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New E-book! “Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art at 25: People and Spaces”

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The Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art at Kansas State University is celebrating its silver anniversary in page-turning style with the new e-book “Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art at 25: People and Spaces”

Cover image of the e-book "Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art at 25: People and Spaces"

Created by the board of the Friends of the Beach Museum of Art and published by K-State Libraries’ New Prairie Press, the e-book uses texts and photographs to detail the history of the museum and the people who made it possible. Editors of the e-book are Anthony R. Crawford, Marla Day, Martha Scott and Marlene VerBrugge, all board members of the Friends of the Beach Museum of Art.

Beach Museum of Art receives award funding to enhance, broaden access to the arts!

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Art Bridges Foundation logoWe are pleased to announce that the museum has received a Bridge Ahead Initiative award from the Art Bridges Foundation to support the addition of a part-time teaching artist to assist with two new photography exhibitions at the museum.

Nate McClendon, a respected Manhattan teacher and musician, will lend his talents to the Beach Museum of Art’s “Gordon Parks: Homeward to the Prairie I Come” and “Doug Barrett: Find Your Voice” exhibitions. Both exhibitions are now open to the public through May 28, 2022. Online versions will be available soon.

The museum recently launched “Hear What I’m Seeing?” first Saturdays video series led by Nate McClendon. Enjoy the inaugural video of the series here. The videos are posted on the museum’s YouTube channel. Please don’t forget to subscribe to our channel!

Read more about the Bridge Ahead award here.

Publicity image for the exhibition "Gordon Parks: Homeward to the Prairie I Come"

Publicity image of the exhibition "Doug Barrett: Find Your Voice"

“Hear What I’m Seeing?” – First Saturdays video series premiere

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“Hear What I’m Seeing?” – First Saturdays video series from the Beach Museum of Art premiered October 2, 2021!
What would be the sound of art if it were music? What would be the pitch of any given color, or the rhythm of a brushstroke? See art through the ears of musicians as they verbally share their reflection of a piece of art then musically express it through live musical performance. This video series, led by Beach Museum’s Teaching Artist and saxophonist Nate McClendon, will feature local and K-State musicians who will ask “Do you Hear What I’m Seeing?”
We are excited to share the first video of the series with introduction from Nate McClendon who responds to the painting Sunrise over Kansas by John Steuart Curry in the current exhibition open through Feb. 28, 2022.
Enjoy the video below or click here to view.
Please don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel at beach.k-state.edu/videos
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