Ginny Ruffner: Reforestation of the Imagination is a unique installation that fuses fine glass blowing, augmented reality (AR), and drawing. For this special presentation, Ruffner and her collaborators developed an…
Featuring the artist’s signature style of found frames and stacked images from his private archive, Todd Gray: Crossing the Waters of Space, Time, and History considers the impacts of colonialism…
Profound depictions of landscapes in Asia date back thousands of years. These images of nature, whether realistic or imaginary, have served many purposes—as points of meditation or escape, to assert…
“Meaningful art, enduring art, and the transformative process it awakens keeps us alive,” writes Mark Nepo, a poet and philosopher who is nationally recognized and a local presence. Nepo will…
Have you ever looked up at the Calder mobile in the KIA lobby and wondered about the artist who created it? Join us to learn about Alexander Calder as we read…
Visual artist Nayda Collazo-Llorens will talk about the on-site research behind her projects ELF (Extremely Low Frequency) in 2016 and Interconexiones in 2021. Collazo-Llorens, who teaches art-related courses at Kalamazoo…
Be the first to see the Kirk Newman Art School Faculty Review! Members can enjoy an opening reception with light refreshments from 6-7:30pm on Friday, December 17. This biennial exhibition…
Have you ever felt blue or seen red? What about feeling teal or seeing crimson? Arty Mouse will explore new colors in the book and in the KIA galleries, and…
Leilei Chen and Beibei Chen are artists, educators, and twin sisters from China. Their collaborative work is heavily influenced by Chinese culture, aesthetics, and philosophy; they have always been interested…
Two Trees Make a Forest: Travels Among Taiwan's Mountains & Coasts in Search of My Family's Past by Jessica J. Lee From the librarian: This read lauded as "genre-shattering" is…
POSTPONED - NEW DATE IS COMING SOON Do you remember seeing Bill Traylor’s work in Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem? Get to know more about the…
Using a uniquely curated combination of loans and works from the KIA’s collection, spanning the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Africa, Imagined: Reflections on Modern and Contemporary Art will juxtapose mostly West African…