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Rescheduled from September 18!

Tuesday, February 25, 10am

Richard Phillips Strokes of Freedom
10 am coffee | lecture to follow in KIA Auditorium

Mr. Phillips’ rescheduled presentation will be free and open to the public. Please join is 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.

Find a full program description HERE.

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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

March 12, 2019

Creating the Voice of a Community

April 10, 2019

The Face of Greatness: Abraham Lincoln in Art and Photographs