The Kalamazoo Art Leagues 71st season will begin later in 2026!

Our upcoming 2026-2027 Season postcard and information will be
available in late August 2026. We hope you will enjoy the varied
speakers we have lined up, including a significant African American
woman artist with a painting in the KIA Collection, artists speaking
about their works on paper and encaustic, and a world renowned video
artist to name a few.

Upcoming Events

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depARTure to Chicago!

October 14th, 2026

The Kalamazoo Art League presents the next depARTure to Chicago! Events of the day include a fine-jewelry gallery tour at Freemans Auctions House, a delicious lunch at Francesca’s on Chestnut, a viewing of Kenzo Shiokava’s sculptures at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and a trip to the Chicago Institute of Art. You won’t want to miss this wonderful opportunity to experience wonderful art and culture in the beautiful, Windy City of Chicago!

Please sign up by Friday, August 28th by 3:00pm!

Members $227 | KIA members $247 | Non-members $277.

Wednesday, October 7th, 2026

Laurence Holland and Touray Holland: “Loïs Mailou Jones: Her Family, Martha’s Vineyard and Her Art”

6:30 PM | KIA Auditorium

Join Laurence Holland, great-nephew of Loïs Mailou Jones, for a personal look at the artist’s seven-decade career from the Harlem Renaissance through the 20th century. A painter, educator, and textile designer, Jones is known for work ranging from landscapes to African-inspired abstraction, shaped by her travels in Europe, Haiti, and Africa and her time with family on Martha’s Vineyard. A longtime Howard University professor, her work celebrates African heritage and is held in major museums worldwide.

Wednesday, November 4th, 2026

Mark Joshua Epstein: “Works on Paper”

10:00 AM Lecture | KIA Auditorium

Epstein’s work formulates an abstract visual language embedded with markers of personal history and cultural identity. The simultaneously discordant and harmonious shapes that play across the surfaces of his work encode reference points drawn from aspects of his Jewish and queer identities, inviting questions about the coordinates where they may intersect.

Wednesday, December 16th, 2026

KIA Tour

10:30 AM

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, March 3rd, 2027

Marissa Voytenko: “Encaustic Painting”

6:30 PM | KIA Auditorium

Marissa Voytenko will discuss her work exploring the relationship between the physical world and the spiritual realm through geometric shapes, patterns, and grids in structured compositions with expressive, layered encaustic techniques, often drawing inspiration from historical architecture and personal psychological themes.

Wednesday, May 5th, 2027

Peter d’Agostino: ”World Wide Walks/Great Lakes & Beyond”

6:30 pm | KIA Auditorium

Peter d’Agostino, Artist and Professor Emeritus, will survey his walking art practice. Initiated as video ‘documentation-performances’ in San Francsico, 1973, these place-oriented projects now span six continents for over five decades. A focus of tonight’s presentation is the World-Wide-Walks / between earth & water / LAKES video installation.

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.