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SUMMARY:Artful Evening: Singing Citizenship: The Origins and Role of America’s Anthem
DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: The venue has changed for this event. It will now be held at:\nJudy K. Jolliffe Theatre in the Epic Center\nSecond Floor\n359 S. Kalamazoo Mall\nKalamazoo\, MI 49007 \nParking is available on the street or in the Epic Center Parking Ramp\, 136 E. South Street\, Kalamazoo. \nThe story of the U.S. national anthem—“The Star-Spangled Banner”—is surprising and too little-known. Among the typical misunderstandings is that its author\, Francis Scott Key\, wrote a poem. In fact\, he wrote a lyric to a well-known tune\, creating a song that brought emotion into the drama of America. Key sought both to bring Americans together and to inspire active citizenship. This talk by Dr. Mark Clague will explore the forgotten details of Key’s song\, how it came to be an important symbol in American life\, and what it means for Americans today. Dr. Clague will be accompanied by live musicians performing historical renditions of the anthem. \nMark Clague\, Ph.D. serves as Executive Director of the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan and Professor of Musicology at its School of Music\, Theatre & Dance. His research centers on music’s role in forging community and on topics from musical institutions to American patriotism. His book O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of “The Star-Spangled Banner” was selected as an Editor’s Pick by The New York Times. Copies will be available for sale preceding and following the program\, in collaboration with this is a bookstore & Bookbug.
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/artful-evening-singing-citizenship-the-origins-and-role-of-americas-anthem/
LOCATION:Jolliffe Theatre\, 359 S Kalamazoo Mall\, Kalamazoo\, 49007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artful Evening
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SUMMARY:Artful Evening: My America: A Performance Lecture by Julio César Morales
DESCRIPTION:Join San Francisco-based artist Julio César Morales for a performance lecture exploring the intersections of music\, migration\, identity\, and cultural resistance. Drawing from his multidisciplinary artistic practice\, Morales will examine the influence of music\, underground subcultures\, and hybrid cultural forms throughout the Americas. Beginning with the histories of Mambo and Cumbia and their impact on popular music in the United States\, he will trace how musical genres\, slogan\, myths\, and collective rituals shape cultural identity across borders. And be sure to wear your dancing shoes! At the conclusion of the lecture\, Morales will DJ a listening party celebrating music as a powerful form of cultural expression and collective resistance. \nThe artistic practice of Julio César Morales employs a range of media and visual strategies to explore issues of migration\, underground economies\, and labor\, on personal and global scales. He works by whatever means necessary\, from watercolors and neon to immersive installations and reenactment. His artwork has been shown at venues internationally and is included in private and public collections across the U.S. and Europe. \nListen to Morales’s Spotify playlist that was played during the event: Kalamazoo Cumbia Mix
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/artful-evening-my-america-a-performance-lecture-by-julio-cesar-morales/
LOCATION:Kalamazoo Institute of Arts\, 314 S Park St\, Kalamazoo\, MI\, 49008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artful Evening
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SUMMARY:Artful Evening: "I\, Too\, Sing America": The Harlem Renaissance in Art\, Music\, and Theatre
DESCRIPTION:“Art is the inner voice of the people.” —Alain Locke \nJoin us for a discussion of one of the most vibrant and significant movements in American art history – the Harlem Renaissance. Three scholars will reflect on the period’s rich legacy in the fields of visual art\, music\, and theatre. Moderated by Bianca Washington\, the panel will include Dr. Amy Mooney (Professor of Art History at Columbia College Chicago)\, Rev. Millard Southern (PhD candidate in Interdisciplinary Studies at WMU)\, and Dr. Quincy Thomas (Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts at Kalamazoo College). \n\nRegister \n\nDr. Amy Mooney\, Panelist on Visual Art\n			Dr. Amy M. Mooney is a Professor of Art History at Columbia College Chicago. Her publications include a monograph\, Archibald J. Motley\, Jr.\, as well as contributions to anthologies and catalogs including Alma Thomas: Everything is Beautiful\, Beyond Face: New Perspectives in Portraiture\, Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist\, Black Is Black Ain’t\, and Romare Bearden in the Modernist Tradition. She is a recipient of fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies\, the National Portrait Gallery\, the Smithsonian American Art Museum\, and the Terra Foundation for American Art. In collaboration with Dr. Deborah Willis\, she launched a digital humanities project\, “Say It with Pictures” Then and Now that recovers and examines Chicago’s African American studio photographers from the 1890s into the 1930s. This project will be the basis for an exhibition at the Newberry Library in 2027 where she will work with contemporary artists to create a new body of work in response to these important histories. While serving as the 2019-2020 Terra Foundation Visiting Professor of American Art at Oxford University\, she delivered Regarding the Portrait\, a four-part lecture series that draws from her forthcoming book\, Progressive Visions: Portraiture in the United States\, 1890-1950\, which investigates the social function of portraiture. Dr. Mooney earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History at Rutgers University.