Kalamazoo Arts Collaborative

Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem

Reflecting nearly 100 years of art history in America, the exhibition reflects the breadth of The Studio Museum’s 50 years of supporting and incubating artists of African descent. The exhibition will fill all four of the main floor KIA galleries.
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Where We Stand: Black Artists in Southwest Michigan

The exhibition features ten Michigan artists working in sculpture, photography, painting, ceramics, and printmaking. They are emerging artists and veterans in their field who address issues as diverse as the environment, mass incarceration, the criminal justice system, and concepts of beauty.
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Resilience: African American Artists As Agents of Change

The exhibition features more than 60 paintings, photographs, works on paper, and sculpture from our collection, and explores the museum’s holdings by African American artists from 1870 to the present, reflecting their vital contributions to the story of American art and history.
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American Federation of Arts @AmFedArts·

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At @1KIA1, first-year students at Kalamazoo College are learning about artists of African descent—including a @KCollege alumna. #BlackRefractions

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Kalamazoo College @kcollege·

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ICYMI: Visiting Assistant Professor of Art @fari_nzinga uses @1KIA1's #BlackRefractions exhibit to teach first-year seminar students about 79 Black painters including #KCollege alumna @JulieMehretu '92. https://t.co/tkfRm2GH0p

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Kalamazoo College @kcollege·

19 Nov 1196782785484197889

A @1KIA1 exhibit featuring work by Black artists is giving students in a first-year seminar an in-person chance to appreciate work by @JulieMehretu '92. Learn about the course, how students are reacting to her art and how you can see #BlackRefractions. https://t.co/QfXdMsi27y

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American Federation of Arts @AmFedArts·

21 Oct 1186336596691505154

Betye Saar's incredible exhibition The Legends of Black Girl's Window opens today at the @MuseumModernArt. Her work is currently on view in #BlackRefractions at @1KIA1.
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American Federation of Arts @AmFedArts·

18 Oct 1185299524241285120

Taking in the new #VictorianRadicals exhibition at @SAMAart this weekend? We recommend making it a double and checking out the newly opened @RubyCityArt, which is hosting an @isaacjulien video installation through 2022. #BlackRefractions

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The Studio Museum in Harlem@studiomuseum·

8 Oct 1181640160095690754

Is he a vision of the future of domestic work or a parallel future in which chattel slavery never ended? See how #OtobongNkanga explores history, value, experience, and memory in #BlackRefractions on view through December 8 at @1KIA1. https://t.co/LN5cm7x05z

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American Federation of Arts @AmFedArts·

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In New York and want to supplement your #BlackRefractions experience? Betye Saar: The Legends of Black Girl's Widow opens @MuseumModernArt October 21st.
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American Federation of Arts @AmFedArts·

1 Oct 1179146482739318784

Kehinde Wiley's latest masterpiece is view in Times Square before heading to @VMFA in Richmond, VA. See more of his work in our touring exhibition #BlackRefractions. Now at @1KIA1 in Kalamazoo and visiting Northampton, Seattle, and Salt Lake City in 2020.
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Kalamazoo Public Library @KzooLibrary·

23 Sep 1176207711727509504

Artists in Action at KPL starts today! Come to the Powell Branch to watch artist, Darien Burress, create art live! #BlackRefractions

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The Studio Museum in Harlem@studiomuseum·

20 Sep 1175082968886337537

#LynetteYiadomBoakye encourages a complex, non-linear understanding of blackness through her use of figurative representation. "Nous étions" is now on view at @1KIA1 in Michigan as part of #BlackRefractions. https://t.co/LN5cm7foGZ

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Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem

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