Featuring artists from England to Japan, California to Connecticut, Texas to Ohio, and more, the EFA Presents! ticket program provides schools with easy access to performances and exhibitions from around the world. These acclaimed works of art are available to K-12 schools and, occasionally, PreK classrooms at little to no cost, depending on student grade level and the individual work of art. EFA includes educational prep materials and a K-8 bus rebate.
In May 2007, the superintendents of the ten area school districts approved the EFA Presents! ticket program in recognition of the importance of maintaining access to high-quality arts education programming during difficult economic times. Since 2007, this exciting initiative has provided free admission for more than 161,000 students to experience world-class works of art.
EFA Presents! Booking Information
Online booking for EFA Presents! tickets starts at 7:00 AM on Tuesday, September 23. To participate, one person from each school or grade level team should contact Deb Strickland at (269) 250-9393 by Friday, September 19, to request online booking access.
All EFA Presents! ticket requests are processed on a first-come-first-served basis. Works of art frequently sell out and admission is not guaranteed.
PreK Classrooms | Special Invitation Only
EFA works of art typically are designed for K-12 students. When available, EFA will invite select PreK classrooms to performances that are suitable for younger students. For the 2025-2026 school year, EFA invites PreK classrooms with students age four or older to attend Hare and Tortoise by Tutti Frutti Productions. Admission is free and the bus rebate applies.
Elementary and Middle Schools | Limited Free Admission
Performances | Elementary and middle schools may request one free ticket per enrolled K-8 student. For example, a school with 300 students may request up to 300 free tickets for the school year. The tickets may be used for any combination of performances on the EFA Rep. For example, a school could bring every student to the same performance or select different shows for different grade levels. Free tickets are granted on a first-come, first-served basis and until shows are sold out.
If a K-8 school uses all of its free tickets, but wants to attend additional performances, it may purchase extra admissions at a cost of only $2 per student. To ensure every student has the opportunity to participate, priority will be given to schools using their free ticket allotment before purchased tickets are granted.
Exhibitions | All visual arts exhibitions are available to K-8 schools without cost and attending does not count towards the free ticket allotment. This includes docent-guided tours of Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper and Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks. Booking the Kalamazoo Calendar Project traveling exhibition also is free-of-charge. This means that a K-8 student could experience one performance plus three visual arts exhibitions with no admission cost.
K-8 schools also receive educational prep materials and the bus rebate.
High Schools | Subsidized Admission Fee
High schools may purchase tickets at a heavily subsidized rate for most works of art. Admission costs $2 per student for performances and $100 per school for the Kalamazoo Calendar Project traveling exhibition. Admission is free for docent-guided tours of Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper and Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks.
High schools receive educational prep materials, but the bus rebate does not apply.