\n		Show Panelist Bio\n\nRev. Millard Southern\, Panelist on Music\n\n			Rev. Millard Southern III is a third-generation minister\, currently serving as the pastor of the historic Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church in Kalamazoo. A native of Chicago\, he received a BA in Economics from Drake University and a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in New York. Rev. Southern is an avid scholar of jazz music and a trumpet player himself. He is now finishing his Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies at Western Michigan University\, using the music of Wynton Marsalis to investigate the relationship between jazz\, theology\, and democracy. Rev. Southern regularly creates programming opportunities that bring music to youth and adult audiences in Kalamazoo. Recent highlights have included a 2025 Trumpet Summit at WMU and a concert by Wynton Marsalis in 2026\, which was followed by a public one-on-one conversation on jazz and American culture. He has also collaborated with the KIA’s education department on multiple programs\, bringing music and visual art into conversation with one another.\n		Show Panelist Bio\n\nDr. Quincy Thomas\, Panelist on Theatre\n\n			Dr. Quincy Thomas earned a Ph.D. in Theatre and a Performance Studies certification from Bowling Green State University. As an actor\, director\, intimacy coordinator\, and playwright\, their offerings focus on subjects such as counter-storytelling; Black performativity in American media; representations of the marginalized in popular culture; stand-up and solo performance; and performative writing. Dr. Thomas is an Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts at Kalamazoo College\, where they also serve as department co-chair. They apply their passion for theatre\, performance studies\, and film while speaking to issues surrounding cultural marginalization and misrepresentation in the arts\, specifically of racial and ethnic minorities\, women\, and members of the LGBTQ+ community. Their most recent directorial offerings have included: Harlem Duet (Kalamazoo Festival Playhouse and Face Off Theatre)\, Love’s Labour’s Lost (Kalamazoo Festival Playhouse)\, California Suite (Kalamazoo Civic Theatre)\, A New Leaf (Queer Theatre Kalamazoo)\, and Chicken and Biscuits (Farmer’s Alley Theatre). They have most recently appeared onstage as Lopakhin in The Cherry Orchard (Kalamazoo Civic Theatre)\, and as a member of the Crawlspace Eviction improv troupe Always Hallways. Other favorite roles have included Blue/Orange (Christopher)\, Clybourne Park (Albert)\, As You Like It (Touchstone)\, Love’s Labours Lost (Lord Longeville)\, Noises Off (Selsdon)\, and White Rabbit; Red Rabbit (Actor). Their original play The Whites Explain It All was selected as the full-length play for the 2023 Region III Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.\n		Show Panelist Bio\n\nBianca Washington\, Panel Moderator\n\n			Bianca Washington received her BA at Western Michigan University and her MFA in Acting and Theatre Education at The Pennsylvania State University. She studied abroad in London\, South Africa\, and Toronto\, performing and engaging in master classes and research. After her training\, she ventured to New York City to gain a fuller understanding of the industry\, serving as an understudy at the Pearl Theatre Company and as a volunteer at the 52nd Street Project. Upon her return to Michigan\, she began adjunct teaching at Western Michigan University\, Lake Michigan College\, and Kalamazoo College. Washington has been teaching at the collegiate level for seven years and has educated young people in the arts for more than ten years. She toured for over a decade with her family’s theatre company\, Washington Productions. It was there where she learned the magic and art of The Griot\, African storytelling\, and she gives credit to her uncle\, Dr. Von Washington\, and aunt\, Fran Washington\, for providing profound professional experience and education in the craft. Washington is one of the proud founding members of Face Off Theatre Company\, which focuses on producing and supporting artists of color and their stories in Kalamazoo and other local communities. Acting credits include: Primary Trust (Corrina and Others)\, POTUS (Jean)\, Been Lovin’ You: August Wilson Collection of Scenes (Tonya and Clarissa)\, At the Table (Lauren)\, Disgraced (Jory)\, Good People (Kate)\, In Search Of Giants (Alice/Malinda)\, RACE (Susan)\, The Colored Museum (Medea/Flight Att.)\, Radio Golf (Mame)\, Oedipus (Jocasta)\, Twelfth Night (Viola) and many more. Directing credits include: Water by the Spoonful\, The Meeting\, Home on the Morning Train\, Brave No World\, Student Body\, Ships\, Shells and Chains\, Theatre for Community Health\, and others. \n		Show Panelist Bio
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/artful-evening-i-too-sing-america-the-harlem-renaissance-in-art-music-and-theatre/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Artful Evening
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SUMMARY:Artful Evening: Intergenerational Impacts of the Japanese American Wartime Incarceration
DESCRIPTION:In the wake of Pearl Harbor and the United States’ declaration of war on Japan\, the U.S. government ordered the removal of more than 120\,000 men\, women\, and children from their homes based on their Japanese ancestry and imprisoned them in remote incarceration camps. Two-thirds were U.S. citizens. In this talk\, Dr. Donna Nagata will examine how the lasting consequences of this wartime trauma continue to shape experiences of postwar third- and fourth-generation Japanese Americans. \nDonna Nagata\, Ph.D.\, is Professor of Psychology in the Clinical Science Area at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. She has studied the psychosocial effects of the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans for over three decades\, with a particular focus on postwar multigenerational impacts.
