Schedule of Winter Art Classes Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Winter 2021

WINTER 2021 KALAMAZOO INSTITUTE OF ARTS

SCHEDULE OF WINTER ART CLASSES DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE NEWS AND NOTES

PLEASEHOURS TAKE NOTE OF OUR WHEN YOU ARRIVE TEMPORARY HOURS BELOW » All visitors over the age of 2 are MUSEUM HOURS required to wear masks and Friday and Saturday: 11 am–5 pm maintain safe social distancing. Sunday–Thursday: CLOSED » Hand sanitizer stations are Gallery LIBRARY HOURS available in the Museum and the Shop Friday and Saturday: 11 am–3 pm Kirk Newman Art School. Sunday–Thursday: CLOSED If you are looking for a special gift this » Restrooms are monitored and season, the Gallery Shop is the place to GALLERY SHOP HOURS cleaned with increased frequency. be! Browse through a myriad of works Friday and Saturday: 11 am–5 pm from local and regional artists, including Wednesday: by appointment only » Our coat check is currently housewares, pottery, jewelry, clothing, Call 269-585-9263 unavailable. Please leave large and more. KALAMAZOO INSTITUTE OF ARTS Ask about curbside pickup items and bags at home. Seasons 314 S. Park Street Stay tuned for more details as we will soon Kalamazoo, MI 49007 BUSINESS OFFICES » Water fountains and some seating 269-349-7775 offer a double discount day for members— Greetings! [email protected] Monday–Friday: 8 am–5 pm areas are currently not accessible. coming just in time to find a perfect gift for by appointment only EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR yourself or someone special. Belinda A. Tate As the days shorten and the weather his own personal art collection upon his We anticipate additional operating Thank you for your support Stop in and see Christina. She is looking grows cooler, I am reflecting on the many passing earlier this year, and many others 2020-2021 BOARD OF DIRECTORS hours soon. Please check our website or call for an updated schedule. and enjoy your visit! forward to seeing everyone’s masked faces things we have to be thankful for this contributed in planned gifts. Again, we EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Jack Michael, President and helping them with their holiday needs year. In particular, I am grateful for the have much to be thankful for. William U Parfet, First Vice President KIARTS.ORG or a little retail therapy! dedicated KIA staff who have worked Perry Wolfe, Second Vice President 269-349-7775 We celebrate the season with our annual Sabrina Pritchett-Evans, Treasurer tirelessly to continue to bring art and Kirk Newman Art School Holiday Art Caroline Pavone, Secretary cultural resources to the community Priscilla Pedraza, Past President Sale, now with virtual and in-person onsite and online with creativity and BOARD MEMBERS opportunities to fulfill your holiday Dr. Cheryl Dickson,Bjorn Green, Kevin Jawahir, enthusiasm despite many challenges shopping November 19–21. This year, we Sarah Parfet Jbara, Dr. Keith Kenter, and obstacles. I am grateful for the James Liggins Jr., Karen Matson, Jack Michael, are pleased to offer personal shoppers Mike Ouding, Lora Painter, William U. Parfet, knowledgeable docent corps, who are for our patrons who would prefer to stay Caroline Pavone, Priscilla Pedraza, celebrating 40 years of community-wide Sabrina Pritchett-Evans, Philip Repp, at home. You will not want to miss this Andy Richards, Paula Shelhamer, Robb Smalldon, education and thousands of exhibition opportunity to buy local for your family David M. Thoms, Michelle Tombro Tracy, tours at the KIA. For more on their history Thomas Turner, Dr. L. Marshall Washington, and friends while supporting emerging Jamie Williams, Perry Wolfe and programs of study, see the article on and experienced artists from our region. page 4. The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts In myriad ways, 2020 has been different I am also grateful for the devoted patrons is accredited by the from how we all imagined it would be, American Alliance of Museums and funders in our community and but the year has allowed us to focus beyond who have generously supported on each other and our mission in new the KIA in maintaining a solid financial and meaningful ways. As we continue to footing during these perilous times. Yes, offer virtual and in-person programs and we have made budget cuts and sacrifices, classes through the close of the year, we but our members and annual fund Publication of Sightlines is supported by: hope you and yours will stay safe and contributors value our work and have kept healthy. Be reminded of the reasons you us afloat financially. We are fortunate to have to be grateful this year. However you benefit from the incredible generosity decide to celebrate the winter season, of local, regional and national granting may your days be filled with peace, joy, Kirk Newman statues arrive at their new home institutions and foundations. Finally, I and art. would be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge In October, we saw the Kirk Newman bronze sculptures—“When Justice and Mercy Prevail, Children May Safely with gratitude a few of our patrons who Happy Holidays, Play”—return to Bronson Park. Kirk Newman served as Director of the KIA’s art school from 1949 to 1978. He remembered us in their last wills and originally designed the sculptures of Kalamazoo children to commemorate the United States bicentennial in 1976, bequests, including former board member according to his website. It was dedicated on July 4, 1976. and collector Paul Wang. David Curl thought to gift the KIA with works from Belinda Tate On the cover: Special thanks to Kirk Newman Art School Sculpture Department Head Brent Harris. He masterfully restored the M.P. Alladin, Trinidad and Tobago, 1919–1980 statues to their original glory. Las Palmas (The Palms), 1973, acrylic on canvas OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas Collection page 2 | winter 2021 winter 2021 | page 3 NEWS AND NOTES NEWS AND NOTES

Docents celebrate 40 years at the KIA! RUBY ANNIVERSARY celebration Docent (noun): a person who acts as a guide, typically on a voluntary basis, in a museum, art gallery, or zoo Honoring David Curl (1932–2020)

David Curl was a beloved member of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts community as an active Imagine a group of volunteers who Docent highlights include: Symposium, attending conferences in artist, a supporter of the institution, and an educator. As a dedicated Docent since 2008, spend months training and learning Milwaukee, Toronto, and Washington, » In 2004, Docents gave tours to over he helped train every Candidate Docent group in the history and techniques of photography. about art styles, tour techniques, our DC, among other locations. They 11,000 people for the exhibition Curl, a gifted photographer in his own right, sadly passed away in August 2020, but his legacy permanent collection, and current have even presented at the National Millet to Matisse: 19th- and 20th-Century will live on at the KIA. He generously donated the funds required to upgrade the technology exhibitions. They share a passion Docent Symposium; in 2015, Master Paintings in the KIA Auditorium in 2018, which has allowed countless visitors to enjoy talks, films, for helping others find a deeper Docent Emeritus Tracy Klinesteker live performances, symposia, and more. Several of his artworks are in the KIA permanent understanding and appreciation of » Back-to-back tours during Chihuly in and Docent Frank Wolf gave a collection, and in early 2020 he gifted works from his own personal collection to the KIA. His art through our exhibitions. They Kalamazoo (2005) presentation on KIA Touch Art Tours. friends in the Docent group, with whom he shared his knowledge and love of photography, have show a great willingness to learn, with Every year the KIA Docents join others » Over 135 group tours during Black honored him by making a donation to the KIA for the purchase of an original David Curl artwork an enthusiasm to share their love from the Muskegon Museum of Art Refractions: Highlights from the Studio to be added to the permanent collection. David, you will be missed. of learning with our visitors, adults and the Grand Rapids Art Museum for Museum in Harlem (2019) and children alike. Thanks to this the Docent Gathering. In 2020, the very special group of dedicated and MMA and GRAM Docents joined us for passionate volunteers, if you want an educational tour through David Park: A Retrospective, in which our Docents led gallery our galleries and exhibitions, the Docent is your guide. activities and tours. You might think this is a lot of The KIA currently has 42 amazing work, and you are correct; but active Docents and some of them for the Docents, this educational have been a part of the Docent ANNUAL FUND CAMPAIGN engagement gives them the corps for over 30 years! In a chance to pursue a love of learning, typical year, Docents give tours to It’s our 96th year, and now more than ever your individual gifts help promote introduces them to like-minded thousands of people of all ages. the creation and appreciation of the visual arts. We will continue to enhance friends, and allows them to meet Additionally, Docents tend to be our community’s quality of life by providing programming typically found only at and interact with hundreds of generous with their time, and much larger art institutions. people every year. many volunteer to help at other KIA We rely on many sources of donations to present exhibitions, unique programs, events, from Art Hop to the Holiday Membership: It all started in the 1960s when and art classes for all ages—many of them free of charge. Art Sale and more. a small group of volunteers gave Join, Renew, You make this possible! tours at the old Art Center. Then Fast forward to 2020, when in 1975, Peggy Strong created the COVID-19 canceled plans to Please consider donating this year, where your contribution is a true civic or Give investment, allowing us to remain a place for the entire community to be Gallery Greeters and would later celebrate their 40th year of service During a Touch Art Tour for the transformed, fulfilled, and inspired. teach courses on art history and to the KIA; but they did not lose visually impaired, Frank Wolf leads As a KIA member you enjoy: Jim Grossman and Lyda Stillwell various artistic mediums. In 1979, heart. Online art study groups visitors in a tactile experience of Memorial/Tribute gifts are wonderful ways to honor a family member or friend. enjoy a moment together in the » Member only discount opportunities a generous donation from The quickly formed, and they continued the sculpture Nathan Hale, 1890, KIA galleries during the West by Frederick William MacMonnies, » We also invite you to consider a donation to the KIA Kirk Newman Art School Michigan Docent Gathering. Upjohn Company brought in every to share their love and knowledge KIA permanent collection. FREE admission all year 5th-grade student from Kalamazoo of art with one another, anticipating Scholarship Fund. Each year we receive more requests for scholarship » Member only access, days, and Public Schools for a gallery tour new ways of docenting. assistance from financially struggling adults and families. events as well as preferred booking and a hands-on art project. This work inspired the beginning of Thank you to our wonderful Docents for all you do; and some for Kirk Newman Art School classes, Gifts are 100% tax-deductible the Docent Group, and they began a formal training program. day in the future, we will celebrate your Ruby Anniversary workshops, and camps (as no goods or services are provided in exchange) They learned about art processes from KIA/KNAS faculty together, as you so greatly deserve. and staff, and they trained We offer free and discounted programs, with educators from other Truly, the Docents are an scholarships, and kids 12 and under museums, colleges, and essential team at the KIA, and visit for free because of the support universities. we couldn’t accomplish our provided by our members. Most of all, as mission without them. a member you can be proud that you are Docents are not only local KIA Virtual Art Fair 2020: December 4–13 supporting a local treasure. ambassadors, they represent Please help us honor and We missed hosting all the wonderful artists and visitors this past the museum both regionally celebrate the Docents in We hope you will help us share the summer at the 69th Annual KIA Art Fair. However, we didn’t want and nationally. Starting in their 40th year! visual arts with everyone in the greater to miss the opportunity to showcase some favorite art fair artists 1981, KIA Docents began Kalamazoo community by joining, with the Virtual Art Fair 2020. Shop for that special holiday gift or attending the National Docent renewing, or giving the gift of membership. treat yourself by visiting kiarts.org.

