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3. Three-legged toad teapot
ca. 20th century
Pewter, glass
97.40.70
Frogs and toads are very common in China. The three-legged toad in Chinese mythology is said to exist only in the moon, which it swallows during the eclipse. It therefore is the symbol for the unattainable.
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
Since words bat and good luck are pronounced the same in Chinese, the bat is a symbol of longevity and good luck. Five bats represent the Five Blessings: longevity, ease, riches, honors and joy.
A deer is the symbol of long life and is the only animal able to find the sacred fungus of immortality. It may also symbolize wealth, as deer and official salary are homophones (pronounced the same) in Chinese. To give a gift of a deer to an official taking a placement exam is to wish them luck with their potential raise.
1. Travel case with bat hinges
ca. 20th century
Wood, bronze
79.17.18
2. Snuff bottle with zodiac animals
ca. 20th century
Porcelain
97.40.217
3. Snuff bottle
ca. 20th century
Porcelain, enamel
97.40.239
4. Hexagonal teapot
ca. 20th century
Pewter, brass inlay, stone
97.40.40
5. Deer serving dish
ca. 20th century
Pewter, green glass, red enamel
97.40.71
(DETAIL) Dr. Tony Silvestri taught students at Washburn University how to create an illuminated manuscript. This is one of the pages he created.
Recently we took a journey back in time to the Middle Ages, before the printing press, when books were written and illustrated entirely by hand. Dr. Tony Silvestri from Washburn University showed us how he’s keeping this complex craft alive today. Offered in conjunction with "Telling Stories", our current book art exhibit.
you can't tell from this picture, but this piece had a kind of disorienting feel to it. looked sort of hazy if you looked straight at the center.
Skirt. Lake Turkana region, Kenya. Leather, fish vertebrae and scales from the Nile Perch. Gift of Gary K. Clarke.
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
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
Decorative skirt. Northern Frontier District of Kenya, Borana tribe. Leather, beads and cowrie shells. This may have been decorative rather than a worn garment, and may have been used for trade. The cowrie shells are a symbol of wealth, and were used as currency in many areas of Africa. Gift of Gary K Clarke.
China
Vessel
Red and gold lacquered
Paper mache
Gift of Dorothy Huggins , 1997.040.166
China
Lidded Box
Carved Lacquer
TSCPL Permanent Collection, 2003.027.024
China
Gourd Shaped Vessel
Red and gold lacquered
Paper mache
Gift of Dorothy Huggins, 1997.040.156
China
Bracelet
Carnelian and Silver
Gift of Dorothy Huggins, 1997.040.316
China
Ring
Carved cinnabar
Gift of Dorothy Huggins, 1997.040.365
China
Bracelet
Carved cinnabar
Gift of Dorothy Huggins, 1997.040.320
Teresa Johnston Basketry
On display in the TSCPL Rotunda through June 2009
Check out Teresa Johnston's Flickr page
American Red Cross Nurse uniforms on loan from the Kansas Capital Area.
We partnered this year to raise needed supplies for area veterans and sent holiday postcards to service members overseas.
American Red Cross Nurse uniforms on loan from the Kansas Capital Area.
We partnered this year to raise needed supplies for area veterans and sent holiday postcards to service members overseas.
Manoussakis Michalis (1953)
The Well, 1996
Oil and coal on wood panel, 150 x 210 cm
(Inv. no: Π.10375)
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Μανουσσάκης Μιχάλης (1953)
Το πηγάδι, 1996
λάδι και κάρβουνο σε ξύλο
(αρ. έργου Π.10375)
Jancy Pettit
"Intersections III" (1994)
Prismacolor pencil, airbrush acrylic
TSCPL Permanent Collection, 94.29
Curate This! is a mentorship program where area high school students are instructed in the various skills needed to work in a gallery workplace.
Part classroom and part independent study, we are willing to work with instructors to monitor student progress and credit her/him for grading purposes.
Contact our museum educator, Betsy Roe, if you or someone you know is interested in participating in 2014: 785-580-4577 (or) eroe@tscpl.org.
