Named spaces within the Nerman Museum

The Barton P. Cohen and Mary D. Cohen Gallery on the second floor of the Nerman Museum is a gift to the college from Barton P. Cohen and Dr. Mary Davidson Cohen. The Cohen Gallery will feature work by area and regional artists, a long-time passion of both Mary Cohen and her late husband.

The auditorium in the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art is named for M.R. and Evelyn Hudson, in recognition of a gift from the M.R. and Evelyn Hudson Foundation, Dallas. Murdock R. Hudson and his family were the founders of Hudson Oil, 1932, in Kansas City, Kan.

The conference room in the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art is named in honor of Margery Lichtor, a long-time supporter of the college, the JCCC Foundation and the college’s Gallery of Art.

The focus gallery in the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art is named the McCaffree Gallery. The McCaffree family supports the scholarship program, Shooting Stars, through the Arts Council of Johnson County.

The Nerman’s son, Lewis, wished to name the lawn in front of the museum in honor of his parents and their passion for art. The museum’s monumental lawn will serve as an ideal site for future sculpture acquisitions.

The new media gallery in the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art is named for Tony and Marti Oppenheimer. The Oppenheimer Collection, composed of works by regionally, nationally and internationally recognized contemporary artists, forms the core of the Nerman Museum’s permanent collection. The collection is funded by Tony and Marti Oppenheimer and the Oppenheimer Brothers Foundation.

The Tearney Art Education Center is a gift to the college from Jim and Mary Tearney. The center will encompass two classrooms on the second floor of the Nerman Museum. One room will be reserved for arts activities for children K-12, the other for art education for adults and museum-related meetings.