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Film Screening and Community Conversation: “Miss Representation”

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

From the same production team that developed The Mask You Live In (screened at the KIA in October 2022), Miss Representation exposes how mainstream media and culture contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America. Written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film draws back a curtain to…

Rookie Detectives: Georgia O’Keeffe Loved the Desert

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

The Rookies will learn about Georgia while looking for images of nature in the galleries. We’ll make some inspired abstract paintings, so wear clothes you can get messy in!

Kirk Newman Art School Residents – Part II

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI
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…

Art Detectives: Through Georgia’s Eyes

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

Arty Mouse wants to learn all about Georgia O’Keeffe, one of America’s most famous female artists. After all, one of her artworks is on display at the KIA! After being inspired by her artwork, Art Detectives will create something magical.

Sally Sexton Kalmbach, Historian

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

The Jewel of the Gold Coast: Mrs. Potter Palmer’s Chicago Fourth-generation Chicagoan and historian Sally Sexton Kalmbach has designed and given walking tours of her hometown for decades. She is the author of The Jewel of the Gold Coast: Mrs. Potter Palmer’s Chicago and Mrs. Thorne’s World of Miniatures. Email artleaguekalamazoo.org to register and receive…

Kirk Newman Art School Residents – Part III

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI
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…

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

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

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…

Kazoo 48-Hour Film Festival Screening

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

What does it take to create an entire film in 48 hours? Find out as we screen films submitted for the Kazoo 48 Hour Film Festival and celebrate the local filmmakers who have lent their talents to this project. Participating filmmaking teams are assigned a random genre, prop, location, character, and line of dialogue, and…

Girls in 1950s Media

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI
Hybrid 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…

Somers Randolph, Stone Sculptor

314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI

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 receive a Zoom link.