Beneath the Prairie Sky: Photography by Jim Richardson
March 8 – June 26, 2016
2016 Friends of the Beach Museum of Art Gift Print Artist
March 10, 5:30 p.m. – Gallery Walk with Jim Richardson and Opening Reception
In his photographic projects for National Geographic over the last three decades, Jim Richardson has explored natural landscapes and human cultures and environmental issues around the world. But those worldwide photographic coverages were rooted in his Kansas upbringing and the subjects he found close to home. “Beneath the Prairie Sky” will explore life and meaning on the Great Plains. He has returned often to the subject of the prairie and the livelihoods of the people who make their homes in that ecosystem, at once rich and austere, beautiful and punishing. Filled with both exhilarating wonder and gnawing doubt, the artist says these photographs reflect 50 years of soul searching.
The Friends of the Beach Museum of Art (FOBMA) commissions a printmaker or photographer to produce a limited-edition print for sale to Friends and the public each year. Kansas State University’s “Friends of Art” started the gift print program in 1934 as a reward for members. The program still serves this purpose and recognizes outstanding contemporary printmakers and photographers associated with Kansas. Since the mid-1990s this honor has also included an exhibition organized during the release of the gift print edition.
The 2016 Friends of the Beach Museum of Art Gift Print is photographed and printed by Jim Richardson.
For more information about becoming a FOBMA member or purchasing a gift print, call 785-532-7718 or go to beach.k-state.edu.
This exhibition is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Beach Museum of Art and Friends of the Beach Museum of Art Business Partners.
Images:
(Top) Jim Richardson, Sandhills Storm Coming, Nebraska, 2003, pigment ink on fiber rag paper
(Bottom) Jim Richardson, Pulling the Curtain, from the Cuba, Kansas series, 1991, pigment ink on fiber rag paper, 2016 Friends of the Beach Museum of Art Gift Print
I would lik to buy a print of “Sandyhills Storm Coming” Is it available?
Unfortunately the Sandy Storm Coming is not available for purchase through the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art. We do have Pulling the Curtain available for purchase as a Friends of the Beach Musuem of Art Gift Print. The Friends of the Beach Museum of Art (FOBMA) commissions a printmaker or photographer to produce a limited-edition print for sale to Friends and the public each year. Kansas State University’s “Friends of Art” started the gift print program in 1934 as a reward for members. The program still serves this purpose and recognizes outstanding contemporary printmakers and photographers associated with Kansas. Since the mid-1990s this honor has also included an exhibition organized during the release of the gift print edition.
You may be able to obtain a print through the artist by visiting the Small World Gallery in Lindsborg, KS or http://www.jimrichardsonphotography.com/index.