Docent Emeritus Pat Wilcox reads a story to a school tour during the exhibition Fantastic Rumpus.

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Donald Willett, Red #1, 1968. Gift of Philip and Allene Dietrich, 1975/6.43 Soeki Irodikromo (Surinamese, 1945–), Untitled, 1986, oil on canvas, © OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas Collection. Gift of the Government of Suriname

Donald Willett Cultural Encounters: Art of Asian Diasporas October 24, 2020 – January 17, 2021 Born 1928 in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1945–Present Died 1985 Cultural Encounters: Art of Asian Diasporas in Latin America Tikashi Fukushima, Arturo Kubotta, Soeki Irodikromo,Wifredo Donald Willett was a dedicated abstractionist who, like many the innovative “Target” paintings by Jasper Johns and Kenneth and the Caribbean, 1945–Present is an exhibition of work Lam, Manabu Mabe, Tomie Ohtake, Kazuya Sakai, Venancio of his fellow artists, investigated the properties of paint and Noland from the mid-1950s into the 1960s. Both Johns and that features approximately 70 important works by Latin Shinki, Carlos Runcie Tanaka, Eduardo Tokeshi, and Kazuo experimented with various painting styles. A 1957 graduate of Noland challenged traditional notions of painting by conflating American and Caribbean artists of Asian heritage. The exhibition Wakabayashi among others. By considering the multiple the Cranbrook Academy of Art, a faculty member, and painting abstraction and representational imagery in minimalist demonstrates how these works emerged from cross-directional layers of cultural exchange, assimilation, acculturation, and department chair from 1964 to 1968, Willett was presumably compositions that visually pushed or extended one’s perception global dialogues between the artists, their Asian cultural transculturation, Cultural Encounters will enhance viewer’s well aware of the various modes of contemporary painting in of the picture plane. Like his counterparts, Willett investigates heritages, their Latin American or Caribbean identities, and understanding of the complex nature of modern Latin American the 1950s and 1960s. Certainly, Red #1, 1968, crosses the the spatial relationship between layers of circles and the their interaction with major artistic movements during the and Caribbean societies, while also exploring a topic that has boundaries of multiple mid-century explorations—geometric overall expanse of the canvas. Unlike Johns and Noland, Willett nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Inspired by the Art Museum long been underrepresented in art history. abstraction, hard-edge painting, op art, pop art, and post- embellishes his surface with light and shadows, unusual colors, of the Americas’ at the Organization of the painterly abstraction—in a skillful composition that lures viewers dimensionality, and realism to reference the “target or bulls-eye” American States’ permanent collection as its through layers of warm colors into the painting’s cool blue center. as both an object, and perhaps, a vessel of meaning. foundation, the exhibition features key works from their collection. The geometry of concentric circles is daunting technical Little is known about Willett’s personal biography. His work territory for many painters. Willett’s handling of the challenge is is found in only a few museum collections. Thus, the KIA is On display in the KIA’s main level galleries, exemplary. He further illustrated his skill by creating light and fortunate to have Red # 1, 1968. The work employs a skillful the exhibition includes paintings, works on CHINA shadows atop colors that simultaneously defy logic to convey a composition of circles, vibrant coloring, and a seemingly ordinary paper, sculptures, installations and mixed JAPAN INDIA MEXICO CUBA strong energy and tension between the outer red circle and the subject, thereby challenging viewers’ visual perceptions. media works by artists of the Asian diaspora, JAMAICA TRINIDAD which in this presentation include China, PANAMA AND TOBAGO vibrant red square background. Willett’s composition recalls GUYANA Indonesia, India, and Japan who are from SURINAME INDONESIA BRAZIL Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Guyana, Jamaica, PERU Mexico, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. Featured artists in the

exhibition include M.P. Alladin, Albert Chong, ARGENTINA

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Opening December 2020 2 Opening late November/December 2020 through March 7, 2021 Unveiling American Genius Modern Abstractions: This long-awaited reimagining of the KIA permanent collection The exhibition is organized into three sections: Forming is an exhibition that will shed light on the ingenuity and innovation U.S.–People and Place, Design & Purpose, and Rediscovering Japanese Prints from that arise from all corners of American society. Unveiling Abstraction. It boldly juxtaposes unexpected with familiar works the Joy and Timothy American Genius demonstrates our institution’s commitment from the KIA collection. Each section includes varying stories Light Collection to an increasingly more inclusive and diverse representation of the American experience, reflecting different notions of of American artists within our holdings. The exhibition will American identity. This thematic presentation weaves through The year 2020 marks the 10th explore key stories that women, African Americans, Latinx, Asian time, revealing how artists respond to the era and places in anniversary of the Joy Light Gallery Americans, the indigenous, and other artists have told about our which they live. It also demonstrates how art can communicate of Asian Art. Modern Abstractions: culture, art, and history. Within this unique long-term presentation, similar struggles and successes of each generation. This Japanese Prints from the Joy and Timothy viewers will see abstract and contemporary works, and reflections thoughtful selection of painting, sculpture, fine craft, and mixed Light Collection is a celebration of our on traditional genres of painting, such as landscapes, still lifes, media works moves beyond historical boundaries, illuminating benefactors’ contributions to the KIA’s and portraiture. the diversity and vibrancy of a nation. efforts to illuminate the significant 3 cultural impact of the Arts of East Asia. This unique exhibition examines modern Japanese printmakers of the 1970s and 1 1980s to reveal abstraction as a form of artistic experimentation and a means of global conversation. Well-known printmasters like Toko Shinoda, Iwami Reika, Tesuro Sawada, and Fumio Tomita will be on view, alongside other master printmakers. Drawn from the extensive holdings of the Joy and Timothy Light Collection, these works present avant garde, dynamic, and precise techniques in Japanese printmaking, while also shedding light on a unique area of their collection. This special selection of works on paper demonstrates how printmakers in Japan were on the pulse of—and even distinguished themselves within—global dialogues and happenings/practices surrounding Abstract Art.

1 Marcia Wood, Untitled (Fire), n.d., acrylic on canvas. Collection of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. Elisabeth Claire Lahti Fund purchase. 2 Janet Fish, June, 1999, oil on canvas. Collection of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. Gift of the Garside Family in memory of James W. and Thelma Garside. 3 Hung Liu, Lady Lotus, 2016, mixed media on panel. Collection of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. Joy Light East Asian Art Acquisition and Exhibition Fund purchase.

Working on the Unveiling American Genius“” project has been an exceptional opportunity to review the KIA’s collection and recontextualize some familiar, favorite, and new works As a special preview to this exhibition, the Michigan Festival of Sacred Music produced the Resonance Music Project. Each of for a community that truly appreciates our museum eight area musicians created two short compositions to works Fumio Tomita (Japanese, 1934–), Wave, n.d., color screenprint. that will be part of the Unveiling American Genius exhibit. and how art can truly enrich the lives of people from all walks of life. Courtesy of Joy and Timothy Light Listen at mfsm.us/resonance. — Rehema C. Barber Williams, Chief Curator, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts — page 8 | winter 2021 winter 2021 | page 9 EXHIBITIONS PROGRAMS

We are very happy to have many of your favorite programs back and, though offered virtually, you can expect the same great content, exciting speakers, and fun activities. It is easy to make a reservation by visiting kiarts.org, click RESERVE TICKETS on the home page, and follow the easy instructions. It only takes a minute and you can book numerous events at once!

