Looking for a free, family-friendly activity this weekend? Celebrate at the Beach Museum of Art! Join us for a special 25th Anniversary Celebration and K-State Open House this Saturday, April 9th from 9:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
The Beach Museum of Art website now features a new, online collection search page powered by eMuseum from Gallery Systems. In 2020, registrars Sarah Price and Theresa Ketterer began the ambitious task of transitioning the museum’s collections database and online search system over to TMS Collections and eMuseum. The painstaking process meant overseeing the transfer of more than 11,000 works of art in the museum’s permanent collection. With the newly launched portal, users may easily search for pieces by selecting from a menu of categories such as Paintings, as shown below. The system provides access to more images and information than before and allows users to save and share favorites on a range of devices. Explore this exciting new resource at: https://beach.emuseum.com/collections!
Paintings
456 OBJECTS
Image: Sven Birger Sandzén, Still Water, 1926, oil on canvas, 50 1/4 x 58 x 3 3/4 in., acquisition made possible with funds provided by K-State students, faculty, and members of the Manhattan community. 1929.1
The Beach Museum of Art in collaboration with McCain Auditorium is pleased to present a public conversation and performance related to the Gordon Parks exhibition, Gordon Parks: “Homeward to the Prairie I Come.” Join us for two very special programs April sixth and seventh in the McCain Auditorium at Kansas State University.
Gordon Parks has influenced countless artists to help us understand ourselves and our society in new, empowering ways. Three artists who revere Parks as a mentor will hold a public conversation. They are six-time Grammy winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard, University of Texas Dallas multimedia artist Andrew F. Scott, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker Kevin Willmott. Each has a vision for how the arts can function as a tool for making our society more just and equitable.
Public Conversation
Art Matters Now: Three Artists Reflect
Wednesday, April 6, 2022, 7 p.m.
McCain Auditorium | Free admission
Kansas State University, 1501 Goldstein Circle, Manhattan, KS 66506
A conversation with Andrew F. Scott, Kevin Willmott and Terence Blanchard. Free, no ticket required.
To join the livestream program via Zoom, please register by clicking here.
Andrew F. Scott has been working with a group of K-State students under the direction of Art Department head Matthew Gaynor on a unique digital stage set for the performance of Terence Blanchard and his band, the E-Collective.
Performance
Presence of Absence: Gordon Parks Through an Empathic Lens
Thursday, April 7, 7:30 p.m.
McCain Auditorium | Free admission
Kansas State University, 1501 Goldstein Circle, Manhattan, KS 66506
Six-time Grammy winner Terence Blanchard and the E-Collective in Concert, with staging by K-State students under the direction of Andrew F. Scott and Matthew Gaynor.
Free, ticket is required. Tickets available beginning March 23, 2022, at the McCain Ticket Office, Wed. – Fri. 12 – 4 p.m. or by phone at 785-532-6428. Tickets are not available online.
Terence Blanchard photo by Daymon Gardner, Kevin Willmott photo by Kacy Meinecke, Andrew F. Scott photo by Sarah N. Wall.