SOLD OUT! "Masks and More" KIA Traveling Exhibition   "Stories without Words: Exploring the KIA Collection"   "The Graphic Imperative: International Posters for Peace, Social Justice & the Environment"
   
   
   

September 16-June 2
Two-week school tours

  September 16-June 2
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
  January 14-February 19
Richmond Center for Visual Arts
 

In every corner of the world, traditional artists create objects with meaning and power and pass their knowledge and skills to the next generation. "Masks and More" includes masks, marionettes, textiles and objects that tell stories, are used in ceremonies or bring beauty to everyday objects. Objects from Africa, Mexico, Panama, North America’s Northwest Coast Tlingit people, Java and Bali are included.

 

Explore the stories artists tell in works of art. Look for drama, imagine dialog and develop your own interpretations and ideas. Variety in subject matter, purposes and points of view offer many different ways to explore the KIA's exceptional collection. "Stories without Words" features American paintings and prints from the 1700s–2000s and focuses on people and places, depicting history, everyday life, people in groups and the American landscape.

 

The Richmond Center presents "The Graphic Imperative", an exhibition of international sociopolitical posters that stir our emotions yet cause us to reflect. Themes from the past four decades include dissent, liberation, racism, sexism, human rights, civil rights, environmental concerns, AIDS, war, literacy and tolerance.

Recommended for fifth grade and older. This exhibit is available only to the Aesthetic Education Program.


           

Kalamazoo RESA - Education for the Arts, 1819 E. Milham, Kalamazoo, MI 49002