Past Exhibitions at the KIA

This unique survey of American art during the second half of the 20th century and into the present day celebrates the 50th year of the Lincoln Center/List Art Collection. Minimalism, Pop Art, Color Field, and Abstract Expressionism are among the art movements represented in this outstanding collection of prints.

Annually, art teachers from private, public and charter schools in Kalamazoo County submit creative works produced by their students. The KIA's galleries will be filled with the most creative, colorful, whimsical art by young artists from kindergarten through eighth grade.

This year's West Michigan Area Show contains 108 works of art by artists from 14 counties surrounding Kalamazoo.

In this exhibition, Francisco Goya and Frederico Castellon are represented by important print series from the KIA's permanent collection: Castellon's lithographs for Edgar Allen Poe's The Masque of the Red Death and Goya's etchings from Los Disparates (or The Proverbs).

This exhibition is the first organized in the U.S. to present a comprehensive overview of the beginnings and development of the important art form of Chinese woodcuts, and features 58 Chinese woodblock prints.

This annual juried exhibition is open to artists 18 years or younger in grades 9-12. Of the almost 400 entries submitted this year, 117 works were accepted into the exhibition by juror Karen Bondarchuk, Assistant Professor and Foundation Area Coordinator at the Gwen Frostic School of Art at Western Michigan University.

The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons was a comprehensive overview of a legendary Hollywood animation studio. Vivacious, colorful and highly enjoyable, the exhibition traced the development of Warner's cartoon stars--Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester and Tweety--and gave a step-by-step breakdown of how animated films are made.

Original daily and Sunday cartoons were on view, along with illustrations from Sue MacDonald Had a Book, by fellow Ann Arbor resident, Jim Tobin. This exhibition was organized by the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.

This biennial exhibition featured recent work by the accomplished artists who teach in the KIA's Kirk Newman Art School.

This exhibition marked and celebrated the KIA's efforts to build and share a significant body of works by African-American artists of regional and national renown with our community.

John Cavanaugh created an ethereal sense of movement in his hammered-lead, aluminum, bronze, ceramic and wax sculpture. Through his innovative method of shaping metal -- hammering the outside edges of a lead sheet and working toward the center -- Cavanaugh created an energetic and dramatic figurative expression.