Archived - Shows And Events

April 29 - June 4, 2017 - This annual juried exhibition celebrates the work of high school artists (18 years or younger, grades 9-12) residing in Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, and Van Buren counties. Students who qualify may concurrently enter the 6th District Congressional Art Competition, and the winner will receive a trip to Washington DC to see his/her ...

March 25 - April 15, 2017 - Every year, art teachers in the Kalamazoo County schools submit a selection of works produced by their students, featured in an exhibition that is a delight to behold.

March 18 - July 2, 2017 - This exhibition is a historical survey of the four major processes of printmaking in the Western world. From the 15th to the 21st century, these prints highlight the remarkable diversity and ingenuity of this medium. The four methods of relief (woodcut), intaglio (etching, engraving), planographic (lithography), and stencil (screenprinting) will be represented, along with...

March 4 - June 4, 2017 - Since the 1960s, this annual exhibition has showcased the work of area artists in all media. Each year, a renowned juror (artist, educator, or museum specialist) selects the works to be awarded over $4,500 in prizes.

January 14 - March 12, 2017 - This exhibition features work by some of the finest ceramic artists in the U.S. Although we may think of ceramics as a material used to create functional objects like vases, bowls, plates, and mugs, in the mid-20th century, ceramics moved from a traditional craft form to a material used to create unique sculptural works of art.

November 19, 2016 - March 19, 2017 - With this exhibition you will see a gallery transformed into a magical, "underwater" installation of colorful and glowing "fish, jellies, and coral" by Sayaka Ganz. Guided by sensitivity to the environment and human habits of discarding objects, Ganz rescues and repurposes plastic utensils and household items as the material of her sculptural creations. Slotted...

November 5, 2016 - February 19, 2017 - This exhibition ​represents work by five painters rebuts the idea that representational imagery has gone into hiding. According to exhibition curator Jerome Witkin, Bill Murphy, Gillian Pederson-Krag, Joel Sheesley, Tim Lowly, and Robert Birmelin continue to "hone to perfection a body of work that I feel will last beyond our time.

October 1 - December 31, 2016 - In large and small scale, her exhibition distilled fundamental human relationships and basic elements of nature into sculptural forms.

September 9, 2016 - September 11, 2016 - 2,500 street rods, customs, muscle cars and street machines will be on hand at the Kalamazoo County Expo Center on the Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds.

July 23-October 23, 2016 - The exhibition focuses on the artist's assumed role through an array of works in various media. As Stout explains, "The common thread running through bodies of my work of the past several years is the continuing need for self-discovery and the need to understand and make sense of human motives and the way we relate and respond to each other."