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Category: December 2023

Give the gift of art this holiday season!

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The Beach Museum of Art’s limited edition 2023 Gift Print is available for sale. It invites interaction and makes a unique holiday gift for family and friends. Purchase your gift print today!

The Friends of the Beach Museum of Art commissions a limited-edition print by a recognized Kansas artist for sale to Friends and the public each year. Kansas State University’s Friends of Art started the gift print program in 1934.

The 2023 Gift Print is a box containing several different prints created by artists Katie Baldwin, Mariko Jesse and Yoonmi Nam of the artist collective wood+paper+box. It is also the focus of the Beach Museum of Art’s current exhibition wood+paper+box in your hands, open through April 6, 2024.

"Mise-en-Scène," 2023 Beach Museum of Art Gift Print. Composed of various prints assembled in a box. Featured in the "wood+paper+box in your hands" exhibition at the museum.

The gift print box leans into the concept of interaction with an invitation to participate in the creative process. Its title, Mise-en-Scène, is a phrase used to refer to stage design and the arrangement of actors in a theatre or film production. A person interacting with the box can compose a “scene” using several prints, take a picture, and upload it to Instagram with the hashtag #woodpaperbox. This exhibition offers the public that experience of interacting with the Gift Print and engaging in a dialogue on social media with the collective and other viewers.

Gift prints are available to the public for purchase. Friends of the Beach Museum of Art at any level receive a 25% discount on the price. For more information about becoming a Friend or purchasing the gift print, please call 785-532-7718 or email beachart@ksu.edu.

"Mise-en-Scène," 2023 Beach Museum of Art Gift Print at the interactive station of the exhibition "wood+paper+box in your hands."  "Mise-en-Scène," 2023 Beach Museum of Art Gift Print at the interactive station of the exhibition "wood+paper+box in your hands."

Click here for more information about the museum’s Gift Prints.

Top image: wood+paper+box, Mise-en-Scène (2023 Beach Museum of Art Gift Print), 2020–2022, clamshell box, mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock), oil-based woodblock, letterpress, lithograph, and inkjet, dimensions variable, photo: Alec Smith

Holiday Workshop

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Celebrate nature in all its beauty. Create cards, decorations, and ornaments from a wide variety of supplies. 

Holiday Workshop
Saturday, December 2, 2023, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. or 1:30-3 p.m. Registration is required.
$7.50 per participant (cash or check accepted). Friends of the Beach Museum of Art and Military families receive 50% discount. Please contact Associate Curator of Education Kathrine Schlageck at klwalk@ksu.edu or call 785-532-7718 for registration.

Families engaged in making gifts and decorations at the Holiday Workshop at the Beach Museum of Art.

This event is part of the Beach Museum of Art’s Art in Motion annual program series.

Family workshop at the Beach Museum of Art

2023 Winter Party

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The Beach Museum of Art is celebrating the season, and you are invited! Bring your family and friends to the Winter Party on Thursday, December 7, 2023 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. The celebration will feature music, art activities, beadwork demonstration, “selfie station” photo booth and complimentary hot beverages and cookies! The Winter Party is free and open to the public.

Where: Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, 701 Beach Lane, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506.
Attire: Holiday/Party attire admired
We look forward to celebrating the season with you!

2023 Winter Party flyer

ART BYTES on the Museum’s Social Media

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Enjoy short videos about art in the Beach Museum of Art’s collection. Each video features information about an artwork in the collection, the artist who made it, and the techniques used. Art Bytes are released first Wednesdays on the museum’s social media channels:

Facebook: BeachMuseumofArt
Instagram: @beachmuseum

Watch past Art Bytes videos on the museum’s YouTube channel at beach.k-state.edu/videos. While you’re at it, please don’t forget to subscribe, comment, like or share. Thanks!

ART BYTES, short videos about art in the Beach Museum of Art's collection.

Screen capture of an Art Byte video featuring the lithograph Barandales by artist Emilio Sanchez, presented by Education Specialist Kim Richards.

What’s coming in spring 2024?

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New exhibitions opening in Spring 2024: 

Where the Magic Happens: Artists in the Studio
February 13 – October 19, 2024
Explore the creative process through views of artists working in their studios, many of them self-portraits. The exhibition will showcase works from the museum’s collection and will also feature tools owned by Charles Marshall, Herschel Logan and Bernard Steffen.

Major Sponsor: Greater Manhattan Community Foundation’s Lincoln & Dorothy I. Deihl Community Grants Program

Caroline Thorington, "Magician 3rd State," 2013, lithograph, gift of Caroline Thorington, 2017.285

Caroline Thorington, Magician 3rd State, 2013, lithograph, gift of Caroline Thorington, 2017.285

Upon a Time: Create Your Own Adventure
May 28 – December 21, 2024
Find inspiration for creating your own adventure stories in works from the collection. Organized in conjunction with the American Library Association’s 2024 summer reading theme, “Adventure Begins at Your Library,” this exhibition will set the theme for the museum’s summer art programs and tours.

