Let’s Talk Art
Livestream conversation with artist Renée Stout
Thursday, October 15, 2020, 5:30 p.m.
Join the free program via ZOOM. To register in advance, go to: https://ksu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mJHLV4BcQdmLt0dmtQrUcA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about how to join the program.
Renée Stout is known for creating art that explores the cultures of the African diaspora and how they have provided ideas and symbols of healing and empowerment in African American culture. Join us for a conversation with this nationally recognized artist about her works in the museum’s permanent collection.
This program is part of the Art in Motion Program series. Renée Stout’s photo by Grace Roselli.
Livestream Art in Motion Expo
Livestream Art in Motion Expo
Saturday, October 17, 2020, 1-4 p.m.
Join the free program via ZOOM. To register in advance, go to: https://ksu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7XGJiZJEQD-tPnxq734fxw
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about how to join the program.
A full afternoon of interesting activities at the virtual museum! Tour an exhibition, listen to a ceramic artist’s revelation of Waylande Gregory’s technical innovations, hear two outrageously creative minds discuss connections between the most ancient form of science and 21st c. technology, and join in with your own comments and questions.
Tentative Schedule:
- 1 p.m.: Virtual tour of Waylande Gregory exhibition by Curator Liz Seaton
- 2 p.m.: “Innovations in Clay: Waylande Gregory” talk by K-State Assistant Professor of Art Nick Geankoplis
- 3 p.m.: “Technological Shamanism in the 21st Century” a conversation with FIELD STATION 4 artist Charles Lindsay and Kevin Kelly, Senior Maverick for Wired magazine.
- 4 p.m.: Live Q&A with artist Charles Lindsay
Film screening of “Woody Crumbo: Spirit Talk” and Livestream conversation with director Minisa Crumbo Halsey
Thursday, October 29, 2020, 5:30 p.m.
Join the free live conversation via ZOOM. To register in advance and receive a link to the film, go to: https://ksu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_botObfTrTHu4WZJZCKLFlg
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about how to join the program.
Join artist and filmmaker Minisa Crumbo Halsey as she responds to questions about her efforts to document the career of her father, Woodrow (Woody) Crumbo (1912-1989), a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Crumbo made contributions to American culture as an artist, dancer, concert musician, art educator, and museum administrator. During the late 1940s, he was hired to assemble the American Indian art collection for the Thomas Gilcrease Institute in Tulsa. He later became director of the El Paso Museum of Arts in Texas.
This program is part of the Art in Motion program series.
Virtual ARTSmart classes
ARTSmart
Sign up for by joining Beach Buddies Facebook Group!
ARTSmart weekly classes are designed for preschool children and up. Each class will begin with a looking activity focused on a work from the museum’s collection, followed by information about the artist, an academic connection, a story book suggestion and an art project.
Classes will post to the Beach Buddies Facebook Group on Mondays. Families may also opt to have ARTSmart units emailed to them on Mondays. Please contact Associate Curator of Education Kathrine Schlageck at klwalk@ksu.edu to be added to the email list.
Beach Buddies is the museum’s Facebook group with resources and fun activities for children, families, and educators.
Enjoy the series:
Voices: Artists Who Inspire. This weekly series is prompted by the book Between the Lines, a biography of African-American artist Ernie Barnes. It features artists represented in the collection of the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art. We hope these biographies will provide creative encouragement for all young artists.
Featured artists in the coming weeks:
October 3, 2020: Lucy Qinnuayuak
October 10, 2020: Dean Mitchell
October 17, 2020: Renée Stout
October 24, 2020: The Tafoya Family of Potters of Santa Clara Pueblo
October 31, 2020: Woody Crumbo
Art Bytes: short encounters with the collection of the Beach Museum of Art
Enjoy mini videos about art in the Beach Museum of Art’s collection on the museum’s social media. Japanese and Spanish versions are shared as available.
Learn more about the wide variety of art in the museum’s collection. Each video will feature an Education staff member sharing information about an artwork, the artist who made it, and the techniques used. Check out Beach museum’s social media channels for Art Bytes releases!
