I look at this piece I feel as though I am looking at a modern interpretation of a classical Greek vase. I like the continuous scene that is played out on the body of the vase. I am intrigued by the energy and movement the artist portrayed and feel myself drawn into the image.

 

–Zan Popp

 

I like anachronism. At first look, this vessel might be mistaken for a relic from a past civilization—possibly an ancient Athenian belly amphora (a container used to hold wine or oil) discovered on an archeological dig in Greece. It’s 2500 years younger, however, and was created just a few years ago by a contemporary ceramist working in Millvale, PA (a suburb of Pittsburg). It seems out of sequence from the art-historical narrative, which I like because I don’t expect it to be from the 20th century.

 

–Heather Kearns

Vernon Brejcha | Lawrence, KS

Stoppered bottle (1976-77)

Glass

Topeka Crafts Competition 1

Friends of the Library Purchase Award

1977.3

Randy Clark

La Cosa Esta Muy Fregada

(Things are very scrubbed)

Silkscreen

Printed Image 4 Friends of the Library Purchase Award, 2012.001

 

Hammer Museum New Gallery and Lobby Openings

Hammer Museum New Gallery and Lobby Openings

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20/150: Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Paper, April 16, 1887; “Kansas – Views in the City of Topeka, Capital of the State”

Hammer Museum New Gallery and Lobby Openings

Mary Bowron (Maryland)

Bowl, 2000

Stoneware, wood-fired

Anonymous gift, 2003.2.123

 

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22/150: Henry Worrall, Exodusters in Topeka: engravings of the Barracks, Harper’s Weekly, July 5, 1879

Avis Chitwood | Topeka, KS

Untitled pitcher (1913)

Hand-painted porcelain

Gift of Janice Gartrell for Avis Chitwood, 2009.014.18

Warren Frederick (Warrenton, VA)

Vase, 1999

Stoneware, wood-fired

Anonymous gift, 2003.2.51

 

Cooking

Sierra Leone

Photo courtesy of Tim and Jett Elmer

Nature

 

Karen Estelle Koblitz

Bucket of Fish, 1981

Earthenware

Topeka Craft Exhibition 6 Purchase Award, 1982.7

 

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Jo Ellen Trilling

New York NY

 

Cinderella (2006)

Soft sculpture and handmade book

Gift of the Swogger Foundation

2006.28

 

The artist made this doll by hand, and rewrote the story of Cinderella using these animals as characters. The cat is Cinderella and the mouse is the fairy godmother. The characteristics of the animals remain in the characters—the mouse casts a spell on Cinderella to make her knit so Cinderella can’t eat her.

 

–Sherry Best

 

Smithsonian Institution NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY at 8th and F Street, NW, Washington DC on Sunday afternoon, 9 February 2014 by Elvert Barnes Photography

 

THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE Permanent Exhibition

Paul Peck Gallery

 

Visit NPG / THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE website at www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/struggle/index.html

 

Elvert Barnes FEBRUARY 2014 BLACK HISTORY MONTH Project

Hammer Museum New Gallery and Lobby Openings

A display outside the Topeka Room celebrating 100 years of the Elmhurst Neighborhood.

June 2009

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11/150: William H. Bratton discharge, 1883 Bratton was a northeast soldier, the great-great grandfather of Phillip Menninger. Inside the case are campaign and reunion buttons. Gift of the Menninger Foundation 2003.27.35

Paul Jenkins

Untitled, 1975

Lithograph

Gift of Harry N. Abrams, 1975.008

 

Hammer Museum New Gallery and Lobby Openings

Hammer Museum New Gallery and Lobby Openings

Fahamu Pecou in a studio visit with grad student Raven Felice, 2009.

Part of the permanent exhibition "Six centuries of Swedish glass" at the Museum of Småland.

 

This little schnapps decanter caught my eye because of the shape and also the title, which reads "Fyllesvin" (which translates as "drunken swine").

Smithsonian Institution NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY at 8th and F Street, NW, Washington DC on Sunday afternoon, 9 February 2014 by Elvert Barnes Photography

 

THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE Permanent Exhibition

Paul Peck Gallery

 

Visit NPG / THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE website at www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/struggle/index.html

 

Elvert Barnes FEBRUARY 2014 BLACK HISTORY MONTH Project

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Yen Pa-Lung

Sparrows

ca. 20th century

Ink, paper, silk, wood

97.40.412

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25/150: The Boys’ Chronicle, 1903, Published by Boys’ Industrial School (BIS) which later became the Youth Center at Topeka (YCAT), which is still in operation today in north Topeka as a juvenile detention facility. The BIS taught boys trades, including printing.

Phelps Cunningham | Kansas

"Helleborus niger / Christmas rose" (c. 1930)

Woodblock engraving

Gift of Charles Marshall

1981.003.001

 

Cassava bead maker (top left). Ghana. Bead makers use molds with posts to make beads. This mold is for small red beads. On loan from Laura Dalrymple and Jim Harris.

Avis Chitwood | Topeka, KS

"Anemonies, Violets, Adder's Tongue, and Dutchman's Breeches"

No date

Screenprint

Gift of Janice Gartrell in memory of Avis Chitwood

2009.04.003

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