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Recital by Kansas State University Voice Students

Posted on by Jui Mhatre
Saturday, April 29, 2023, 2 p.m. at the Beach Museum of Art
Free admission
Voice students of Professor Cheryl Richt, K-State School of Music, Theatre, and Dance present a recital inspired by the exhibition Voices: Women Artists in the Era of Second Wave Feminism. The museum will be open for limited hours 1-4 PM for the recital.
This 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.

Recital by K-State Voice students at the Beach Museum of Art

Acclaimed visual and performance artist, composer, and cellist Paul Rucker is coming to K-State and Manhattan!

Posted on by Jui Mhatre

Nationally recognized multimedia artist Paul Rucker is coming to Manhattan to premiere a new performance featuring improvisational music and dialogue. Rucker and local artists led by Museum Specialist Nate McClendon will interact with the audience to create music and perform spontaneously, breaking the traditional barrier separating performers and spectators. The work will capture the moods and sentiments of our community. Rucker seeks to create a holding space for individuals to express and experience personal and social realities. View prints from Rucker’s series FOREVER in the exhibition Do You See What I See? at the Beach Museum of Art.

“Hold: A Feeling or a Story”
Friday, May 5 at 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Mark A. Chapman Theatre, Nichols Hall, Kansas State University
Free admission

An improvisational interaction with the audience by
Paul Rucker, cello
Nate McClendon, saxophone
Paul Hunt, trombone
Agnieszka Lasko, piano
Michael T. Brown, bass
Kurt Gartner, percussion

This program is free and open to the public. Organized by the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art with support from the following K-State partners: School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, Department of Art with funds from the Student Governing Association, and the Dow Center for Multicultural and Community Studies. Museum donors and Manhattan community members providing crucial funding include Dan and Beth Bird, Ray and Maxine Coffey, Terry and Tara Cupps, Linda Duke, Michael and Becky Goss, the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation’s Lincoln & Dorothy I. Deihl Community Grants Program, Don Lambert and Ray Hill, and David and Melinda Weaver. The museum is grateful for its project partners and supporters.

This event is part of the Beach Museum of Art’s Art in Motion annual program series.

Paul Rucker playing cello. Photo by TED

Paul Rucker performs during Fellows Session at TED2018 – The Age of Amazement, April 10 – 14, 2018, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Photo: Ryan Lash / TED

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

Performance at the Beach Museum of Art featured in news in India!

Posted on by Jui Mhatre
“Prahaar,” a Marathi language newspaper published in Maharashtra state of India featured an article on the performance inspired by the museum’s exhibition Transfigurations: Reanimating Ancient Art of India by David Lebrun. The performance was presented by Jui Mhatre, Beach Museum Communications and Marketing Specialist and a classical Indian dancer in the genre Bharata Natyam.

The article talks about Lebrun’s work as a filmmaker and the animation of the Nataraja bronze figures included in the exhibition. It also explains how the performance by Mhatre that explored the details of the Nataraja figure and expressed each component and its symbolic meanings in classical dance was helpful for the audience to look closely at the “Shiva Nataraja” installation.

We are excited to be featured in international news! Thank you to journalist Nandakumar Parshuram Patil at “Prahaar” publication for the coverage.

Click here to watch the video of the performance on the museum’s YouTube channel.

Article in the Marathi language newspaper "Prahaar" about the performance "Nataraja, The Lord of Dance" presented by Beach museum communications and marketing specialist Jui Mhatre.

Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja), artist unknown, 20th century, cast bronze by lost wax, gift of Dr. & Mrs. Albert B. Franklin, 1985.155.

< Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja), artist unknown, 20th century, cast bronze by lost wax, gift of Dr. & Mrs. Albert B. Franklin, 1985.155.
This rendition was probably created by one of the workshops in Swamimalai in southern India, a production hub for bronze sculptures of Hindu deities destined for temples, private collections, and the tourist trade. These workshops employ ancient techniques to this day.
Displayed as part of the Transfigurations exhibition.

Transfigurations: Reanimating Ancient Art of India by David Lebrun, gallery title wall photo

“Self Portrait: Gordon Parks”

Posted on by Jui Mhatre

Join us for a live performance by Nate McClendon, saxophonist and Teaching Artist in Residence at the Beach Museum of Art.

"Self Portrait: Gordon Parks" performance by saxophonist and Beach Museum of Art Teaching Artist Nate McClendon

“Self Portrait: Gordon Parks”Sunday, May 1, 2022, 5 p.m.Blue Sage Barn at Prairiewood, 1484 Wildcat Creek Road, Manhattan, KS 66503Free and open to the public.

Most known for his photography, Gordon Parks was also a musician, author, and filmmaker. Born in Fort Scott, he is one of the most prominent and influential artists Kansas has produced. The works and philosophies of Parks will be presented in a live music format by Nate McClendon. “Self Portrait: Gordon Parks” is a traveling presentation of the current exhibition Gordon Parks: “Homeward to the Prairie I Come” at Kansas State University’s Beach Museum of Art.

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.