Thursday, November 7, 2024, 5:30-6:30 p.m
Beach Museum of Art
Free and open to all
Join a conversation about green burial and personal experiences with Sarah Crews, Director of Heart Land, and Kelly Parker who buried her spouse at the cemetery. This free program is offered in conjunction with the exhibition Return to Prairie: Textiles for Green Burial Awareness, open September 3 – December 21, 2024 at the Beach Museum of Art.
Kelly Parker
Sarah Crews
November 2, 2023, 5:30 PM
Beach Museum of Art
Free and open to the public
Mariko Jesse, wpb meeting sketch, 7 June, 2021, graphite, 5 x 3 in., courtesy of the artist
Hear from Katie Baldwin, Mariko Jesse, and Yoonmi Nam who are the artists behind the collective called wood+paper+box. They are also the creators of this year’s Gift Print and the focus of the exhibition wood+paper+box in your hands, on view at the Beach Museum of Art, October 3, 2023 – April 6, 2024.
Baldwin, Jesse and Nam met at an artist residency in Japan in 2004, where they studied mokuhanga, the traditional Japanese woodblock printmaking technique. Artworks by wood+paper+box carry the spark born of shared experience and are created through collaboration, interaction, and friendship. They offer the idea of appreciating art not just by looking but also by touching and participating.
In the exhibition, visitors can handle and interact with the sample gift print by the artist collective, Mise-en-Scène. The gift print is available to the public for purchase. Friends of the Beach Museum of Art at any level receive a 25% discount on the price. For more information about becoming a Friend or purchasing a gift print, please call 785-532-7718 or email beachart@ksu.edu.
wood+paper+box, Mise-en-Scène, 2020–22, mokuhanga, lithography, letterpress, inkjet, printing, relief printing, dimensions, variable, 2023 Marianna Kistler, Beach Museum of Art Gift Print, edition of 10, photo: Alec Smith
This event is part of the Beach Museum of Art’s Art in Motion annual program series.
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 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.