ArtBreak: Virtual Artist’s Talk with Nick La Marca
During this virtual ArtBreak, learn more about Nick La Marca, the multimedia artist whose Sole Lines installation is on view in the KIA lobby. La Marca is an artist and…
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Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
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ArtBreak: Steps through Time: A Retrospective of Shoes
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesAs we celebrate the future of shoes, it can be fascinating to look back to see where we have already been. During this ArtBreak talk, fashion historian and professor Iris…
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ArtBreak: Curating At The End Of The World: An Apocalyptic Manifesto
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesWhat 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…
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ArtBreak: Reclaiming Native Narratives in American Art
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesDuring the 19th century, many American artists embraced the theme of the "Vanishing Indian." By depicting Native Americans as disappearing, such artists spread the idea that the extinction of Native…
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ArtBreak: Virtual Artist’s Talk with Dulce Pinzón
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesDuring this virtual ArtBreak, learn more about Dulce Pinzón, whose archival pigment print Catwoman is included in the exhibition For the People, By the People. A visual artist, curator, manager,…
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ArtBreak: American Legacy: Lange’s Portrait of a Mother
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesDuring this ArtBreak, Prof. Ginger Owen-Murakami will discuss one of the most influential documentary photographs ever created. Produced by Dorothea Lange during the Great Depression as part of Roy Stryker’s…
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ArtBreak: “Kalamazoo…and how it grew!”: A Model American City Tours Europe at Mid-Century
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesIn the late 1950s, Upjohn Pharmaceuticals partnered with the United States Information Agency to develop an exhibition on Kalamazoo that toured several major European cities. "Kalamazoo...and how it grew!" was…
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ArtBreak: Remembering World War II in Japanese Voices
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesSociolinguist Noriko Sugimori has often worked with her students to collect oral histories from Japanese-speaking World War II survivors in Japan, South Korea, and the United States. Their testimonies reveal…
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ArtBreak: Film Screening: The Eye is the First Circle
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesThis fall, Helen Frankenthaler's large-scale painting Code Blue returns from New York, where it was included in the Gagosian exhibition Helen Frankenthaler: The Moment and the Distance. Celebrate the return…
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ArtBreak: Clothing Clues: Decoding Signals in Fashion
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesDuring this ArtBreak, Iris Carney Cooper will discuss concepts of art, history, and fashion that allow designers to manipulate the human form for storytelling purposes. How does clothing define a…
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Offsite ArtBreak: Exploring Costume Design at the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre
Kalamazoo Civic Theatre 329 S Park St, Kalamazoo, United StatesVenture offsite with us as we visit our neighbors at the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre! While the Statement Pieces exhibition encourages us to consider the relationship between fashion and self-expression, this…