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Homeward to the Prairie I Come

Gordon Parks Photographs from the Beach Museum of Art
July 3 to November 21, 2026

A photo of an elderly Black woman sitting in an ornate wooden chair and holding a cane while looking to the viewer's left
Gordon Parks, 'Mrs. Jefferson,' from the series 'Fort Scott Revisited,' 1950, printed in 2017, gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches, Kansas State University, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Gordon Parks and the Gordon Parks Foundation, 2017.373. Courtesy of and copyright The Gordon Parks Foundation.

Gordon Parks recognized his era's standards of beauty and human excellence and challenged existing biases with his career of artistic photography. Now, this collection of photos and writings by the iconic 20th century artist is coming to BYU.

Details to be announed.

“Homeward to the Prairie I Come:” Gordon Parks Photographs from the Beach Museum of Art is organized by the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University. Support provided by Art Bridges.

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