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Book Discussion

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Parable of the Sower (Novel and/or Graphic Novel) by Octavia Butler From the publisher -  When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren…

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Kalamazoo Art League: Philip Allen – The Work of Jon Imber

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Jon Imber (1950-2014) was an American artist who experimented with different influences, styles, and subject matter all of his life, from figurative painting to landscapes and abstraction. Join Jill Hoy, his wife, as she introduces us to Jon's passion for art-making and its ability to create transformative experiences - his lasting legacy. The last two…

Drinking from the River of Light

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

“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 read from his book Drinking from the River of Light, which invites you to explore how art and authentic expression can help us explore our…

Kalamazoo Art League: Artist as Curator-Taking Your Show on the Road

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

Known for her curation of thought-provoking traveling exhibitions, Reni Gower will take us behind the scenes and show us how she brings exhibitions to life. Gower is a visual artist, curator, and educator, whose award-winning work in painting and multimedia has been represented in many prestigious collections both nationally and internationally.   Supported by the…

Kalamazoo Art League: Black Ash Basketry, Past and Present

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

Kelly Church's nationally recognized role as an Ottawa and Pottawatomi Culture Bearer involves much more than her exquisite artistry. According to the artist, her work as a black ash basket maker connects ancient tradition with "issues that affect us all ... especially those who come after us if we do not act today." RSVP to…

Kalamazoo Art League: Art Deco Architecture

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

A historian of architecture, landscape, preservation, urban development, and the built environment, Dr. Robert Bruegmann will discuss general and regional Art Deco architectural characteristics. During the summer or fall of 2022, Dr. Bruegmann has offered to meet the Kalamazoo Art League in Chicago for a depARTure focusing this style. When it is safe to travel,…

Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy

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

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…

A Conversation with Dr. Tuliza Fleming: Visual Art and the American Experience – A Journey into the Era of Reckoning

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

Dr. Tuliza Fleming is the Interim Chief Curator of Visual Arts at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), Smithsonian Institution. During her tenure at the NMAAHC, Dr. Fleming has played a critical role in building the museum’s foundational art collection, served as lead curator for Reckoning: Protest, Defiance Resilience (2021), and…

Phil Allen: A Search for Meaning

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

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…

What the Lady Bears Were Doing: Women, Music and the 1950s

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

Visual artists were not the only women breaking new ground in the 1950s. Women vocalists, songwriters, and musicians also cast a vast and relatively forgotten musical canvas of cultural production. Drawing from interviews or autobiographies of Esther Phillips, Big Mama Thornton, Etta James, Melba Liston, Kay Starr, and Della Reese, this talk will explore the…

Sally Sexton Kalmbach, Historian

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

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…

Somers Randolph, Stone Sculptor

314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States

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…