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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Events
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UNFRAMED: Soirée
UNFRAMED: Soirée will return October 17, 2026. Join us for a spectacular evening as we honor Jim and Carol Carter and raise vital funds for the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts!…
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Free Thursdays at the KIA
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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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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Free Thursdays at the KIA
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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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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Free Thursdays at the KIA
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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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…
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Statement Pieces Opening Reception
Statement Pieces: Fashioning the Self & Society juxtaposes works from the KIA’s collection with contemporary fashion from the Barrett Barrera Projects collection to examine how self-presentation and identity have been…
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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…