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PONDER. THIS. Uniting Cultures Through the Arts | Six Sides of the Story: Celebration of Gordon Parks

June 22, 2025 | 5:30pm - 9:00pm

“Homeward to the Prairie I Come”: Gordon Parks Photographs from the Beach Museum of Art, Featured Event, Exhibitions

Cost: $20 public | $10 for WAM members

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PONDER. THIS. Uniting Cultures Through the Arts
Six Sides of the Story: Celebration of Gordon Parks

5:30 PM: Doors open
 6–7:30 PM: Program
7:30–9PM: Exhibition open

In conjunction with “Homeward to the Prairie I Come”: Gordon Parks Photographs from the Beach Museum of Art, join us for a celebratory evening of poetry, art, and music with musical guest Kimberly Paige and six poets’ perspectives on Parks’ legacy.

$20 public/$10 for WAM members.
Program ticket includes admission to “Homeward to the Prairie I Come”: Gordon Parks Photographs from the Beach Museum of Art

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Featured Exhibition

“Homeward to the Prairie I Come”: Gordon Parks Photographs from the Beach Museum of Art

May 11 - July 27, 2025

Homeward to the Prairie I Come presents a powerful collection of photographs by Kansan Gordon Parks, highlighting the artist's remarkable documentary work for LIFE magazine, alongside more experimental images that reflect his deep connection to the American heartland.

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Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, Pool Hall, from the series Fort Scott Revisited, 1950, printed in 2017, gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches. Kansas State University, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Gordon Parks and the Gordon Parks Foundation, 2017.445. Image courtesy of and copyright by The Gordon Parks Foundation.