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Considering Techniques: Jim Richardson on Gordon Parks

Posted on by jharlan

Mark your calendar for the Beach Museum of Art’s upcoming livestream gallery conversation Considering Techniques: Jim Richardson on Gordon Parks, Thursday, February 24, 2022, at 5:30p.m. Join National Geographic Magazine photographer Jim Richardson as he explores the exhibition Gordon Parks: Homeward to the Prairie I Come. Hear his thoughts on photography techniques of the time as they relate to specific images on view. Register for the free program via Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email that includes information about how to join the program.

Shadows reflected on building

This event is part of the Beach Museum of Art’s annual program series, Art in Motion: a tribute to Marianna’s love for lifelong learning! Marianna Kistler Beach believed in the value of art and the importance of cross-cultural understanding. The museum offers the Art in Motion programs in celebration of her work and leadership.

Image: Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, Durland Shadows (Kansas State University campus), 1985, gelatin silver print, 14 1/8 x 19 7/8 in., acquisition made possible through partnerships with the Manhattan Mercury, the Manhattan Arts Center and members of the Manhattan community. 2017.532

Spotlight on Gordon Parks and his film “Martin”

Posted on by jharlan

 

Magazine cover with photo of Martin Luther King, Jr.

To remember the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. perhaps you would like to view the #ballet Martin, written, produced and scored by Gordon Parks to honor King, Jr. The prologue linked here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AayQu5kkSPc, includes photographs by Gordon Parks and features Parks introducing the ballet. There are 27 #photographs within the prologue that are in our #collection, 18 of them are currently on view and two images were taken in the Manhattan, Kansas area. We invite you to visit the Beach Museum of Art and see if you recognize any of the photographs from the #prologue on display in the current exhibition “Gordon Parks: “Homeward to the Prairie I Come.” in the gallery through May 28 and offered virtually at beach.k-state.edu/explore.

Join museum curator Aileen June Wang for a virtual discussion of the dance film Martin during the upcoming Let’s Talk Art livestream conversation with Theresa Ruth Howard, ballet dancer and founder-curator of MoBBallet.org (Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet). Thursday, January 27, 2022, 5:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada). Closed captioning available.

Register for the free program at https://ksu.zoom.us/…/register/WN_JF9HYpGYQri6_x3KGWwdrA

Kim Richards
Education Assistant
Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art

Image: “Life Magazine (Week of Shock, Martin Luther King 1929-1968) April 12, 1968,” Life Magazine (United States), photomechanical lithograph on paper, CM235.201

 

New virtual exhibition! “Two by Two: Animal Pairs”

Posted on by jmhatre
We are excited about our new virtual exhibition launched March 30, 2021.
For animal lovers of all ages! 
Two by Two: Animal Pairs
Virtual exhibition launch: March 30, 2021
Gallery exhibition: June 15 – December 18, 2021

The American Library Association Summer Reading theme for 2021 is “Tales and Tails,” with a focus on animal stories. This exhibition will offer the viewers some surprising pairings of artworks by regional and international artists.

Animals have long been the subject of myths, legends and histories. Noah loads his ark with creatures, “two by two,” before the great Biblical flood. Aurochs and Wooly Mammoths in the caves of Lascaux hint
at the beliefs of early peoples. Animalistic deities populate an ancient world from the Egyptian god Horus with the head of a falcon to the Greek god Zeus who visits earth as a swan. In Native American legends animals personify spirits such as the turtle who represents mother earth. Artworks in the exhibition picture such storied animals as well as farm animals,
pets and circus performers. All of the works provide a chance to learn more about world cultures, literature, and science.

Two by Two: Animal Pairs will be the inspiration for summer ARTSmart classes and spring and fall 2021 school programming.

We hope you enjoy the virtual exhibition. Let us know what you think!

Flyer of the new virtual exhibition "Two by Two: Animal Pairs" by the Beach Museum of Art. visit https://www.mkbma.org/exhibitions/two-by-two-animal-pairs/