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Tuesday, November 10 Thursday, November 12 Tuesday, December 8 Kano Masanobu (Japanese, ARTbreak ARTIST TALK: Albert Chong ARTbreak 1625–1694), Itsukushima Noon–1 pm 6:30–7:30 pm Noon–1 pm Shrine, n.d. ink, colors, and gold on paper. Rehema Barber, Chief Curator of the Albert Chong, one of the artists featured How to Trace Your Heritage Joy Light East Asia Acquisitions Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, discusses in Cultural Encounters: Art of Asian with Kim Sirmans and Exhibitions Fund, 2011.8.1 the upcoming permanent collection Diasporas in Latin America and the Sirmans will lead a exhibition, Unveiling American Genius. Caribbean, 1945–Present, will host a discussion about the Barber will highlight old favorites in new virtual talk about his artistic practice. January 30 – March 21, 2021 importance of discovering contexts and show a teaser of new works your family history. This in the permanent collection—soon to be Through the Years: Selections from the Asian Art Collection program is closely connected new favorites. Do not miss it! Through the Years: Selections from the Asian Art Collection is private donors and the Joy Light East Asian Art Acquisition and to our current exhibition, Cultural an expanded reflection on the KIA’s holdings of East Asian art Exhibition Fund. The growing collection of Asian art and the work Encounters. This show highlights how collected during the past 50 years. Featuring works that span of internationally renowned artists shown over the past 10 years artists have explored their personal ties from the seventh century BCE to present day, this exhibition has allowed the KIA to offer its patrons a fuller understanding to familial and cultural backgrounds. will highlight artworks that include Chinese painting, Japanese of the history of art and the world around them. This dynamic About Albert Chong During this ARTbreak, Sirmans will give printmaking, decorative arts, and contemporary ceramics. display invites viewers to explore a range of themes, subjects, you the tools needed to explore and learn more about your own heritage. Contemporary artists Arnold Chang and Sunghyun Moon, as and the innovative use of materials. Not only will the virtuosity Albert Chong is a contemporary artist working in well as renowned potter Shōji Hamada and Ukiyo-e printmaker of these artists be evident in the works on paper, ceramics, and the mediums of photography and installation art. Hiroshige Ando, are among other notable artists. sculpture, but it will also reveal the vast contributions of East His works have referenced personal mysticism, Asian Art to the fabric of art history. Tuesday, December 15 Through the Years will display some of the finest works in spirituality, race and identity, and numerous the museum’s collection, acquired through the generosity of other topics as well as celebrating the beauty of images and objects. His work in ARTbreak photography sometimes utilizes found, appropriated, and familial photographs, Noon–1 pm as well as many types of objects primarily of an organic nature that serve as Art21 “Beijing” February 6 – May 16, 2021 shamanic talismans and symbolic and referential signifiers. These works aspire to visually embed the narratives of race and ethnicity with the aesthetic whimsy Join us online to watch an episode from Framing Moments: Photography from the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts required to sublimate and catalyze meaning and references. These works use the newest season of Art21! “Amid Curated by internationally renowned made and collected, Willis reimagines documented pivotal moments of social analog and digital layering to create the sometimes dense, but usually simple, Beijing’s dizzying economic, urban, and author, curator, historian, and and explores what stories and moments change and conflict, revealing everyday life. arrangements that infer, relate, connect, and signify the complex nature of the cultural transformation, four artists photographer Dr. Deborah Willis, the KIA curators were drawn to by iconic struggles of the displaced peoples of the Asian and African diaspora. respond to the region’s relentless evolution with urgency and ambition, all Professor and Chair of the Department photographers such as Ansel Adams, Albert Chong was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1958. He immigrated to the USA the while contending with many centuries of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch Dawoud Bey, Matthew Brady, Sheila in 1977 and lived in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the School of Visual Arts of Chinese cultural traditions.” School of the Arts at New York University, Pree Bright, Barbara Crane, Imogen in New York City and graduate school at the University of California in San Diego. Framing Moments will explore what it Cunningham, Walker Evans, Dorethea He is presently professor of art at the University of Colorado in Boulder, where he means to make and collect photography. Lange, Danny Lyon, Barbara Morgan, teaches photography. Culled from the Kalamazoo Institute of Vik Muniz, Shirin Neshat, Gordon Parks, Arts’ distinctive photography collection, Irving Penn, P.H. Polk, Diego Rivera, Chong has received various awards for his work in the visual ranging from the mid-19th century to Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson, James arts. These include a 1992 individual artist fellowship from the the 20th century, extending to the 21st VanDerZee, Edward Weston, Minor White, National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Fellowship century, this presentation will explore Garry Winogrand, Ernest Withers, Marion in the field of photography in 1998. His work has contributed to how photographers create images that Post Walcott, among many others. the discourse around race, identity, and spirituality in art and is in preserve moments, people, and places. collections public, private, and corporate. He has been featured This seminal exhibition will feature in publications, books, and periodicals too numerous to mention. Willis states, “For the last 60 years, KIA approximately 125 photographs that curators attempted to build a unique juxtapose international and regional Albert Chong (Jamaican, b. 1958), My Jamaican Passport with inscribed copper mat variant with beads, 1990. collection based on the aesthetic, photographers who captured topographic Diego M. Rivera (Mexican, 1886–1957), Frida Silver gelatin print courtesy of the artist. political, and everyday moments of their images of iconic buildings, explored Kahlo and Emmy Lou Packard, Coyoacan, 1941. time.” By focusing on the times they were modern photographic aesthetics, and Permanent Collection Fund Purchase, 2003.24

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DECEMBER 2020 (cont.) JANUARY 2021 KIA LIBRARY REGISTER ON OUR NEW SITE! Thursday, December 17 Tuesday, January 19 ART It’s that beautiful time of year when the weather gets cooler and curling up with a good book sounds divine. Visit the Meader Fine Arts Library to find a great book to REGISTER Essential Arrival: Michigan’s ARTbreak enjoy this fall! Don’t forget that our monthly book discussions are back. Our discussions Indian Immigrants in the DETECTIVES Noon–1 pm are still on the third Wednesday of the month at 2 PM, held virtually on Zoom. All book Did you know we have a new system 21st Century Brent Harris SATURDAYS AT 10:30 AM discussions are FREE, and open to anyone that wants to participate. Check out our for booking classes, joining or 7 pm website for a list of upcoming book discussion titles. renewing memberships, and even Don’t miss this This virtual program is FREE, Watch this fascinating virtual film reserving tickets? It only takes rare opportunity and there are a limited screening of Essential Arrival: Michigan’s 60 seconds to register. Don’t wait. to hear from number of free art Indian Immigrants in the 21st Century. Book Discussions Register today! one of the supply kits available. For more information, contact » This film provides an in-depth look at leading sculptors THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 2 PM Visit kiarts.org [email protected]. Indian immigrants and their contribution in Michigan, if » Click the RESERVE/REGISTER to the U.S. For many, surprisingly little is not globally. Sought November 18, 2020 – Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet November 14, 2020 button known about who Indian immigrants are, after for his highly specialized work in and the Painting of the Water Lilies by Ross King » Once redirected to the new page, what values drive them, and what they clay, bronze, and other metals, Harris Join Arty Mouse, Art Detective, as Discussion leader: Denise Lisecki click on the word REGISTER in the have to contribute to the contemporary will discuss his work, inspiration, and he reads Dancing Through Fields of upper right American landscape and complicated artistic process. He has been working in Color, a children’s book about Helen Claude Monet is perhaps the world’s most beloved artist, and globalized world. Interviewing experts sculpture for over 20 years, and worked Frankenthaler. Take a look at art and among all his creations, the paintings of the water lilies in » Simply complete your contact from fields like law, sociology, and public on collections in New York, Chicago, and be guided through a project. his garden at Giverny are most famous. Monet intended the details. (If you receive member, policy, in addition to many families of London. He serves as the Sculpture Chair water lilies to provide “an asylum of peaceful meditation.” event, or class emails, please use Indian immigrants in Michigan, this film at the Kirk Newman Art School. December 12, 2020 Yet, as Ross King reveals in his magisterial chronicle of both that email to register.) paints a broad and essential picture of artist and masterpiece, these beautiful canvases belie the Arty Mouse, Art Detective, is saying » THAT’S IT! You’re registered. Indian Americans. intense frustration Monet experienced in trying to capture the goodbye to autumn and hello to Tuesday, January 26 fugitive effects of light, water, and color. They also reflect the MEMBERS: Once you have Afterwards, there will be a Q&A with the winter! Arty will guide the group terrible personal torments Monet suffered in the last dozen registered online, you have access amazing film director, Dr. Arifa Javed. ARTbreak through looking at art and making years of his life. —from publisher to booking classes early with the “We recognize America as a ‘nation of Noon–1 pm a winter craft inspired by the book immigrants,’ but that heritage is not just special members’ rate, which will Printmaking and Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter by a matter of history: it continues to be automatically be applied at checkout. Pandemic with Kenard Pak. built today.” December 16, 2020 – Interpreter of Maladies Deb Mattson by Jhumpa Lahiri January 9, 2021 Deborah Discussion leader: to be announced Art School Staff What kinds of magic can you create Mattson, artist Denise Lisiecki, Director JANUARY 2021 and Printmaking with yarn? Join Arty Mouse, Art Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, this stunning debut Brian Hirt, Ceramics Chair Department Chair at Detective, as he reads the story collection unerring charts the emotional journeys of Mary Whalen, Photography & Tuesday, January 12 the Kirk Newman Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett, and characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and Digital Media Chair then create a yarn weaving using generations. In stories that travel from India to America Art School, will speak on a very timely Register online at kiarts.org. If you ARTbreak upcycled materials. and back again, Lahiri speaks with universal eloquence to topic: Printmaking and Pandemic. This need assistance, call 269-349-7775 Noon–1 pm everyone who has ever felt like a foreigner. —from publisher

