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Gallery | Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks

Nike, Nike MAG, 2015. Photo courtesy of the Department of Nike Archives.
Mr. Bailey, Octopus Shoe, 2018. Collection of Mr. Bailey. Photo courtesy of Mr. Bailey.
Pegged sole of Berlin work slippers, English, ca 1860s. Collection of the Bata Shoe Museum. Image © 2023 Bata Shoe Museum. Photo: Ron Wood. Courtesy American Federation of Arts and the Bata
Shoe Museum.
Undercurrent P Virtual Prototype, 2022. Collection of the Bata Shoe Museum. Image © 2023 Bata Shoe Museum. Courtesy American Federation of Arts and the Bata Shoe Museum.
EKTO One Robotic VR boots, 2021. Collection of Brad Factor. Photo courtesy of Brad Factor.

EFA Wins Arts Innovation Award

In May, EFA was recognized with the Arts Schools Network 2024 Arts Innovation Award. Designed to recognize schools committed to taking innovative artistic risks, this award is presented to a school that has “broken the mold” in using the arts as a vehicle for teaching academics and/or making a positive difference in the lives of students and/or the community. MORE

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EFA enhances arts education for all K-12 and special education students in Kalamazoo County by making dance, music, theater, literary arts, media arts, and visual arts an essential part of comprehensive education. MORE

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