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SUMMARY:Exhibit Opening – Piece / Work: The Art of Mary Lou Goertzen
DESCRIPTION:Kauffman Museum invites you to join us on August 30 at 3 p.m. as we celebrate the opening of our new special exhibit\, Piece / Work: The Art of Mary Lou Goertzen\, which takes as its focus an iconic Mennonite artist whose work spanned the deeply personal and broadly commercial. \nThe opening will begin with a presentation by exhibit curator Dr. Rachel Epp Buller\, professor of visual arts and design at Bethel College: \nPiecing Stories Together \nThroughout her long life\, Mary Lou Goertzen turned to different art forms as a way to tell stories–about herself\, her surroundings\, and her family and friends. In this presentation\, Dr. Rachel Epp Buller will give a curatorial overview of Goertzen’s processes\, artistic motivations\, and unexpected commercial success. \nRefreshments will be served. \nWe look forward to seeing you at the opening! \nPiece / Work: The Art of Mary Lou Goertzen and its associated programming are sponsored in part by the State of Kansas through the Kansas Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.
URL:https://kauffmanmuseum.org/event/exhibit-opening-piece-work-the-art-of-mary-lou-goertzen/
LOCATION:Kauffman Museum\, 27th & Main St.\, North Newton\, KS\, 67117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Exhibition,Sunday Afternoon at the Museum (SAM)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Andi Schmidt Andres":MAILTO:asa@bethelks.edu
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SUMMARY:First Saturday Bird Walk
DESCRIPTION:Our First Saturday Bird Walks depart from the kiosk in the museum parking lot for a mile-and-a-half hike through Chisholm Park and along Sand Creek Trail. Be prepared for some unpaved/steep terrain and summer weather. Binoculars and a bird book are recommended but not required. Children accompanied by an adult are welcome but should be able to remain quiet so they don’t scare away the birds! \nFree and open to the public. \nDigital artwork by Bob Regier
URL:https://kauffmanmuseum.org/event/first-saturday-bird-walk-47/
LOCATION:Kauffman Museum\, 27th & Main St.\, North Newton\, KS\, 67117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bird Walk
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ORGANIZER;CN="Andi Schmidt Andres":MAILTO:asa@bethelks.edu
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260920T160000
DTSTAMP:20260820T195812Z
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SUMMARY:Kauffman Museum Association Annual Meeting and Student Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Sunday\, September 20\, 2026 for the Kauffman Museum annual meeting and presentation. Come for the museum updates\, stay for an intriguing presentation by an emerging scholar: \n“Building Bethel: Before\, Between\, and Beyond” \nBethel College sophomore history major Faith Peterson will present a snapshot of Bethel College in the 1930s through its buildings and those who lived in them. This presentation is based on research she conducted during her summer internship at Kauffman Museum\, and is also shown in the exhibit that is currently on display in the Mantz Library upstairs lobby. \nRefreshments will follow. We hope to see you at the museum!
URL:https://kauffmanmuseum.org/event/kauffman-museum-association-annual-meeting-and-student-presentation/
LOCATION:Kauffman Museum\, 27th & Main St.\, North Newton\, KS\, 67117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sunday Afternoon at the Museum (SAM)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Andi Schmidt Andres":MAILTO:asa@bethelks.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261003T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261003T090000
DTSTAMP:20260820T201730Z
CREATED:20260820T201639Z
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SUMMARY:First Saturday Bird Walk
DESCRIPTION:Our First Saturday Bird Walks depart from the kiosk in the museum parking lot for a mile-and-a-half hike through Chisholm Park and along Sand Creek Trail. Be prepared for some unpaved/steep terrain and fall weather. Binoculars and a bird book are recommended but not required. Children accompanied by an adult are welcome but should be able to remain quiet so they don’t scare away the birds! \nFree and open to the public. \nDigital artwork by Bob Regier
URL:https://kauffmanmuseum.org/event/first-saturday-bird-walk-48/
LOCATION:Kauffman Museum\, 27th & Main St.\, North Newton\, KS\, 67117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bird Walk
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ORGANIZER;CN="Andi Schmidt Andres":MAILTO:asa@bethelks.edu
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SUMMARY:FALL FEST 2026: Teschemacher Organ Recital
DESCRIPTION:We will celebrate the artistic expression of women in both composition and making music as Rosi Penner Kaufman and Donna Ratzlaff Hetrick continue the legacy of the Deknatel sisters through music on this beautiful organ.
URL:https://kauffmanmuseum.org/event/fall-fest-2026-teschemacher-organ-recital/
LOCATION:Kauffman Museum\, 27th & Main St.\, North Newton\, KS\, 67117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fall Festival
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ORGANIZER;CN="Andi Schmidt Andres":MAILTO:asa@bethelks.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261017T130000
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SUMMARY:FALL FEST 2026: "A Tactile Cogitation\," Karen Reimer\, BC '82
DESCRIPTION:Karen Reimer\, BC class of 1982\, will give a talk about her art practice\, which uses the labor-intensive craft techniques of embroidery and quilting to explore patterns in the natural world and in human cognition.