fascinating ARTbreak will explore how © Liana Miuccio ext 3101. We accept Visa, Mastercard, The Anagama Kiln with Julie Devers printmakers past and present have Discover, and American Express. addressed the issues Are you familiar with the unique Kirk of public health and January 20, 2021 – The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Register today to secure your place Newman Art School Anagama kiln? It is a pandemics. Mattson has Inheritance by Edmund de Waal as capacity is limited in our popular wood fire kiln measuring more than 40 feet been printmaking for over courses. Have peace of mind during in length! This process dates back to the Discussion leader: Jessica Sundstrom 20 years and often turns these unprecedented times. You can early fifth century, and you will find these her prints into books. She Edmund de Waal is a world-famous ceramicist. Having spent cancel up to 14 days before the class kilns a rarity not only in our region, but also holds an MFA in printmaking thirty years making beautiful pots―which are then sold, begins and receive a full refund. the nation. Join Julie Devers, Kirk Newman collected, and handed on―he has a particular sense of the from Kendall College of Art and We have taken extra precautions with Art School Ceramics Instructor since 2001 secret lives of objects. When he inherited a collection of Design and runs the studio of increased frequency of cleaning, hand and owner of Newgrange Pottery, as she 264 tiny Japanese wood and ivory carvings, called netsuke, Gun Plain Press. sanitizer is available throughout the explains the process and the aesthetic of he wanted to know who had touched and held them, and how school, and MASKS ARE REQUIRED. wood firing. Devers will present historical the collection had managed to survive. —from publisher context and celebrate the KNAS ceramics Please visit kiarts.org for a full list program, not to mention the Anagama of school policies and to register. kiln’s 20th anniversary.

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To keep our students and staff safe, we have instituted new safety protocols. All persons entering the KIA agree to wear a mask at all Look for one-day workshops highlighted in yellow. times, maintain 6 feet physical distancing, undergo a simple pre-screening process when entering the building, and use hand sanitizer before entering studios. Studios are sanitized after each class. indicates ONLINE ZOOM CLASS. NEW: Open studio time is available ONLY during extended classroom hours.

Mud in the Morning (314) Exploring Raku/Alternative Firing (319) Independent Study/Open Studio (323) CREATIVE WRITING Writing Fiction (618) Member Registration Opens: November 9 Julie Devers, Studio 5 Brian Hirt, Studio 5 Brian Hirt, Studio 5 Elissa Cahn, Online with Zoom Pro Nonmember Registration Opens: November 16 Wednesdays, January 13 – March 31 Wednesdays, January 13 – March 31 Mondays, January 11 – March 29 One-on-One Writing Critique Thursdays, January 14 – April 1 9 am–12:30 pm/12 weeks 1–4:30 pm/12 weeks 5:30–9 pm/12 weeks with Elissa Cahn (619) 6:30–9 pm/12 weeks Winter Term Scholarship Application Deadline: $370/Members: $350 $370/Members: $350 $370/Members $350 15 minute verbal critique $240/Members: $220 December 1 Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics Prerequisite: The Potter’s Wheel Prerequisite: Permission of the plus written comments - $40 The focus of this class will be on writing Winter Term Begins: January 9, 2021 Start the day with this general ceramics or equivalent instructor required Elissa Cahn is offering manuscript review flash fiction, also known as micro fiction class for all levels of clay experience. Wheel- Warm up by the winter Raku fire! Explore For the independent and somewhat for projects five pages or fewer. The review or short-short stories. Each student will PLEASE REGISTER AND CHECK THE CLASS throwing techniques are emphasized, but the possibilities of Raku firing as well as skilled ceramist wishing to pursue may include feedback on aspects of fiction submit a short piece for workshop every SCHEDULE FOR SPECIFIC START DATES: intermediate and advanced students may alternative firings, such as Blackware, ceramic goals. Group critiques and such as plot, conflict, point of view, setting, week, and we’ll workshop “round robin” KIARTS.ORG explore independent goals and interests. Horsehair, Saggar, Obvara, and “Naked” discussions will be required. dialogue, voice/tone, scene, and technical style with an eye toward the fundamental Forming, decorating, firing, and discussion Raku. The emphasis is on glazing, firing, concerns like sentence structure. Email elements of fiction: plot/structure, conflict/ will be covered. and post-firing techniques. Prepare to be Hot Date Night: Ceramics (324) your work to [email protected] for tension, point of view, setting, dialogue, CERAMICS dazzled by the results as the class masters Tom Richards and Julie Devers, Studios 3 and 5 comments via Microsoft Word. The review character, voice, and scene. We will also Beginning Potter’s Wheel this type of firing. Friday, February 12 can be by phone or Zoom call and includes discuss readings and devote some class Both sections, Studio 5 6:30–9:30 pm/One day follow-up questions and brainstorming. time to writing exercises as time allows. One-on-One Critique in Ceramics Julia Brown Surface Treatments for $95 per couple/Members: $75 per couple Whether you’re preparing your manuscript Join Brian in a fifteen or thirty-minute Wednesdays, January 13 – March 31 (315) Red Earthenware (320) Bring your special someone and for submission or writing just for fun, discussion and critique of your work. 5:30–9 pm/12 weeks Amy Hudson, Studio 7 experience working on the potter’s wheel. manuscript review can help you gain DRAWING Please have a few pieces ready to show OR Thursdays, January 14 – April 1 We’ll turn up the heat with a Raku firing a clearer sense of direction in order to and discuss. A critical look at your work is Thursdays, January 14 – April 1 (316) 9 am–12:30 pm/12 weeks that will produce a piece to take home. It’s elevate your work. One-on-One Critique of Drawings, important for growth as an artist. Take a 1–4:30/12 weeks $370/Members: $350 the perfect opportunity to have creative Pastels, or Paintings look at what works and what doesn’t work $370/Members: $350 Prerequisite: Beginning Potter’s Wheel time together, while learning something Experience a one-on-one critique of your in a nurturing and supportive discussion. Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics or equivalent new. Couples should their own beverages, Creative Writing/ drawings, pastels, or paintings with Denise Taking a close look at your work is always This class would be beneficial for This class will be beneficial to students snacks, apron, or towel. Writing Poetry (616) Lisiecki, Director of the Kirk Newman Art helpful for moving forward as is articulating students who are new to the potter’s who are new to earthenware or those Scott Bade, Online with Zoom Pro School and Chair of the 2-D Department. your intent. wheel and would like to develop their who want to try something new with their Anagama Online (325) Tuesdays, January 12 – March 30 Denise will share her knowledge and (300) 15 minutes - $15 throwing skills. Students will be given work. Learn different ways to incorporate Julie Devers, Online with Zoom Pro 6:30–9 pm/12 weeks expertise along with constructive criticism (301) 30 minutes - $30 instruction for centering clay on the wheel. textures and continue to explore various January 14, February 4, February 18, $240/Members: $220 and suggestions. Time may be available to Through demonstrations and discussion, surface treatments with colored slips and and March 4 Discover how language and imagination ask technical questions. Denise’s website students will be taught basic forms such terra sigilata. 1–2 pm/4 weeks come together to create the literary arts is deniselisiecki.com. Beginning Ceramics as cylinders, cups, bowls, and plates. $300/Members: $280 we are so passionate about. We will read, Time slots include: Both sections, Studio 7 Instruction on using the studio glazes and Anagama (321) This class is great for veterans of wood write, and discuss contemporary poetry, 10 am – Monday, Wednesday, or Thursday Brian Hirt (312) slips will highlight your thrown pots. Julie Devers, Studio 5 firing, allowing students to work from and a little prose, in a range of styles. 2 pm – Monday, Wednesday, or Thursday Tuesdays, January 12 – March 30 Thursdays, January 14 – April 1 home. Discuss the aesthetics of our Classes will be conducted in a workshop (900) 15 minutes - $15 5:30–9 pm/12 weeks The Potter’s Wheel: 5:30–9 pm/12 weeks wood-fire kiln, loading, glazing, and the style with the primary focus of the class (901) 30 minutes - $30 OR Intermediate/Advanced $370/Members: $350 firing schedule. Then, in May, join the around discussion of one another’s writing. Courtney Nelson (313) Both sections, Studio 5 Prerequisite: The Potter’s Wheel in-person Anagama for a four-day firing of Additional activities may include in-class Thursdays, January 14 – April 1 Tom Richards (317) or equivalent the KIA Anagama kiln. Wood firing requires writing activities. Drawing Basics 1–4:30 pm/12 weeks Tuesdays, January 12 – March 30 Cast fate to the fire and discover the on-site participation to all aspects of the David Yeider, Studio 4 (902) $370/Members: $350 1–4:30 pm/12 weeks wonderful possibilities of wood-fired process: wood prep, kiln loading, firing, Writing Memoir (617) Tuesdays, January 12 – March 30 A variety of clay-forming techniques will be OR ceramics. Share Julie’s in-depth knowledge and unloading. The results are unique Joseph Gross, Online with Zoom Pro 1-3:30 pm/12 weeks explored in this class. Coiling, pinching, Tom Richards (318) of forming pots and sculpture for the pots touched by flame and ash, and an Mondays, January 11 – March 29 OR and slab-building will be demonstrated, Tuesdays, January 12 – March 30 KIA’s Japanese style kiln. The class will unforgettable communal experience. 6:30–9 pm/12 weeks Deb Mattson, Online with Zoom Pro (903) along with an introduction to the wheel. 5:30–9 pm/12 weeks culminate with a four-day firing in early Glazes are provided; clay and bisque firing $240/Members: $220 Wednesdays, January 13 – March 31 Students will also learn about glazing $370/Members: $350 May. This is one of our most enlightening are not included. Explore the process of creating a 6:30–9 pm/12 weeks and glazes. Cone 10 stoneware and Raku Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics, and challenging clay classes offered. literary memoir from real memories and $240/Members: $220 firings are available. Beginning Potter’s Wheel experiences. Through the examination of Students will pick up the pencil and learn Through demonstration and discussion, Intermediate Hand-Building (322) work by great contemporary artists and basic drawing techniques: observational this hands-on class will refine and further Susan McHenry, Studio 7 direct feedback from fellow writers, we will line drawing, composition and value, with a develop wheel-throwing skills. Trimming Wednesdays, January 13 – March 31 consider form, tone, strategies, and other focus on black & white media. Please bring and wall development will be emphasized, 5:30–9 pm/12 weeks tools to enrich our attempts at personal a newsprint pad and drawing pad 18"x24"; while creating bowls, bottle and vase $370/Members: $350 storytelling in the written word. Participants and pencil types in 2H, HB, 2B, 6B. forms, teapots, sectional thrown pieces, Prerequisite: Beginning Ceramics should be ready to share their work with lidded forms, and throwing off the hump. Students can further enhance hand- others and respond in kind with thoughtful preparation. The instructor will provide Cone 10 stoneware, porcelain, and Raku building skills as we explore advanced An email firings will be offered. techniques for constructing complex reading materials as handouts. forms such as jars, pitchers, and stacked message will be vessels. Demonstrations will include sent confirming your surface decoration techniques utilizing class registration(s), colored slips, inlay, sgraffito, and resists. including a supply list and contact details, if applicable.

