Picturing Kansas
October 5, 2018–June 1, 2019
From scenic prairies to bucolic farms to the architecture of Kansas’ agricultural industry, this exhibition features more than 100 years of works by Kansas artists reflecting a sense of place. The exhibition includes works of both famous and lesser-known figures. Several paintings have not previously been on view in the galleries.
Artists represented in “Picturing Kansas” include painter Thomas Johnston; iconic Kansas artists Birger Sandzen, John Steuart Curry, and William Dickerson; and contemporary Kansas artists such as Stan Herd, Diana Werts, Kim Casebeer, and Lisa Grossman. The exhibition is a cornerstone for the museum’s popular “Picturing Kansas” school tour program.
Major support for this exhibition is provided by Dan and Beth Bird, with additional sponsorship by Chuck and Sandy Bussing.
Picturing Kansas School Tour
Available October 5, 2018-June 1, 2019
This program, for grades K-6, integrates art, history, environmental and agricultural science, and language arts. Teachers can request an emphasis on language arts or science. Activities will develop 21st-century skills of critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration. Weather permitting, students will visit The Meadow for additional inspiration. All tours include an art-making project. An additional tour component at the Riley County Historical Museum is available. Contact Kathrine Schlageck (klwalk@k state.edu), associate curator of education, for more information on tours and bus funds.
Thursday, November 8, 6-8 p.m.
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. On view December 4, 2018-December 21, 2019. 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.
The term “Silk Road” traditionally refers to a dynamic network of trade routes between Asia and Europe that flourished from approximately 120 BCE to the mid-fifteenth century. Goods, inventions, religions and philosophies, and more traveled its length. Art was among the most important cultural content exchanged. This series will highlight the many ways the exchange continues today, even though the vehicles transporting ideas and aesthetics have changed. Speakers and performances during this 2018-2019 season explore the way cultures inspire and influence one another. Area institutions are participating in Silk Road through Kansas with exhibitions on artistic exchanges between Asia and the West. Go to 
Major support for the “Silk Road through Kansas” programs held on the K-State campus is provided by the Kansas State University Confucius Institute.
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!