Rescheduled from September 18!
Tuesday, February 25, 10am
Richard Phillips Strokes of Freedom
10 am reception | 10:30 program
Mr. Phillips’ rescheduled presentation will be free and open to the public. Please join us and invite a friend to hear Richard Phillips’ compelling story on this special day and time.
Mr. Phillips started painting while wrongfully incarcerated for 46 years, creating over 400 paintings. “Art is what I did to stay sane…” This program is rescheduled from September 18.
Enjoy a special Food is Art Reception before the program sponsored by Greenleaf Hospitality featureing food by Kalamazoo County Club Chef RJ Bisnett.
Find a full program description HERE.
Become a member of the Kalamazoo Art League
Find details on our six exciting 2024-25 speakers HERE. Members’ dues support this great series of lectures. And free admission to lectures and receptions makes membership a great value!
Check out previous speakers and enjoy- or revisit- their recorded programs.
ART LEAGUE is a motivated and dedicated volunteer organization founded to organize annual lecture series at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. Annual dues (valid July 1st thru the next June 30th) are $45.
Since 1955, lecturers have been selected from across the US from the forefront of experts who create, curate, study, or write about art. Art League programs promote understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of the visual arts for its members, the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts and our community.
Check out what our past lecturers have been doing since they spoke to Art League!
October 9, 2019
Crime Scene Conservation: Preserving the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
April 10, 2019