New Beach Museum of Art exhibition features artists' studios, tools
Thursday, March 21, 2024
This 2013 lithograph by Caroline Thorington, "Magician 3rd State," is part of the "Where the Magic Happens: Artists in the Studio" exhibition at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, which runs through October 19. | Download this photo.
MANHATTAN — A new exhibition at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art at Kansas State University offers a behind-the-scenes look at art studios from the artists' perspectives.
"Where the Magic Happens: Artists in the Studio" runs through Saturday, October 19, in the Beach Museum of Art's Mary Holton Seaton Gallery West.
Explore the studios of artists through the artists' own eyes in this exhibition of works from the museum's permanent collection. Prints, drawings and other works depicting artists in their studios provide an intimate look at a deeply personal activity: creation. Through these pieces, viewers can learn more about the nuts and bolts of making art.
The exhibition includes tools and other collateral materials used in the studios of Charles Marshall, Herschel C. Logan and Bernard Steffen, among other artists. Light-sensitive works on paper in this exhibition will be replaced during the summer, so be sure to look out for a new set of studio views.
Mary Huntoon, "Dark Room," 1935, drypoint on paper, 7 x 8 3/4 in., Kansas State University, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Gift of the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project, 1939.18. This artwork will be displayed in the summer updates of the exhibition. | Download this photo.
"I find that visitors are often curious about the process of creating, and these images allow them to go behind the scenes," said Kathrine Schlageck, associate curator of education for the Beach Museum of Art and organizer of the exhibition. "It is especially fun to have the tools used by some of the artists."
"Where the Magic Happens: Artists in the Studio" is sponsored by the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation's Lincoln & Dorothy I. Deihl Community Grants Program.
The Beach Museum of Art is on the southeast corner of the K-State campus at 701 Beach Lane. The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursdays; and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. Admission to the museum is free, and free parking is available adjacent to the building. To catch a livestream event or view exhibitions online, visit the museum's website, or watch videos of the museum's special programs and events on its YouTube channel. For a calendar of events in the Art in Motion annual program series, visit the museum's calendar.