URL:https://kauffmanmuseum.org/event/fall-fest-2026-a-tactile-cogitation-karen-reimer-bc-82/
LOCATION:Kauffman Museum\, 27th & Main St.\, North Newton\, KS\, 67117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fall Festival
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ORGANIZER;CN="Andi Schmidt Andres":MAILTO:asa@bethelks.edu
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SUMMARY:Living Endowment Dinner 2026: "Quilts in the Great Depression and New Deal\," Dr. Janneken Smucker\, West Chester University\, Pennsylvania
DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to support the 40th annual Living Endowment Dinner benefitting Kauffman Museum.\nDyck Arboretum of the Plains\, 177 W Hickory\, Hesston\, KS\nJanneken Smucker will share research from A New Deal for Quilts (International Quilt Museum with University of Nebraska Press\, and winner of the 2023 New Deal Book Award)\, exploring the ways Depression-era federal programs drew on quilts and quiltmaking as part of government relief and public relations efforts. Her visually rich presentation will feature images of quilts Americans made during the Great Depression\, including in support of New Deal programs\, to send as gifts to the Roosevelts in appreciation\, and to express their hopes and fears amid the economic downturn. Her discussion will also include governmental photography of women at work on quilts in WPA Sewing Rooms\, quilts in use in precarious living conditions\, and women learning quiltmaking from expert home economists in the many federally planned communities and migratory labor camps established across the country. The quilts themselves are powerful forms of communication\, serving as political statements of Americans’ hopes and dreams for recovery.
URL:https://kauffmanmuseum.org/event/living-endowment-dinner-2026-quilts-in-the-great-depression-and-new-deal-dr-janneken-smucker-west-chester-university-pennsylvania/
LOCATION:Dyck Arboretum of the Plains\, 177 W Hickory St\, Hesston\, KS\, 67062\, United States
CATEGORIES:Living Endowment
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ORGANIZER;CN="Andi Schmidt Andres":MAILTO:asa@bethelks.edu
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261107T090000
DTSTAMP:20260820T214035Z
CREATED:20260820T214035Z
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SUMMARY:First Saturday Bird Walk
DESCRIPTION:Our First Saturday Bird Walks depart from the kiosk in the museum parking lot for a mile-and-a-half hike through Chisholm Park and along Sand Creek Trail. Be prepared for some unpaved/steep terrain and late fall weather. Binoculars and a bird book are recommended but not required. Children accompanied by an adult are welcome but should be able to remain quiet so they don’t scare away the birds! \nFree and open to the public. \nDigital artwork by Bob Regier
URL:https://kauffmanmuseum.org/event/first-saturday-bird-walk-49/
LOCATION:Kauffman Museum\, 27th & Main St.\, North Newton\, KS\, 67117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Bird Walk
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ORGANIZER;CN="Andi Schmidt Andres":MAILTO:asa@bethelks.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261115T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261115T163000
DTSTAMP:20260820T215350Z
CREATED:20260820T215113Z
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SUMMARY:Declaration 1776 Exhibit Opening and Reception: "Celebrating the Sestercentennial of America's Patchwork of States Peoples\, Ideals\," Sara Reimer Farley\, quiltmaker\, researcher and author
DESCRIPTION:Sara Reimer Farley is a quiltmaker\, researcher\, and author. She began making quilts at fifteen\, using her maternal grandmother’s Kansas City Star pattern for “Cog Wheel” and stitching on her grandmother’s treadle sewing machine. From the beginning\, Sara’s quilts have been traditional in pattern and technique\, but she interprets the design\, sometimes subtly and sometimes boldly\, in nontraditional ways. Her favorite pattern is the nine patch. \nSara’s research has focused on quiltmakers in Kansas\, and she is fascinated with “herstories” of their lives and processes. As a participant in the Kansas Quilt Project and other documentation projects\, her focus was on interviewing the makers or quilt owners. \nSara’s presentation\, “Celebrating the Sestercentennial of America’s Patchwork of States\, Peoples\, Ideals\,” looks at those kinds of stories as she honors and explores 250 years of the peoples\, events\, places\, symbols\, documents\, states\, and service that have pieced
URL:https://kauffmanmuseum.org/event/declaration-1776-exhibit-opening-and-reception-celebrating-the-sestercentennial-of-americas-patchwork-of-states-peoples-ideals-sara-reimer-farley-quiltmaker-researcher-and-author/
LOCATION:Kauffman Museum\, 27th & Main St.\, North Newton\, KS\, 67117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Exhibition
ORGANIZER;CN="Andi Schmidt Andres":MAILTO:asa@bethelks.edu
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