A Taste of Art examines how food operates as both subject matter and metaphor, shaping the spaces we inhabit, the relationships we form, and the systems that sustain and inform daily life. Through an array of media, including painting, photography, sculpture, and mixed media, artists explore food’s capacity to nurture intimacy, generate sensory experience, invite playfulness, and function as powerful cultural symbols. The exhibition reveals food as a means of fostering connection, evoking desire, and reflecting patterns of mass consumption. At the same time, A Taste of Art explores key histories embedded in foodways—including the inequities they produce—to illuminate food’s ability to function as both a collective and deeply personal experience.
Education for the Arts is proud to partner with the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts for this exhibition.
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This activity is supported in part by an award from the Michigan Arts and Culture Council.
Image: Russell T. Gordon, Hot Dog Bridge (detail), 1974, lithograph. Collection of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts; Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Graf.
Image: Kenji Nakahashi, Sunny Side Up (detail), 1981, C-print. Collection of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts; Gift of the artist.
