Kansas State University

Voices: Art Linking Asia and the West
December 4, 2018–December 21, 2019
This exhibition is part of the Beach Museum of Art’s yearlong program Silk Road through Kansas. A section of the permanent collection galleries will highlight the exchange of aesthetics and ideas between East and West through objects made by artists who traveled between the two regions. This project is a collaboration between curator Aileen June Wang and University of Kansas art history professors Sherry Fowler and Maki Kaneko. Area museums are participating in “Silk Road through Kansas” with similarly themed exhibitions! Check the websites of the following museums for dates and details: Spencer Museum of Art, Mulvane Art Museum, Ulrich Museum of Art.

Top image: Imari Charger (Dutch Merchants and Ship), 19th century,
porcelain, 2 x 16 in., bequest of John H. Kohn, 1989.38
Bottom image: Roger Y. Shimomura, Martin Cheng: Painter and Fisherman, from Return of the Yellow Peril, 1991, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60 in, Friends of the Beach Museum of Art purchase, 2002.480

The Beach Museum of Art is collaborating with K-State Theatre to bring Los Angeles-based performance artist/storyteller Dan Kwong to campus as part of its Silk Road through Kansas program.
Dan is offering Writing/Performance Workshop, Gallery Talk, and One-Man Show. 

Two-night workshop, Tuesday, Nov. 27 from 7-10 pm and Wednesday, Nov. 28 from 7-10 pm in the Purple Masque Theatre. This participatory workshop is open to ALL students across campus, limit 16. Dan is particularly looking for a diverse mix of students across curricular areas and nationalities/identities to participate in his 2-night workshop. Students need not have experience in storytelling or performance to participate.
In this workshop students will learn how to develop personal stories using physical, vocal, conceptual, and emotional exercises designed to evoke stories and memories.
If you are a K-State student interested in the workshop and available, please email Theatre Program Associate Director Jennifer Vellenga [vellenga@ksu.edu] with the subject line, DAN KWONG.

Gallery Walk with Dan Kwong and Aileen June Wang, Thursday, Nov. 29 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Beach Museum of Art. Please join Dan Kwong and Aileen June Wang for an informal discussion in the exhibition “Culture Mixmaster Zhang Hongtu.” Kwong’s work as a writer and performance artist addresses cultural and gender identities, especially as they relate to Asian American men. Wang is the curator of the exhibition “Culture Mixmaster Zhang Hongtu.” On view September 25-December 22, 2018.

Silk Road through Kansas: Dan Kwong, Purple Masque Theatre, Friday, November 30 at 7:30 p.m. Dan will perform his solo work, It’s Great 2B American, free and open to the public. PG-13 for language and adult subject matter.

Dan Kwong’s residency at K-State is co-hosted by the K-State Theatre Program and the Beach Museum of Art.

The events are organized in partnership with the K-State Asian American Student Union.

Family Holiday Workshop
December 1, 2018, 1:30 -3 p.m.

Create holiday items inspired by travels along the Silk Road.
Special items include cinnamon hanging sachets, silk decorations, and dragons. Refreshments served. Supply fee is $5 per child. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Reservations are not required. Family friendly event

Picturing Kansas
October 5, 2018 – June 1, 2019

Culture Mixmaster Zhang Hongtu
September 25-December 22, 2018

Chipping the Block, Painting the Silk: The Prints of Norma Bassett Hall
August 7-December 15, 2018

Image: Shirley Smith, Burning Field, (detail), 1994, oil on canvas, 56 x 56 in., gift of Shirley Smith Estate, 2014.42

The Museum hosts a variety of classes and workshops throughout the year for all ages.

Fall 2018 ARTSmart programs for families at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art
East meets West
Explore the exchange of art and cultural traditions. Our journey begins in China this semester and continues along the Silk Road in the spring. Next class: December 19-22: Abacus, Chinese Math
Homeschool Tuesdays
Homeschool Tuesdays meet on the first Tuesday of the month and allow Homeschool families a chance to investigate the current special exhibitions. Tours are appropriate for those in kindergarten on up.  Each tour will have an early elementary and upper elementary to middle school track if needed.
Next class: December 4, 1-2:30 p.m., Voices: Art Linking Asia and the West

Special price for Military Families:  In conjunction with the Blue Star Museum program, the Beach Museum of Art offers military families half price on all workshops and classes!

Cost for each of the classes is $3 per child, Military Family/Blue Star discount $1.50, and reservations are required.  Call (785)532-7718 or email klwalk@ksu.edu for reservations. Children must be accompanied by an adult.  If you need to cancel your reservation let us know so we can call those on the waiting list.

The museum is open Tues, Wed, Fri, 10a.m.-5p.m., Thurs 10a.m.-8p.m., Sat, 11a.m.-4p.m. Free admission. Free parking.

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Image: Elizabeth Layton, Untitled (business business business, you gotta have art), 1991, KSU, Beach Museum of Art