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SUMMARY:Gallery Gathering: An Infinite Constellation of Love
DESCRIPTION:Explore the magical world of JooYoung Choi’s immersive installation\, An Infinite Constellation of Love\, on view in the Joy Light Gallery. Guests of all ages are welcome! Gallery stools will be available. 
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/an-infinite-constellation-of-love/
LOCATION:Kalamazoo Institute of Arts\, 314 S Park St\, Kalamazoo\, MI\, 49008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery Gathering
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SUMMARY:Joy Light Lecture Series: Exploring the Power of Visual Art and World-Building
DESCRIPTION:Join interdisciplinary artist and world-builder JooYoung Choi as she shares insights into her studio practice and creative process. Choi is the creator of The Cosmic Womb\, a highly structured imaginary world where she develops narratives that blend autobiographical and fantastic elements. Her work explores themes of identity\, resilience\, transformation\, transracial adoption\, birth family reunion\, immigration\, and systemic oppression. Through painting\, installation\, animation\, video art\, puppet-making\, and sculpture\, she brings complex stories to life in dynamic and thought-provoking ways. \nBorn in Seoul\, South Korea\, in 1982\, Choi immigrated to Concord\, New Hampshire\, in 1983 through adoption. While completing her BFA at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design\, Choi returned to South Korea and reunited with her birth family. Since graduating with an MFA from Lesley University in Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, in 2012\, Choi has exhibited in numerous venues across the U.S. Her work has been featured by various media outlets\, and she has received many grants and awards\, including support from the National Endowment for the Arts and Artadia. She has participated in numerous residencies to expand her artistic vision. \nA free reception with the artist begins at 5:30 PM\, and the lecture will begin at 6:00.
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/exploring-the-power-of-visual-art-and-world-building/
LOCATION:Kalamazoo Institute of Arts\, 314 S Park St\, Kalamazoo\, MI\, 49008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artful Evening
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SUMMARY:The Garden of Courage and Love Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Garden of Courage and Love is an ongoing artist project by JooYoung Choi where participants create flowers representing people who have shown them unconditional love. These flowers will be added to a growing garden that has been exhibited in multiple installations. Participants will create two larger flowers—one to take home and one to donate to the garden—and three small practice flowers under the guidance of Choi.  \nBy the end of the workshop\, participants will have created three practice flowers (they can keep or donate the practice flowers) and two larger flowers—one to keep and one to donate. These meaningful creations will join the Garden of Courage and Love\, reflecting each participant’s creativity and honoring the people they cherish. \nParticipants must be 9 years old or older. Caregivers must be 18 years old or older and must stay with their children at all times. Adults will need to assist their children during the workshop with staple guns\, glue guns\, sharp scissors\, and other tools. \nThe workshop is limited to 20 people. Cost: $15 per adult (18+ years old) and $10 per student (9-17 years old).
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/the-garden-of-courage-and-love-workshop/
LOCATION:Kalamazoo Institute of Arts\, 314 S Park St\, Kalamazoo\, MI\, 49008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family,In the Museum
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SUMMARY:ArtBreak: Tiny Dancers: Puppets from Around the World
DESCRIPTION:In this virtual ArtBreak\, explore the art of puppetry with Bradford Clark\, Professor of Theatre at Bowling Green State University. With a strong emphasis in puppetry\, Clark has visited collections\, studied with or interviewed artists\, and attended conferences\, festivals\, and theatrical performances in India\, Vietnam\, Laos\, Indonesia\, Japan\, China\, Taiwan\, the Czech Republic\, Germany\, Austria and France. At Atlanta’s Center for Puppetry Arts\, he served as curator for the Worlds of Puppetry Museum. There he helped conceptualize extensive galleries dedicated to both the Center’s extensive global collection and the largest collection of Jim Henson’s classic puppets in the United States.  \nClark has written\, directed\, and designed several original puppet productions\, including Monkey Storms Heaven\, Pictures at an Exhibition\, Frankenstein\, and The Magnificent Baron Munchausen. He has directed and designed for three productions of The Tempest that were first conceptualized in collaboration with his teachers in Bali\, Indonesia\, maskmaker Ida Bagus Anom and musician Anak Agung Raka Cameng. He co-authored the chapter “Punch and Judy” in the Greenwood Press book Fools in Popular Culture and has published articles and book reviews in The Asian Theatre Journal\, Puppetry International\, Theatre Design & Technology\, Puppetry Yearbook\, and The Puppetry Journal. \nThis virtual talk will include a consideration of the work of Ray Harryhausen. Be sure to stop by the Kalamazoo Valley Museum before April 27 to see the ongoing exhibition Ray Harryhausen: Miniature Models of the Silver Screen! \nClick here to watch this virtual lecture.
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/the-art-of-puppetry/
LOCATION:https://www.kiarts.org/event/the-art-of-puppetry/
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