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Drawing Basics II (904) Intro to Colored Pencil (906) PAINTING FIBER Plying (517) David Yeider, Studio 4 Karen Matson, Multipurpose Emily Wohlscheid, Online with Zoom Pro Thursdays, January 14 – April 1 Saturday, January 16 Beginning Watercolor (910) One-on-One Critique in Fiber Wednesdays, January 13 – February 10 1–3:30 pm/12 weeks 9 am–4pm /One day Susan Badger, Online with Zoom Pro What would Gretchen do? Experience a 10–11:30 am/5 weeks $240/Members: $220 $75/Members: $55 Thursdays, January 14 – April 1 one-on-one critique of your fiber art with $80/Members: $60 Prerequisite: Beginning Drawing This fun and instructive workshop will 1–3:30 pm/12 weeks Gretchen Huggett. Gretchen will share This in-depth demonstration-style virtual or equivalent teach you entry-level techniques and $240/Members: $220 her knowledge and expertise along with class will start by reviewing various ways Experience expressive communication practices with using waxed-based colored We will focus on the absolute basics of constructive criticism and suggestions. Time 2- and 3-ply yarns can be created. We using fundamental skills to explore visual pencils. The primary focus will be on watercolor, and students will gain valuable may be available to ask technical questions. will also create cabled and crepe yarns interpretation with an emphasis on variety basic skills of burnishing, blending, tonal information that allows them to proceed in Gretchen’s email is [email protected] before exploring some of their variations. and innovation. An array of media will be rendering, color mixing, and working watercolor with the confidence that comes (510) 15 minutes – $15 Other multi-ply effect yarn techniques like examined each class session with a variety with solvents to cover large areas with from meaningful instruction. (511) 30 minutes – $30 boucle, auto-wrap, and coil yarns may also of subject matter. Study mark-making, dramatic, intense colors and blends! be covered. compositional plotting, planar value, A basic supply kit will be available for Watercolor with Expression light and shadow analysis, and further purchase ($15) at the beginning of class. Susan Badger, Online with Zoom Pro One-on-One Critique in Dyeing Intro to the Drop Spindle (518) investigate the principles and elements of Tuesdays, January 12 – March 30 (911) What would Rita do? Experience a one- Emily Wohlscheid, Online with Zoom Pro art and design. Painting with Colored Pencils 6:30–9 pm/12 weeks on-one critique with Rita Petteys. Subject Wednesday, February 17 and Solvents (907) OR matter includes several techniques related 10 am – 12:30 pm/One day Soft Pastels/Oil Pastel (905) Karen Matson, Multipurpose Susan Badger, Studio 2 to dyeing with acid dyes and procion MX $40/Members: $20 Mary Kenney, Online with Zoom Pro Saturday, February 20 Wednesdays, January 13 – March 31 (912) fiber reactive dyes; dyeing yarn, fiber, Whether spinning has just piqued your Tuesdays, January 12 – March 30 9 am–4pm/One day 1–3:30 pm/12 weeks fabric, and clothing; color theory and color interest or you’ve mastered the wheel and 6:30–9 pm/12 weeks $75/Members: $55 $240/Members: $220 mixing; and fiber arts techniques related to want something more portable, the drop $240/Members: $220 Love colored pencils but not the tedious, Prerequisite: Watercolor experience Arashi Shobori, Itajime Shibori, and Ori Nui spindle offers a simple, affordable, and Prerequisite: Beginning Drawing time-consuming process? Learn how Develop and express your creativity with Shibori. Topics related to Natural Dyeing compact tool for creating handspun yarn. or equivalent to create painterly effects quickly using techniques including wet into wet, color are not available. In addition to the basics of spinning and Experience the versatile and vibrant Prismacolor Art Stix and solvents! You'll mingling, and layered transparent washes. Oil and Acrylic Painting (512) 15 minutes – $15 plying on a drop spindle, students will be medium of soft pastels. Explore oil be able to cover large areas of illustration Composition, simplification of shape, color, Kenneth Freed, Studio 6 (513) 30 minutes – $30 introduced to how weight, size, and design pastels, a different medium that is not board with dramatic intense colors…in just and value will also be explored. Mondays, January 11–March 29 (915) all have an impact on choosing a spindle. quite a soft pastel, not quite oil paint, and minutes! Photo references will be available 6:30–9 pm/12 weeks not quite a crayon. Experiment with both to choose as subjects. Illustration board and Enjoying Transparent Watercolor (913) OR Floor Loom Weaving Spinning (519) or your choice. Suitable for both beginners a colored pencil kit ($12) will be available Don Marek, Studio 2 Wednesdays, January 13–March 31 (916) Gretchen Huggett, Weaving Studio Emily Wohlscheid, Weaving Studio and advanced students, this course will for purchase at the beginning of class. Thursdays, January 14 – March 25 1–3:30 pm/12 weeks Thursdays, January 14 – March 25 Wednesdays, February 24 – March 24 cover technique, color, value, composition, 1:30–4:30 pm/11 weeks $240/Members: $220 1–4:30 pm/11 weeks (514) 9 am–11:30 am/5 weeks and more. Advanced Practices with $260/Members: $240 Prerequisite: Beginning Drawing OR $155/Members: $135 Colored Pencils (908) Prerequisite: Beginning Drawing Explore oil or acrylic painting from ala 5:30–9 pm/11 weeks (515) Beginners will learn the basics including Karen Matson, Multipurpose Enjoy painting looser watercolors with prima painting to layered techniques $330/Members: $310 spinning, plying, and setting their finished Saturday, March 27 weekly demonstrations exemplifying wet-in- involving underpainting and overpainting. Learn to weave using four- and eight- yarns. Intermediate/advanced students 9 am-4pm /One day wet, layering, clear values, refined shapes, All styles, directions, and content shaft floor looms with process and will further their practice through $70/Members: $50 rich colors, and compositional techniques. encouraged. Bring whatever painting design (beginner), new patterns and demonstrations and exercises to aid Prerequisite: Beginning Colored Pencil Bring watercolor materials to the first class. materials you have. techniques (advanced), exploring in consistency, ply structure, custom Dust off those pencils and spend a day areas of personal interest. Weaving blending, and more. Wheels may be refreshing skills or challenging new ones. Intermediate and Advanced Watercolor Encaustics Techniques; design software is available to learn reserved at the time of registration. All Students may complete a drawing already (914) Photo Transfers & Painting (813) structure and design principles. materials provided. in progress, start a new one, or just Denise Lisiecki, Studio 2 Mary Whalen, Studio 6 reconnect with fellow colored pencil artists. Tuesdays, January 12 – March 30 Saturdays, February 6–27 Rug Hooking – Beginning and A supply list will be sent upon registration. 10 am–12:30 pm/12 weeks 1–4:30 pm/4 weeks Continuing Study (516) $240/Members: $220 $195/Members: $175 Martha Rosenfeld, Studio 2 Chase Away the Winter Blues: Prerequisite: Watercolor experience Learn the basics of working with this Thursdays, January 14 – March 18 Drawing, Painting or Photographing Experienced painters will explore the next ancient process. The encaustic medium 6:30–9 pm/10 weeks in the Greenhouse (909) level by concentrating on composition, will be used in combination with $250/Members: $230 Denise Lisiecki & Mary Whalen, color and subject matter. Painters will photographs, photo transfers, and collage This course is for beginners as well as An email River Street Flowerland be individually guided. Please bring your techniques. Learn various techniques for those with some rug hooking experience. message will be Saturday, March 6 materials and subject matter to class. adding color. Use layering of color with Beginners will make a hand-hooked rug sent confirming your 12:30–4 pm/One day pigment sticks and the encaustic medium using a rug frame and wool fabric. Get an $70/Members: $50 to create transparency and depth to the overview of methods and create a small class registration(s), Allay the winter blues by drawing, painting, imagery. Equipment, paint, medium, and hooked mat. Bring a tote bag and scissors including a supply list or photographing beautiful plants and brushes will be supplied for the class. to the first class; other tools and materials and contact details, flowers in River Street Flowerland’s will be provided. Continuing students if applicable. greenhouse. Individual instruction will be will design their own original hooked rug provided. Bring materials of your choice to pattern, with guidance from the instructor. create your beautiful images. Linen for pattern making and a limited amount of wool for hooking are included.

