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Senior Wednesday: “Moments Without Proper Names” Screening

June 4, 2025 | 10:00am - 12:00pm

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

Cost: $2 general public | FREE for WAM Members

About this Event

10 am | Complimentary coffee and bagels
10:30 am | Film screening

In conjunction with “Homeward to the Prairie I Come”: Gordon Parks Photographs from the Beach Museum of Art, join us for a screening of Parks’ final feature film as director: a self-portrait drawn from found footage, musical compositions, and the artist’s memoires.

FREE for WAM members | $2 public (seniors ages 55 & older)

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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.

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

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.