PAST NEWS/EXHIBITIONS
Six-Week Artist Exhibition at Red On Blue Gallery -- Opening May 27
RED ON BLUE GALLERY will host an opening reception for the first in a series of six-week artist exhibitions on May 27.
Opening: May 27 | 5:00 - 8:00 PM
Show will run through July 14, 2023
Exhibiting artist in Oxbow's Seasonal Gallery
The Ox-bow House
Douglas, Michigan
Opening: April 2023
"Four Decades - Three Friends"
Kellogg Community College DeVries Gallery | Battle Creek, MI
February 20 - March 30, 2023
Reception and Artists' Talk: February 23 | 4:00-6:00 pm
"Migration"
Kalamazoo Nature Center, Glen Vista Gallery
Art Drawn from Nature
Curator: Brent Harris
March-April 2023
Teaching at Oxbow Artists Retreat - June 2021
THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF BOOKMAKING
Dates: Saturday–Sunday, June 26–27, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Faculty: Honore Lee
Tuition Cost: $205
This workshop will introduce students to a range of folding techniques to create multiple-page books from a single sheet of paper. After experimenting with the variety of methods to create the book structure, students will be encouraged to explore ways to alter the structure to support the book’s content. We will discuss the relationship between form and content, along with media through which to express meaning within the book form. Media will include collage, drawing, wet media, printmaking, and text. Practical, accessible tools and techniques will be discussed throughout the workshop.
HONORE LEE is a visual artist and educator from Grand Haven, Michigan, where she now resides. For 40 years, she lived in Kalamazoo, where she maintained an active studio practice while working as a Teaching Artist with the Education for the Arts Aesthetic Education Program and as adjunct faculty in the humanities department of Kalamazoo Valley Community College. Lee received her MA from Western Michigan University. Her work has been represented by numerous galleries in Michigan, including Water Street Gallery, Douglas; LaFontsee Galleries, Grand Rapids; and River Gallery, Chelsea.
Wishes - Cover View, 4x5
Wishes - Interior View
Shadowplay - Cover
Shadowplay - Open View
Continuum - Cover View
Continuum - Interior
Synchronicity Gallery - Summer 2021
Featuring select works from the Shadow and Light series.
Billow, colored pencil, 9 x 11"
Driftless, colored pencil, 9 x 11"
Lift, colored pencil
Turn, colored pencil, 8 x 11"
Path, graphite, 9 x 11"
Beach Walk, graphite, 9 x 11"
Southwest Michigan Printmakers exhibit "Bodies of Work."
October 2020
Ninth Wave Studio's 5th Annual Group Exhibition
Ninth Wave Studio is holding its 5th Annual Group Exhibition, featuring the work of select Kalamazoo Area artists.
Exhibition and Reception will be held during Art Hop, Friday, December 6, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
Ninth Wave Studio is located at: Mary Louise Haynes House, 213 West Walnut Street Kalamazoo, Michigan
Path, graphite, 9 x 11"
Lift, colored pencil
Rapture, graphite, 18 x 24"
Box Factory for the Arts Hosts Southwest Michigan Printmakers Exhibit: WATER
As a member of Southwest Michigan Printmakers (SWMP), over 20 of us are exhibiting works based on the theme, “Water”. Each hand-pulled print is 8” x 8” and deals with the theme in a diversity of media and style.
“Water” opens with a reception for the artists and public on Friday, October 18, 5:30-7:30.
Southwest Michigan Printmakers Mission Statement
Originating in the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts’ (KIA) print studio in the 1970’s the Southwest Michigan Printmakers (SWMP) was formed as a collective of regional printmakers working in a diverse range of print media. By meeting in artist’s studios throughout the year, the collective functions as a platform for artistic support. SWMP is respected as an organization that works to promote, educate and provide exhibition opportunities for artist members working in print media throughout Southwest Michigan.
Please join us as we celebrate the fall harvest during the ANNUAL BLUE COAST ARTIST TOUR:
RED ON BLUE GALLERY will host an open house and artists' reception as part of the Blue Coast Artist Tour during the weekend of OCTOBER 5-6.
Education for the Arts is proud to partner with the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts during the Fall 2019 exhibition of “Black Refractions”.
Black Refractions and its partner exhibitions opened to an enthusiastic public on September 13 and runs through December 8.
Teaching artists and Aesthetic Education certified schools in Kalamazoo County will have the opportunity to work closely with works of art from The Studio Museum in Harlem. We conduct process-driven workshops in schools, creating activities and instruction that connect to the ideas and methods of specific works of art. Visiting the KIA and guiding the conversation with students about artist’s intention as well as content and context offers a rich opportunity for deeper understanding of the arts.