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/artful-evening-intergenerational-impacts-of-the-japanese-american-wartime-incarceration/
LOCATION:Kalamazoo Institute of Arts\, 314 S Park St\, Kalamazoo\, MI\, 49008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artful Evening
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SUMMARY:Artful Evening: Joy Light Lecture: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics and the Way of Tea
DESCRIPTION:For over a thousand years\, vessels for the preparation and consumption of whisked\, powdered tea have ranked among the world’s most highly prized ceramics. With roots in China\, these objects took on new meanings in Japan through chadō\, the Way of Tea\, shaped significantly by the Zen Buddhist idea that mundane actions can become paths toward self-cultivation. During this lecture\, Dr. Meghen Jones will explore how—through materials\, processes\, and forms—Japan’s leading ceramists carry forward the Way of Tea. \nMeghen Jones is Professor of Art History at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University\, where her research centers on Japanese and global ceramics histories\, modernity\, and cultural production. Recent publications include the edited and co-edited volumes Path of the Teabowl\, Ceramics and Modernity in Japan\, and the forthcoming A Global History of Japanese Ceramics. In 2024 she received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship.
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/artful-evening-joy-light-lecture-contemporary-japanese-ceramics-and-the-way-of-tea/
LOCATION:Kalamazoo Institute of Arts\, 314 S Park St\, Kalamazoo\, MI\, 49008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artful Evening
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SUMMARY:Artful Evening: Tea Blending Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the art of tea blending with Kama Tai! During this special program\, we will get hands-on experience in crafting tea blends while learning about the widely varying cultural significance of tea that spans the globe and the ages. While you’re here\, be sure to check out Chanoyu: Modern Tea Ceramics from the Horvitz Collection in the Joy Light Gallery. \nKama Tai is a liberatory facilitator\, somatic movement innovator\, and ancestral lineage healing practitioner. She is the founder of Rootead Enrichment Center\, which focuses on healing trauma\, de-stigmatizing mental health\, and transformational justice. She centers BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ experiences and integrates West African culture and traditions into her praxis.
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/artful-evening-tea-blending-workshop/
LOCATION:Kalamazoo Institute of Arts\, 314 S Park St\, Kalamazoo\, MI\, 49008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artful Evening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270121T180000
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SUMMARY:Artful Evening: Movement in the Museum
DESCRIPTION:Movement in the Museum returns as company members from Wellspring offer an interpretive exploration of Statement Pieces! During this program\, dancers will respond to the exhibition with improvisational movement inspired by the ways in which clothing moves and shapes the body\, offering freedom or restriction. \nKalamazoo holds the unique distinction of being home to one of the nation’s longest-standing\, small professional modern dance companies. Since its founding in 1981\, Wellspring has introduced thousands to the art of dance\, has enriched the Kalamazoo arts community through collaborations with professional artists\, and has become a platform for advancing postmodern dance choreography. \nPlease be advised that this program involves standing and walking; gallery stools will be available. Attendance will be limited for this program\, so register early to reserve your spot! \nStatement Pieces is organized in conjunction with Barrett Barrera Projects. Made possible by generous support from Diane & Randy Eberts and Heritage Community of Kalamazoo.
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/artful-evening-movement-in-the-museum-2/
LOCATION:Kalamazoo Institute of Arts\, 314 S Park St\, Kalamazoo\, MI\, 49008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artful Evening
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