November’s Gallery Gathering will focus on Steven MacGowan’s Choice, No Choice and Tim Lowly’s Beacon (Bless the Bastard), paired in conversation with one another in Legendary Voices: Art for the…
Join us for College Night at the KIA on Thursday, November 7 from 6 pm to 8 pm. This free event for all college students includes games, food, music, raffles,…
by Elizabeth Brown Join Arty to learn about abstract expressionist artist Helen Frankenthaler. We’ll read a story about her childhood, create a project inspired by her artwork, and explore some…
Join us for a day of art-filled fun during the Express Yourself! Community Day. Explore the museum to learn about art and see how artists express themselves through their artwork.…
Learn more about glass art with Ekin Deniz Aytac and Joshua Davids! A husband-and-wife team of artists hailing from Edremit, Turkey, and Colorado respectively, Aytac and Davids draw from a…
Southern Africa is home to some of the world’s oldest and richest graphic traditions. Over the past 50 years, insights from the region have transformed our understanding of rock art…
The KIA’s centennial exhibition Legendary Voices: Art for the Next Century features idiomatic and often unexpected pairings and groups of works from our permanent collection. Displayed in conversation with one…
by Gail Tsukiyama Set in the late 1930s during the Second Sino-Japanese war, a young Chinese man retreats to a serene coastal village in Japan to recover from tuberculosis. While…
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…
Together with the Ladies' Library Association, we invite you to this multidisciplinary presentation in connection to Michigan artist Betty Beeby. Through the visual arts, music, and dance, we will examine…
Come celebrate the 51st annual Holiday Art Sale at the KIA, featuring artworks from the more than 160 faculty and students of the Kirk Newman Art School. This unique, three-day…
Take a Wonder Walk through the galleries! The walk will include close looking at a few artworks as well as gallery games and activities. This is a great way to…
