Category: Summer 2020
Online interactive tools for fun and thought-provoking art experiences.
Please find below the links to online art interactives we’ve developed for adults, children & families. We hope you enjoy visiting the museum virtually and often!
Our current exhibition “Voices of the West,” curated by Elizabeth Seaton, is now available to view online!
It includes many never-before-displayed works from the collection, some by regional Native American artists.View the online exhibition here.
Image: Norman Akers, New Company (detail), 2011, monotype, 9 13/16 x 13 3/4 in., Friends Kansas Art Fund, 2012.149
Museum’s newest tool “Thinking about Pictures” (TAP) offers images of artworks in the current exhibition “Inspirations: Art for Storytelling.” Choose an image & then challenge yourself to type in your observations & interpretations. Return often to respond to other images. This can be an intergenerational activity. If a young person cannot yet type in responses, an older child or adult can serve as the scribe. Start exploring TAP here.
Image: China Marks, Monkey Boy and the Magic Beans, 2007, machine embroidery and appliqué on various fabrics, lace, thread, fusible adhesive, and Beva, 2007 Friends of the Beach Museum of Art annual acquisition, 2007.50
Explore the museum’s art collection of nearly 10,000 objects for your research or enjoyment with Verandah, the collection search tool.
Details here.
The museum’s YouTube channel features videos of art, artists, and special programs. Enjoy the videos here.
The museum has several Educational Resources for schools, early childhood programs, social service organizations, and home school groups. Find details here.
Check our social media pages for series of fun interactive posts using art from our collection. Everyone is invited to participate and share!
Facebook: /BeachMuseumofArt
Instagram: /beachmuseum
Twitter: @BeachMuseum
The museum’s ARTSmart classes are now virtual. Sign up today!
Spend the summer exploring art and stories from the exhibition Inspirations: Art for Storytelling in conjunction with the American Library Association summer reading theme “Imagine Your Story.” Each weekly class series will start with a live on-line art looking activity, include a picture book, and provide a supply list and instructions for an art activity.
We have a variety of options for virtual participation and you may use as many as you like! Click here to view the Summer 2020 schedule and sign up options.
Beach Buddies Facebook group
Beach Buddies is the museum’s Facebook group with resources and fun activities for children, families, and educators. Our staff is busy posting almost everyday!
Join Beach Buddies here.
Watch for the upcoming series:
Voices: Artists Who Inspire from the Collection of the Beach Museum of Art. Premiers on July 4, 2020.
This weekly series, appearing on Saturdays on the Beach Buddies Facebook Group, is inspired by the book “Between the Lines” a biography of African-American artist Ernie Barnes. When he was in high school, Barnes went to an art museum and asked to see the art work by artists “like him.” He was told “people of color don’t do art.” Years later, as a successful artist, he proved them wrong. We hope this series will provide inspiration for all young artists.
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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