Past+Exhibitions


 * In reverse chronological order (latest first):**

[|2017 High School Area Show]
April 29-June 4, 2017 News Release here about Cami Hoogstraten, the 6th District Congressional Art Competition winner

[|Impressions: Printmaking in Japan]
April 1-July 23, 2017

[|Young Artists of Kalamazoo County]
March 25-April 15, 2017

[|Pressed for Time: History of Printmaking]
April 7-July 2, 2017

[|2017 West Michigan Area Show]
March 4-May 28, 2017

Luminescence: From Salvage to Seascape, Sculpture by Sayaka Ganz
November 19, 2016 - March 19, 2017

Poetry of Content: Five Contemporary Representational Artists
November 5, 2016 - February 19, 2017

Wadada Leo Smith: Ankhrasmation, The Language Scores, 1967-2015
October 15 - March 5

Scaled Up: Sculpture by Marcia Wood
October 1-December 31 Galleries 1 and 2

Reaching into Infinity: Chul Hyun Ahn
July 2-November 6 Joy Light Gallery of Asian Art

Renee Stout: Tales of the Conjure Woman
July 23-October 23, 2016 Galleries 3 and 4

Eternal Beauty: Egg Tempera Paintings by Fred Wessel
June 25-October 2 Groos Gallery

Barbara Takenaga: Waiting in the Sky II
June 18-September 18 Galleries 2 and 5

West Michigan Area Show
April 9-July 10 Galleries 3 and 4

Rhythms of Abstraction: Landscape Duets of Arnold Chang and Michael Cherney
March 16-June 19 Joy Light Asian Art Gallery, Groos Gallery

Young Artists of Kalamazoo County
May 14-June 5, 2016

High School Area Show
March 25-May 4

Colour Correction: British and American Screenprints, 1967-75
November 27 - March 27, 2016

Suspended! Sculpture from ArtPrize 2015
December 12 - March 13, 2016

Jiha Moon: Double Welcome, Most Everyone's Mad Here
December 19 - March 6, 2016

@Flowers in Chinese Art
June 27-Jan. 24, Joy Light Asian Art Gallery

Manierre Dawson: Engineering Abstraction
August 29 - December 13, 2015

Kirk Newman Art School Faculty Review
September 19 - November 29, 2015 ==Common Ground: African American Art from the Flint Institute of Arts, the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, and the Muskegon Museum of Art== Aug. 15-Nov. 15, Galleries 3 and 4

Adaptation: Transforming Books into Art
June 6-Sept. 6, Galleries 2 and 5

Rediscovering Nina Belle Ward
May 16-Aug. 23, Groos Gallery

West Michigan Area Show 2015
May 9-Aug. 9, Galleries 3 and 4

Chinese Folk Pottery: the Art of the Everyday
March 14-June 21, 2015, Asian Gallery

High School Area Show
April 25-May 24, 2015, Galleries 2 and 5

Second Sight/Insight II
Jan 10, 2015 – May 10, 2015, Groos Gallery

Redefining the Multiple: 13 Japanese Printmakers
Jan 17, 2015 – Apr 26, 2015, Galleries 3 and 4

Young Artists
March 25-April 15, 2015, Galleries 2 and 5

Wired and Wrapped: The Sculpture of Seungmo Park
December 20, 2014 - March 15, 2015, Galleries 2 and 5

How to Return? Contemporary Chinese Photography
Nov 15, 2014 – March 8, 2015, Asian Gallery

Double Take: Artists Respond to the Collection
August 23, 2014 - January 18, 2015, Lower Level

A Collector's Eye: Works from the Collection of Sheila and Jim Bridenstine
September 6, 2014 - January 4, 2015, Groos Gallery

Lasting Legacy: A Collection for Kalamazoo
September 6, 2014 - Dec. 7, 2014, Galleries 2, 3, 4, 5; through January 4, 2015, Galleries 3,4

The Arts of Japan and China: Selections from the Collection
July 12 - November 9, Joy Light Asian Art Gallery

Three Tiffany shows
May 31-Aug. 24

Cultural Encounters: India, Burma, and Tibet: Photographs by Larry K. Snider
Feb. 8 - July 5, Joy Light Asian Gallery

High School Area Show
April 12 - May 18

Inside Steinway: Photographs by Christopher Payne
Feb.1 - May 25

Environmental Impact
Feb. 22 – May 4, Galleries 3 and 4

Young Artists of Kalamazoo County
March 8 - 30

Impressions: Selections from Stewart & Stewart
Dec.21, 2013 – Feb.23, 2014, Galleries 2 and 5

Fantastic Rumpus: 50 Years of Children’s Book Illustration
Dec. 14, 2013 – Feb. 9, 2014, Galleries 3 and 4

