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Classes and Workshops

The Museum hosts a variety of classes and workshops throughout the year for all ages!

Registration open for ARTSmart Classes: Spend the summer exploring themes from the exhibition Salt Air in conjunction with the Manhattan Public Library summer reading theme “Oceans of Possibility.” Click here to view full list of ARTSmart classes for children and families.

"Salt Air" exhibition at the Beach Museum of Art. beach.k-state.edu

Cost for classes is $3 per child, Military Family/Blue Star discount $1.50, and reservations are required. Payment can be made with cash or check. Call (785)532-7718 or email klwalk@ksu.edu for reservations. Children must be accompanied by an adult. If you need to cancel your reservation please let us know so we can call those on the waiting list.

Special price for Military Families: In conjunction with the Blue Star Museum program, the Beach Museum of Art offers Military Family half price on all workshops and classes!


The Beach Museum of Art follows Kansas State University Covid-19 guidelines for all programs. Current guidelines require masks in all public buildings. For more information visit k-state.edu/covid-19.


Registration open for 2022 Young Artists Program: includes museum tours and art workshops taught by art teacher Georgia Allgier. The classes for younger children allow artists to explore a variety of media. Classes for older children will focus on learning more about specific techniques. Class size is capped at 12 children and reservations can be made by calling 785.532.7718 or emailing klwalk@ksu.edu. Supply fee is $10 per session. Click here to view summer 2022 schedule.


Virtual Resource for Families and Teachers
Beach Buddies Facebook Group: Cool art, great books, fun activities, and more! Join now at www.facebook.com/groups/bmabuddies

Summer 2021 Family Programs

Screenprint entitled "Humming Bird" by Avis Chitwood and Margaret Evelyn Whittemore from the collection of the Beach Museum of Art. Showing one humming bird at a flower and another about to feed baby humming birds in the nest.Looking for cool activities during the summer?

Join Beach Buddies Facebook Group. Click here!
Enjoy posts about cool art, great books, fun activities, and more!

Virtual ARTSmart Classes: Posts through the week with PDFs available on Friday. Join us for a weekly art adventure featuring animal pairs from Two by Two exhibition. Includes zoological information about the animals, compare and contrast activities, books and stories, and instructions for at home art project. Participants can share thoughts and original art with each other through comments.

BMA Book Buddies – Posts on Saturdays
Introductions to illustrated biographies of artists for children.

Bird Watching – Posts on Sundays, June 6 – August 29
Explore birds through artworks by Maurice Bebb, Margaret Whittemore, and other artists in the Beach Museum of Art’s collection.


Workshops and Events
These events will follow social distancing guidelines. The museum reserves the right to cancel the event if health restrictions are necessary. All events are free, but space is limited and reservations are required and can be made using the contact email below.

Outdoor Nature Art in the Meadow – June
Participants will receive a free copy of On the Nature Trail activity book and art supplies. Each session will include rich language activities, Spanish vocabulary, magnification tools, and drawing. Funded by a USD 383 K-LINK Community
Partner Literacy Grant.
Please sign up for one of the following sessions (limit 10 children per group):
June 5, 9:30-10:30 | June 10, 9:30-10:30 | June 25, 9:30-10:30 | June 30, 9:30-10:30

 

Two by Two Open House – July 15
Activities include a compare and contrast game in the galleries, mask making, origami, and collage projects. Each family will receive a free copy of Becoming a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery and Rebecca Green there will be a drawing for a copy of Counting Creatures by Julia Donaldson and Sharon King Chai for each time slot. Funded by a USD 383 K-LINK Community Partner Literacy Grant.
Please sign up for one of the following sessions (limit 7 families session)
10-11:30 | 1-2:30 | 3:30-5 | 6-7:30

 

Free Draw in The Meadow, Tuesdays 9:30-10:30, June 7 – August 5, weather permitting
Drawing supplies provided on a first come first serve basis. Reservations are not required.

For more information contact: Kathrine Schlageck, Associate Curator of Education at klwalk@ksu.edu

Top image: Avis Chitwood and Margaret Evelyn Whittemore, Humming
Bird, 20th century, screenprint, 7 5/8 x 4 in., gift of Jim and
Virginia Moffett, 2006.83