Current Exhibitions at the KIA

An exhibition drawn from the extensive glass collection at the Alfred Berkowitz Gallery at the University of Michigan, Dearborn. The exhibition surveys important artists and works made from the mid-1960s to the present. The exhibition will examine both functional glass objects and pure sculptural forms, that have often taken cues from other fine arts media and movements in the U.S. and internationally. Among the 56 artists represented are glass giants Harvey Littleton (shown), Howard Ben Tré, Dale Chihuly, Ann Robinson, and Kate Vogel. The exhibition has been curated by Don Desmett, independent curator and critic, with art on loan from the Collection of the Alfred Berkowitz Gallery at the University of Michigan, Dearborn.

This annual exhibition showcases the work of artists from 14 Michigan counties. Guest juror Dawoud Bey selected 100 works for the show, and $6,000 in prizes was awarded Thursday, May 24, at an opening reception for the exhibition. (image: Beibei Chen and Leilei Chen, Gaia I, hand screenprint

Journey through Shaanxi Province, one of the cradles of Chinese civilization via folk paintings and artifacts of rural China that reveal a vital and charming national spirit. The 25 paintings and 14 artifacts in this exhibition reveal a humanity that aids us in understanding a people half a world away. Festivals, parades, the harvest, music, village traditions, farm animals, winter, kitchen work, and children are all celebrated in the paintings, while the artifacts show traditional Shaanxi customs and range from children's clothing and toys to New Year's prints and decorative household items. This exhibition was organized by ExhibitsUSA, a program of Mid-America Arts Alliance.