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Spring 2023 Exhibition Preview: “Unspoken Bonds”

Unspoken Bonds
January 24 – July 29, 2023

Why do people come together? This exhibition organized in conjunction with the American Library Association’s 2023 summer reading slogan, “All Together Now,” is a visual survey of human relationships and how they form. Unspoken Bonds will serve as the basis for the museum’s summer ARTSmart classes and tours in conjunction with the Manhattan Public Library’s summer reading program.

Photograph entitled "Protesting Police Brutality" by artist Luke B. Townsend in the collection of the Beach Museum of Art.
Peaceful protesters gather in Heritage Park in Junction City, Kansas on Friday in response to the death of George Floyd by Minneapolis police earlier this week. The peaceful protesters met in Heritage Park and marched to the Geary County Sheriffs Department.

Platinum Major Sponsor: Greater Manhattan Community Foundation’s Lincoln & Dorothy I. Deihl Community Grants Program
Bronze Sponsors: Steven L. Bernasek, Chuck and Sandy Bussing, Kathleen and Roger Lanksbury

Image: Luke B. Townsend, Protesting Police Brutality, 2020, inkjet print on paper, 16 3/4 x 30 in., Kansas State University, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, 2020.25

Gallery conversation with artist Doug Barrett

Thursday, September 16, 2021, 5:30 p.m.
Join the free program in-person at the museum or via Zoom. Click here to register. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about how to join the program.

Doug BarrettDoug Barrett is a photographer and videographer based in Manhattan, Kansas. His work demonstrates how Gordon Parks continues to inspire contemporary artists. Barrett’s projects include interviewing, photographing, and telling the stories of homeless veterans, creating a collective portrait of the Yuma Street community of Manhattan, Kansas, and documenting the Black Lives Matter movement in Kansas.

Offered in conjunction with the artist’s first museum solo exhibition Doug Barrett: Find Your Voice, September 7, 2021 – May 28, 2022 at the Beach Museum of Art.

This event is part of the Beach Museum of Art’s ‘Art in Motion’ annual program series. Limited occupancy in the galleries to allow social distancing. Limited seating will be provided in the UMB theatre to view the event livestreamed. The Beach Museum of Art follows Kansas State University guidelines for COVID-19 health and safety procedures. For more information visit k-state.edu/covid-19.

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First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare on view until Feb. 28

Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night. These famous plays and 15 others by Shakespeare would probably have been lost to us without the First Folio. Published in 1623, the First Folio is the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays, and only 233 copies are known today.Shakespeare in the Little Apple

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the Folger Shakespeare Library is sending a First Folio to every state in the United States; the Beach Museum of Art was selected as the venue for the Folio’s display in Kansas. Join us through Feb. 28 in celebrating all things Shakespeare!

Shakespeare in the Little Apple

The First Folio’s visit is accompanied by a series of campus and community events celebrating the First Folio and Shakespeare.

Visit k-state.edu/shakespeare400 for a full list of spring events.  Upcoming Shakespeare events at the Beach Museum of Art: Continue reading “First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare on view until Feb. 28”