Major Sponsor: Greater Manhattan Community Foundation’s Lincoln & Dorothy I. Deihl Community Grants Program

John Steuart Curry, "Then a Galaxy of Fireworks Exploded in His Head, and All the World Turned Black," illustration for “The Tiger’s Claw” by Albert Payson Terhune, Country Gentleman, February 3, 1923, oil on canvas board, 36 x 30 in., 2022.22

John Steuart Curry, Then a Galaxy of Fireworks Exploded in His Head, and All the World Turned Black, illustration for “The Tiger’s Claw” by Albert Payson Terhune, Country Gentleman, February 3, 1923, oil on canvas board, 36 x 30 in., 2022.22

Current exhibition inspires K-State First Year Seminar students

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We are thrilled to share this! The K-State English students in the First Year Seminar course ENGL 220 created a visual essay inspired by the artworks featured in our current exhibition Women Artists in the Era of Second Wave Feminism. Thanks to English Instructor Hunter Scott and Beach Museum Associated Curator of Education Kathrine Schlageck for working with the students.

Click here to read all about the students’ works

Photo: courtesy of the Kansas State University English Department

The exhibition Women Artists in the Era of Second Wave Feminism is curated by Theresa Marie Ketterer, Beach Museum of Art Registrar and Collection Specialist and is open through Dec. 16, 2023. Come check out the exhibition. Admission and parking are always free at the Beach Museum of Art.

The Meadow gets an update through new student-designed seating

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Visitors of the Meadow can soon enjoy new seating designed and fabricated in collaboration with the students of the K-State Department of Architecture Planning and Design. The students are currently in the making mode, and the museum is excited about this collaboration. The new seating will be unveiled with a grand celebration in Spring 2024. Stay tuned for more details!

Here is a peek at the fabrication process:

A student works on preparations for cutting of wood that will be part of the new Meadow seating.

Freshly fabricated top and bottom of one of the seats to be installed in the Meadow.
The Meadow is a landscape of prairie plants native to the Flint Hills located just north of the Beach Museum of Art. Milkweeds and other species here provide food and habitat for Monarch butterflies and other pollinators. Enjoy this prairie garden right on the K-State campus and open for all.
The Meadow helps build meaningful connections among art, science, and enjoyment of the natural world. It is a project of the Beach Museum of Art’s Prairie Studies Initiative, in collaboration with K-State staff, faculty, students, and members of the surrounding community.

Current Exhibitions

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Gallery Exhibitions:

wood+paper+box in your hands
2023 Friends of the Beach Museum of Art Gift Print
October 3, 2023 – April 6, 2024

wood+paper+box in your hands

 

To the Stars Through Art: A History of Art Collecting in Kansas Public Schools, 1900-1950
August 22, 2023 – May 11, 2024

"To the Stars Through Art: A History of Art Collecting in Kansas Public Schools, 1900-1950" exhibition at the Beach Museum of Art, open August 22, 2023 – May 11, 2024

Neil Welliver: Maine Seasons
September 19, 2023 – August 17, 2024

Voices: Women Artists in the Era of Second Wave Feminism
August 9, 2022 – December 16, 2023

"Voices: Women Artists in the Era of Second Wave Feminism" exhibition at the Beach Museum of Art

Prairie Views
Ongoing with new selections

"Prairie Views" exhibition at the Beach Museum of Art.

2023-2024 K-State Common Works of Art
Works by Roger Y. Shimomura in the Beach Museum of Art collection

Image from "Memories of Childhood," lithograph (handmade book) by artist Roger Shimomura in the collection of the Beach Museum of Art.

Memories of Childhood, 1999, color lithograph (handmade book), 7 x 10 in., G. E. Johnson Art Acquisition Fund, 2002.340

 Color lithograph "American Guardian" by artist Roger Shimomura in the collection of the Beach Museum of Art.

American Guardian, 2007, color lithograph, 27 1/8 x 39 in., Kansas Printmakers Fund, 2007.10
"Enemy Alien #2," acrylic on canvas by artist Roger Shimomura in the collection of the Beach Museum of Art.

Enemy Alien #2, 2006, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24 in., 2016.41

 

Click here to view current Virtual Exhibitions

Classes and Workshops

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The Museum hosts a variety of classes and workshops throughout the year for all ages!

Family workshop by Beach Museum of Art

ARTSmart classes: Explore the current exhibitions. Each class includes looking activities in the galleries and an art project. Classes meet on select Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 (ages 2-5) and 4:30 (all ages).
Upcoming classes: Dec. 6 & 7 Theme: Indigenous Art

Homeschool Tuesdays meet on the first Tuesday of the month and include additional academic content. Tours are appropriate for those in Kindergarten on up and include an art project.
Upcoming class: Dec. 5, 1-2:30
Theme: Indigenous Art

Family workshop at the Beach Museum of ArtSupply fee for each class is $5 per child. Reservations are required. Payment can be made with cash or check. Please call (785)532-7718 or email klwalk@k-state.edu for reservations. Children must be accompanied by an adult. If you need to cancel your reservation please let us know so we can call those on the waiting list.

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!

New! Friends of the Beach Museum of Art members receive half price discount with membership card. Please click here to join the Friends of the Beach.

Let’s Connect!

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Elizabeth Layton, Untitled (business business business, you gotta have art), 1991, Kansas State University, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, 1998.222