Give the gift of art this holiday season!
Each year, the Friends of the Beach Museum of Art group commissions a limited-edition print by a recognized Kansas artist for sale to museum Friends and the public. Kansas State University’s Friends of Art started the gift print program in 1934.
Beach Museum of Art Friends at any level receive a 25% discount on the price. For more information about becoming a Friend or purchasing the gift print, please email beachart@ksu.edu or call 785-532-7718.
The year’s Gift Print is a striking work Tallgrass Orientation by Dana Fritz. A limited edition of the print is available for purchase. Get your own gift print now!
Dana Fritz, Tallgrass Orientation, 2024, inkjet print, 16 x 20 in., courtesy of the artist
Raised in Prairie Village, Kansas, Dana Fritz is the Hixson-Lied Professor of Art at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Her photographic edition, Tallgrass Orientation (image above), relates to work she created during a 2023 Tallgrass artist residency in Chase County. Giant leaves of a compass plant lie over a topographic map of the area where she collected them. The leaves’ fingers point to the poles and orient their flat faces to the east and west sun. Indigenous and settler travelers valued compass plants for orientation in a vast prairie with few landmarks.
Click here to view available the BMA gift prints and more information on each print.