Thursday, September 16, 2021, 5:30 p.m.
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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.
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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Thursday, February 4, 5:30-6 p.m.
Art Deco sculptor Waylande Gregory created numerous monumental ceramic works, including his “Fountain of the Atom” for the 1939 New York World’s Fair—a tribute to atomic energy that earned the attention of Albert Einstein. In this talk, Rydell, an expert on 1930s world’s fairs, will situate Gregory’s projects for the event in the broader vision of the New York fair’s overall theme, “The World of Tomorrow.”
