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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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Man's dress shirt. Liberia. Gift of Diana Hawks. Citywear is more formal and often embellished with intricate embroidery.
Vernon Brejcha | Lawrence, KS
"Sumac Dipper" (c. 1983)
Glass
Gift of Larry Peters and Barbara Waterman-Peters
2007.36.1
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Leonard DiNardo | Lambertville, NJ
"Navajo 142" (1982)
Glass
1982.14
Dick Huss | Stillwater, MN
Bowl (1981)
Glass
1982.21
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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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
Jerald Jacquard, Reverse Perspective
Facing north (10th Avenue). Permanent outdoor sculpture and part of the Library's permanent collection (2004.16).
Dr. Beverly Roskos-Ewoldsen, A&S Associate Dean for Social Sciences, and Brittni Jones, new office assistant in the art department, mingle with the press. The painting is Fahamu Pecou's "Giant Robot," 2006.
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Robert Hodges | Lawrence, KS
Bowl (1984)
Glass
Topeka Crafts Competition 8
Friends of the Library Purchase Award
1984.8
John C. Winter | Kinsley, KS
Untitled (1996)
Glass
Mulvane Art Fair Purchase Award
1996.21
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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
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Jim Richardson
Lindsborg KS
Patterns of the Spring Burn (2006)
Color photograph
Gift of the Western Sorosis Club, Topeka KS
2008.27.001
This picture could be mistaken for volcanic lava. The burn follows the land contour in an interesting manner. The picture evokes an eerie feeling.
–Carol Schmidt, Gallery Volunteer
What I like about this photograph is the angle that it was taken and how we look down on the fire as it burns across the land. I am intrigued by the interplay of the asymmetrical burn pattern the fire is making and the symmetrical layout of the fields.
–Zan Popp
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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
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
Robert Hodges | Lawrence, KS
Bowl (1984)
Glass
Topeka Crafts Competition 8
Friends of the Library Purchase Award
1984.8
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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
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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”
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22/150: Henry Worrall, Exodusters in Topeka: engravings of the Barracks, Harper’s Weekly, July 5, 1879