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“Salt Air” at the Beach

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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. 

45 Paleolithic Handaxes from Transfigurations: Reanimating the Past | David Lebrun

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Ruth Ann Wefald Gallery: September 21, 2021 – July 16, 2022 

If you have not seen it yet, take time to visit this state-of-the-art video installation featuring ancient stone artifacts depicted through an innovative combination of high–resolution photography, animation and a custom sound score. Artist David Lebrun has spent decades working with archaeologists and anthropologists to identify and photograph iconic, human-made objects from four regions: Mesoamerica, Europe, the Mediterranean and South Asia. This installation and another designed for the 2022-2023 season representing ancient Mesoamerica will provide a substantial introduction to the artist’s massive, long-term project, Transfigurations: Reanimating the Past. An Exploration Station designed by the artist and his team installed outside the exhibition provides visitors with an array of information about each of the forty-five stone tools featured in the current installation. Enjoy the aesthetic  beauty of the objects, learn more about them, and see the past differently! For more information about the Beach Museum of Art exhibitions, please visit  https://beach.k-state.edu/explore/exhibitions/.

Let’s Talk Art: Indigenous Aesthetics

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sketch of red fox in profileJoin the Beach Museum of Art’s director Linda Duke for a livestream conversation with Neal Ambrose-Smith (Salish-Kootenai, Métis-Cree, Sho-Ban) and Norman Akers (Osage Nation) as each artist reflects on the use of space and representation in their work. Ambrose-Smith is the creator of the 2021-2022 K-State Common Work of Art, From Upstream I Caught a Fish.

Register for the free program via Zoom.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with details about how to join the program.

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 (top): Neal Ambrose-Smith, From Upstream I Caught a Fish, 2008, etching and transfer on paper, 30 x 22 1/2 in., gift of Joe and Barb Zanatta, Zanatta Editions. 2009.136

collage of figures including spaceships, a gull and indigenous people

Image: Norman Akers, Dark Reign, 2021.