Conrad Egyir, Irving’s Class, 2021, oil, acrylic, mounted wood on canvas. Collection of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts; Elisabeth Claire Lahti Fund Purchase. Conrad Egyir will provide insight about his practice, rise within the contemporary arts scene, and one of the KIA’s newest acquisitions by the artist entitled, Irving’s Class, 2021. A Cranbrook Academy of…
Join us for an insightful evening discussion with Chief Curator Rehema Barber and three exceptional professors from Western Michigan University, Dr. Mariam Konaté, Professor Monique Haley, and Dr. Jennifer Richardson. A Woman’s Voice: Then and Now? will discuss the roles of women within the African diaspora as it relates to each participant's individual discipline and…
You might know what Vivaldi's Four Seasons: Winter sounds like—but what does it look like? The KIA’s Chief Curator, Rehema Barber, will join artist Linling Lu for an in-depth conversation about her artistic practice, which gives color, shape, and form to the music that plays in her studio while she works. Vivaldi is just one of her…
Thanks to a cache of personal letters uncovered in 2009, it is now known that iconic Tiffany lamps such as “Wisteria” and “Dragonflies” were designed by Clara Driscoll and the female colleagues she managed in the women’s division of the Tiffany Glass Company of Manhattan. Historian Renée Sentilles will contextualize the designs and life decisions…
Update Due to travel restrictions from his home in Beijing, Li Hongwei will be virtually joining us during an Evening with Li Hongwei on July 7. His event on July 3 is canceled. The sculptures of Li Hongwei represent balance: between tradition and innovation, between fragility and strength, between realism and abstraction. His use…
Join Richard Lou, whose work is featured in Unmasking Masculinity, Kalamazoo-based sculptor Brent Harris, and moderator Michael Stone-Richards for an examination of the important role that the land plays in their work. Our environments are central to how we think about ourselves and our place in the world. These three unique voices come together to…
View the new exhibition, Captive Beauties: Depictions of Women in Late Imperial China, now on view in the Joy Light Gallery of East Asian Art from 5 to 6 p.m. The 2nd Annual Joy Light Lecture on East Asian Art Widely hailed as China’s premier couturier, Beijing-based fashion designer Guo Pei uses exquisite craftsmanship, lavish…
Artist Jordan Eagles will be in the KIA galleries for two special 90-minute sessions at 12:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Eagles uses animal and human blood in his artworks to explore themes of life, death, spirituality, equality, and politics related to the human body. In works like American Carnage 6/4-11, currently on view in Unmasking…
Seth Green has been making pottery for over twenty years and currently serves as Associate Professor of Ceramics at Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW), in Fort Wayne, IN. International travel has been a major contributor to his growth and development as an artist and has heavily influenced his ceramic vessels. His presentation will include experiences…
Phil Allen is a painter who has shown in New York, London, and elsewhere in Europe. He has received accolades in Art in America, Artforum, and Arts Magazine, as well as mentions in the New York Times. He has received grants, fellowships, and awards from the NEA, NYS Council for the Arts, Tiffany Foundation, and…
Contemporary Stone Sculpture: A Dying Art Somers Randolph has refined a vocabulary of shapes for forty years by carving them from solid rock. Resonating on a subconscious level, his sensuous knots and woven curves intrigue the eye and challenge the mind. Email artleaguekalamazoo.org to register and attend in person. This program will NOT be available…