Kirk Newman Art School Residents

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

The Kirk Newman Art School Post-Baccalaureate Program is in its seventh year, and more than 50 artists have completed the program.The nine-month residency is designed for aspiring artists who want to grow and strengthen their art practice in a supportive community, with access to professional studio facilities and guidance. At each of these ARTbreaks, KIA…

American Art between the World Wars: Race and the Realist Impulse

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

It is with regret we must share that, due to illness, our Artful Evening talk with Dr. Carmenita Higginbotham, originally scheduled for March 21, has been cancelled. Please stay tuned for updates on alternative programming with Dr. Higginbotham. All purchased tickets will be refunded.

Mideast/Midwest: A Brief Introduction to Middle Eastern Music, and Middle Eastern Music in Kalamazoo

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

During this ARTbreak, presented in collaboration with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Dr. Beau Bothwell will offer an overview of Middle Eastern music and a glimpse into the performance of Middle Eastern music in Kalamazoo. Bothwell is Associate Professor of Music at Kalamazoo College, where he teaches courses in ethnomusicology, music theory, and music history. He…

Women Activists in Comics: Creating Change through Image and Text

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

Activism is a burgeoning subject in graphic novels, with many social movements across the globe inspiring comics renditions in fiction, non-fiction, and fantasy. This talk will delve into the reasons that comics is a powerful medium for depicting and discussing activism and the many women who are using it to call attention to human rights…

Art Detectives: Courage Hats

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

People wear hats for all sorts of reasons. This month, Art Detectives will explore the galleries to see how artists depict hats and create one of their own.

KNAS Hands On Event

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

Thinking of taking a class at the KIA? Want to make, take, and experience a range of creative projects all in the same night? Join us on Friday, March 8, from 6 to 9pm for Hands On, a fun, fast-paced art making evening! Bring friends and create a ceramic cup or raku fired vessel, hand…

Weaving as Metaphor, Liminal Spaces, and Other Interdisciplinary Interconnections

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

Victoria Marcetti (they/them), also known as Lïmen Creative, is a Queer and neurodiverse interdisciplinary artist and youth development worker living, working, and creating on the land of the Council of the Three Fires, or so-called Kalamazoo, Michigan. Approaching creativity and art-making as a vehicle for processing knowledge and as a therapeutic modality, Victoria explores and…

Art Hop: RAD Fest Screendance Preview

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

For 15 years, Wellspring/Cori Terry & Dancers has hosted a growing number of cutting-edge dance artists from around the globe for a weekend of performances, classes, and connections at the Midwest Regional Alternative Dance Festival (RAD Fest). The festival, curated by Rachel Miller, is quickly rising to the top of contemporary U.S. dance festivals. RAD…

Listen, Feel, Imagine: Discovering Nuestra Tierra through Musical and Somatic Research

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

RADicle Residency is a collaborative nature-based residency between Wellspring/Cori Terry and Dancers’ RAD Fest program and The Croft of Horton Bay, MI. Each year, a selected dance artist creates a work at The Croft in the fall, and that work premieres in Kalamazoo at RAD Fest in March. This year’s RADicle artist is Amanda Ramirez…

Black Art: In the Absence of Light

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

In celebration of Black History Month, the KIA presents a free screening of the acclaimed 2021 HBO documentary, Black Art: In the Absence of Light. Directed and produced by Sam Pollard, the film was inspired by the 1976 exhibition Two Centuries of African American Art, the first large-scale survey of African American artists, curated by…

Book Discussion: Cup of Light

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

by Nicole Mones American appraiser Lia Frank must trust her instincts and memory when it comes to her latest task of authenticating a vast array of Chinese porcelain pieces in Beijing, China. Weary of herself and others, Lia may be unsure of herself but her eye for rare beauty and special touch when it comes…

The KIA heART pARTy

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