Review

Beach Museum of Art
Kansas State University
701 Beach Lane
Manhattan, Kansas
785-532-7718
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday, noon-5 p.m.

Following the Sun:  The Art of Sue Jean Covacevich 1905-1998
January 29 — May 2

Gail Gregg:  The Album Series
January 29 — May 2

Richard Avedon Photographs
February 16 — May 30

Shades of Blue
Starring Kelley Hunt, at the Wareham Opera House
April 16, 6:30 p.m.

Pieces of Time:  Quilts from the Historic Costume and Textile Museum
May 28 — September 12

Material Evidence
October 8, 2010 — February 6, 2011

Salina Art Center
242 South Santa Fe
Salina, Kansas
785-827-1431
Gallery: Wednesday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m., Sunday, 1-5 p.m.

March 14, 2-4 p.m. Second Sunday Led by art educator Anne Nettleton, these free dynamic hands-on workshops allow families and friends to explore different themes in art through the process of creating together. No reservations necessary.

March 13, noon Artist at Work: Santiago Cucullu Visiting Artist Santiago Cucullu participates in the Art Center’s Artist at Work program with an illustrated public presentation and a lively discussion of his professional experiences and strategies of navigating the contemporary art world while based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

7 Variations On You Can't Always Get What You Want
Santiago Cucullu with Martin Ayos
"Milwaukee-based artist Santiago Cucullu's large-scale installation transforms the Art Center's Education Wing through sprawling vinyl graphics, a series of illuminated commercial signs, and audio recordings. Based on the artist's collaboration with Buenos Aires writer and poet Martin Ayos, Cucullu's multi-faceted work charts the psychological and physical wanderings through an ambiguous cityscape. Santiago Cucullu is the first artist to participate in the Art Center's new series of site-specific temporary projects that re-define and challenge the architectural dynamics of the Education Wing."
Drop by to watch them work: March 10-13
March 12 —

True Grit
Features the work of five American artists with exceptionally long and productive (50+ year) careers who continue to make thought-provoking work: Judith K. Brodsky, Peter Campus, Warrington Colescott, Larry Edwards, and Lee Friedlander
Opening reception: January 28, 5-7 p.m.
Curator conversation: January 29, noon, with John Salvest (artist and independent curator) and Les Christensen (aritst and director of Bradbury Gallery at Arkansas State University, where this exhibition will travel to next), who will facilitate a discussion with Larry Edwards. Free and open to all.
First Thursday Art Rush: February 4, 5-7 p.m.
Cocktail Conversations: March 11, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
January 28 — April 18

Salina Art Center Warehouse
149 South 4th Street
Salina, Kansas
(Salina Art Center Artist-in-Residency site)

Strecker-Nelson Gallery
406.5 Poyntz Avenue, 2nd floor
Manhattan, Kansas
785-537-2099
Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.- 6p.m.

Richly Pigmented
Featured artists: Kim Casebeer, Louis Copt, Steven Graber, John Hulsey, Becky Johnson, Mary Kay, Dean Kube, Annie Helmericks Louder, Judy Love, Nora Othic, Gary Ozias, Jean Terry
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Jane Booth, Tricia Courtney, Bowie Croisant, Joelle Ford, Judith Mackey, Ann Trusty, Wynne Wilbur
Opening reception: March 5, 5-8 p.m.
March 5 — April 15