As 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…
Bring a friend and participate in a guided gallery tour of Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass on Thursday, July 25 from 5:30 - 6:15pm. Join our Associate Curator…
Join 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…
During 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,…
Join 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.…
There 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…
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.…
by 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,…
As 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…
Our 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…
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…
by 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…