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GLASS Independent Study Lapidary Basics & Beyond (705) Layering Metals (709) Keum-Boo (713) Photoshop/Advanced Techniques I Amelia Falk Wagner, Jewelry Studio (701) Dawn Coeur, Jewelry Studio Emily Wohlscheid, Online with Zoom Pro Lauren Tripp, Online with Zoom Pro (804) Beginning Fused Glass (450) Thursdays, January 14 – March 25 Wednesdays, January 13 – March 24 Wednesdays, January 13 – 27 Saturday, March 13 Kelly Walkotten, Online with Zoom Pro Mike Ouding, Studio 6 6–9 pm/11 weeks 6:30–9 pm /11 weeks 1–2:30 pm, 3 weeks 11 am–12:30 pm/One day Thursdays, January 28 – February 11 Thursdays, January 14 – March 18 OR $265/Members: $245 $55/Members: $35 $85/Members: $65 6–8 pm/3 weeks 6:30 – 9 pm/10 weeks Danny Giancaspro, Jewelry Studio (702) Beginning students will be introduced Utilizing layers in jewelry and metal- Keum-Boo is a technique used to apply $65/Members: $45 $250/Members: $230 Saturdays, January 16 – March 27 to cutting, grinding, and polishing stone smithing creates flexibility to create thin sheets of gold to silver. Learn how to Prerequisite: A basic knowledge of Students will learn how to select, cut, and 11 am–2 pm/11 weeks slabs into a variety of shapes, including impactful designs. In this demonstration- apply Keum-Boo foil to a fine silver sheet Photoshop or Lightroom. Photoshop grind glass while designing unique pieces $295/Members: $275 calibrated and free-form cabochons. style class, explore different techniques using easily accessible household items. installed on your computer. of art. Projects will include sun catchers, Prerequisite: Beginning Jewelry or Students with previous lapidary experience for layering in our designs, including other Deadline for sign-up is March 1. Supply kits Take photo editing to the next level by nightlights, and a small slumped bowl. All equivalent can practice and refine their technique. materials, mixed metals, texture, piercing, will be shipped the week of March 7. Tools learning how to retouch and enhance materials and tools included. Additional This self-directed course provides There will be no open studio time outside rivets, and soldering. Students will be student must provide: solid surface hot a portrait, still life, or landscape. Learn materials available for purchase as needed. experienced students with studio access class hours. Some materials provided with presented with visual inspiration each plate, two glass jars, tweezers, and an to blur the background, color correct, and the guidance and supervision of additional available for purchase. week with guidance for creating their own agate burnisher. understand the use of layers, and more. Bowl and Sun Catcher Kiln-Fused Glass an instructor. Students will be provided layered designs. (451) demonstrations and individual support Silver Etching (706) Photoshop/Advanced Techniques II Linda Kekic, Studio 6 to see past projects to completion and Linda Kekic, Jewelry Studio Designing with Tabs (710) (805) Saturday, March 13 work through new designs. There will be Friday, January 22 Emily Wohlscheid, Online with Zoom Pro PHOTOGRAPHY & DIGITAL MEDIA Kelly Walkotten, Online with Zoom Pro 12–5 pm/One day no open studio time except during your 1–4 pm/One day Wednesdays, February 10 – 24 Thursdays, March 4–18 $75/Members $55 extended class hours. Some materials $65/Members: $45 1–2:30 pm, 3 weeks One-on-One Critique in Photography 6–8 pm/3 weeks Explore kiln-fused glass art! Make a 5” are provided with additional materials Learn how to etch sterling silver and $55/Members: $35 Mary Whalen is offering a portfolio/project $65/Members: $45 or 4”x6” slumped bowl and a window available for purchase. transfer designs to be etched on sterling Tabs are a versatile and accessible critique with a creative direction. You will Prerequisite: A basic knowledge of hanging sun catcher using beautiful silver. Etchings may then be highlighted technique in jewelry and metalsmithing. In submit your portfolio of 10-24 images for Photoshop or Lightroom. Photoshop transparent and opaque glass, frit, confetti Casting (703) with a patina. From the pieces you create, this demonstration-style class, students review prior to the session. These can be installed on your computer. and stringer. Learn to cut, grind saw, Amelia Falk Wagner, Jewelry Studio you can make earrings and/or a pendant. will be guided through several fabrication certain images, a project idea, or a series Learn to change backgrounds, use design and create. All materials and tools Tuesdays, January 12 – March 23 All tools and materials will be provided with methods for creating tabs without the use for a variety of criteria. The photographic selective color, and add text with effects. included. Additional materials available for 6–9 pm/11 weeks additional materials available for purchase. for a torch. Tab applications will include technique, printing technique, content Learn about overlays and “what, when, and purchase as needed. $305/Members: $285 stone settings, hollow forms, and simple overview, subject matter, series continuity, how” to sharpen, adding to a strong, skilled Prerequisite: Beginning Jewelry or Stacking Rings (707) hinges. Students will be presented with and concept clarity are topics we can Photoshop toolkit. equivalent/basic finishing skills Linda Kekic, Jewelry Studio visual inspiration each week with guidance discuss together and answer questions you Explore the art of casting by bringing your Friday, February 19 for designing their own works utilizing tabs. may have about your work. Photoshop/Advanced Techniques III JEWELRY AND METAL design process to the next level and the 1–4 pm/One day (800) 15 minutes – $15 (806) avenues of casting. Experience different $60/Members: $40 Bezels (711) (801) 30 minutes – $30 Kelly Walkotten, Online with Zoom Pro Beginning and Intermediate Jewelry types of wax and natural substances used Prerequisite: Beginning Jewelry or equivalent Lauren Tripp, Online with Zoom Pro Thursdays, March 11–25 (700) in lost wax casting and explore free form Texture, size, and solder three stacking Thursdays, January 14 – February 18 10 am–noon/3 weeks Danny Giancaspro, Jewelry Studio casting techniques. There will be no open rings! Make one ring with sterling silver 10:30 am–12 pm, 6 weeks Fundamentals of Photography $65/Members: $45 Mondays, January 11 – March 22 studio time except during your extended and two with copper, brass, or bronze. You $90/Members: $70 Corinne Satterlee, Online with Zoom Pro Prerequisite: A basic knowledge of 5–8 pm/11 weeks class hours. Bronze is provided for casting will learn how to solder a small bezel cup Join Lauren in this demo-style class to Tuesdays, January 12 – February 16 (802) Photoshop or Lightroom. Photoshop $295/Members: $275 with sterling silver available for purchase. on one stacking ring and bezel set with a go over the dos and don’ts of the elusive 10–11 am/6 weeks installed on your computer. Learn the basics of handcrafting jewelry. small stone. Materials will be provided with bezel. This class is for anyone looking OR In this final installment of advanced Through demonstrations and discussions, Piercing, Patina, & Pattern (704) additional materials available for purchase. for everything from tips to improve their Wednesdays, February 17 – March 24 (803) Photoshop techniques, explore various become familiar with layout, piercing, filing, Emily Wohlscheid, Jewelry Studio bezels, advice for strange shapes, or 7–8 pm/6 weeks ways to enhance photos creating a unique texturing, basic roller embossing, soldering, Wednesdays, March 3–24 PMC – Precious Metal Clay/Fine Silver, inspiration. Students can work along $70/Members: $50 personal style. The instructor will share her forming, finishing, and polishing. With 12–2:30pm/4 weeks Sterling Silver, and Bronze (708) with the demos or follow along and take Take control of photography! Corinne will expertise about how to output for print on practice, gain knowledge and confidence in $115/Members: $95 Linda Kekic, Jewelry Studio advantage of the re-watch to practice help students go beyond the camera’s Auto inkjet papers to best suit your images. jewelry-making skills. There will be no open Learn the basics of sawing and finishing Friday, March 19 independently. Demonstrations will be mode and master the fundamentals of studio time except during your extended for beginners with helpful tips and 12–4 pm/One day catered to students’ needs/questions. photography. Basic photographic concepts class hours. All materials provided with upgrade recommendations for more $100/Members: $80 on exposure control and composition are additional available for purchase. advanced students. Exciting surface Explore metal clay and make a variety of Earring Geometry (712) explored, helping you to communicate your design techniques and the use of our beautiful jewelry pieces. Create several Emily Wohlscheid, Online with Zoom Pro unique voice with images. Mastering the facilities offer advantages whether you are items including earrings, pendants, beads, Friday, February 12 technical functions of the camera creates a beginner or need a studio for inspiration. charms, and embellishments that will be 6–7pm, One day better photos. Understanding camera An email There will be no open studio time outside kiln fired. Learn how to set a small Cubic $35/Members: $15 controls can change everything in your message will be class hours. Some materials provided with Zirconia in the clay. All materials will be This workshop utilizes minimal tools and picture making. sent confirming your additional available for purchase. provided with additional available for jewelry wire to create simple and impactful class registration(s), purchase. designs. Students will be introduced to including a supply list wire working to create geometric hoops, custom earwires, and dangling focals using and contact details, basic plier sets. Incorporating beads and if applicable. found objects will also be covered.

