Stauth Memorial Museum

Quilt National 2015: Collection B
2016-08-28 - 2016-10-09 | Stauth Memorial Museum, 111 N. Aztec, Montezuma, KS, 67867, United States
Quilt National is a biennial juried competition dedicated to the promotion of the contemporary art quilt. Its focus is to provide the viewer with a visual presentation of innovative trends in the medium of layered and stitched fabric. The works in the exhibit display a reverence for the lessons taught by the makers of heritage quilts whose works hold fast to the traditional methods of piecing and patching. At the same time, however, the Quilt National artist is intrigued by the challenge of expanding the boundaries of traditional quilt making by utilizing the newest materials and technologies. These innovative works generate strong emotional responses in the viewer while at the same time fulfilling the creative need of the artist to make a totally individual statement.
The Quilt National 2015: Collection B exhibit consists of 25 quilts from quilt makers from all over the world. Quilt National ‘15 is produced and circulated by The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH. Visit www.dairybarn.org for more information about The Dairy Barn Arts Center. Approximately 25 Kansas quilts are also being exhibited, to showcase the talent, and creativity of Kansas quilt makers. For more details about this exhibit, check out our On Display Now page.

The Evolving Universe
2016-06-12 - 2016-08-14
Organized by Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service (SITES)
How was the universe created?
How has it changed over time?
How do we know?
Through compelling and beautiful photographs, visitors will learn about how Smithsonian scientists study the far reaches of space and the evolution of the universe. This exhibition was developed by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the National Museum of Natural History where it will be on view until July 2013. The original exhibition was funded by The Windland Smith Rice Nature’s Best Photography Fund.
We can never see the universe as it is right now, only how it was in the past. In this exhibition, visitors will journey from the here and now of Earth to beyond our galaxy, traveling back through time and out into space. The very nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, is four light years away. When we gaze at it in the sky, the light hitting our eyeballs left it four years ago, so we’re seeing Alpha Centauri as it was in 2006. In this sense our telescopes are also time machines: the most distant galaxies we study are billions of light years away, and we are seeing them as they were before the Earth was formed.
Through stunning and “far out” photographs, visitors will learn how Smithsonian scientists study the far reaches of space and the evolution of the universe. The Evolving Universe is a collaboration with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service (SITES) Exhibition description and tour schedule is available at the SITES website.

The Hunt for Treasure!
2016-03-13 - 2016-05-29
Hoist the Jolly Roger and set sail for adventure as you explore the exciting world of treasure hunting in the “The Hunt for Treasure!” Treasure is a word that surely stirs the imagination of people of every age. This national touring exhibit explores the intrigue and excitement of treasures and treasure hunting. The exhibit invites visitors to learn more about the history of treasure, shipwrecks pirates an other treasure-seekers, and the tools and methods used in treasure-hunting, past and present. Hands-on activities and video presentations throughout the exhibit enable visitors to visit the virtual world of Oak Island, make souvenir rubbings of early coins, try out metal detectors, crack a safe, estimate the value of a treasured object, smell the scents of the pirate life, hoist a pirate flag, explore the contents of a geocache, see artifacts from beneath the sea, go on a treasure hunt in the exhibit and more in this popular exhibition from NRG! Exhibits.
Exhibit organized by NRG! Exhibits.

Western Kansas Scholastic Art Competition & Exhibition 2016
2016-01-24 - 2016-02-28
Enjoy award winning works of art from extremely talented Western Kansas students. The Twentieth Annual Western Kansas Scholastic Art (WKSA) Competition and Exhibition will include over 250 art works of all kinds; photography, sculpture, metals, glass, drawings, paintings, ceramics, graphics and much more. American Vision will be awarded for best of show, Gold & Silver Key winners plus over 150 Merit Award winners will be displayed. The exhibition will culminate with an Awards Ceremony/Closing Reception for the winning students to be held on Sunday, February 23, 2014. Please come enjoy the award winning art work of these talented young people from Western Kansas. The WKSA Awards contest is open to students in grades 7-12 from the following counties: Cheyenne, Clark, Decatur, Finney, Ford, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearny, Lane, Logan, Meade, Morton, Ness, Norton, Rawlings, Scott, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Stanton, Stevens, Thomas, Trego, Wallace, and Wichita.
Western Kansas Junior and Senior High Art Students

