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India: A Cultural Celebration

Thurs., March 13, 2025 | 5:30-7:30 PM | Beach Museum of Art | Free and open to all

Join this celebration that presents glimpses into the culture of India. The event will explore the multi-faceted art of Indian printmaking through hands-on art activities and interactive experiences. Bring your family and friends—we can’t wait to celebrate with you!

  • Explore printing with Indian wood blocks.
  • Have your name written in multiple Indian languages.
  • See a special gallery presentation and performance.
  • Enjoy music and complimentary Indian treats.

Organized in collaboration with the K-State chapter of the Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth (SPICMACAY) and K-State Indian Students Association.

Offered in conjunction with the exhibition Printing Beyond Borders: Contemporary Indian Prints at Kansas State University. It features artworks by contemporary printmakers working in India and collected by Charles Stroh, professor of printmaking and former head of the K-State art department who traveled to India in the 1980s. The exhibition highlights Stroh’s research and contributions he made to place Kansas and K-State within a vibrant cultural network encompassing the Midwest and India and the global art world.

Printing Beyond "Borders: Contemporary Indian Prints at Kansas State University" exhibition at the Beach Museum of Art

Storytelling: Arts of India

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 5:30-6:30 p.m
Beach Museum of Art
Free and open to all

Join a presentation by Dr. Jessica Falcone and Jui Mhatre about the cultural aspects of storytelling and iconography in arts of India. Offered in conjunction with the exhibition Printing Beyond Borders: Contemporary Indian Prints at Kansas State University. Dr. Falcone will draw on her ethnographic work in India to discuss some religious and cultural themes that emerge from the artworks in the exhibition. She will discuss some of the religious iconography in the works to better contextualize the meaning that the artists may have hoped to express. Mhatre’s performance presentation will explore storytelling in the classical Indian dance Bharata Natyam through the elements of movement vocabulary and art of expression to convey meaning.

Dr. Falcone is a professor of cultural anthropology in the department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work at Kansas State University. Mhatre is a performance artist and dancer and teacher in the genre Bharata Natyam. She works as Communications and Marketing Specialist at the Beach Museum of Art.

Jessica Falcone
Dr. Jessica Falcone

Jui Mhatre
Jui Mhatre

Printing Beyond "Borders: Contemporary Indian Prints at Kansas State University" exhibition at the Beach Museum of Art