Pete Souza: Two Presidents, One Photographer
February 5-April 27, 2019
Souza served as official photographer to both President Reagan and President Obama and developed an abiding respect for both men. It is the artist’s intention to have these images contribute to civility and respect across party lines during the lead-up to the 2020 election season. The museum is proud to be the first venue for this historic exhibition.
Tuesday, March 5, 7:30 p.m.
Talk by Pete Souza
Kansas State University, McCain Auditorium
Free tickets available at McCain box office beginning February 26, 2019. https://www.k-state.edu/mccain/
Top image: President Reagan working in Oval Office (October 26, 1988) Bottom image: President Barack Obama works at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office (October 14, 2016). White House photographs by Pete Souza.
Celebrating Heroes: American Mural Studies of the 1930s and 1940s from the Steven and Susan Hirsch Collection
March 5-June 15, 2019
The 1930s and 1940s were a golden age for murals in America when the everyday worker rose to the status of hero. Murals celebrating the work of miners, farmers, and other laborers covered walls in public buildings across the country. Preliminary ideas played out in sketches, and nearly fifty of these are displayed in this exhibition. On loan from Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College.
Philo B. Ruggles (United States, 1906-1988) and John Ruggles (United States, 1907-1991), Steel Workers, 1939, competition sketch for Section of Fine Arts mural, post office, Bridgeport, Ohio (unrealized), gouache, watercolor, and graphite on cardboard, 16 1/4 x 37 3/8 in., Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Gift of Susan and Steven Hirsch, class of 1971, 2015.23.4.2
Beyond Gravity: Selections from the Permanent Collection
April 2-October 19, 2019
Apollo 11 mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the lunar module Eagle on July 20, 1969. This exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing and compliments the Manhattan Public Library’s summer reading theme A Universe of Stories.
Raymond Loewy (United States, 1893 – 1986), Moonlanding, detail, 1979, color screenprint with embossing on paper, 19 1/16 x 24 in., gift of Gilbert E. Johnson, 2017.100
Silk Road through Kansas: 2018-19 Program Series
The History and Art of Tea
talk and demonstration by tea master Shozo Sato,
Special film screenings,
East Meets West Game Night,
and more exciting programs!