Detail from:
Manoussakis Michalis (1953)
The Well, 1996
Oil and coal on wood panel, 150 x 210 cm
(Inv. no: Π.10375)
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Λεπτομέρια από:
Μανουσσάκης Μιχάλης (1953)
Το πηγάδι, 1996
λάδι και κάρβουνο σε ξύλο
(αρ. έργου Π.10375)
Permanent Collection of the National Gallery, Athens, Greece.
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Μόνιμη συλλογή της Εθνικής Πινακοθήκης, Αθήνα.
Maasai, Kenya
Shuka
Cotton, Beads and Aluminum
2008.14.8, 2008.14.13
Wedding Necklace
Glass beads, wire, leather, aluminum (from discarded petrol cans)
2008.013.002
Beaded Bracelet
Glass beads
2008.013.003
Gift of Gary K. Clarke
Gilded painting by Dr. Tony Silvestri.
Recently we took a journey back in time to the Middle Ages, before the printing press, when books were written and illustrated entirely by hand. Dr. Tony Silvestri from Washburn University showed us how he’s keeping this complex craft alive today. Offered in conjunction with "Telling Stories", our current book art exhibit.
Curate This! is a mentorship program where area high school students are instructed in the various skills needed to work in a gallery workplace.
Part classroom and part independent study, we are willing to work with instructors to monitor student progress and credit her/him for grading purposes.
Contact our museum educator, Betsy Roe, if you or someone you know is interested in participating in 2014: 785-580-4577 (or) eroe@tscpl.org.
Installation view
The dragon is a symbol of male vigor, fertility, ultimate abundance, prosperity and good fortune. It is the symbol of the Emperor. The dragon, as a divine mystical creature, is the symbol of the natural world, adaptability and transformation.
A phoenix is the symbol of virtue, duty, correct behavior, humanity, reliability, strength, resilience, good fortune and luck. The phoenix is considered to be the most important of the winged animals, a symbol of yin in the yin-yang energy.
1. Snuff bottle
ca. 20th century
Porcelain, coral, turquoise, wood
97.40.229
2. Yellow dragon bowl
ca. 20th century
Porcelain
94.39.2
3. Phoenix plate
ca. 20th century
Metal
97.40.124
4. Dragon box
ca. 20th century
Cloisonné enamel, metal
97.40.135
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
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
Susaku Arakawa 'The Given' (Das Vorgegebene), 1972, Galerie der Gegenwart (Museum of Contemporary Art), Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP
16/150: Albert T. Reid’s Sketchbook, Fads, Foibles & Politics: 1896-1908
14/150: “The Little Colonel’s Good Times Book”, diary of Anita Weiskirch, 123 Greenwood, Potwin, Topeka Kansas, age 14, 1912-1913.
17/150: Carry A. Nation’s publication The Smasher’s Mail, 1901, published in Topeka.
13/150: Civil War era cavalry swords, used for practice. These once belonged to Pearl Menninger. Gift of the Menninger Foundation
14/150: First Naval Disaster in Topeka: Performance on the HMS Pinafore – Soldier Creek, “The Modocs”, a singing group, July 4, 1884, at Garfield Park. Boat sank in last act. 17,000 people paid 10 cents admission. Town Hall Tonight brochure.
18/150: Kansas Constitution, Published by Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh
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
Anthony Care 'Table Piece LVII' (Tischstück LVII), Galerie der Gegenwart, Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Wet & Wild Papermaking Program
Betsy Roe (Gallery educator and associate curator) along with Brea Black (Special Collections librarian) showed people how to make paper today! Each person got to strain it through a screen and then "roll it up like a burrito" to take home, unroll and dry out.
"More Than Words:
Text, Image, Structure and Material"
Duration: 6:04 minutes
How many ways can a book tell a story? Words and pictures come to mind first, but have you ever wondered if the paper itself or the shape of the book might have something to say as well?
We hope this short video will give you a brief overview of the four ways we believe the books in this exhibit tell their stories.
Mary Frye
"Renaissance Peacock" (1991)
Wood, mixed media
TSCPL Permanent Collection, 1991.7
Curate This! is a mentorship program where area high school students are instructed in the various skills needed to work in a gallery workplace.
Part classroom and part independent study, we are willing to work with instructors to monitor student progress and credit her/him for grading purposes.
Contact our museum educator, Betsy Roe, if you or someone you know is interested in participating in 2014: 785-580-4577 (or) eroe@tscpl.org.