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SUMMARY:Wonder Walks: Looking at Landscapes
DESCRIPTION:Spring is creeping closer\, and we’re ready to get outside. Until it warms up\, join us for a stroll through the permanent collection to enjoy some sunny landscapes and think ahead to brighter days. We’ll discover how artists represent the natural world and have fun with a few gallery activities along the way.
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/wonder-walks-looking-at-landscapes/
LOCATION:Kalamazoo Institute of Arts\, 314 S Park St\, Kalamazoo\, MI\, 49008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family,Wonder Walks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260501T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260501T200000
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SUMMARY:Kirk Newman Art School 2025–26 Residents’ Exhibition Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:The Kirk Newman Art School’s Post-Baccalaureate Program is designed for recent fine arts graduates seeking to grow and strengthen their creative practice in a supportive community with access to professional studio facilities. The culmination of the 2025–2026 resident artists’ work will be on display in the KNAS commons from May 1–31. This unique group exhibition will feature new works in Ceramics\, Painting\, Photography\, Printmaking\, and Sculpture from our seven residents. \nThe opening reception for this exhibition will coincide with Art Hop on Friday\, May 1\, from 5–8pm. Join us in celebrating the talents of these amazing emerging artists! Learn more about each Resident and their art making journey on our YouTube Virtual ArtBreak series. \nThe Residency application deadline for 2026–2027 is May 15\, 2026. \nPhoto by Mary Whalen
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/2026-knas-residents/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260507T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260507T200000
DTSTAMP:20260319T132019Z
CREATED:20250127T214404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260319T132019Z
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SUMMARY:Free Thursdays at the KIA
DESCRIPTION: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. \n \n \n 
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/free-thursdays-at-the-kia/2026-05-07/
CATEGORIES:Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260507T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260507T180000
DTSTAMP:20260407T183824Z
CREATED:20260317T141809Z
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SUMMARY:Gallery Gathering: From Cobalt to Indigo: The Power of Blue in East Asia
DESCRIPTION:Immerse yourself in shades of blue as we explore selected works from the exhibition From Cobalt to Indigo: The Power of Blue in East Asia\, on view in the Joy Light Gallery through July 12. Together we will learn more about the cultural significance and wide-reaching influence of the color blue in the art of East Asia.
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/gallery-gathering-from-cobalt-to-indigo-the-power-of-blue-in-east-asia/
LOCATION:Kalamazoo Institute of Arts\, 314 S Park St\, Kalamazoo\, MI\, 49008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery Gathering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260507T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260507T190000
DTSTAMP:20260317T142022Z
CREATED:20260317T142022Z
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SUMMARY:Dress Code: Edward Hopper\, Urban Solitude\, and the Clothing of Modern Life
DESCRIPTION:Explore the artwork of Edward Hopper in this lecture by Dr. James Denison\, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts and Kalamazoo College. Denison’s presentation will consider the use of fashion in Edward Hopper’s paintings of urban American life\, interpreting his simplified representations of clothes as a strategy crucial to the sense of isolation and emotional restraint often associated with his work. Hopper’s paintings of the 1920’s\, ’30s\, and ’40s only represent a limited portion of the fashion landscape of the era\, a potent choice given the widely held notion that his pictures thematize the psychological experience of modern life. \nA native of the DC area and a graduate of Bowdoin College\, James completed his PhD in art history at the University of Michigan\, where he wrote a thesis on the connections between the Stieglitz Circle and racism in the interwar U.S. In 2023 he joined Kalamazoo College and the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts as a postdoctoral fellow.
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/dress-code-edward-hopper-urban-solitude-and-the-clothing-of-modern-life/
LOCATION:Kalamazoo Institute of Arts\, 314 S Park St\, Kalamazoo\, MI\, 49008\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260509T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260509T120000
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CREATED:20260317T142140Z
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SUMMARY:Art Detectives: We're All Works of Art by Mark Sperring
DESCRIPTION:In May\, Art Detectives will be on the case\, searching for how artists show people in their artwork. We’ll read a book about different artistic styles\, hunt for faces and figures in the permanent collection\, and finish by creating our own portrait masterpiece to take home. Arty will be on vacation in June\, July\, and August. Please join us again in September when Arty has returned.
