This short collaboration celebrates sneaker culture through poetry. Consisting of two parts, part one is a micro saga-in verse about a quest to find sneakers but yields an even great… Enjoy free admission and extended hours until 8pm on Thursdays, thanks to generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program and the Efroymson Family Fund. Each year, a growing number of talented Kalamazoo filmmakers, both amateur and professional, take on the challenge of participating in the Kazoo 48-Hour Film Festival. Assigned a genre, prop, character… What does it mean to curate as we live through apocalyptic times? Join our 2026 West Michigan Area Show juror, Dr. Xuxa Rodríguez, as she shares about her curatorial practice… Enjoy free admission and extended hours until 8pm on Thursdays, thanks to generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program and the Efroymson Family Fund. The work of West Michigan’s talented artistic community is on view during the annual West Michigan Area Show. Opening to the public on Friday, May 29, this crowd-pleasing annual juried exhibition… The work of West Michigan’s talented artistic community is on view during the annual West Michigan Area Show. This crowd-pleasing annual juried exhibition was carefully curated from more than 300 submitted entries,… Enjoy free admission and extended hours until 8pm on Thursdays, thanks to generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program and the Efroymson Family Fund. Summer begins with the 75th Annual Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Fair in historic Bronson Park in beautiful downtown Kalamazoo, June 5–6, 2026. Please click here for more info about the… Summer begins with the 75th Annual Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Fair in historic Bronson Park in beautiful downtown Kalamazoo, June 5–6, 2026. Please click here for more info about the… Stop in to the KIA during Arts Fair for a hands on art activity! We will provide the supplies to create your own Gelli Plate printed sneaker. Experiment with colorways… Enjoy free admission and extended hours until 8pm on Thursdays, thanks to generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program and the Efroymson Family Fund.
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Events
Book Discussion: Sneaker Marauders: Poems by Ran Walker and Van G. Garrett
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Free Thursdays at the KIA
Best of the 48-Hour Film Festival
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
ArtBreak: Curating At The End Of The World: An Apocalyptic Manifesto
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Free Thursdays at the KIA
2026 West Michigan Area Show Awards Night and Members’ Preview
2026 West Michigan Area Show Opening Day
Free Thursdays at the KIA
2026 KIA Arts Fair
2026 KIA Arts Fair
Bronson Park
Library Activity: Gelli Plate Printing: Sneakers
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Free Thursdays at the KIA