Скачать или смотреть Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art 2020-2021 Common Work of Art and K-State First Book Celebration

Tara Coleman and Kathrine Schlageck in a live Zoom discussion of the First Book (The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba) and the Beach Museum of Art Common Work of Art by Kansas artist Shirley Smith. The discussion was followed by a Q&A and a reading of the children’s version of the The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind with illustrations by Elizabeth Zunon. 

First Book:
Each year, the K-State Book Network selects a common reading for first year students, providing an intellectual experience they can share with other students and members of the Kansas State University community. The 2020 K-State First Book is The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, an autobiography of young William Kamkwamba, who created a windmill from scrap materials and an old science books so that his Malawian village would have electricity and running water.

Beach Museum of Art Common Work of Art: 
Kansas-born artist and K-State graduate Shirley Smith’s untitled oil painting of a windmill has been chosen as the Common Work of Art to complement this year’s First Book. Like Kamkwamba, Smith grew up in an agricultural community in Kansas, and during the later years of her career her artwork reflected this. Spending the summers in Whitewater, Kansas she painted the farmland and its animals, including goats, sheep and pigs.