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Category: September 2021

Your art museum has re-opened!

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Welcome back! The Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art re-opened its doors to public visitors August 24, 2021.

Beach Museum of Art exterior photo at twilight

Celebrating 25 Years logoJoin us during the 2021-2022 season to celebrate 25 years of the Beach Museum of Art at Kansas State University!

Enjoy the exhibitions and programming in two ways: online and in person. The museum’s regular hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursdays; and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. Closed on Sundays, Mondays and holidays. Admission and parking are free.

Don’t miss the 25th anniversary special exhibitions and programs. Exhibitions include Gordon Parks: Homeward to the Prairie I Come and Doug Barrett: Find Your Voice, John Steuart Curry: Sunrise over Kansas, David Lebrun’s Transfigurations: 45 Paleolithic Handaxes and more, complimented with programs by world-class artists and experts. For more information on exhibitions visit beach.k-state.edu. For calendar of events in the Art in Motion program series visit beach.k-state.edu/calendar

Please enjoy this video by Beach Museum of Art Exhibition Designer and Building Systems Lead Lindsay Smith about what’s going on in the galleries. We look forward to seeing you often at the museum! 

Limited occupancy in the galleries and in the UMB theatre (for viewing  livestreamed events) to allow social distancing. The Beach Museum of Art follows K-State’s guidelines for COVID-19 health and safety procedures after reopening. For more information visit k-state.edu/covid-19.

New exhibitions in September 2021

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The Beach Museum of Art is kicking off its 25th anniversary in style with two partner exhibitions by Kansas photographers: one featuring works of the iconic Gordon Parks and a companion exhibition with works by Manhattan-based rising star Doug Barrett. 

Gordon Parks: “Homeward to the Prairie I Come”
Virtual exhibition launch: September 7, 2021
Marion Pelton Gallery: September 7, 2021 – May 28, 2022

Black and white photograph entitled "Pool Hall (Fort Scott, Kansas)," by Gordon Parks from the collection of the Beach Museum of Art. Showing a group of African American men standing at the door and by the window of a building. Two older men with a dog chatting by the window and three men standing in the doorway.This exhibition features photographs donated by Parks to Kansas State University (K-State) in Manhattan, Kansas, in 1973. It was the first time that the artist personally curated a set of photographs to donate to a public institution, a kind of self-portrait directed towards the home crowd. The exhibition title includes the first line of a poem written by Parks in 1984, commissioned by and published in the Manhattan Mercury. K-State’s New Prairie Press will publish an accompanying open-access digital catalogue with new research on Parks and Kansas.

Related events:

KSU Family Day/Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America Book Giveaway
Saturday, September 18, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Let’s Talk Art: Fort Scott’s Gordon Parks Museum and Gordon Parks Festival.
Livestream conversation with Kirk Sharp, director, Gordon Parks Museum, Fort Scott Community College
Thursday, September 30, 5:30 p.m.

“Home, What Does It Look Like?: Gordon Parks Responds”
Livestream talk and conversation with Deborah Willis, chair, Tisch Department of Photography and Imaging, New York University
Thursday, November 4, 5:30 p.m.

Let’s Talk Art: Considering the Dance Film Martin by Gordon Parks.
Livestream Conversation: Curator Aileen June Wang discusses Parks’ 1990 ballet film honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., with Theresa Ruth
Howard, ballet dancer and founder-curator of MoBBallet.org (Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet).
Thursday, January 27, 2022, 5:30 p.m.

Beach Film Club: Virtual Discussion on African American Short Films.
February 2022, date TBD, 7:30 p.m.

Art for Social Good: A Conversation with Terence Blanchard, Andrew Scott, and Kevin Willmott.
Wednesday, April 6, 2022, 7 p.m., McCain Auditorium

Terence Blanchard and the E-Collective in Concert, with staging by K-State students under direction of Andrew Scott and Mathew Gaynor.
Thursday, April 7, 2022, 7 p.m., McCain Auditorium

Beach Film Club: Virtual Discussion of Shaft by Gordon Parks.
April 2022, date TBD, 7:30 p.m.

