Calendar of Events

ARTbreak: Art and Mathematics

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:00:00 -0400

Dates: 9/22/09

Time: 12:15pm - 1:00pm

Location:
KIA Auditorium

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

Art and mathematics have a long and fascinating connection. Dr. Arthur T. White of WMU's Mathematics Department focuses on some of the famous artists (Botticelli, Durer, Cezanne, Dali, Magritte)...

Public Tour: Speed Bump: The Comic World of Dave Coverly

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:00:00 -0400

Dates: 9/27/09

Time: 2:00pm

Location:
Meet in lobby

Speed Bump: The Comic World of Dave Coverly
Come ready to laugh! Discuss original drawings by Plainwell native and award-winning cartoonist Dave Coverly. Free, no reservations required.

ARTbreak: Hockney at the Tate

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:00:00 -0400

Dates: 9/29/09

Time: 12:15pm - 1:00pm

Location:
KIA Auditorium

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

David Hockney has earned both critical acclaim and an enthusiastic popular following. Filmmakers follow Hockney through his 1988 retrospective at London s Tate Gallery. The artist proves to be an...

Senior Day at the KIA

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0400

Dates: 10/1/09

Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Location:
KIA Auditorium & Galleries

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

Enjoy a tour of the sculpture exhibition, In Search of Motion: The Sculpture of John Cavanaugh with KIA docents and learn about a variety of sculptural processes with artists Steve Curl and Joshua...

Members Preview

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0400

Dates: 10/2/09

Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm

A members preview reception is scheduled to celebrate the opening of Embracing Diverse Voices: African-American Art in the Collection of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. Meanwhile, in the...

Octoberfest

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0400

Dates: 10/2/09

Time: 5:00pm - 10:00pm

Location:
Outside the KIA
Park and South Streets

Plan to raise a...

Public Tour: John Cavanaugh's Dancers

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0400

Dates: 10/4/09

Time: 2:00pm

Location:
Meet in lobby

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

John Cavanaugh's Sculpture: Dancers
Explore a selection of Cavanaugh's sculptures of dancers and the processes that created them. Free

ARTbreak: Genius and Stupidity

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0400

Dates: 10/6/09

Time: 12:15pm - 1:00pm

Location:
KIA Auditorium

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

Many brilliant artists never found success, and many fools are now hailed as geniuses. Joshua Diedrich explores the role of prodigy, intelligence, and stupidity in our art, culture, and lives in...

Art & Antique Auction

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0400

Dates: 10/10/09

Time: 6:00pm - 11:00pm

Location:
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts

Contact:
(269) 349-7775 x3121
museum@kiarts.org

Find your treasure at the Art and Antique Auction! Fine and decorative arts along with unique packages will be up for bid at one of the season's premier events.

Enjoy cocktails and hors d...

Public Tour: John Cavanaugh's Animals

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0400

Dates: 10/11/09

Time: 2:00pm

Location:
Meet in lobby

John Cavanaugh's Animals
Playful, imaginative, and animated, these charming animal sculptures show Cavanaugh's lighter side. Free, no reservations required.

ARTbreak: Censorship in the Arts

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0400

Dates: 10/13/09

Time: 12:15pm - 1:00pm

Location:
KIA Auditorium

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

The arts have been a flashpoint between free speech proponents and those wishing to make rules about artistic content and its distribution. Kalamazoo attorney and ACLU board member Jim Rodbard...

Art League Lecture: Sculptor John Cavanaugh with Gordon Alt

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0400

Dates: 10/14/09

Time: 10:00am

Location:
KIA Auditorium

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

Gordon Alt, executive director of the John Cavanaugh Foundation in Washington DC will discuss the remarkable sculpture on view in In Search of Motion and Cavanaugh's Swann's Way Gallery,...

High School Portfolio Day

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0400

Dates: 10/15/09

Time: All Day

Location:
KIA Auditorium

Contact:
(269) 349-7775 ext. 3162

Admissions officers and college reps from more than a dozen midwestern colleges, universities and art schools review portfolios of high school juniors and seniors interest in studying art after...

