Kalamazoo Art League

Coffee preceding 10:30 lecture Hear Richard Phillips’ compelling story. Mr. Phillips started painting while wrongfully incarcerated for 46 years, creating over 400 paintings. “Art is what I did to stay sane...” This program, rescheduled from September 18, is free.

Explore the cultural transformations anticipated and reflected in the arts of Europe and the United States from the Surrealists to the Postmodernists. Reception following lecture

Learn why Mary Brodbeck left the corporate environment to pursue an art career and what influenced her to specialize in the Japanese woodblock printmaking techniques. Her nature-inspired work is found in museums, private collections, and Japan’s oldest print gallery. Reception following lecture