Platinum Major Sponsors: Art Bridges, The Alms Group, Beach-Edwards Family Foundation, Friends of the Beach Museum of Art, Greater Manhattan Community Foundation’s Lincoln & Dorothy I. Deihl Community Grants Program, Weary Family Foundation
Gold Sponsors: Dan and Beth Bird and Steve and Debbie Saroff
Silver Sponsors: Annette and Steve Huff
Bronze Sponsors: Mary Cottom and Ann and Mark Knackendoffel

Image: Gordon Parks, Pool Hall (Fort Scott, Kansas), 1950, printed in 2017, gelatin silver print, gift of Gordon Parks and the Gordon Parks Foundation, 2017.445.

Gordon Parks images courtesy of and copyright The Gordon Parks Foundation.

Doug Barrett: Find Your Voice
Virtual exhibition launch: September 7, 2021
Archie & Dorothy Hyle Family Gallery: September 7, 2021 – May 28, 2022

Black and white photograph entitled “Will the hate end?” by Doug Barrett from the collection of the Beach Museum of Art.Doug 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.

Related event:

Gallery conversation with Doug Barrett
In-person and livestream
Thursday, September 16, 5:30 p.m.

Platinum Major Sponsors: Art Bridges, Beach-Edwards Family Foundation, Greater Manhattan Community Foundation’s Lincoln & Dorothy I. Deihl Community Grants Program
Silver Sponsors: Terry and Tara Cupps
Bronze Sponsor: Dow Center for Multicultural and Community Studies at K-State Libraries

Image: Will the hate end? from the series George Floyd Protest, 2020, digital print, 32 x 22 in., 2020.20

More in September: 

45 Paleolithic Handaxes
from Transfigurations: Reanimating the Past
Ruth Ann Wefald Gallery: September 21, 2021 – July 16, 2022

Publicity image for the exhibition "Paleolithic Points from The Forms: Four Worlds | David Lebrun" showing a young boy standing in front of a larger-than-life projected image of an ancient artifact made of stone.Organized by the museum in collaboration with K-State’s Information Technology Services, this experimental multimedia installation is guaranteed to surprise and delight! It features the mysterious beauty of an ancient artifact through specially composed music and unique video animation. See the past differently!

Platinum Major Sponsors: Cytek Media Systems, Inc. and Weary Family
Foundation
Gold Sponsors: David and Mindy Weaver
Silver Sponsors: Jerry and Barbara Boettcher
Bronze Sponsors: Terry and Tara Cupps, Judy and David Regehr, Bill and
Sharon Snyder
Image: The Forms: Four Worlds. Simulation. © 2019 Night Fire Films

Beach Museum of Art's Art in Motion annual program series logo

Click here for details and links to register for virtual events.

All events, which are free and open to the public, will be held in the museum’s UMB Theater and/or virtually. Limited occupancy in the galleries to allow social distancing. Limited seating will be provided in the UMB theatre to view livestreamed events. 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.

Video on the conservation of “Sunrise over Kansas”

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Mixed media artwork entitled "Sunrise (Sunrise over Kansas)," by John Steuart Curry (1897 – 1946) from the collection of the Beach Museum of Art. Showing a landscape and bright sunrise with clouds.

Hear from painting conservators about their work on Regionalist artist John Steuart Curry’s depiction of a sunrise in Barber County, Kansas. Because of distracting discoloration of the sun—caused by Curry’s mid-1930s experiments mixing materials—the painting was not on display for many years. It is now displayed as the center piece in the current exhibition Sunrise over Kansas: John Steuart Curry, open through February 28, 2022 at the Beach Museum of Art.

Click here to watch the video on the museum’s YouTube channel.
Please don’t forget to subscribe to our channel to enjoy more videos of art, artists and special programs.

Click here to learn more about the exhibition Sunrise over Kansas: John Steuart Curry
Virtual exhibition launch: June 29, 2021
Gallery exhibition: August 24, 2021 – February 28, 2022

View the virtual exhibition by clicking here.

