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Explore the New Online Collection Search System

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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! 

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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

“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/.