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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
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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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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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