Image: John Steuart Curry (1897 – 1946), Sunrise (Sunrise over Kansas), 1935, mixedmedia on canvas, Friends of the Beach Museum of Art purchase, 1996.18

2021 K-State Common Work of Art

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Each year, the K-State Book Network selects a common reading for first year students, providing an intellectual experience they can share with other students and members of the university community. The 2021 K-State First Book is The Marrow Thieves by Canadian author Cherie Dimaline (Métis). Beach Museum of Art staff have selected the print From Upstream I Caught Fish by Neal Ambrose-Smith to complement Dimaline’s story. Like Dimaline, visual artist Ambrose-Smith (Salish Kootenai, Métis-Cree, Sho-Ban) addresses loss of culture, abuse and violence by a majority population and damage to the natural environment while also celebrating survival and resilience.

Print entitled "From Upstream I Caught Fish" by artist Neal Ambrose-Smith in the Beach Museum of Art's collection. Showing a fox jumping in air looking down.

Book Summary:
In a futuristic world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America’s Indigenous people, and it is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world. However, getting the marrow, and dreams, means death for the unwilling donors. Driven to flight, a fifteenyear-old and his companions struggle for survival, attempt to reunite with loved ones, and take refuge from the “recruiters” who seek to bring them to marrow-stealing “factories.”

Like the character Miigwan in Dimaline’s book, Ambrose-Smith tells stories. His work often includes elements drawn from Indigenous knowledge and experience, including medicine bundles, canoes, the Trickster figure Coyote, and trailer homes. Images from the present overlay those from the past, since we can only understand our current state by understanding our cultural influences, according to the artist. Ambrose-Smith is a professor and department head at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Related event
Livestream Student Welcome/Common Work of Art/K-State First Book Celebration with Tara Coleman, associate professor, Hale Library; Brandon Haddock, coordinator, LGBT Resource Center; Lisa Tatonetti, professor, Department of English; and Kathrine Schlageck, associate curator of education, Beach Museum of Art.
Thursday, September 2, 2021, 5:30 p.m.
Watch for the recorded video of the event on the museum’s YouTube channel soon.

Image: Neal Ambrose-Smith (Salish-Kootenai, Métis-Cree, Sho-Ban), From Upstream I Caught Fish, 2008, etching and transfer on paper, gift of Joe and
Barb Zanatta, Zanatta Editions, 2009.136

 

Beach Film Club: September Virtual Discussions

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Beach Film Club logo

Watch films at your leisure in advance and then join the free virtual discussions led by Shannon Skelton, Assistant Professor at K-State School of Music, Theatre and Dance. 

All virtual discussions are free and open to the public. Email questions at beachart@k-state.edu or sbskelton@k-state.edu  

Part of the Beach Museum of Art’s ‘Art in Motion’ annual program series.

 

 

Dark Days film title

September 8, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Central Time (US and Canada)
Virtual discussion on Dark Days (2000 USA)
Directors: Marc Singer
Streaming: Pluto (free), Tubi (Free), Amazon, YouTube, Google Play
A stunning documentary chronicling the extraordinary lives of New York City residents who live under the metropolis in abandoned subway tunnels.

Join the free program via Zoom. Click here to register.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about how to join the program.

September 22, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Central Time (US and Canada)
Virtual discussion on Sound of Metal (2019 USA)
Director: Darius Marder
Streaming: Amazon Prime (free with subscription)
A recovering addict and rock drummer, whose life has been defined by music, suddenly loses his hearing. A brilliant, insightful examination of art, sensation, denial and identity. With a revolutionary sound design and a revelatory performance by Riz Ahmed, The Sound of Metal was nominated for 6 Academy Awards.

Join the free program via Zoom. Click here to register.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about how to join the program.

Gallery conversation with artist Doug Barrett

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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.

