Kansas State University

Charles Lindsay: Field Station 4
November 5, 2019 – October 3, 2020

Exploration geologist, author, and artist-adventurer Charles Lindsay delves into earth’s geologic and cultural pasts. Along the way, he investigates inter-species communication, music, memory, and the promise of Artificial Intelligence. His traveling “laboratory,” FIELD STATION 4, re-purposes scientific equipment salvaged from the aerospace, biotech, and military sectors to probe biologic specimens, ancient artifacts, and the rough edges of human perception. Lindsay directs SETI AIR, the artists-in-residence program at the SETI Institute (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) in Mountain View, California. His latest book is Recipes for the Mind, published by Terra Nova/MIT Press.
Bronze Sponsor: Sharon and Bill Snyder

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Art and Science in the Anthropocene Age: Public Conversation with Artist Charles Lindsay
Thursday, February 6, 2020, 5:30 p.m.

Photos by Charles Lindsay

Jeremiah Ariaz: Louisiana Trail Riders
2019 Friends of the Beach Museum of Art Gift Print Artist
August 6 – December 9, 2019

The African-American trail riding clubs of southwest Louisiana are a part of a Creole culture that has its roots in the population of free people of color, French settlers, and American Indians who lived in the region during the 18th century. Today, trail rides are an opportunity for generations from rural parts of the state to gather and celebrate. Club members assemble on weekends and move through parish communities and prairie grasslands, listening to Zydeco music from a sound system or live bands in tow. Kansas native Jeremiah Ariaz, a professor of art at Louisiana State University, has captured these equestrian clubs in a selection of photographs forming this exhibition. One image will be chosen as the 2019 Friends of the Beach Museum of Art Gift Print, a limited-edition photograph for sale to Friends and the public.

Platinum Major Sponsor: Greater Manhattan Community Foundation’s Lincoln & Dorothy I. Deihl Community Grant Program | Gold Sponsor: Dan and Beth Bird | Bronze Sponsor: Bluemont Hotel

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Buffalo Soldiers (TNT TV Movie starring Danny Glover, 1997; 100 min.) Parental discretion advised.
Thursday, January 30, 2020, 5-7:30 p.m.
Film screening with comments from consultant and actor Barrie Tompkins,
Nicodemus Buffalo Soldiers Association

Image: Jeremiah Ariaz (born 1976, Hutchinson, Kansas), Jeanerette Trail Ride (Jeanerette, LA), 2015, inkjet print, 30 x 45 in., courtesy of Jeremiah Ariaz

Voices: At the Crossroads of Asia and America
July 30, 2019 – December 21, 2019
This exhibition continues the theme of cultural exchange in art begun in the fall of 2018. Included are contemporary prints from India purchased by Professor Emeritus of Art Charles Stroh for Kansas State University’s art collection. Beach Museum of Art curator Aileen June Wang collaborated with University of Kansas art history professors Sherry Fowler and Maki Kaneko on this project.

Image: Jyoti Bhatt, A Face, 1970, etching, 19 7/8 x 15 inches, Kansas State University, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, 1985.11

Charles Lindsay: Field Station 4
November 5, 2019 – October 3, 2020

John Steuart Curry: The Cowboy Within
September 24, 2019 – March 21, 2020

Jeremiah Ariaz: Louisiana Trail Riders
2019 Friends of the Beach Museum of Art Gift Print Artist
August 6 – December 9, 2019

Voices: At the Crossroads of Asia and America
July 30, 2019 – December 21, 2019

Beyond Gravity: Selections from the Permanent Collection
April 2 – November 30, 2019

Image: Photo by Charles Lindsay

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

ARTSmart Classes – Exploring the Elements of Art to Build Visual Literacy. Learn more about how artists use the elements of art to communicate. Each class includes looking activities and an art project.
Next class: December 3-6: Texture

Homeschool Tuesdays – Classes meet on the first Tuesday of the month and allow homeschool families to investigate the current special exhibitions with curriculum integration. Tours are appropriate for those in kindergarten on up.
Next class: December 3, 1-2:30 p.m. Charles Lindsay: Field Station 4 (archaeology & science).

Cost for classes is $3 per child, $1.50 for military families (cash or check). Reservations required, call 785-532-7718 or email klwalk@k-state.edu. 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.

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!

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

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Image: Elizabeth Layton, Untitled (business business business, you gotta have art), 1991, Kansas State University, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, 1998.222