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Past Exhibitions

Sculpture Transformed: The Work of Marjorie Schick 12 January– 16 March 2008

From the Permanent Collection: Kansas Women at the Press, 1910-1960 21 October 2007 – February 2008

Paths to the Press: Printmaking and American Women Artists, 1910-1960 21 October – 18 December 2007

Let Me Show You the World: The Sewn Drawings of China Marks 21 October – 16 December 2007

Making Kansas Home: Selections from the Marjorie Swann and Bill Tsutsui Collection 1 June – 26 August 2007

Michael Krueger: 2007 Friends of the Beach Museum of Art Gift Artist 27 April– 1 July 2007

A Decade and a Year: Annual Major Acquisitions by the Friends of the Beach Museum of Art 16 January– 21 May 2007

The Creative Place: Children and their Art 8 September 2006 – 20 April 2007

A Sampling: Highlights from the Permanent Collection 8 September 2006 – 22 December 2006

Tools in Motion: Works from the Hechinger Collection 3 June - 27 August 2006

1% of Art A Random Sample from the Permanent Collection
Something to Look Forward To Featuring Abstract Art by 22 Distinguished Americans of African Descent
All in a Day's Work: Images of Farming & Ranching from the Collection of the Beach Museum of Art 30 August - 23 December 2005 Sponsored by the Kansas Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency
Jim Munce: 2005 Friends of the Beach Museum of Art Gift Print Artist 22 April - 14 August 2005
Tom Huck 11 February - 17 April 2005
Giving Life to Glass: The Art of Lino Tagliapietra 29 October 2004 - 15 January 2005
Angiolo Mazzoni: Architecture in Motion 10 December 2004 - 29 May 2005
Gone: Photographs of Abandonment on the High Plains 1 February - 10 April 2005 Sponsored by UMB Bank, n.a.
Jon Blumb Photographs 1 February - 10 April 2005
Freaky Fables from the Foothills: Prints by Tom Huck 11 February - 15 May 2005
Shades of Home Site Specific Installation by Artist Patrick Dougherty October 2002 - 2 December 2004
Thru My Lens: Photographs by Bill Jeffcoat 7 September - 10 October 2004
Wilbur Niewald: A Retrospective, 1951 - 2004 (Organized by the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art) 23 July - 10 October
The Daily Seen: Watercolors, Prints, and Drawings by Charles Marshall, Sr 9 July - 26 September 2004
John O'Shea, 2004 Friends of the Beach Museum of Art Gift Print Artist 23 April - 20 June 2004
Life Passages: Women, Dress, and Culture An exhibition from the collection of Apparel, Textiles, and Interior Design 1 March - 6 June 2004
Spiritual Journeys: The Art of Robert Sudlow (Organized by ExhibitsUSA) 1 April - 9 May 2004
...to build up a rich collection: Selected Works from the Permanent Collection 17 April 2003 - 8 February 2004 > Exhibition Publication available
Lasting Impressions: Print Portfolio of Contemporary Native American Artists 14 October – 7 December 2003
Everything Must Go: The Toys of Randy Regier 2 September 2003 - 4 January 2004
Gesine Janzen: 2003 Friends of the Beach Museum of Art Gift Print Artist 17 April - 13 July 2003
Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs (prize winning photographs from 1940 - 2000) 1 January - 30 March 2003 Circulated by The Freedom Forum Newseum, Arlington, VA and funded by The Manhattan Mercury
Architect’s Proposals for the Expansion of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 13 October - 22 December 2002 Features the drawings of chosen architect Steven Holl. In conjunction with Kansas State University School of Architecture.
Tony Fitzpatrick: Max and Gaby’s Alphabet 1 October - 15 December 2002 Made possible by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago This exhibition compliments Beyond Oz, and features a print-work alphabet drawn from pop-culture by the artist for his children.
Beyond Oz: Childrens Book Illustrations from the Region 20 July - 15 December 2002 Related: Beyond Oz Online Gallery This exhibition features regional illustrators from Kansas, Misourri, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Nebraska. Included are Caldecott Honors artists Stephen T. Johnson and Janet Stevens, and Coretta Scott King award recipients Floyd Cooper and Pat Cummings. Also see: PDF (564K) Beyond Oz: Literacy Crate Curriculum Manual
Rodin’s Obsession: The Gates of Hell Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collection 15 June - 25 August 2002 This exhibition provides Kansans a unique opportunity to see works by famed French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). The bronze sculptures, dating between 1880-1900, were studies for a large door entitled The Gates of Hell, inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy (c. 1307) and Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal (1857). This exhibition is made possible and organized by the Iris and Gerald B. Cantor Foundation and with sponsorship from Grand Mère: A Master Planned Golf Course Community.
Tour: Forty Demonic Heads by Ronald Gonzalez 8 June - 15 September, 2002 Concurrent with Rodin's Obsession: The Gates of Hell, the Beach Museum of Art presents Tour: 40 Demonic Heads by Ronald Gonzalez, an installation featuring forty heads made of cast and burned plaster, wax, paint, carbon, wire, and animal bones, teeth, and horns.
Rags to Riches:  25 Years of Paper Art By Dieu Donne Papermill 2 April - 30 June 2002 Thirty-eight artists who have made art at the Dieu Donne Papermill in New York City have been selected to celebrate its 25th anniversary with an exciting exhibition beginning its national tour at the Kresge Art Museum.  Among these artists are Chuck Close, Lesley Dill, Jim Dine, Robert Gober, Christy Rupp, Sandy Skoglund, and Richard Tuttle.
The Prints of John F. Helm, Jr.: A Retrospective 13 October, 2001 - 10 February 2002 The Beach Museum is proud to present the first major posthumous consideration of John Helm (1900-1972). Although born in Syracuse, NY, Helm was one of a handful of exceptional and committed individuals responsible for developing and nurturing the rich visual arts culture that flourished in Kansas during 1930-1960.

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