Facebook: /BeachMuseumofArt
Instagram: /beachmuseum
Twitter: @BeachMuseum
Stay Connected
Visit us online at beach.k-state.edu
Check out The Beach Blog for behind-the-scenes information, event info, and guest posts.
Like us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter | Follow us on Instagram
Image: Elizabeth Layton, Untitled (business business business, you gotta have art), 1991, Kansas State University, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, 1998.222
Visit the Beach Museum of Art virtually!
The Beach Museum of Art offers online engagement tools for continued art experiences through the museum’s collection. Below are links to art interactives developed for adults, children & families. We hope you enjoy visiting the museum virtually and often!
Enhance your experience with art at the Beach Museum of Art. The Smartify app identifies 2D and 3D artworks in the museum’s galleries, and instantly returns text, audio and video interpretation. For visitors off-site, Smartify’s powerful search tool provides access to the same information and more.
Download Smartify free today for Apple and Android devices from the Apple Store or Google Play Store.
From home, use 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 is a United Kingdom-registered Community Interest Company (CIC) supported by Innovate U.K. and the European Union. The Beach Museum of Art is a proud Smartify partner, along with dozens of world-wide cultural institutions, including the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and National Gallery in London.
Smartify will connect with text-to-voice apps.
Our current exhibition “Voices of the West,” curated by Elizabeth Seaton, is now available to view online!
It includes many never-before-displayed works from the collection, some by regional Native American artists. View the online exhibition here.
Image: Norman Akers, New Company (detail), 2011, monotype, 9 13/16 x 13 3/4 in., Friends Kansas Art Fund, 2012.149
Museum’s newest tool “Thinking about Pictures” (TAP) offers images of artworks in the current exhibition “Inspirations: Art for Storytelling.” Choose an image & then challenge yourself to type in your observations & interpretations. Return often to respond to other images. This can be an intergenerational activity. If a young person cannot yet type in responses, an older child or adult can serve as the scribe. Start exploring TAP here.
Image: China Marks, Monkey Boy and the Magic Beans, 2007, machine embroidery and appliqué on various fabrics, lace, thread, fusible adhesive, and Beva, 2007 Friends of the Beach Museum of Art annual acquisition, 2007.50
Explore the museum’s art collection of nearly 10,000 objects for your research or enjoyment with Verandah, the collection search tool.
Details here.
The museum’s YouTube channel features videos of art, artists, and special programs. Enjoy the videos here.
The museum has several Educational Resources for schools, early childhood programs, social service organizations, and home school groups. Find details here.
Check our social media pages for series of fun interactive posts using art from our collection. Everyone is invited to participate and share!
Facebook: /BeachMuseumofArt
Instagram: /beachmuseum
Twitter: @BeachMuseum
Beach Buddies Facebook group features resources and activities for our younger audiences including children, families, and educators. Join here.
NEW! Art Bytes
Weekly mini videos about art in the Beach Museum of Art’s collection launching September 2020 on the museum’s social media. Japanese and Spanish versions will be available October 2020.
Learn more about the wide variety of art in the museum’s collection. Each week will feature an Education staff member sharing information about an artwork, the artist who made it, and the techniques used. Check out the museum’s social media channels for a new video each week!
Facebook: /BeachMuseumofArt
Instagram: /beachmuseum
Twitter: @BeachMuseum
Livestream Common Work of Art/K-State First Book Celebration
Beach Museum of Art Common Work of Art/ K-State First Book Virtual Celebration
September 3, 2020, 5:30 – 6:00 p.m.
To register go to https://ksu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0rtLOHceSgWFSe-xUUSA5g
Schedule:
- Discussion of the First Book and Common Work of Art with Tara Coleman, Web Services Librarian, Associate Professor Kansas State University Libraries, Chair, K-State First Book and Kathrine Schlageck, Associate Curator of Education Beach Museum of Art followed by Q&A
- Live story time with the children’s version of the book
- Make your own paper pin wheel – instructional video – available on Beach Museum of Art Facebook Page at /BeachMuseumofArt
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 Kansas State University community. The 2020 K-State First Book is The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, an autobiography of young William Kamkwamba, who created a windmill from scrap materials and an old science books so that his Malawian village would have electricity and running water.