Environmental Impact
2015-12-06 - 2016-01-17
Produced by David J. Wagner, L.L.C.
Environmental Impact is a traveling museum exhibition the purpose of which is
1.) to recognize, document, and share the work of leading contemporary artists who chose to focus their work on global as well as local environmental issues; and
2.) to heighten public awareness and concern about the degradation of diverse environments through the power of art.
Traditional art generally depicts nature in all of its glory, often in beautiful, pristine conditions. The 75 paintings, photographs, prints, installations, and sculptures in Environmental Impact are different than traditional works of art because they deal with ominous environmental issues and implications ranging from industrial scale resource consumption and development, to oil spills, the perils of nuclear energy, global warming, and many other phenomenon that impact and inflict people and other inhabitants which populate the planet today.
To produce ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, Curator David Wagner draws upon a diverse range of artists whose works are not only hard-hitting, but which also propel the Environmental Movement in the modern age we live in. You can learn more about this exhibit by viewing the exhibit online here, at David J. Wagner’s website.
EXHIBITING ARTISTS
(Alphabetical by Last Name)
Chester Arnold, Sonoma, CA; Robert Bateman, Fulford Harbour, BC, Canada; Chapel, San Francisco, CA; Robert Dawson, San Francisco, CA; Lucia deLeiris, Watertown, MA; Drew Denny, Guerneville, CA; Chris Doyle, Brooklyn, NY; Walter W. Ferguson, Beit Yanai, Israel; Britt Freda, Burton, WA; Sayaka Kajita Ganz, Yokohama, Japan (now USA); Peter Goin, Reno, NV; Karen Hackenberg, Port Townsend, WA; Guy Harvey, Grand Cayman, BWI; Julie Heffernan, Brooklyn, NY; Mary Helsaple, Sedona, AZ; Cole Johnson, Deposit, NY; Lisa Lebofsky, Bronx, NY; Michael (Mick) Meilahn, Pickett, WI; Leo Osborne, Anacortes, WA; Rick Pas, Lapeer, MI; Derek Robertson, Balmerino, Fife, Scotland; Diana Sanchez, Bogotá, Columbia (now USA); Carol Santora, Kennebunk, ME; Martin Stupich, Albuquerque, NM; Kent Ullberg, Corpus Christi, TX; Bart Walter, Westminster, MD; Suze Woolf, Seattle, WA
Exhibit produced and toured by David J. Wagner, L.L.C. David J. Wagner, Ph. D., Curator/Tour Director, davidjwagnerllc.com.

Stylistic Variations
2015-11-08 - 2015-11-29
An art show featuring Western Kansas artist Chuck Bonner will be on display at the Stauth Memorial Museum in Montezuma, KS from November 8, 2015 thru November 29, 2015. Mr. Bonner has been creating art his entire life inspired by the southwest Kansas landscapes where he grew up, the famous Bonner family fossil history, and the varied and humorous world around him.
The exhibit entitled, Stylistic Variations, explores various art styles and media Chuck uses. It is somewhat of a retrospective show, but also incorporates new pieces recently completed. The exhibit consists of 29 paintings within four categories; Invented Landscapes, Primordial Soup, Pure Abstraction, and Whimsical Application.

Chuck Bonner was born in Scott City, Kansas in 1950 and grew up in the western Kansas town of Leoti. His formative years were spent in an artistic and scientific background; his father was a fossil collector and his mother an artist. Chuck attended Fort Hays State University where he received an A.B. in art and an M.A. in painting.
While at the University, Bonner worked at the Sternberg Memorial Museum where he prepared exhibits, painted scientific restorations and portraits, and prepared fossils for exhibit. This experience has helped him with his latest venture, Keystone Gallery, which he and his wife, Barbara Shelton, opened in the fall of 1991. The gallery is a combination of art gallery, fossil museum and gift shop located 18 miles north of Scott City on US Highway 83. To enhance the museum fossil collection, Chuck has painted a 24′ by 6′ mural of prehistoric life in the Kansas Cretaceous Sea.
Bonner has completed many other public works of art, including murals for Fort Hays State University and the Ellis County Historical Museum–both in Hays, Kansas. He also painted a Kansas prehistoric sea mural for the El Quartelejo Museum in Scott City, Kansas.
In 2007, Chuck was commissioned to paint two prehistoric scenes and a tribute painting to his father Marion for the Museum of the Great Plains in Leoti, Kansas. The next year he completed four murals of paleontological and archaeological themes totaling two hundred square feet for the Stanton County Museum in Johnson, Kansas.
Some exciting news, PBS will present a three-part NOVA series, Making North America, on November 4, 11, and 18, 2015. Host Kirk Johnson, renowned paleontologist and Smithsonian Museum Director, explores how the continent was shaped—and how it shaped us. Part 2, on November 11th, explains the Western Interior Seaway and features Chuck, Barbara, and Kirk out in the fossil beds in western Kansas.
Chuck enjoys the challenge of commission work whether for public organizations such as museums or for individuals. He continues to produce various styles of artwork and sells to collectors throughout the world. Now, Chuck invites you to come and enjoy his show while it is on display for this short, 3 week exhibit in his native, southwest Kansas. For information about his art, the history of the building that houses the Keystone Gallery, local Monument Rock or even Kansas fossils found in their area, contact Chuck Bonner, Keystone Gallery 620.872.2762. Keystone Gallery is located on one of the designated Kansas Scenic Byways. It is one of the primary sites along the Western Vistas Historic Byways (WVHB) route. Their historic limestone building plus the museum full of fossils make for a great interpretation of the past, both historic and geologic. Join them on their quest to increase the knowledge of western Kansas’ contributions to the realms of science and history. Check out their website at KeystoneGallery.com
Call the Stauth Museum at 620-846-2527 for more information about the exhibit or to set up a tour for groups of 5 or more. Museum hours: Tue -Sat 9-12 1-4:30, Sun 1:30-4:30. We are closed on Mondays and all major holidays including Thanksgiving Day. Admission is free, but donations are gratefully accepted!

