Mark your calendar now for Art League’s 70th season—days and times vary this season!
Kalamazoo Art League returns for its 70th season with a variety of intriguing speakers and exciting programs. Art League membership is open to any KIA member. Enjoy free admission to Art League’s lectures and discounts on our depARTure travel adventures.
Upcoming Events
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Holiday Coffee
10:30 am | KIA Auditorium and Galleries
$5 per person at the door
Celebrate the KIA and the season holiday goodies and a docent-led tour. Members will receive an invitation will follow on the website and by eblast.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Jonah Elijah: Beyond Perspective
6:00 pm | KIA Auditorium
Reception following Lecture
A native of Houston’s Third Ward, Texas, Jonah’s work transcends time, drawing upon his personal memories and upbringing. He delves deep into identity, through mediums of portraiture, language, and mass media engaging with the past, employing found objects charged with meaning, such as sneakers, televisions, and artifacts, as symbolic metaphors for the dynamic experiences they represent.
Become a member of the Kalamazoo Art League
Members’ dues support this great series of lectures. And free admission to lectures and receptions makes membership a great value!
Check out previous speakers and enjoy- or revisit- their recorded programs.
ART LEAGUE is a motivated and dedicated volunteer organization founded to organize annual lecture series at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. Annual dues (valid July 1st thru the next June 30th) are $45.
Since 1955, lecturers have been selected from across the US from the forefront of experts who create, curate, study, or write about art. Art League programs promote understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of the visual arts for its members, the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts and our community.
Check out what our past lecturers have been doing since they spoke to Art League!
October 9, 2019
Crime Scene Conservation: Preserving the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
April 10, 2019