Mountains and Waters - Landscape Paintings from China
Sept. 21, 2013 - Feb. 2, 2014, Joy Light Gallery of Asian Art

BOO! Images of the Macabre
Oct. 5, 2013 – Jan. 26 2014, Groos Gallery

2013 Kirk Newman Art School Faculty Review
Sept. 28 – Dec.8, 2013, Galleries 2 and 5

Copley to Kentridge - What's New in the Collection
Sept. 14 - Dec. 1, 2013, Galleries 3 and 4

For and Against Modern Art: The Armory Show + 100
June 29 - Sept.29, 2013, the Long Gallery

Modern Twist: Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Art
June 22 – Sept. 15, 2013 Gallery 5 and the Joy Light Gallery of Asian Art

Paintings by Catherine Hinkle
June 22 - September 15, 2013, Gallery 2

@West Michigan Area Show
June 8 - August 31, 2013, Galleries 3 and 4

Reflections: African American Life from the Myrna Colley-Lee Collection
February 23 – May 19 2013 (Galleries 3 & 4)

Stoked - Five Artists of Fire and Clay
January 19 – April 7, 2013 (Galleries 2 & 5)

The Arts of China and Japan: Selections from the Collection
December 15, 2012, - June 9, 2013

Legacy for Kalamazoo: Works Acquired through the Elisabeth Claire Lahti Fund
September 29, 2012 – January 20, 2013 (main floor, Galleries 3 and 4)

Great Lakes Pastel Society National Show 2012
October 2, 2012 – January 8, 2013 (Galleries 2 & 5)

Asian Art from the Collection of Dr. Paul and Esther Wang
August 25 – December 9, 2012 (Joy Light Asian Art Gallery)

Expressions: International Glass Invitational
August 11 – November 4, 2012

Treasures from Kalamazoo Collections
November 17, 2012 - February 17, 2013

Elliot Erwitt: Dog Dogs
July 7 - September 23, 2012 (Main floor galleries 2 & 5 plus lower level Long Gallery)

//A Conversation Between Monet and Sochi: Video Art by Lee nam Lee//
April 13-August 18, 2012 (Asian Gallery, lower level)
 * (No separate page for this show)**

Birds in Art 2011
May 26-July 28, 2012 (main floor galleries 3 & 4)

Birds of a Feather: John Costin and John James Audubon
March 24-June 24, 2012 (Long Gallery, lower level)

//High School Area Show//
June 2-24, 2012 ==Object of Devotion: **Medieval English Alabaster Sculpture from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London**== March 3, 2012-May 13, 2012
 * (No separate page for this show)**

//**West Michigan Area Show 2012**//
//March 17-May 6, 2012//

Sight and Feeling: Photographs by Ansel Adams
January 26-May 19, 2012 **NOTE: Extended through June 23** (Lower Level Long Gallery)

//**Selections from the Harry & Leona Heffner Collection**//
December 10, 2011-April 7, 2012

//**Annette Lemieux: The Strange Life of Objects**//
[December 17, 2011- March 4, 2012] Overview of art, artist interview and bio and other related information prepared by KRESA/EFA as background for teachers visiting the exhibition. [|Brief biography and selected works] [|Biography, list of exhibits. etc.]

//Young Artists of Kalamazoo County//
[February 4-22, 2012]

//Kirk Newman Art School Faculty Review//
[November 19, 2011-January 22, 2012]

**//Turning Point: Japanese Studio Ceramics in the Mid-20th Century//**
[Sept. 10-Dec. 4, 2011] Exhibition overview from UM Museum of Art, the exhibition organizer: []

**//Off the Wall: Art in Three Dimensions//**
[Sept. 17-Dec. 4, 2011] This exhibition will bring favorite works out of storage along with pieces that are rarely seen. This PDF document includes images of 22 pieces that will be included in the exhibition. Check docent papers or collection summaries on this wiki for information on Harvey, Newman, Pepper, Wyss-Tye and Voulkos. Visit the library for more information on the artists and work represented in this exhibition.

//Second Skin: Peeling Back the Layers-Entang Wiharso//
[September 10-November 6, 2011] [|M-Live Article] [|C-Arts Article]C-Arts Article [|OZIP Article]

**//Yousuf Karsh: Regarding Heroes//**
[July 9-September 3, 2011]  [|Estralita interview] [|Yousuf Karsh at Work]

//**Drawn to the Figure: Sigmund Abeles**//
[July 2-August 27, 2011] [|Sigmund Abeles' Website] [|Art Artist's Eye] Extensive web article with biography, interview, photographs and overview of exhibition of the same name at Columbia (SC) Museum [|Brief Biography of Sigmund Abeles]

**//The Wyeths: America's Artists//**
[January 15-April 17, 2011] Wyeths -- video introduction Wyeth Background Articles

National Geographic Portraits
Video Clips