Suited for Space
2015-07-19 - 2015-11-01
Organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service (SITES)
The history of this country is one of perilous voyages and uncharted territory, but few journeys have captured the imagination and hearts of the public as the race into space. It was seemingly unattainable, but American ingenuity, innovation, and determination made the impossible possible. And it is that ingenuity and innovation that is explored and celebrated in the SITES exhibit Suited for Space.
Through rare and original photography, including unique, new x-ray images of the interiors of the spacesuits, the exhibit reveals how the modern technological marvel that is the spacesuit enables astronauts to live and work in space. This exhibit reveals the remarkable creativity and determination of the extraordinary few who ventured into space, but it highlights and showcases the brilliant ingenuity of the hundreds more who worked tirelessly—and often anonymously—to get them there.
In May 1961, when President Kennedy made the promise that America would put a man on the moon within a decade, the ability to fulfill that promise existed only in theory. The spacesuit was a critical piece of engineering that allowed Neil Armstrong to step onto another world and survive in the hostile environment of outer space. The Apollo spacesuit he wore evolved from the groundbreaking advances of the Gemini and Mercury mission suits, facilitating movement and dexterity in small spaces, remaining pressurized in zero gravity, and providing essential oxygen, heating, and cooling in as efficient a manner as possible. Suited for Space is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) and the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum. The national exhibition tour is generously supported by DuPont.

Western Kansas Art "Hang-In" 2015
2015-06-21 - 2015-07-12
This exhibit is designed to give the many talented artists in Western Kansas a showcase to exhibit their work. Student, amateur and professional artists will display beautiful 2 and 3 dimensional art including paintings, drawings, woodcarving, metal arts, mixed media, sculpture, photography, ceramics, textiles, drawings and more! This is not a juried (judged) art exhibit, but just a fun way to showcase the many talented people in western Kansas. Come see the talent western Kansas has to be proud of and vote for your favorite piece. Art will be displayed from artists from many western Kansas communities. Please contact Museum Staff to get your name on the mailing list if YOU are interested in participating in this exciting exhibit. The show will be on display from June 21st to July 12th.

Test: Bridge Club meeting
2015-04-15 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago)
Weekly bridge club meeting

50 Greatest Photographs from National Geographic
2015-03-22 - 2015-06-14
50 Greatest Photographs of National Geographic showcases some of National Geographic’s most compelling photographs. From Steve McCurry’s unforgettable Afghan girl to Nick Nichols’ iconic image of Jane Goodall and chimpanzee to Thomas Abercrombie’s never-before-seen view of Mecca, the exhibition includes some of National Geographic magazine’s most-remembered and celebrated photographs from its more-than-120-year history. In addition to seeing the photographs as they appeared in the magazine, visitors to the exhibition will learn the stories behind the photos and more about the photographers themselves. For some images, visitors will be able to see the “near frames” taken by the photographer: the sequence of images made in the field before and after the perfect shot. The exhibition is based on the popular iPad app released by National Geographic in 2011 and featured by iTunes as an iPad “App of the Week.” Devices featuring the app will be available in the gallery for visitors to experience. Exhibit on tour through National Geographic Traveling Exhibit Service.
