Cross Currents: The Art Of Japanese Woodblock Prints Traveling Exhibition
September 9, 2024-June 2, 2025
Installed in schools
Best for grades K-12
Explore both the figurative and the abstract through the ancient art of Japanese woodblock printing. Cross Currents features the works of two contemporary artists who use this centuries-old technique in new ways: Kalamazoo artist Mary Brodbeck and Japanese artist Yoshisuke Funasaka. This exhibition is a culmination of twenty-five years of cross-cultural exchange and relationship of the two artists after Brodbeck studied woodblock printmaking in Tokyo with Funasaka. Students will be able to compare recognizable landscapes with abstract shapes and colors to find new insights in both approaches. EFA will deliver and install the artwork in schools in two-week blocks. MORE
Legendary Voices: Art For The Next Century
September 18, 2024-February 14, 2025
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Best for grades K-12
Legendary Voices pairs and groups work from different periods, artists, and genres creating compelling connections and dialogues, while also illuminating the breadth of the KIA’s collection. Themes such as abstraction, environment, identity, and portraiture converge with artistic expressions and innovative practices offering shared narratives and often unexpected parallels. These thoughtful and at times, unusual, selections offer new perspectives and deeper insights into artistic processes spanning several centuries, while also emphasizing notable events and moments during the last century. Legendary Voices also explores how artists grapple with the human condition, question society’s most pressing issues, and draw from their unique cultural contexts and individual experiences. MORE