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Intro to Lightroom (807) Alternative Photo Process/Cyanotypes PRINTMAKING Screen Printing Basics (755) Simple Bookmaking (758) Printmaking at Home (759) Mary Whalen, Online with Zoom Pro (811) Caitlyn Pelfresne, Print Studio Deborah Mattson, Online with Zoom Pro Deborah Mattson, Online with Zoom Pro Mondays, February 1–22 Mary Whalen, Darkroom and Computer Lab Beginning Printmaking Tuesdays, February 23 – March 30 Tuesdays, January 12 – March 30 Thursday, January 14 – April 1 7–8:30 pm/4 weeks Saturdays, January 16–30 Deborah Mattson, Print Studio 5:30–9 pm/6 weeks 1–3pm/12 weeks 1–3 pm, 12 weeks $70/Members: $50 1–4 pm/3 weeks Wednesdays, January 13 – March 31 (750) $145/Members: $125 $200/Members: $180 $200/Members: $180 Prerequisite: Adobe Lightroom software $135/Members: $115 1–4:30 pm/12 weeks Learn the basics of screen-printing or You will learn a variety of simple You will learn a variety of printmaking installed on your computer Prerequisite: A basic knowledge of OR develop your skills into multilayer prints. bookmaking techniques including single- techniques that can be done at home Learn to import images from a memory Photoshop is helpful. Thursdays, January 14 – April 1 (751) Sessions include small group instruction sheet folded forms and simple stitched using supplies you may already have at card, camera, or folder into the Lightroom Start off coating paper with cyanotype 5:30–9 pm/12 weeks and plenty of work-time in the studio. and bound books. Imagine being able hand. Projects will include stamping, catalog to create keywords and ratings. chemistry and making photograms using $265/Members: $245 You can use paper or fabric to make your to make your own custom journals and eraser carving, gel plates, kitchen Use the basic photo adjustment tools to botanicals and objects. Move to the Survey printmaking methods and own prints, cards, posters, or gifts. Bring sketchbooks! A supply list will be sent lithography, and more. Have fun using your enhance your images. Leave this class computer lab to generate digital negatives techniques exploring the history and drawings, photos, works-in-progress, or when you register. Most of the supplies printmaking skills to enhance all kinds knowing a logical workflow from import to print on our freshly coated cyanotype practice of printmaking. Projects range ideas to the first class. will be simple household tools and some of surfaces! You will be sent a supply list into Lightroom to export for the web, paper. This digital negative-making from carving stamps and blocks to intaglio recycled materials. when you register for the class. email, or print. technique can be used for most alternative and simple lithography. Students will be Block Printing (756) printing processes, blending digital able to focus on one or more favorite Trevor Grabill, Print Studio Introduction to Lighting (808) technology with hands-on printing. methods to complete printmaking projects Mondays, January 11 – March 29 Amelia Falk Wagner, Online with Zoom Pro of their choice. 5:30–9 pm/12 weeks Wednesdays, February 3 – March 10 Alternative Photo Process/ $265/Members: $245 6:30–8 pm/6 weeks Gum Bichromate (812) Intermediate Printmaking Printing carved blocks is one of the VISITING ARTIST DANIELLE WYCKOFF $90/Members: $70 Dave Jones, Darkroom and Computer Lab Deborah Mattson, Print Studio oldest, simplest, and most versatile tools Danielle Wyckoff is an Associate Professor of Drawing and Printmaking at Kendall Prerequisite: A camera capable of manual Thursdays, January 14 – March 18 Wednesdays, January 13 – March 31 (752) for reproducing art. Develop your relief- College of Art and Design. Her work, which includes works on paper, installations, exposure and familiarity with the camera 6–9 pm/10 weeks 1–4:30 pm/12 weeks printing skills in this class for beginners to and performances, is exhibited nationally and internationally. Workshop participants controls $290/Members: $270 OR advanced printmakers. Learn the ins and will be able to view her collaborative work, The Reproductive Media Mobile Zine The instructor will cover the fundamentals Prerequisite: A basic knowledge of Thursday, January 14 – April 1 (753) outs of carving and printing linoleum and Library. Danielle’s website is daniellewyckoff.com. of studio lighting, including: strobes, Photoshop is helpful. 5:30–9 pm/12 weeks woodblocks; benefit from the KIA’s well- handheld flash units, metering, reflectors, This is a class for those who love to make $265/Members: $245 stocked collection of tools and equipment. Zine Workshop! (760) gels, and more. Learn how to set up handmade prints. Gum bichromate printing Prerequisite: Beginning Printmaking Discuss your work in a community of like- VA, Danielle Wyckoff, Print Studio a home lighting studio for the most is a 19th-century color photo process with Further develop your printmaking skills minded makers. Please bring drawings or Saturday, March 27 effective results. Demonstrations will many applications. Learn to produce digital while investigating the possibilities that reference photos to the first class 1–4 pm/One day include setting up the studio lights for negatives from digital files, color slides, or printmaking processes offer. Etching, $90/Members: $70 photographing portraits, environments, film. This digital negative-making technique multicolor printing, registration systems, Valentines & Palentines (757) Do you have something you want to share? Make a zine! A zine is a self-published and tabletop still life. can be used for most alternative printing and printing of editions will be covered. Caitlyn Pelfresne, Print Studio booklet that often covers a single topic with the purpose of sharing information. Zine processes, blending digital technology with Bring previous prints, work-in-progress, Saturday, January 30 is short for magazine, and typically these small texts are fun to make, inexpensive to Black-and-White Darkroom hands-on printing. sketches, and ideas to the first class. 1–5 pm/One day produce, and easy to distribute. Learn more about zines, view several examples, and Mary Whalen, Photo Darkroom $60/Members: $40 make your own. Students should bring information to be shared! Upon registration, Mondays, January 11 – March 15 (809) Encaustics Techniques; Photo Transfers Intro to Lithography (754) Get ready for Valentine’s Day by making Danielle will reach out about generating ideas for zine topics. 11 am–2 pm/10 weeks & Painting (813) Don Dombrowski, Print Studio greetings for loved ones and friends! Mix OR Mary Whalen, Studio 6 Wednesdays, January 13 – March 31 pre-designed images and text to create Professional Practices for Artists: Finding Artists’ Opportunities (761) Tuesdays, January 12 – March 16 (810) Saturdays, February 6–27 5:30–9 pm /12 weeks Valentine cards that you have silkscreened VA, Danielle Wyckoff, Multipurpose Room 6–9 pm/10 weeks 1–4:30 pm/4 weeks $265/Members: $245 yourself. This “make & take” workshop is a Saturday, April 10 $265/Members: $245 $195/Members: $175 Prerequisite: Beginning Drawing great introduction to the art of silkscreen. 1–4 pm/One day Learn how to develop film and print Learn the basics of working with this or equivalent $90/Members: $70 black-and-white photographs. Through ancient process. The encaustic medium Participants will discover their drawings Dive into some tactics for finding opportunities as well as reviewing some of the demonstrations and supervised printing will be used in combination with coming to life as reproducible prints. Focus common documents and items needed to apply. Come to this class prepared to sessions, participants will learn film photographs, photo transfers, and collage on Pronto plate printing, one of the easiest meet fellow artists, brainstorm, and receive solid information about the first steps in and print development, how to control techniques. Learn various techniques for and fastest printing processes. This developing your career in the arts. Students may bring any professional documents print contrast, and special darkroom adding color. Use layering of color with course will also cover the more traditional they’ve created for peer review or one-on-one feedback from Danielle. techniques. This class is a perfect pigment sticks and the encaustic medium lithographic media of aluminum plates and opportunity to print your special black-and- to create transparency and depth to the stones. Step-by-step instructions will take An email white negatives from the family archives. imagery. Equipment, paint, medium, and you through the basics of plate preparation Students must provide their own film and brushes will be supplied for the class. and press operation. Enjoy drawing and message will be paper for the class. Darkroom chemicals printing your own image with the potential sent confirming your and equipment are provided. of creating an edition of your own prints. class registration(s), including a supply list and contact details, if applicable.

