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“Salt Air” at the Beach

Posted on by jharlan
photo of art gallery installation in progressDonna Lindsay Vanier Gallery: March 15 – October 1, 2022 

Visit the Beach Museum of Art to enjoy a refreshing dose of Salt Air. The exciting, sea-centric exhibition is being installed now and opens March 15, 2022, in the Vanier Gallery. The artworks, curated from the museum’s permanent collection, were chosen for their depictions of the ocean. See the sky reflecting off the water. Witness a wave descending upon the sand. Experience these and many other unique visions of the sea.

Organized in conjunction with the American Libraries Association 2022 summer reading theme “Oceans of Possibility,” the exhibition will set the scene for the museum’s weekly summer art programs, tours and gallery activities. For more information about the exhibition and related programming, please visit beach.k-state.edu. 

Happy New Year?

Posted on by jharlan

Albeit a bit belated, I would like to wish you a “Happy New Year” on behalf of the Beach Museum of Art. Some may find this latent sentiment tiresome now that we have reached mid-January. I believe that given current circumstances, it bears repeating over and over, like a mantra. These are trying times. If you have not yet thrown up your hands and exclaimed “uncle,” please consider the following. There are eleven and a half more unscripted, wide-open months in this year. Stretched out before us like a blank canvas, what is to come? The simple answer is “anything.” Rather than focusing on the obvious which, admittedly, appears dire, I invite you to imagine what could be. Is this the year you finally finish that novel? That song? That poem? That painting? Will you finally climb that mountain, literally or proverbially? I invite you to tune out the clamorous din of the present and listen to your inner voice. Allow it to shape your vision of the days to come. Pick up that pen, that brush…It has been said that adversity inspires. If so, surely we are all brimming with inspiration. Perhaps this could be a happy new year.

Jennifer Harlan
Beach Museum of Art
Events Assistant

Image: Charles Leroy Marshall Sr., Happy New Year, 1957, watercolor with graphite on paper, 13 15/16 x 19 15/16 in., gift of Charles L. Marshall, Sr., presented by Maybelle M. Scheetz, 2005.259

 

 

Beach Museum of Art: Videos of Art and Artists

Posted on by jmhatre
Enjoy the Beach Museum of Art’s videos of art, artists and programs including “Let’s Talk Art,” new series of monthly conversations, “Art Bytes,” featuring art in the museum’s collection, educational programs, Art in Motion Expo, talks, behind the scenes of exhibitions and more!
Click here to visit the Beach Museum of Art’s YouTube channel

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