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Humanities Kansas Podcast

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New podcast by Humanities Kansas features artist Patricia Dubose Duncan and her work in the Beach Museum of Art’s collection with commentary by Linda Duke.

This new podcast, part of a series celebrating the 50th anniversary of Humanities Kansas, covers environmental issues on two very different fronts. Roughly the first half deals with a history of resistance to creating storage sites for nuclear waste in Kansas. During the 22nd minute of the program, a new subject is introduced. It describes the role of Patricia Dubose Duncan in the establishment of the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve and the remarkable merging of that quest with her work as an artist. Her mixed media work Red Prairie with Bison (image below) in the collection of the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art is cited as an important example.

Click on the title below to listen to the podcast
Kansas 1972: Think Globally, Act Locally
(https://www.humanitieskansas.org/get-involved/kansas-stories/nature/kansas-1972-think-globally-act-locally)

Painting by artist Patricia DuBose Duncan entitled "Red Prairie With Bison" in the Beach Museum of Art collection

Patricia DuBose Duncan, Red Prairie With Bison, 1990, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 46 in., gift of Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker, Burdick, Kansas, 1998.6

Meet three artists at a public discussion and concert on legacy of Gordon Parks

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An inspiring fusion of visual and musical art forms.
Presented by the Beach Museum of Art in collaboration with McCain Auditorium.

Gordon Parks has influenced countless artists to help us understand ourselves and our society in new, empowering ways. Three artists who revere Parks as a mentor will hold a public conversation. They are six-time Grammy winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard, University of Texas Dallas multimedia artist Andrew F. Scott, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker Kevin Willmott. Each has a vision for how the arts can function as a tool for making our society more just and equitable.

McCain Auditorium | Free admission
Kansas State University, 1501 Goldstein Circle, Manhattan, KS 66506

Public Conversation
Art Matters Now: Three Artists Reflect
Wednesday, April 6, 2022, 7 p.m.
Andrew F. Scott, Kevin Willmott and Terence Blanchard. Free, no ticket required.
Joining the program via Zoom is available, please register by clicking here.

McCain events April 6-7, 2022, three artists

Performance
Presence of Absence: Gordon Parks Through an Empathic Lens
Thursday, April 7, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Terence Blanchard and the E-Collective in Concert, with staging by K-State students under the direction of Andrew F. Scott and Mathew Gaynor.
Free, ticket is required. Tickets available beginning March 23, 2022 at the McCain Ticket Office, Wed. – Fri. 12 – 4 p.m. or by phone at 785-532-6428. Tickets are not available online.

"Presence of Absence: Gordon Parks Through an Empathic Lens" - Terence Blanchard and the E-collective in concert at K-State McCain Auditorium on April 7, 2022, 7:30 PM

Offered in conjunction with Gordon Parks: “Homeward to the Prairie I Come.” Gallery exhibition open through May 28, 2022 at the Beach Museum of Art. Virtual exhibition at beach.k-state.edu/explore.

Made possible with major support from the Gordon Parks Foundation, the Weary Family Foundation, the Dow Center for Multicultural and Community Studies and the Creativity Illuminated Fund. Additional support provided by Art Bridges.

Terence Blanchard photo by Daymon Gardner, Kevin Willmott photo by Kacy Meinecke, Andrew F. Scott photo by Sarah N. Wall.

Current Exhibitions

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45 Paleolithic Handaxes from
Transfigurations: Reanimating the Past | David Lebrun
Gallery exhibition: September 21, 2021 – July 16, 2022

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

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

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