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

Posted on by jharlan
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/.

Game Day Snacks at the Beach Museum of Art

Posted on by Kelsey Longpine

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Football season at Kansas State is a time full of pride and enthusiasm! Did you know the Beach Museum of Art has a “museum tailgate” every home game? While you are waiting for the game to kickoff or exploring campus after the game, stop in to the Beach Museum of Art, during open hours, enjoy the art and pick up some snacks to keep the pep up.

Beach Education Update Fall 2015

Posted on by Kelsey Longpine

ARTSmart Classes

ArtSmart classes and Home School Tuesdays will not be held this fall due to construction on the Kansas State University campus.  Parking will be extremely limited, however the museum will remain open.  Check the museum’s website  or call 785-532-7718 for the latest information.  ArtTotes, the Exploration Station and gallery guides are always available whenever you visit the museum.  Classes will resume in January.

School tours for Fall 2015

Although public parking will be greatly reduced during the fall semester, this will not impact school tours.  Busses can drop off and pick up students in the circle drive by McCain Auditorium, then park at City Park.  Further instructions will be supplied when tours are scheduled.

NEW:  The Artist’s Voice (grades K-6).  The work of artist Jacqueline Bishop will allow students to see how an artist can fight for a cause, in this case, better treatment of the natural environment.  Students will apply Bishop’s artistic techniques (collage and printmaking) to their own work about the prairie environment. Funded by the Bramlage Family Foundation.

NEW:  Shine a Light on Art and Science (grade 1).  This tour has been designed as a community resource for USD 383 1st grades learning about the science of light.  Students will learn about the spectrum and the difference between the colors of light and pigments, light sources and shadows, and the optics involved in dot matrix printing or pointillism.

ONGOING:  The museum will continue to offer Picturing Kansas (grades K-4), The Intersection of Math and Art, (grades 4-8) and The Fine Art of Observation (all grades).

Please visit here for more information on tours.