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From publicly posted calendar Checked Jul 8, 2026
¡Noche de Familia!
Join the KIA for an evening celebrating family, culture, creativity, and community during Hispanic Heritage Month. Noche de Familia welcomes guests of all ages…
Artists’ Exchange: Indigenous Voices and the Future of American Art
During this special program, three contemporary Indigenous artists from across the country will come together to discuss their artistic approaches, points of…
Art Detectives: Write to Me: Letters from Japanese American Children to the Librarian They Left Behind by Cynthia Grady
Join us in October for an Art Detectives program centered around Resilience—A Sansei Sense of Legacy. This exhibition features the work of eight…
Community Day
You\'re invited to a fun-filled day! This special family-oriented event will feature exciting activities, outstanding exhibits, fun in the Meader Fine Arts…
ArtBreak: Remembering World War II in Japanese Voices
Sociolinguist Noriko Sugimori has often worked with her students to collect oral histories from Japanese-speaking World War II survivors in Japan, South Korea,…
Book Discussion: They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
George Takei recounts his childhood imprisonment in Japanese American internment camps during World War II in this richly illustrated graphic novel. The memoir…
Film Screening: The Cats of Mirikitani
Jimmy Mirikitani (1920-2012) was a Japanese American artist who survived the trauma of WWII incarceration, the loss of family and friends in his ancestral city…
KIA Closed to Public 10/17/26
All KIA galleries will be closed to the public on Saturday, October 17, 2026, to support new exhibition installations and help our teams prepare for our…
UNFRAMED: Soirée
Join us at the KIA on October 25th for a spectacular evening as we honor Joy and Tim Light and raise vital funds for the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. The…
Explore & Create: Gallery Game Night
Join us for a Gallery Game Night, where we’ll explore the permanent collection through interactive, art-focused games and creative sketching activities. This…
ArtBreak: Film Screening: The Eye is the First Circle
This fall, Helen Frankenthaler’s large-scale painting Code Blue returns from New York, where it was included in the Gagosian exhibition Helen Frankenthaler:…
Artful Evening: Intergenerational Impacts of the Japanese American Wartime Incarceration
In the wake of Pearl Harbor and the United States’ declaration of war on Japan, the U.S. government ordered the removal of more than 120,000 men, women, and…