Absolutely one the best balances between stunning architecture, museum and contemporary art. You'll be remarkably surprised/impressed by this hidden jewel located at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, KS.
The parking lot is approx 100 feet away with ample spaces. The museum cafe, auditorium and class room venues are outstanding.
The wide range of superlative curation/display of contemporary art will exceed expectations and admission is free. From the bench seating of steel and leather harkens Mies van der Rohe/Bauhaus and Seagram building lobby, suddenly you feel transported to a polished New York museum atmosphere. Rated as one of the top 10 university/college campuses for public art in America, citing the sculptures, paintings, ceramics, photography and works on paper installed throughout the campus. The museum presents many of the region's most important exhibitions of leading-edge contemporary art, as well as dynamic and diverse educational programming. The building is clad in a veneer of Kansas limestone with hues similar to the Getty.
The architecture is beautifully done by Kyu Sung Woo Architects Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) who also designed the Arts of Korea Gallery at The Metropolitan Museum in New York City, and many other commissions in America and abroad. His philosophy, " A museum should be experiential – both in viewing art and experiencing the building itself ".
Mr. Woo attended Harvard Graduate school of design...the same university Walter Gropius once directed at the graduate school of design.
Thank you JCCC and board of trustees:
Jerry Cook
Gerald Lee Cross Jr.
Nancy Ingram
Angeliina Lawson
Greg Musil
Laura Smith-Everett
Paul Snider
Generous Benefactors: Jerry and Margaret Nerman
Highly endorse this work of art in a big city with a small town feel
