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Artistry and Innovation in Japanese Ceramics and Printmaking

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Explore Expressions in Paper and Clay with faculty from the Kirk Newman Art School. Julie Devers (Chair of Ceramics) and Deborah Mattson (Chair of Printmaking) will discuss works from the exhibition, which highlights the vibrant, engaging, and innovative traditions of Japanese printmaking and ceramics spanning the past fifty years. This exhibition continues the Kalamazoo Institute…

“Metropolitan Stories” by Christine Coulson

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States

This enchanting novel, from a writer who worked at the Metropolitan Museum for more than twenty-five years, shows us the Met that the public doesn’t see. A surreal love letter to this private side of the museum, Metropolitan Stories unfolds in a series of amusing and poignant vignettes in which we discover larger-than-life characters, the…

Kirk Newman Art School Residents – Part I

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Hybrid Hybrid Event

The Kirk Newman Art School Post-Baccalaureate Program is in its seventh year, and more than 50 artists have completed the program.The nine-month residency is designed for aspiring artists who want to grow and strengthen their art practice in a supportive community, with access to professional studio facilities and guidance. At each of these ARTbreaks, KIA…

University Symposium: The Future Starts with You

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Virtual Event Virtual Event

In conjunction with the exhibition Art, Music & Feminism in the 1950s, the KIA will host a symposium on March 24 exclusively for university students. Featuring conversations with female leaders from the museum field, students will have a unique opportunity to engage in meaningful conversations about the role of museums in the 21st century. Don't…

Art, Music, and Feminism Symposium

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States

In conjunction with the exhibition Art, Music & Feminism in the 1950s, the KIA will host a symposium on March 25, featuring conversations and Q&As with local artists, scholars, and community leaders. Join us as we celebrate pioneering female artists of the mid-20th century whose legacies endure into the present, while also examining current practices…

More Than a Pretty Face: The Power of Portraits

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

Portraiture as an art form has been in existence for at least five millennia. A portrait conveys not only its subject’s physical characteristics, but may also reveal key aspects of an individual’s personal psychology, as well as unique insights into disparate social, cultural, and political histories. The National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution outlines…

Kirk Newman Art School Residents – Part II

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

The Kirk Newman Art School Post-Baccalaureate Program is in its seventh year, and more than 50 artists have completed the program.The nine-month residency is designed for aspiring artists who want to grow and strengthen their art practice in a supportive community, with access to professional studio facilities and guidance. At each of these ARTbreaks, KIA…

Kirk Newman Art School Residents – Part III

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

The Kirk Newman Art School Post-Baccalaureate Program is in its seventh year, and more than 50 artists have completed the program.The nine-month residency is designed for aspiring artists who want to grow and strengthen their art practice in a supportive community, with access to professional studio facilities and guidance. At each of these ARTbreaks, KIA…

“Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York” by Alexander Nemerov

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States

At the dawn of the 1950s, a promising young painter named Helen Frankenthaler, fresh out of college, moved to New York City. By the decade's end, she had succeeded in establishing herself as an important American artist of the postwar period. In the years in between, she made some of the most daring, head-turning paintings…

Girls in 1950s Media

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

In 1950s American culture, teenagers were the focus of sustained media attention. A recently defined social category, “the teenager” ignited hopes and fears about changes in America’s political and economic landscapes. Films about teenagers in this period often portrayed them in extreme terms, either as obedient followers of social systems or as juvenile delinquents who…

West Michigan Area Show Opening and Awards Ceremony

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States

This exhibition is one of the KIA’s most relevant annual showcases, highlighting the talents of artists from across West Michigan in this juried forum. Please join us for light refreshments as we celebrate regional artists during the exhibition opening at 5:45pm. The live awards ceremony begins at 6:30pm.

Juneteenth Community Day

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States

Celebrate Juneteenth with the KIA! This meaningful holiday celebrates the day that enslaved people in Texas finally received freedom 2 years after President Lincoln’s address of the Emancipation Proclamation. For youth and families, Tar Beach by Faith Ringold will be playing in the auditorium with an activity to create your own story frame, and there…