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Summer Fun for Children and Families at the Beach Museum of Art

Posted on by Kelsey Longpine

ARTSmart classes are designed for preschool children ages three to five with a special section for toddlers and twos as well as homeschooled children. There is also an after-school program for children ages six and up. Each session includes a gallery tour and art activity. The format is based on Parents as Teachers and children must be accompanied by an adult. Registration and fees required.

Summer 2016 ARTSmart Programs for Children and Families

Spend the summer exploring sports and games and creating everything from your own game to team mascots! Inspiration will come from the exhibition “Art of the Game,” in conjunction with the Manhattan Public Library summer reading theme “On Your Mark, Get Set, Read.”

Day Time Age
Tuesday 10:30-11:30 a.m.

3:00-4:00 p.m.

 Ages 3-5

All ages
Wednesday 10:30-11 a.m.

3:00-4:00 p.m.

 Toddlers and twos

All ages
Thursday 10:30-11:30 a.m.

3-4 p.m.

 All ages

Ages 6+

Dates and Topics
June 7-9: Derby Race Cars
June 14-16: Mascot Masks
June 21-23: Board Games
June 28-30: Sporting Sculptures
July 5-7: Team Logo T-Shirts (please bring a white T-shirt)
July 12-14: Regatta Sail Boats

Cost is $3 per child; Friends of the Beach Museum of Art members $1.50. Call 785.532.7718 or e-mail klwalk@k-state.edu for reservations. Children must be accompanied by an adult. If you must cancel, we would appreciate a call.

The Young Artists Programs will take place in June with museum tours and art workshops taught by KSU and MHS fine arts and art education students. The class for younger children allow artists to explore a variety of media.  Classes for older children will focus on learning more about specific techniques. Registration and fees required.

Class Dates & Topics
June 6, 9:30-11:30 a.m.(ages 8 and up) Painting Landscapes (acrylics and watercolors)
June 6, 1:30-3:30 p.m. (ages 5-8) Media Exploration
June 13, 9:30-11:30 (ages 8 and up) Pastel Still Lifes (oil and chalk)
June 20, 9:30-11:30 (ages 8 and up)Abstract Printmaking (linoleum block and collographs)
June 27, 9:30-11:30 a.m. (ages 5-8) Media Exploration
June 27, 1:30-3:30 p.m. (ages 8 and up) Drawing Portraits (pencil, prismacolor, and charcoal)

One work by each artist per session will be chosen for matting and display. One T-Shirt per child included.

Young Artists Celebration and Reception
July 9, 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
View works created in the Young Artists. Refreshments will be served. Open to the public.

Special Recognition for Military Families: In conjunction with the Blue Star Museums program, all workshops are half-price for military families with a valid Military ID.

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Beach Museum of Art Onsite Activities

ARTote
Enhance your museum visit with an ARTote available at the information desk. Topics are on line, shape, form, color, and texture and the tote bags contain books, games, gallery activities, and guide sheets to special works in the galleries.

ARTotes

Exploration Station
This station contains a wide variety of activities and books related to each temporary exhibition and thus there is always new and topical information and activities. Check current exhibitions to see the present topic. Funded by the Smithsonian Community Grant Program of the MetLife Foundation.

Exploration Station

Reactions to fear of “the other”

Posted on by Kelsey Longpine
Two special exhibitions are allowing us to explore how we react in times of crisis. “Minidoka on My Mind” features images created by Roger Shimomura based on his childhood memories of the Minidoka Japanese American Internment Camp during World War II.  Photographs by Toyo Miyatake in “Behind the Glass Eye” record his experiences in Manzanar.
The experiences of these two artists provide today’s visitors a chance to think about our reactions to fear of “the other,”  something critical for us to be doing when we are facing today’s difficult issues  – from Isis to Black Lives Matter to freedom of speech on college campus.
behing the barbed wire
The above artwork by a middle school student reflects on what she would miss her freedom was taken away.  Below is a photographic montage taken during the open ceremony for the exhibitions by Alan Miyatake, Toyo Miyatake’s grandson which features Guest curators of “Behind the Glass Eye,” Hirokazu Kosaka , a master of Japanese archery, or kyudo, performing an arrow ceremony in honor of all those affected by the Alien Registration Act of 1940.
Toyo wall
This post was written by Kathrine Schlageck, Senior Educator at the Beach Museum of Art.

Selected works from the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art

Posted on by Kelsey Longpine

Please join us as we post information about pieces in the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art’s permanent collection from …to build up a rich collection… Selected works from The Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art.

All pieces in this series are on display now at the museum.  We hope you will join in the discussion and enjoy learning in-depth about the heart of the museum, our permanent collection. There are approximately 40 pieces by Thomas Hart Benton in the Beach Museum of Art’s permanent collection, but the one that seems to catch everyone’s attention is Jesse and Jake.

So, what does this piece make you wonder?

Thomas Hart Benton Jessie and Jake, 1942
Thomas Hart Benton Jessie and Jake, 1942

According to Benton, he made Jesse and Jake when daughter Jessie was three years old. Our shepherd dog Jake impersonated the wolf in this Red Riding Hood theme. The area depicted is in our wood lot on Martha’s Vineyard and shows a path leading to my mother’s place there. Trees, white oak, grow thick at the trunk but do not get very high on our part of the Island because of the winds.

When Jake dies in 1946, Benton wrote a biographical obituary of the family dog, which appeared in the Vineyard Gazette. As Benton fondly recalled:

“Jake had a laughing face. His mouth was so set that, active or in repose, he had a smile. . . He was named Jake because he was a country dog, a country jake, who hadn’t learned city ways.”

In 1942 Benton made a lithograph based on Jesse and Jake. The image in the print is nearly identical to that in the painting except that the composition has been revered. An image drawn on a lithographic stone prints as a mirror image, a fact that Benton rarely considered when making lithographs.

Jessie and Jake was a gift of Jessie Benton Lyman, the artist’s daughter and the subject of the painting.

Find information and images of other Benton Pieces in the Beach Museum of Art’s permanent collection by using the museum’s searchable database. Simple choose “Benton, Thomas Hart” from the “Artist/Maker” drop down menu.