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Kiss Me Deadly June 30th!

The next film in our series exploring modernism in the movies, Robert Aldrich’s acerbic 1955 noir classic Kiss Me Deadly, will screen at the end of the Lawrence Arts Center’s Free State Film Festival on June 30th. Lawrence Modern’s in-house film buff Kellee Pratt will once again introduce the film, followed by a virtual Q&A […]

804 students rise again, but not with grandma

My first instinct when I approached Studio 804’s latest finished product, located at 436 Indiana St., was to photograph it from every conceivable angle. The house looked radiant as it shimmered in the early morning sunlight, and I felt an irresistible, perhaps mindless, urge to capture the fleeting moment before it was gone. On this […]

Fear! Suspense! Architecture!

For a moment in 2015, Lawrence Modern gamely attempted to examine modern architecture through film—the modernist medium par excellence—with movies curated by KU School of Architecture faculty. Our Modernism in Cinema series only lasted a couple of shows, but it left an afterimage that hasn’t worn off, and we are eager to delve into the […]

Taliesin Fellow Kelly Oliver: a living connection to Frank Lloyd Wright

Of the approximately 800 students who joined Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin Fellowship program (1932-1959), W. Kelly Oliver, 97, is one of its last surviving apprentices. Last month, Lawrence Modern’s Dennis Domer interviewed Oliver at the Pioneer Ridge assisted living facility, where Oliver recalled his decade working in the program and later efforts with Taliesin Associated […]

Taliesin apprentice to recall decade working with Frank Lloyd Wright

On a Frank Lloyd Wright binge? We’ve got you covered. Lawrence Modern is excited to offer you a rare opportunity to hear architect W. Kelly Oliver, one of a handful of Taliesin fellows still alive who studied and worked directly under Wright, talk about his residency. Born in 1926, Oliver studied architecture at the University […]