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What’s happening in fall 2021?

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Fall 2021 Exhibition and Program Preview

Paleolithic Points from
The Forms: Four Worlds | David Lebrun
August 9, 2021 – July 16, 2022

Publicity image for the exhibition "Paleolithic Points from The Forms: Four Worlds | David Lebrun" showing a young boy standing in front of a larger-than-life projected image of an ancient artifact made of stone.

Organized by the museum in collaboration with K-State’s Information Technology Services, this experimental multimedia installation is guaranteed to surprise and delight! It features the mysterious beauty of an ancient artifact through specially composed music and unique video animation. See the past differently!
Image: The Forms: Four Worlds. Simulation. © 2019 Night Fire Films

Gordon Parks: “Homeward to the Prairie I Come”
September 7, 2021 – May 28, 2022

Black and white photograph entitled "Pool Hall (Fort Scott, Kansas)," by Gordon Parks from the collection of the Beach Museum of Art. Showing a group of African American men standing at the door and by the window of a building. Two older men with a dog chatting by the window and three men standing in the doorway.

This exhibition features photographs donated by Parks to Kansas State University (K-State) in Manhattan, Kansas, in 1973. It was the first time that the artist personally curated a set of photographs to donate to a public institution, a kind of self-portrait directed towards the home crowd. The exhibition title includes the first line of a poem written by Parks in 1984, commissioned by and published in the Manhattan Mercury. K-State’s New Prairie Press will publish an accompanying open-access digital catalogue with new research on Parks and Kansas.
Image: Gordon Parks, Pool Hall (Fort Scott, Kansas), 1950, printed in 2017, gelatin silver print, gift of Gordon Parks and the Gordon Parks Foundation, 2017.445

Doug Barrett: Find Your Voice
September 7, 2021 – May 28, 2022

Black and white photograph entitled “Will the hate end?” by Doug Barrett from the collection of the Beach Museum of Art.
Jason holding a sign as he and his siblings and family march in Junction City KS in Heritage Park.

Barrett is a photographer and videographer based in Manhattan, Kansas. His work demonstrates how Gordon Parks continues to inspire contemporary artists. Barrett’s projects include interviewing, photographing, and telling the stories of homeless veterans, creating a collective portrait of the Yuma Street community of Manhattan, Kansas, and documenting the Black Lives Matter movement in Kansas.
Image: Will the hate end? from the series George Floyd Protest, 2020, digital print, 32 x 22 in., 2020.20

Beach Museum of Art's Art in Motion annual program series logoUpcoming programs
Please check beach.k-state.edu/calendar for the most updated information on programs and events.

  • Sept. 16, 2021: Gallery Talk with artist Doug Barrett
  • Sept. 30, 2021: Let’s Talk Art with Kirk Sharp
  • Beach Film Club virtual discussions, Wednesdays 7:30 p.m. Central Time US and Canada.
  • Nov. 4, 2021: Virtual talk by Deborah Willis
  • Nov. 11, 2021: Conversation with Kenneth Bé
  • Dec. 4, 2021: Holiday Workshop

 

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