Community Day
Join us for a Community Day focused on our special exhibition, Resilience—A Sansei Sense of Legacy. This show highlights artwork by eight Sansei (third-generation Japanese American) artists exploring the lasting…
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Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
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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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Book Discussion: They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesIn this richly illustrated graphic novel, George Takei recounts his childhood imprisonment as Japanese Americans were relocated and incarcerated during World War II. The memoir explores resilience and patriotism while…
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High School Portfolio Day
Representatives from several Midwest colleges and universities will be available to meet with students to review their portfolios and offer admissions advice. Registration is strongly encouraged. This event is free to…
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Film Screening: The Cats of Mirikitani
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesJimmy Mirikitani (1920-2012) was a Japanese American artist who survived the trauma of WWII incarceration, the loss of family and friends in his ancestral city of Hiroshima, a harsh life…
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KIA Closed to Public 10/17/26
All KIA galleries, Gallery Shop, and Meader Fine Arts Library will be closed to the public on Saturday, October 17, 2026, to support new exhibition installations and help our teams…
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UNFRAMED: Soirée
UNFRAMED: Soirée has sold out! You can still support the event, and the KIA, by making a gift in honor of Jim & Carol Carter. Please visit our UNFRAMED: Soirée page…
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Explore & Create: Gallery Game Night
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesJoin us for a Gallery Game Night, where we’ll explore the permanent collection through interactive, art-focused games and creative sketching activities. This event is appropriate for all ages.
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ArtBreak: Film Screening: The Eye is the First Circle
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesHelen Frankenthaler's large-scale painting Code Blue has returned from New York, where it was included in the Gagosian exhibition Helen Frankenthaler: The Moment and the Distance. Celebrate the return of…
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Artful Evening: Intergenerational Impacts of the Japanese American Wartime Incarceration
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesIn 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…
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Statement Pieces: A Curatorial Conversation
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesStatement Pieces: Fashioning the Self & Society brings contemporary fashion objects from the Barrett Barrera Projects collection together with selections from the KIA's permanent collection. Placed in conversation with one…
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Wonder Walk: Artful Animals
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesAnimals are on the loose at the KIA! Bring your little art lover to the museum for an animal scavenger hunt through Among the Beasts. This program creates a welcoming…