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/art-detectives-were-all-works-of-art-by-mark-sperring/
LOCATION:Kalamazoo Institute of Arts\, 314 S Park St\, Kalamazoo\, MI\, 49008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Detectives,Family
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260514T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260514T200000
DTSTAMP:20260319T132019Z
CREATED:20250127T214404Z
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SUMMARY:Free Thursdays at the KIA
DESCRIPTION: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. \n \n \n 
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/free-thursdays-at-the-kia/2026-05-14/
CATEGORIES:Free
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SUMMARY:Artful Evening: Future Now
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special Artful Evening with Elizabeth Semmelhack\, Director and Senior Curator of the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto! Semmelhack is the curator of Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks. During this program\, she will talk about why shoes matter and about how designers today are revolutionizing what we will put on our feet tomorrow. If you’ve enjoyed Future Now\, don’t miss this opportunity to meet the curator behind the exhibition! \nSemmelhack’s work focuses on the intersections of fashion\, culture\, and economics\, with a particular interest in the history of footwear. She is widely quoted in the media from the New York Times to Vogue\, and since starting at the Bata Shoe Museum in 2000\, she has curated over thirty exhibitions and written fourteen books and catalogues and over thirty chapters and articles. Her most recent exhibitions and publications related to sneakers include Art/Wear: Sneakers x Artists (2024)\, Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks (Rizzoli:2022)\, Collab: Sneakers x Culture (Rizzoli: 2019)\, and Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture (Rizzoli: 2015). \nFuture Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Bata Shoe Museum\, and curated by Elizabeth Semmelhack\, Director and Senior Curator of the Bata Shoe Museum.
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/artful-evening-future-now-2/
LOCATION:Kalamazoo Institute of Arts\, 314 S Park St\, Kalamazoo\, MI\, 49008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artful Evening,Future Now
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260516T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260516T140000
DTSTAMP:20260317T151821Z
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SUMMARY:Library Activity: Mini Origami Shoes
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by the innovation and history of sneakers\, we will provide origami paper to fold your own mini shoe! A variety of styles and difficulty levels will be provided. Check out the exhibition Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks for inspiration and then drop by the library to try your hand at this detailed paper project. \nFuture Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Bata Shoe Museum\, and curated by Elizabeth Semmelhack\, Director and Senior Curator of the Bata Shoe Museum.
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/library-activity-mini-origami-shoes/
LOCATION:Kalamazoo Institute of Arts\, 314 S Park St\, Kalamazoo\, MI\, 49008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family,Future Now,Library
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260520T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260520T150000
DTSTAMP:20260317T143151Z
CREATED:20251219T143206Z
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SUMMARY:Book Discussion: Sneaker Marauders: Poems by Ran Walker and Van G. Garrett
DESCRIPTION:This short collaboration celebrates sneaker culture through poetry. Consisting of two parts\, part one is a micro saga-in verse about a quest to find sneakers but yields an even great discovery beyond shoes. Part two is a collection of prose poems\, a kind of mixtape\, which explores many aspects of sneaker culture from overarching artistic reflections to personal ties to footwear. Themes in this book will tie into Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks. \nFuture Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Bata Shoe Museum\, and curated by Elizabeth Semmelhack\, Director and Senior Curator of the Bata Shoe Museum.
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/book-discussion-sneaker-marauders-poems-by-ran-walker-and-van-g-garrett/
LOCATION:Kalamazoo Institute of Arts\, 314 S Park St\, Kalamazoo\, MI\, 49008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussions,Future Now
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260521T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260521T200000
DTSTAMP:20260319T132019Z
CREATED:20250127T214404Z
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SUMMARY:Free Thursdays at the KIA
DESCRIPTION: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. \n \n \n 
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/free-thursdays-at-the-kia/2026-05-21/
CATEGORIES:Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260521T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260521T193000
DTSTAMP:20260317T143456Z
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SUMMARY:Best of the 48-Hour Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Each year\, a growing number of talented Kalamazoo filmmakers\, both amateur and professional\, take on the challenge of participating in the Kazoo 48-Hour Film Festival. Assigned a genre\, prop\, character quirk\, location\, and line of dialogue to use within a short film\, participants have just 48 hours to bring their visions to life.  \nThe winning films for 2026\, selected in multiple categories\, were announced during a public screening at the GQT Kalamazoo 10 Theater on April 23.  \nDuring this celebratory event at the KIA\, watch the winning films and hear from the filmmakers themselves about their experiences and personal highlights from the festival!