Support provided by

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KSU Family Day/Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day: Gordon Parks Book Giveaway

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Saturday, September 18, 2021, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Help the Beach Museum of Art celebrate its 25th anniversary year!
Cover of the book "Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America"Special exhibitions include: Gordon Parks: “Homeward to the Prairie I Come” and Doug Barrett: Find Your Voice. We will be giving away copies of the book Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America, courtesy of a grant from USD 383 K-link. 

Participants will also have a chance to view K-State’s Common Work of Art by Neal Ambrose Smith and experience the interactive exhibition 45 Paleolithic Handaxes from Transfigurations: Reanimating the Past | David Lebrun.

Additional activities include a Gallery Quest in the exhibition Two by Two: Animal Pairs, art supplies to draw your own Kansas Sunrise based on John Steuart Curry’s painting Sunrise Over Kansas.

Beach Museum of Art's Art in Motion annual program series logoThis 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 livestreamed events. 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.

Let’s Talk Art: Gordon Parks Museum and the Gordon Parks Festival

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Logo of "Let's Talk Art," Beach museum's series of monthly discussions with artists and creative thinkers about work in the museum's collection.

Kirk SharpLivestream conversation
Thursday, September 30, 2021, 5:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Join the free program via Zoom. Click here to register.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about how to join the program. 

Let’s Talk Art features Kirk Sharp, Director, Gordon Parks Museum, Fort Scott Community College in conversation with Beach Museum of Art Curator Aileen June Wang. Offered in conjunction with the exhibition Gordon Parks: Homeward to the Prairie I come,” September 7, 2021 – May 28, 2022. This virtual event is part of the Beach Museum of Art’s ‘Art in Motion’ annual program series.

 

Continue enjoying art virtually. #BeachMuseumFromHome

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Please see below a wide variety of virtual tools developed for adults, children & families to enjoy the museum’s exhibitions, programs and collection. For a frequently updated guide to the online resources, visit beach.k-state.edu/explore

Smartify logoSmartify
The free app identifies 2D and 3D artworks in the museum, and instantly returns text, audio and video interpretation. Download Smartify free today for Apple and Android devices from the Apple Store or Google Play Store. To use from home, click on the Explore tool to search for the museum and its gallery offerings and gain access to works in other museums. Take advantage of the app’s personal gallery-making tool. Smartify will connect with text-to-voice apps.

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Virtual Exhibitions


Explore the museum’s virtual exhibitions. Click here.

Featuring:
Sunrise over Kansas: John Steuart Curry
Virtual exhibition launch: June 29, 2021
Gallery exhibition: August 24, 2021 – February 28, 2022

Two by Two Animal Pairs
Virtual exhibition launch: March 30, 2021
Gallery exhibition: August 24 – December 18, 2021

Waylande Gregory: Art Deco Ceramics and the Atomic Impulse
Virtual exhibition.

Coming soon:
Gordon Parks: “Homeward to the Prairie I Come”
Virtual exhibition launch: September 7, 2021
Gallery exhibition: September 7, 2021 – May 28, 2022

Doug Barrett: Find Your Voice
Virtual exhibition launch: September 7, 2021
Gallery exhibition: September 7, 2021 – May 28, 2022

Image: John Steuart Curry (1897 – 1946), Sunrise (Sunrise over Kansas) detail, 1935, mixed-media on canvas, Friends of the Beach Museum of Art purchase, 1996.18

Collection Search Tool
Explore the museum’s art collection of nearly 10,000 objects for research or enjoyment with this collection search tool. Visit beach.k-state.edu/explore/collection

BMA YouTube Channel
Find videos of art, artist interviews and special programs, including the museum ’s new virtual program series Let’s Talk Art and Art Bytes, short videos about art in the museum’s collection. Please subscribe to our channel! Visit beach.k-state.edu/videos

Educational Resources
Available for schools, early childhood programs, social service organizations and home school groups. Visit beach.k-state.edu/participate/educational-resources

 

Social Media
Enjoy and share fun interactive posts about regional art and artists.
Facebook: BeachMuseumofArt 
Instagram: beachmuseum
Twitter: @BeachMuseum

Beach Buddies Facebook Group
Find resources and activities for children, families and educators, including virtual ARTSmart classes. Join through the museum’s Facebook page or visit facebook.com/groups/bmabuddies

 

Current Exhibitions

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Detail of the mixed media on canvas entitled "Sunrise (Sunrise over Kansas)" by John Steuart Curry in the Beach Museum of Art's collection. Showing the bright sun rising over a Kansas landscape.

