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Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays from all of us at the Beach Museum of Art 🎉❄💜

Wishing you a season filled with warmth, joy and creativity! We are so grateful for your support throughout 2025 and can’t wait to bring you even more exciting exhibitions and programs in the New Year. ✨

Please note that the museum is closed Dec. 24, 2025 – Jan. 3, 2026, re-opening Jan. 6, 2026. Closed Sundays and Mondays per regular hours

Beach Museum of Art staff members in varied costumes pose at the entrance of the museum.
Photo by Luke Townsend, 2025 Beach Ball fundraiser

Exhibition review of the inaugural Kansas Triennial

We are excited and honored to be featured in The Shout, Wichita-based online newsroom covering arts and culture in Kansas communities. Thanks to The Shout for a glowing review of the Kansas Triennial 25/26 exhibition.

Read the review

(https://www.shoutwichita.com/kansas-triennial-25-26-beach-museum/)

Gallery installation views with various artworks displayed including woven baskets, beadwork, textiles, lighted sculptures etc. in the "Kansas Triennial 25/26" exhibition.Installation views of the Kansas Triennial 25/26 exhibition

Attend the livestream discussion “Connecting to Feminism: Women Artists at K-State”

Abstract watercolor painting in pink and yellowJoin us as current and former faculty from K-State’s Department of Art discuss how Feminism impacted their careers as women artists. Not all of the panelists have worked in the Feminist category, but Feminism continues to influence both the art world and contemporary society. The livestream discussion will be moderated by Theresa Marie Ketterer, curator of the museum’s current exhibition Women Artists in the Era of Second Wave Feminism. Guest panelists will include Geraldine Craig, Rebecca Hackemann, Nancy Morrow, Mervi Pakaste and Terry Schmidt. The virtual program will be held on Thursday, April 6, 2023, from 5:30-7:00pm. Guests may register in advance using the following link https://ksu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EOrelecUQlug0ue3oXX4ag. To view the recording of this and other, previously recorded programs, please visit the museum’s YouTube page.

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: Alice Baber, The Golden River, 1974, watercolor on paper, 30 1/2 x 22 1/4 in. 2017.562