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/best-of-the-48-hour-film-festival/
LOCATION:Kalamazoo Institute of Arts\, 314 S Park St\, Kalamazoo\, MI\, 49008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260527T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260527T130000
DTSTAMP:20260526T185535Z
CREATED:20260317T143633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260526T185535Z
UID:10001270-1779883200-1779886800@www.kiarts.org
SUMMARY:ArtBreak: Curating At The End Of The World: An Apocalyptic Manifesto
DESCRIPTION:What 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 and explores what making exhibitions and writing about art means as the stakes of our collective global livelihoods grow higher. Dr. Rodríguez will offer reflections and proposals for working and living through difficult times to find meaning and hope even in the darkest of days.\nXuxa Rodríguez\, Ph.D.\, is a curator\, scholar\, and writer\, originally from Miami\, FL. Her expertise ranges across modern and contemporary Latinx and Latin American Art\, African diasporic art\, feminist and queer art\, transnational artists\, and time-based media\, with strengths in performance and video. Now based in Durham\, NC\, she is the Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Curator of Contemporary Art at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. \nOur ArtBreak program will be on hiatus in June and July. Join us in August when ArtBreaks resume!
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/artbreak-curating-at-the-end-of-the-world-an-apocalyptic-manifesto/
LOCATION:Kalamazoo Institute of Arts\, 314 S Park St\, Kalamazoo\, MI\, 49008\, United States
CATEGORIES:ArtBreak
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260528T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260528T200000
DTSTAMP:20260319T132019Z
CREATED:20250127T214404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260319T132019Z
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SUMMARY:Free Thursdays at the KIA
DESCRIPTION: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. \n \n \n 
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/free-thursdays-at-the-kia/2026-05-28/
CATEGORIES:Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260528T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260528T210000
DTSTAMP:20260508T185244Z
CREATED:20260317T203946Z
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SUMMARY:2026 West Michigan Area Show Awards Night and Members’ Preview
DESCRIPTION:The work of West Michigan’s talented artistic community is on view during the annual West Michigan Area Show. Opening to the public on Friday\, May 29\, this crowd-pleasing annual juried exhibition was carefully curated from more than 300 submitted entries\, ranging from paintings\, prints\, and photos to mosaics\, ceramics\, jewelry\, sculpture\, and mixed-media works. \nWinners of awards totaling over $5\,000\, including a $1\,000 grand prize\, recognizing excellence across various media\, will be announced at the awards reception on Thursday\, May 28\, at 6 pm. \n This year’s juror is Xuxa Rodríguez\, Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Curator of Contemporary Art at Duke University’s Nasher Museum. Prior to her role at Duke\, Rodríguez served as the Associate Curator of Contemporary Arts at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Rodríguez will present an ArtBreak lecture on Wednesday\, May 27\, at noon in the KIA auditorium. \nNew for 2026: Visit the WMAS gallery to vote for the People’s Choice Award during the Awards Night. The winner will be announced this same evening. \nThe 2026 West Michigan Area Show will be on view from May 29–September 27\, 2026. \nSupport for the West Michigan Area Show is provided by CWS Financial Advisors and David Isaacson in memory of his wife\, Helen Sheridan.
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/2026-west-michigan-area-show-awards-night-and-members-preview/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260529T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260529T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T184042Z
CREATED:20260303T192553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T184042Z
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SUMMARY:2026 West Michigan Area Show Opening Day
DESCRIPTION:The work of West Michigan’s talented artistic community is on view during the annual West Michigan Area Show. This crowd-pleasing annual juried exhibition was carefully curated from more than 300 submitted entries\, ranging from paintings\, prints\, and photos to mosaics\, ceramics\, jewelry\, sculpture\, and mixed-media works. \nLearn more about the West Michigan Area Show and the application process on the exhibition page.
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/2026-wmas-opening-day/
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