Art & All That Jazz

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0400

Dates: 10/16/09

Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Enjoy music, beverages, and hors d'oeuvres and visit the galleries! This popular KIA event is a great meet-and-greet for friends, family, and colleagues. Ultra-cool museum@kiarts.org

Dave Coverly discusses his career and the evolution of his cartoon, Speed Bump, now appearing in over 200 newspapers. Original and quirky, in Coverly's Speed Bump the everyday and...

Workshop: Cartooning with Dave Coverly, grades 3-6

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Dates: 11/7/09

Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Location:
Multipurpose Classroom

Contact:
School Registration Office
269-349-7775 ex 3101

Learn cartooning with an award-winning cartoonist. Register early, space limited!
More information here.

Workshop: Cartooning with Dave Coverly, MS-HS

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Dates: 11/7/09

Time: 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Location:
Multipurpose Classroom

Contact:
School Registration Office
269-349-7775 ex 3101

Learn to cartoon with award-winning cartoonist Dave Coverly. Register early, space limited! More information here.

Public Tour: Treasures from the Detroit Institute of Arts, part 1

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Dates: 11/8/09

Time: 2:00pm

Location:
Meet in lobby

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

Treasures from the Detroit Institute of Arts, part 1
Check out three paintings on loan from the Detroit Institute of Arts' nationally renowned American art collection. Free, no reservations required.

ARTbreak: Half Past Autumn: The Life and Work of Gordon Parks (part 1)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Dates: 11/10/09

Time: 12:15pm - 1:00pm

Location:
KIA Auditorium

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

Photographer, filmmaker, novelist, and composer, Gordon Parks' remarkable work illuminates some of the key moments in America's social history. This highly acclaimed documentary reveals Parks as an...

Art League Lecture: Contemporary Fiber Art with Gerhardt Knodel

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Dates: 11/11/09

Time: 10:00am

Location:
KIA Auditorium

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

Gerhardt Knodel, one of the nation's foremost fiber artists as well as the former director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art explores contemporary fiber arts from an historical perspective. His...

Family Funday: Dave Coverly & Comic Art

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Dates: 11/14/09

Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Location:
KIA Auditorium, Lobby & Galleries

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

Join us for lots of family fun following the annual downtown Holiday Parade. Enjoy hands-on projects, gallery activities, and a talk by Dave Coverly.

Don't miss Dave Coverly as he talks...

Public Tour: More Treasures from the Detroit Institute of Arts

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Dates: 11/15/09

Time: 2:00pm

Location:
Meet in lobby

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

Treasures from the Detroit Institute of Arts, part 2
Visitors will look at three more paintings visiting from the DIA. Free, no reservations required.

ARTbreak: Half Past Autumn: The Life and Work of Gordon Parks (part 2)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Dates: 11/17/09

Time: 12:15pm - 1:00pm

Location:
KIA Auditorium

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

Conclusion of the documentary about this remarkable American "renaissance" man.

Art & All That Jazz

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Dates: 11/20/09

Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Location:
KIA Lobby & Galleries

Contact:
(269) 349-7775
museum@kiarts.org

Celebrate work by the outstanding Kirk Newman Art School faculty and enjoy award-winning musical guests the Alberto Rojo Trio.

Enjoy music, beverages, and hors d'oeuvre and visit the...

3rd Annual Appraisal Day

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Dates: 11/21/09

Time: 10:00am

Location:
KIA Auditorium

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

Bring your treasures down...

Public Tour: Speed Bump: The Comic World of Dave Coverly

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Dates: 11/22/09

Time: 2:00pm

Location:
Meet in lobby

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

Speed Bump: The Comic World of Dave Coverly
Don't miss this second chance to exercise your funny bone with Dave Coverly's award-winning comic panels. Free, no reservations required.

ARTbreak: The Art of Romare Bearden

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Dates: 11/24/09

Time: 12:15pm - 1:00pm

Location:
KIA Auditorium

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

This 2002 documentary looks at Romare Bearden's distinctive contribution to American art from his early paintings and watercolors to his innovative work with collage and murals. Art historians and...

