Art Detectives: Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity
by Sarah Suzuki Join Art Detectives to learn about artist Yayoi Kusama and look for patterns in artworks on exhibit. Then make your own artwork inspired by Yayoi Kusama.
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Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
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ArtBreak: Pilchuck: A Dance with Fire
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesFounded by Dale Chihuly and a few art school friends in 1971, the Pilchuck Glass School has long been pushing the limits of a medium that can last for centuries or shatter in an instant. Through the story of this small and highly influential school in the Pacific Northwest, Pilchuck: A Dance with Fire identifies…
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Book Discussion: Now is Not the Time to Panic
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United Statesby Kevin Wilson It’s 1996. Frankie and Zeke are two teenagers just trying to get through a long, hot Tennessee summer. Frankie wants to be an author and Zeke an artist. One boring day, they decide to create some poster art containing an intriguing phrase and hang the copies all over town. When some older…
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ArtBreak: Upjohn’s Building 88
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesHybrid EventIn 1961, construction was completed on two remarkable structures in Kalamazoo, both designed by the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. One was the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, based on a design by architect Mies van der Rohe and expanded in 1994 to become the structure we occupy today. The other was the Upjohn Company’s…
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ArtBridges Access for All
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesAs part of the KIA's mission to cultivate the creation and appreciation of the visual arts in West Michigan, we are proud to be working with Art Bridges Foundation to increase access to museums and foster engagement with local audiences. Enjoy free general admission at the KIA every fourth Thursday of the month, featuring extended…
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ArtBreak: Maya Lin: A Strong, Clear Vision
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesHybrid EventJoin us in observing Memorial Day with a screening of the 1994 film Maya Lin: A Strong, Clear Vision.This Academy Award-winning documentary tells the story of architect-sculptor Maya Lin, whose design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was selected from over a thousand submissions when she was a 21-year-old student at Yale University. The film explores…
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UnReeled: Best of the Kazoo 48-Hour Film Festival
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesVisit the KIA to see which films were selected as highlighted works and award winners during this year's Kazoo 48-Hour Film Festival! In this annual Kalamazoo event, filmmakers were assigned a genre, prop, character quirk, location, and line of dialogue to use within a short film, created in just 48 hours. Winning films were selected…
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2024 KIA Arts Fair
More information on the 2024 Arts Fair can be found here.
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2024 KIA Arts Fair
More information on the 2024 Arts Fair can be found here.
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ArtBreak: Simon Pokagon’s Birch Bark Stories
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesVirtual EventOriginally published in 1893 and 1901, Simon Pokagon’s birch bark stories were printed on thinly peeled and elegantly bound birch bark. In Dr. Blaire Morseau’s 2023 book, As Sacred to Us: Simon Pokagon’s Birch Bark Stories in Their Contexts, these rare booklets are reprinted with new essays that set the stories in cultural, linguistic, historical,…
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Artful Evening: Blue Landscapes
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesHybrid EventMichigan photographer Emily J. Gómez will share her work in New Cyanotype, explaining how and why she uses this handmade blueprint process. Through the series Unearthed, she investigates places where Native American towns in the Southeast and Midwest once prospered and considers what they have become. Her latest series, titled Cumberland Island: Land, Water, Wind,…
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Juneteenth Community Day
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesJoin the KIA as we remember Juneteenth, which is a holiday that commemorates the abolishment of slavery in the United States. Free general admission on June 15, 2024. 11:00 am to 5:00 pm: Explore the Museum Use a gallery guide to learn more about African American artists in the KIA’s collection. 11:15 am: Art Detectives…