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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Local Artists

Learn about the artists of the Where We Stand: Black Artists in Southwest Michigan exhibition.

Community Events

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1KIA1 avatarKIA@1KIA1·
13 Sep 1172547836644417536

Can't forget our collection show, Resilience: African American Artists as Agents of Change. Richard Mayhew and Frank Bowling remind us that often, art is art, and race is not the subject. (Several artists are on view in both Resilience and #BlackRefractions! #ArtIsForEveryone

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13 Sep 1172545773407526912

Anticipation! #BlackRefractions opens Saturday, w free Community Day Party. Dance +spoken word performances, art making w local artists, +3 exhibitions celebrating diversity. Wish Juliana Huxtable could join us: Untitled, (Psychosocial Stuntin'), 2015 @AmFedArts @studiomuseum

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13 Sep 1172488850263793664

We will be closing TODAY @4p for a private event. See you Saturday for exhibitions opening day, free 11-5 with fun for all 11-3. #BlackRefractions #ArtIsForEveryone

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12 Sep 1172278250346897410

Ready for a great evening kicking off a big week for #BlackRefractions. Welcoming Connie Choi of @studiomuseum Pauline Willis from @AmFedArts and Lauren Haynes from @crystalbridges, with director Belinda Tate @tatebe and KIA Chief Curator @RehemaBarber

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12 Sep 1172205952520638465

The Director & CEO of @amfedarts shared more about what visitors will experience at the #BlackRefractions exhibition opening at the @1KIA1 on Saturday!

WATCH: https://t.co/9I3SAxF5hB

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12 Sep 1172202211079675904

We will be closing tomorrow, Friday, @4p for a private event. See you Saturday for exhibitions opening day, free 11-5 with fun for all 11-3. #BlackRefractions #ArtIsForEveryone

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12 Sep 1172142316540387328

TONIGHT Curator Talk @6:30 pm, with nationally-recognized leader in African American Art Lauren Haynes, formerly of @studiomuseum and now at @crystalbridges for inside info on #BlackRefractions, opening Saturday. Just $5, sponsored by @wmuk1021

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12 Sep 1172140303094112256

9/14 Where We Stand: Black Artists in Southwest Michigan
Excited for work by emerging artists+veterans: Darien Burress, Al Harris, Jr., Brent Harris, Chakila Hoskins, Audrey Mills, James C. Palmore, Tanisha Pyron, Maria Scott +James Watkins #BlackRefractions

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