The Legacy of Giving

Would you consider a legacy gift to the KIA? Planned giving donations can include art works or financial contributions, equity and stocks, all supporting the mission and work of the KIA.

To begin a conversation, contact our Director of Advancement, Kathryn Armstrong, at

Express your love of the arts. Share your enjoyment of the arts.

Preserve creativity of arts for decades to come.

“The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts has been an integral part of the Carter
Family for three generations. This has included the Kirk Newman Art
School youth camps and adult classes, Art Detectives, ARTbreak,
docent training, exhibition openings, and annual events such as
the Holiday Sale and Arts Fair. We have enjoyed many outstanding
nationally acclaimed exhibitions, and the KIA’s permanent collection
rivals any collection for a museum of our size. Therefore, it was a “no
brainer” for us to remember the KIA in our estate plan.”
Jim and Carol Carter

“Your gifts are crucial to showing why the KIA collection is a
living treasure within the Kalamazoo community. Gifts like yours
introduce future generations to art that inspires, transforms, and fulfills.”
Chief Curator Rehema Barber

Works of art like these have been legacy gifts to the KIA

Max Weber, A Musical Evening, 1946, oil on panel. Gift of Patricia Wyngaarden Fitzpatrick.

Pierre Auguste Renoir, Ambroise Vollard, 1919, lithograph. Bequest of Mary Dobrovir.