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To keep our students and staff safe, we have instituted new safety protocols. All persons entering the KIA agree to wear a mask at all Tuition for the children’s and teen classes has been reduced through the generosity of John and Rosemary Brown. times, maintain 6 feet physical distancing, undergo a simple pre-screening process when entering the building, and use hand sanitizer All materials are provided. before entering studios. Studios are sanitized after each class. Appropriate age and grade are strictly enforced.

SCULPTURE Figure Sculpture (412) WELLNESS GRADES 1–3 GRADES 4–6 MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL Brent Harris, Studio 1 One-on-One Critique in Sculpture Thursdays, January 14 – April 1 Yoga (600) Art Expression (174) The Art of Drawing (176) Drawing and Painting (178) Our interactive online sessions offer an 6:30–9 pm/12 weeks Patra Ryder, Auditorium Stephanie Teegardin, Studio 2 Al Harris, Studio 4 David Yeider, Studio 6 opportunity to work with professional $285/Members: $265 Tuesdays, January 12 – March 30 Saturdays, January 9 – March 27 Saturdays, January 9 – March 27 Saturdays, January 9 – March 27 artist Brent Harris, who will help you with Telling stories through human form and 5:15–6:15 pm/12 weeks 9:30–11 am/12 weeks 9:30–11 am/12 weeks 9–11:30 am/12 weeks your creative needs. Whether it’s seeking expression. Using live models, students will $105/Members: $85 $165/Members: $145 $165/Members: $145 $220/Members: $200 creative input to get out of a rut, analyzing learn to sculpt full body compositions as Patra’s yoga class will be an eclectic Experience a fun introduction to the While continually building on the concept One-on-one instruction will be provided your work and improving technique, or well as portrait busts. Emphasis will be on style of yoga designed for all levels. She wonderful world of art for the naturally of seeing as the most important tool for with an emphasis on the exploration of deciding how to move your sculpture to the form and anatomy. will guide you through your practice with curious and creative young artist. Weekly drawing, this class will explore the elements visual culture through drawing and painting next level, these critiques can offer new flow movements, static poses, breathing classes allow children to experience the of drawing through a variety of media. mediums and subject matter. Students insight and help you grow as an artist. Welded Metal Sculpture/ techniques, and meditative relaxation. styles and techniques used by artists, Each class will be devoted to a deeper will be encouraged to create artwork that Independent Study (413) Yoga helps with flexibility, strength, and learn art vocabulary, and develop art- understanding of drawing techniques. brings out their unique talent and creativity. During the sessions, photos of your work Eric Pott, Studio 1 often can help with metabolic functions. making skills through discussion and or actual work can be viewed to engage Wednesdays, January 13 – March 31 Wear comfortable clothes and bring a hands-on activities with a variety of Clay on the Wheel (177) Photography (179) discussion in topics such as troubleshooting 6:30–9 pm/12 weeks yoga mat. Enjoy Petra’s 15 years of yoga media for drawing, painting, printmaking, Courtney Nelson, Studio 5 Trevor Grabill, Photography Studio technical skills (welding technique, $275/Members: $255 teaching experience. Gallery admission for sculpture, ceramics, fibers, and more! Saturdays, January 9 – March 27 Saturdays, January 9 – March 27 finishing), design ideas, build a portfolio, Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor twelve weeks is included. The class can be repeated as each term 9:30–11 am/12 weeks 10 am–12:30 pm/12 weeks market yourself as an artist, create a home is required. provides new and challenging lessons for $170/Members: $150 $220/Members: $200 workspace, and work from home with This class is for the self-directed student Tai Chi (601) skill development and creative exploration. Students will spend time learning to Beginning students shoot, develop, and limited resources and still be creative. who wants to expand their skill sets and Ed Kehoe, Auditorium center the clay on the potter’s wheel, print film photos in the KIA’s well-equipped (400) 15 minutes – $15 enhance their abilities in metal sculpture. Wednesdays, January 13 – March 31 All About Clay (175) open the ball, and form bowls, cups, and traditional darkroom, mastering the (401) 30 minutes – $30 Students must be familiar with the safe 12:15–1 pm/6 weeks Lindsay Merkel, Studio 7 vases. Hand-building techniques will also basics of photography’s history, as well as use and operation of the equipment in $90/Members: $70 Saturdays, January 9 – March 27 be pursued. Pieces will be decorated fundamentals of composition and design. the studio. Students will provide their own Learn stress-relieving practices to identify 9:30–11 am/12 weeks using slips and high- and low-fired glazes. Cameras and film are provided. Additional Welded Metal Sculpture (410) approved material. Problem solving and and process forces of tension and $170/Members: $150 Students should wear old clothing. instruction in digital photography Brent Harris, Studio 1 techniques will be the focus of the class. negativity. Balance, flexibility, stamina, and This class is all about getting your hands Students will be encouraged to create and editing is available on request. Wednesdays, January 13 – March 31 circulation are improved through a series dirty while creating special works of art in artwork that brings out their unique talent Experienced students have access to 3–5:30 pm/12 weeks Sculpture Foundations (414) of slow motion, non-strenuous movements clay. Try your hand at slab construction, and creativity. in-depth instruction, one-on-one critiques, $275/Members: $255 Jose Velarde-Chan, Studio 1 using focus and concentration. Tai Chi is coil building, drape molding, and more. and portfolio building. We will work sculptural concepts from Tuesdays, January 12 – March 30 safe for all ages and fitness levels. Please the drawing board to the scale model in 6:30–9 pm/12 weeks wear comfortable, non-restrictive clothing Clay on the Wheel (180) steel. Students will learn the history of $275/Members: $255 and comfortable, flat-soled shoes. Gallery Courtney Nelson, Studio 5 metal sculpture, basic metal fabrication Designed for those who want to develop admission for six weeks is included. Art Camp Kits Saturdays, January 9 – March 27 Noon–2:30 pm/12 weeks techniques, and how to safely use the skills and understanding before embarking Experience the fun of Art Camp $220/Members: $200 equipment. Welding gloves/mask and in the world of sculpture. In this course conveniently in your home with appropriate safe clothing required. Welding students will explore a variety of themed kits that include supplies and Students will learn to create vessels helmets are highly recommended. No prior foundational methods such as design, mold step-by-step directions for making on the potter’s wheel through experience necessary. making, welding, mixed-media assemblage, your own projects. These kits have demonstrations of basic skills and a and figure sculpture in clay. This class is been inspired by our permanent variety of techniques. Students may also Advanced Mixed Media/Fabrication open to beginners or to anyone looking to collection to include artist fact sheets, pursue hand building. Slips and high- and (411) expand their skills in all areas of sculpture. art terms, and other educational low-fired glazes will be used. Brent Harris, Studio 1 components, as well as everything you Mondays, January 11 – March 29 Intro to Ceramic Sculpture (415) need for fun art activities. 10 am–12:30 pm/12 weeks Courtney Nelson, Studio 1 An email $275/Members: $255 Mondays, January 11 – March 29 message will be Visit kiarts.org or call 269-349-7775 Prerequisite: Beginning welding 6:30–9 pm/12 weeks sent confirming your for more information. or instructor approval $275/Members:c$255 Students will learn to combine different Learn and explore the fundamentals of class registration(s), materials such as steel, wood, stone as working sculptural in clay. In this class we including a supply list well as found and cast objects to create will explore multiple methods of building and contact details, successful mixed-media sculptures. ceramic sculptures and how to choose if applicable. Advanced metal fabrication techniques which technique is best for you. We will go will be taught. Students are encouraged over the core processes of working with Spring Break Art Camp to think creatively. Class discussion and clay and the basics of alternative finishes GRADES 1–5 student critiques will help develop new to learn how best to create a sculpture ways of thinking. from start to finish. March 29–April 2, 2021 Further registration details coming soon. Visit kiarts.org for more information.

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Our 47th Annual Holiday Sale to benefit the Kirk Newman Art School is ON!

Thursday, November 19 | 11 am – 8 pm | MEMBERS ONLY Friday, November 20 | 11 am – 8 pm Saturday, November 21 | 9 am – 4 pm

NEW THIS YEAR RESERVE MY TIME NOW c In order to ensure safe physical distancing and crowd-free shopping, you MUST reserve your time to shop at kiarts.org.

PERSONAL SHOPPER (FEE APPLIES) SHOP FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME! If you don’t feel comfortable shopping in person, we can provide a personal shopper—by appointment only at kiarts.org—to take you on a VIRTUAL REAL-TIME TOUR of the sale. VIRTUAL SALE | November 9 through December 21, 2020 Select works by your favorite artists are available for purchase at kiarts.org.