Silent Book Club
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesJoin us for quiet reading time in the galleries. We will provide seating and space to kick back and read a book. Bring your own book or check something out…
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ArtBreak: West Michigan Area Show Artist Highlight
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesDuring select ARTbreaks throughout the summer, artists featured in the 2024 West Michigan Area Show will deliver talks on their featured pieces and larger bodies of work, their artistic processes,…
Clearly Indigenous Artists’ Exchange and Hands-On Exploration
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesJoin us for a daylong celebration of the exhibition Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass, on view now at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts! Special guests include curator Dr.…
Meader Fine Arts Library
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesThere will be no Art Detectives for the month of August due to special programming associated with the Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined In Glass exhibition. However, the Meader Fine…
ArtBreak: Gun Lake Tribal Historic Preservation and Curation
Rebecca Rupe is the Archives/Collections Coordinator for the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians (Gun Lake Tribe). She began her career with the Gun Lake Tribe in the spring of 2021.…
Book Discussion: The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United Statesby Olivia Laing When author Oliva Laing moves to New York City in her mid-thirties for a relationship that ultimately ended, she finds herself profoundly alone. Seeking comfort in art,…
ArtBridges Access for All
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesAs part of the KIA's mission to cultivate the creation and appreciation of the visual arts in West Michigan, we are proud to be working with Art Bridges Foundation to…
Gallery Gathering: Fritz Scholder’s Diptych
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesOur inaugural Gallery Gathering will focus on Diptych, by Fritz Scholder. An enrolled member of the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians, Scholder was an interdisciplinary artist and educator who…
ArtBreak: From Deep Time to Body-Oddy-Oddies
Eric Souther (he/him) is an Assistant Professor of Kinetic Imaging in the Gwen Frostic School of Art at Western Michigan University. During this ArtBreak lecture, he will present a short…
Art Detectives: The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United Statesby Natascha Biebow Have you ever wondered about the creator of Crayola Crayons? Art Detectives will learn all about it through the story of the Crayon Man. At this extra…
Book Discussion: Ain’t Burned All the Bright
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United Statesby Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin Author Jason Reynolds, in collaboration with artist Jason Griffin, creates a timely and evocative art/text mashup. Centering around the theme of breathing, the creators…
ArtBreak: An Interartistic Dialogue Between Visual Poetry and Visual Art
Hedy Habra is a poet, artist, and essayist. During this ArtBreak, she will discuss and read selections from her recently-published poetry collection, Or Did You Ever See the Other Side?…