Sunrise over Kansas: John Steuart Curry
Virtual exhibition launch: June 29, 2021
Gallery exhibition: August 24, 2021 – February 28, 2022
Click here to view the virtual exhibition.

Two by Two Animal Pairs
Virtual exhibition launch: March 30, 2021
Gallery exhibition: August 24 – December 18, 2021
Click here to view the virtual exhibition.

2021 K-State Common Work of Art

Top image: John Steuart Curry (1897 – 1946), Sunrise (Sunrise over Kansas) detail, 1935, mixed-media on canvas, Friends of the Beach Museum of Art purchase, 1996.18. Bottom image: screen capture (detail) of the virtual exhibition Two by Two: Animal Pairs Detail of the virtual exhibition "Two by Two: Animal Pairs" by the Beach Museum of Art. beach.k-state.edu/explore

Classes and Workshops

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

ARTSmart Classes: Each class includes looking activities and an art project. Classes are held on the first Wednesday and Thursday of the month at 10:30 a.m. (ages 2-5) and 4:30 p.m. (all ages).

  • Next class: September 8 & 9 – Paper Making

Homeschool Tuesdays meet on the first Tuesday of the month and allows Homeschool families to investigate the current special exhibitions with curriculum integration. Tours are appropriate for those in Kindergarten on up and include an art project.

  • Next class: September 7, 1-2:30: The Science of Paper (paper making activity)

Cost for classes is $3 per child, Military Family/Blue Star discount $1.50, and reservations are required. Payment can be made with cash or check. Call (785)532-7718 or email klwalk@ksu.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 Family half price on all workshops and classes!

Family Workshops and Events
All events are free, open to everyone unless otherwise noted. For events requiring preregistration, call 785-532-7718 or email klwalk@ksu.edu. More information on events at beach.k-state.edu/calendar

Family Day Open House
Sept. 18, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
The Museum is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Come visit our special exhibitions and each family will receive a copy of Gordon Parks children’s biography, funded by a grant from USD 383 K-Link.

Holiday Workshop
December 4, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. or 1:30 to 3 p.m.
Draw your inspiration from nature to create cards, decorations, gift tags and ornaments for the winter holidays. We will be offering two sessions to enable social distancing and registration is required. $5 per participant (cash or check).

Virtual Resources for Families and Teachers

Beach Buddies Facebook Group: Cool art, great books, fun activities, and more! Join now at www.facebook.com/groups/bmabuddies
Posts include: Virtual ARTSmart Classes, BMA Book Buddies: Illustrated Artist Biographies and Voices: Artists Who Inspire.

Additional Virtual Programs and Resources

ART Bytes – First Wednesdays
Short videos about art in the Beach Museum of Art’s collection in English, Japanese and Spanish. Please check the museum’s YouTube channel to enjoy the videos.

Virtual exhibitions and tours can be found on the museum’s website at https://beach.k-state.edu/explore/exhibitions/

Curricula, including new materials for Art and Language Learning and resources for Kansas History Month. Visit https://beach.k-state.edu/participate/educational-resources/

Digital apps (Thinking About Pictures, Smartify) https://beach.k-state.edu/explore/interactive-tools/

Materials are available to borrow from the Resource Center.

Stay Connected!

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Visit us online at beach.k-state.edu

Send email to beachart@k-state.edu

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Subscribe to the museum’s YouTube channel at beach.k-state.edu/videos to watch videos of special programs and events.

Join the Beach Buddies Facebook Group to enjoy fun activities and resources for children, families and educators.