Please note: ArtBreaks are moving to Wednesdays in 2025.
Join us for a screening of the film Black Ash Basketry: A Story of Cultural Resistance. A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Lifeways Institute, Grand Rapids Community College, and the Goodwillie Environmental School, this film explores the role that black ash basketry has played in Anishinaabe culture for generations. The film follows basketmaker Steve Pigeon and his extended family, highlighting the ways in which basketry has served as a powerful connecting force between generations. Black Ash Basketry has a run time of 60 minutes.
While you’re here, don’t miss Kelly Church’s black ash piece Every Dawn is a New Day, a recent acquisition by the KIA, now on view in the Legendary Voices exhibition.
Preregistration is encouraged. Find out why.
In the event that a program is modified, postponed, or cancelled, we reach out via email to all who have preregistered. If a significant change is made on short notice, your preregistration helps to ensure that you get the word from us in the most timely manner possible.
Registering for programs in advance also helps our staff to assess set-up needs beforehand, reducing the need for last-minute adjustments to numbers of chairs, tables, etc. Further, it streamlines the check-in process when you arrive and allows us to keep you in the loop about other upcoming programs that might be of interest!