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The Meadow gets an update through new student-designed seating

Posted on by Jui Mhatre

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.

Recital by K-State Voice Students

Posted on by Jui Mhatre

We are excited to share the news about an upcoming performance by Voice students of K-State Professor Cheryl Richt inspired by the museum’s exhibition Voices: Women Artists in the Era of Second Wave Feminism.

The program of vocal music will include all female poets, lyricists and composers, those that knowingly and unknowingly helped pave the way for the equal rights movement through the mid 20th century.

Stay tuned for more information and the date of the performance!

"Voices: Women Artists in the Era of Second Wave Feminism" virtual exhibition at beach.k-state.edu/explore

Two special events at K-State McCain Auditorium related to the Gordon Parks exhibition.

Posted on by Jui Mhatre

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.

Andrew F. Scott has been working with a group of K-State students under the direction of Art Department head Matthew Gaynor on a unique digital stage set for the performance of Blanchard and his band, the E-Collective.

McCain events April 6-7, 2022, three artists

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.
A conversation with Andrew F. Scott, Kevin Willmott and Terence Blanchard. Free, no ticket required.
To join the free program via Zoom, please register by clicking here.

Performance
Presence of Absence: Gordon Parks Through an Empathic Lens
Thursday, April 7, 7:30 p.m.
Six-time Grammy winner 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.

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.

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