Public Tour: Ceramics in the Faculty Exhibition

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Dates: 11/29/09

Time: 2:00pm

Location:
Meet in lobby

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

KIA Kirk Newman Art School Faculty Exhibition: Ceramics
Investigate recent ceramic creations by the Art School's accomplished faculty. Free, no reservations required.

Members Only Holiday Sale Preview

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Dates: 12/4/09

Time: 5:00pm - 9:00pm

Location:
KIA Auditorium, Lobby & Galleries

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

Beat the crowd!

KIA members enjoy a first choice during a preview of this popular, annual event. Art School faculty and staff fill studios and lobbies of the museum with ceramics,...

Holiday Art Sale

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Dates: 12/5/09

Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm

Location:
KIA Auditorium, lobby & studios

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

Real art, affordable prices!
Pottery, Jewelry, Ornaments, Paintings, Fiber Arts, Photography, Sculpture, Handmade Paper, Glass and more. Work by faculty and students of the Kirk Newman Art...

Art League Lecture: An Animator's Journey with Deanna Morse

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Dates: 12/9/09

Time: 10:00am

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

Deanna Morse, internationally recognized animation artist, will discuss this popular art form in conjunction with the KIA exhibition, The Art of Warner Brothers Cartoons.

Join us...

Family Funday: What's Up Doc?

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Dates: 12/12/09

Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Location:
KIA Auditorium, Lobby & Galleries

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

Beep! Beep! Join us at the opening event for The Art of Warner Brothers Cartoons!

Learn how to animate drawings with fun hands-on activities.
Introduce your kids to...

Art League Lecture: Chinese Woodcuts with Renee Covalucci

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0500

Dates: 2/10/10

Time: 10:00am

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

Renee Covalucci, co-curator of the KIA exhibition Woodcuts in Modern China, 1937-2008, discusses the exhibition and her own experience as a printmaker studying and working in China.

7th Annual Teen Filmmaker Festival

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0500

Dates: 2/26/10

Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm

Location:
KIA Auditorium

Enjoy...

Art League Lecture: Dynamics of Location Shooting with Rob Gage

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0500

Dates: 3/10/10

Time: 10:00am

Location:
KIA Auditorium

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

Rob Gage, in demand a a professional photographer for 30+ years, will describe his travels all over the world to bring his clients the best of commercial photography.

Join us for a...

Ladies' Night Out

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0400

Dates: 3/24/10

Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm

Location:
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts

Contact:
(269) 349-7775
museum@kiarts.org

A little bit of Paris, Milan and New York returns to Kalamazoo for the Third Annual Ladies' Night Out and Fashion Show. Gather your girlfriends for wine and hors d'oeuvre, fabulous door prizes,...

Art League Lecture: James Elkins on Art Criticism

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:00:00 -0400

Dates: 4/14/10

Time: 10:00pm

Location:
KIA Auditorium

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

James Elkins will speak on art criticism.

Join us for a reception following the talk.

Admission: $10; $3 college & Kirk Newman Art School students with ID
Free for Art League...

Art League: depARTure: Chicago Renowned

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:00:00 -0400

Dates: 4/21/10

Time: All Day

Artist, Architect, and Appetite Appeaser
Travel to Chicago for a studio visit personally hosted by nationally-known artist John Himmelfarb. Enjoy an included lunch, the journey back...

Art League: depARTure: Art in Unexpected Places

Wed, 19 May 2010 12:00:00 -0400

Dates: 5/19/10

Time: All Day

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

Michigan Highways and Byways
Take pleasure in a docent-led tour of the exciting new addition and exceptional collection of the University of Michigan Museum of Art in Ann Arbor. We'll...

KIA Art Fair

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:00:00 -0400

Dates: 6/4/10

Time: 5:00pm

Location:
Bronson Park

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

Michigan's oldest juried art fair offers a sneak preview Friday night.

KIA Art Fair

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:00:00 -0400

Dates: 6/5/10

Time: All Day

Location:
Bronson Park

Contact:
(269) 349-7775

Over 200 outstanding artist from across the country make Michigan's oldest juried art fair the perfect way to kick off the summer season. You'll find unique jewelry, ceramics, glass, decor,...