Day: August 26, 2015

08/26/2015 Media Contact: Diane Carroll, dicarroll@jccc.edu   Third Thursday · Visiting Artist Presentation   OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art at Johnson County Community College will host a visiting artist presentation on Thursday, Sept. 17, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the museum’s Hudson Auditorium, with guest architect Josh Shelton and JCCC faculty moderator Ted Meadows, associate professor of architecture. The program is free and open to the public. No tickets or reservations are required.   Shelton is a principal with el dorado inc and has served as principal in charge on the following key projects: Cox Communication Facility, Hodgdon Gunpowder Facility, National Center for Drug Free Sport, FLEX, Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence. Shelton is chair of the steering committee, Art through Architecture, and is a board member for the Arts Council of Johnson County and a commissioner for the Johnson County Public Art Commission. A passion for public art is evident from el dorado’s ongoing collaboration with nationally recognized artists on large-scale projects. They declare: “We understand the spiritual and emotional potential of public art.” Shelton will be presenting bridging typologies • el dorado inc. He has expertise in all five of el dorado’s studios: commercial, residential, civic/institutional, public art and industrial. Shelton earned his bachelor of architecture degree at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.   The next Third Thursday program will be held on Oct.15.   These free programs typically feature two artists working within the KC region, with each artist giving a 20-minute presentation followed by discussion in the museum’s Hudson Auditorium. Museum staff facilitate conversation and audience participation by pairing each artist with a JCCC faculty moderator.   Third Thursday programs are designed to promote student interface with professional artists working within our community and beyond.   The Nerman Museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. The museum is closed Mondays and all JCCC holidays.   For more information, call 913-469-3000 or visit www.nermanmuseum.org. Admission and parking are free.   Third Thursday programs are supported in part by an Ovation Grant from the ARTSKC Regional Arts Council Fund of the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City.

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August 20, 2015 Contact:         Carol Best                   Public Relations Manager 913-971-3586 office; 913-575-6309 mobile cbest@mnu.edu   Public Invited to Pioneer Prayer Walk 2015 Aug. 27 OLATHE– MNU Associated Student Government invites members of the Olathe and surrounding community to join students, faculty and staff in Pioneer Prayer Walk, an evening of focused prayer. This annual event welcomes area churches, alumni, and friends of the university as they join the campus community to walk the boundaries of the campus praying for God’s guidance, protection and blessings for all aspects of the new academic year. Additionally, this year, prayer for Impact Southern Johnson County will be held.   Join the event at the Harvest Prayer Statue on the campus mall (green area in middle of MNU campus) at 7:30 p.m. Participants will walk through the campus stopping to pray periodically; the event concludes at College Church of the Nazarene’s sanctuary for a closing time of prayer. Those unable to participate in the walk itself are invited to gather in the College Church sanctuary at 7:30 p.m. to pray and to participate in closing prayers.   Prayer walking was common in the early church as a way for Christians to gather to reaffirm their commitment to God’s purposes and to focus on all segments of their community. Often congregations would circle their towns and ask God to be present in the city and in the lives of the people. This practice was suggested in Genesis 14:17 when the Lord said to Abraham, “’Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.’ Then Abraham departed, walked the land and built an altar to the Lord.”   MNU President David Spittal says the prayer walk is a student-led event that provides an opportunity for community members, alumni, and other friends of the university to join the campus community for this evening of prayer.   “We’re especially delighted to partner this year with the Olathe Pastors Network, churches of Johnson County, Youth With a Mission, and Impact World Tour, in sharing the love of Jesus Christ through Impact Southern Johnson County,” he says. “We are praying for a mighty outpouring of God’s spirit within Southern Johnson County and beyond.”   For directions to campus and a campus map visit www.mnu.edu/map.