Kansas-born artist and K-State graduate Shirley Smith’s untitled oil painting of a windmill has been chosen as the Common Work of Art to complement this year’s First Book. Like Kamkwamba, Smith grew up in an agricultural community in Kansas, and during the later years of her career her artwork reflected this. Spending the summers in Whitewater, Kansas she painted the farmland and its animals, including goats, sheep and pigs.
Bottom image: Shirley Smith, Untitled (Windmill), 1990, oil on canvas, gift of the estate of Shirley Smith, 2014.43
Let’s Talk Art
Livestream conversation with artist Doug Barrett
Thursday, September 10, 2020, 5:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Join the free program via ZOOM. To register in advance, go to: https://ksu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UJUjFOdWQ0qviVycaBCv6w
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about how to join the program.
Doug Barrett is a photographer who uses his camera to tell personal, local stories reflecting issues in American society today. He was featured in Time magazine online and on BBC News for his part in the Black Lives Matter movement. Join us for a conversation with him about photographing the Yuma Street neighborhood in Manhattan, Kansas, and homeless veterans all over America.
This program is part of the Art in Motion Program series.
Beach Buddies Facebook group
Beach Buddies is the museum’s Facebook group with resources and fun activities for children, families, and educators. Our staff is busy posting almost everyday!
Join Beach Buddies here.
Enjoy the series:
Voices: Artists Who Inspire from the Collection of the Beach Museum of Art. This weekly series, appearing on Saturdays on the Beach Buddies Facebook Group, is inspired by the book “Between the Lines” a biography of African-American artist Ernie Barnes. When he was in high school, Barnes went to an art museum and asked to see the art work by artists “like him.” He was told “people of color don’t do art.” Years later, as a successful artist, he proved them wrong. We hope this series will provide inspiration for all young artists.
Featured artists in the coming weeks:
August 29, 2020: Rm. Palaniappan
September 5, 2020: Louis ShipShee
September 12, 2020: Doug Barrett
Septeber 19, 2020: David Alfaro Siqueiros
September 26, 2020: Enrico Isamu Ōyama
Ways to Stay Connected
Visit us online at beach.k-state.edu
Check out The Beach Blog for behind-the-scenes information, event info, and guest posts.
Like us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter | Follow us on Instagram
Image: Elizabeth Layton, Untitled (business business business, you gotta have art), 1991, Kansas State University, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, 1998.222
Beach Museum of Art closure information
Online interactive tools for fun and thought-provoking art experiences.
Please find below the links to online art interactives we’ve developed for adults, children & families. We hope you enjoy visiting the museum virtually and often!
Our current exhibition “Voices of the West,” curated by Elizabeth Seaton, is now available to view online!
It includes many never-before-displayed works from the collection, some by regional Native American artists.View the online exhibition here.
Image: Norman Akers, New Company (detail), 2011, monotype, 9 13/16 x 13 3/4 in., Friends Kansas Art Fund, 2012.149
Museum’s newest tool “Thinking about Pictures” (TAP) offers images of artworks in the current exhibition “Inspirations: Art for Storytelling.” Choose an image & then challenge yourself to type in your observations & interpretations. Return often to respond to other images. This can be an intergenerational activity. If a young person cannot yet type in responses, an older child or adult can serve as the scribe. Start exploring TAP here.
Image: China Marks, Monkey Boy and the Magic Beans, 2007, machine embroidery and appliqué on various fabrics, lace, thread, fusible adhesive, and Beva, 2007 Friends of the Beach Museum of Art annual acquisition, 2007.50
Explore the museum’s art collection of nearly 10,000 objects for your research or enjoyment with Verandah, the collection search tool.
Details here.
The museum’s YouTube channel features videos of art, artists, and special programs. Enjoy the videos here.
The museum has several Educational Resources for schools, early childhood programs, social service organizations, and home school groups. Find details here.
Check our social media pages for series of fun interactive posts using art from our collection. Everyone is invited to participate and share!
Facebook: /BeachMuseumofArt
Instagram: /beachmuseum
Twitter: @BeachMuseum