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“Kansas Weather in Life, Literature and Photography”

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Thursday, February 17, 2022, 5:30 p.m.Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
In-person Humanities Kansas lecture by Kansas Poet Laureate Emeritus Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg.
Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 701 Beach Lane, Manhattan, KS 66506

Our weather is some of the most dramatic in the world, and relationship to weather shapes how we see ourselves. This presentation features photographer Stephen Locke’s vibrant images of Kansas weather paired with poetry by contemporary Kansas writers inspired by the drama that unfolds in the Kansas sky. We’ll discuss our own weather-related stories and how weather shapes our lives, understanding of the natural world, and identity. The museum’s current exhibition, Sunrise over Kansas: John Steuart Curry, will be an added inspiration for the conversation.

Mixed media artwork entitled "Sunrise (Sunrise over Kansas)," by John Steuart Curry (1897 – 1946) from the collection of the Beach Museum of Art. Showing a landscape and bright sunrise with clouds.

John Steuart Curry (1897 – 1946), Sunrise (Sunrise over Kansas), 1935, mixed-media on canvas, Friends of the Beach Museum of Art purchase, 1996.18

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

“Caring for a Curry”

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Thursday, November 11, 2021, 5:30 p.m.
“Caring for a Curry”
Talk by paintings conservator Kenneth Bé, with introductory remarks by Curator Liz Seaton.

Photo of paintings conservator Kenneth Be
Kenneth Bé

Join the free program in-person at the museum or via Zoom. Click here to register.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about how to join the program.

Offered in conjunction with the exhibition Sunrise over Kansas: John Steuart Curry, open August 24, 2021 – February 28, 2022 at the Beach Museum of Art.

Limited occupancy in the galleries and UMB theatre to allow social distancing. The Beach Museum of Art follows Kansas State University guidelines for COVID-19 health and safety procedures. For more information visit k-state.edu/covid-19.

 

This event is part of the museum’s “Art in Motion” annual program series.

Current Exhibitions

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45 Paleolithic Handaxes from
Transfigurations: Reanimating the Past | David Lebrun
Gallery exhibition: September 21, 2021 – July 16, 2022

Gordon Parks: “Homeward to the Prairie I Come”
Gallery exhibition: September 7, 2021 – May 28, 2022
Virtual exhibition launch: September 30, 2021

Doug Barrett: Find Your Voice
Gallery exhibition: September 7, 2021 – May 28, 2022
Virtual exhibition launch: September 30, 2021

Sunrise over Kansas: John Steuart Curry
Virtual exhibition launch: June 29, 2021
Gallery exhibition: August 24, 2021 – February 28, 2022
Click here to view the virtual exhibition.

Two by Two Animal Pairs
Virtual exhibition launch: March 30, 2021
Gallery exhibition: August 24 – December 18, 2021
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2021 K-State Common Work of Art

 

Video on the conservation of “Sunrise over Kansas”

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Mixed media artwork entitled "Sunrise (Sunrise over Kansas)," by John Steuart Curry (1897 – 1946) from the collection of the Beach Museum of Art. Showing a landscape and bright sunrise with clouds.

Hear from painting conservators about their work on Regionalist artist John Steuart Curry’s depiction of a sunrise in Barber County, Kansas. Because of distracting discoloration of the sun—caused by Curry’s mid-1930s experiments mixing materials—the painting was not on display for many years. It is now displayed as the center piece in the current exhibition Sunrise over Kansas: John Steuart Curry, open through February 28, 2022 at the Beach Museum of Art.

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Click here to learn more about the exhibition Sunrise over Kansas: John Steuart Curry
Virtual exhibition launch: June 29, 2021
Gallery exhibition: August 24, 2021 – February 28, 2022

View the virtual exhibition by clicking here.

Image: John Steuart Curry (1897 – 1946), Sunrise (Sunrise over Kansas), 1935, mixedmedia on canvas, Friends of the Beach Museum of Art purchase, 1996.18

Open Virtually Now!

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The sun is rising over the new exhibition at the Beach Museum of Art!

Sunrise over Kansas: John Steuart Curry
Virtual exhibition launch: June 29, 2021
Gallery exhibition: August 24, 2021 – February 28, 2022

Click here to view the virtual exhibition.

Mixed media artwork entitled "Sunrise (Sunrise over Kansas)," by John Steuart Curry (1897 – 1946) from the collection of the Beach Museum of Art. Showing a landscape and bright sunrise with clouds.

Dramatic weather plays a significant role in Regionalist John Steuart Curry’s art, especially as a symbol of menace. Less recognized is the importance of another event in nature—the sunrise—in Curry’s oeuvre. The celestial motif is explored in this exhibition of the artist’s paintings, prints and drawings. The exhibition pays tribute to the museum’s 1935 painting, Sunrise over Kansas, which suffered discoloration of its sun as a result of the artist’s experiments with materials and now has been conserved.
Image: John Steuart Curry (1897 – 1946), Sunrise (Sunrise over Kansas), 1935, mixed-media on canvas, Friends of the Beach Museum of Art purchase, 1996.18

Current Exhibitions

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Detail of the mixed media on canvas entitled "Sunrise (Sunrise over Kansas)" by John Steuart Curry in the Beach Museum of Art's collection. Showing the bright sun rising over a Kansas landscape.

Sunrise over Kansas: John Steuart Curry
Virtual exhibition launch: June 29, 2021
Gallery exhibition: August 24, 2021 – February 28, 2022
Click here to view the virtual exhibition.

Two by Two Animal Pairs
Virtual exhibition launch: March 30, 2021
Gallery exhibition: August 24 – December 18, 2021
Click here to view the virtual exhibition.

Image: John Steuart Curry (1897 – 1946), Sunrise (Sunrise over Kansas) detail, 1935, mixed-media on canvas, Friends of the Beach Museum of Art purchase, 1996.18

Opening Soon!

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Sunrise over Kansas: John Steuart Curry
June 29, 2021 – February 28, 2022

Mixed media artwork entitled "Sunrise (Sunrise over Kansas)," by John Steuart Curry (1897 – 1946) from the collection of the Beach Museum of Art. Showing a landscape and bright sunrise with clouds.

Dramatic weather plays a significant role in Regionalist John Steuart Curry’s art, especially as a symbol of menace. Less recognized is the importance of another event in nature—the sunrise—in Curry’s oeuvre. The celestial motif is explored in this exhibition of the artist’s paintings, prints and drawings. The exhibition pays tribute to the museum’s 1935 painting, Sunrise over Kansas, which suffered discoloration of its sun as a result of the artist’s experiments with materials and now has been conserved.
Image: John Steuart Curry (1897 – 1946), Sunrise (Sunrise over Kansas), 1935, mixed-media on canvas, Friends of the Beach Museum of Art purchase, 1996.18