The Kalamazoo Book Arts Center (KBAC) announces a call to artists for the non-juried exhibition “The Illustrated Accordion,” which will be held in the KBAC Gallery, May 5, 2017. Open to all emerging and established artists, this 9Th annual exhibition focuses on books created in the accordion form. All media, variations, and interpretations of this style of book will be accepted and included in the exhibition.

There is a $15 entry fee to participate.

A More Perfect Union? Power, Sex and Race in the Representation of Couples illuminates ways in which artists of different generations have explored the meaning of marriage, the nature of human relationships, sexuality, and public versus private expressions of love. Issues raised by the exhibition include the representation of the roles of women and men, social class, race, and same-sex marriage.

Artists showing in the exhibitions:

For the month of February, Damini Celebre, is part of an Artist in Residence community at Elephant Butte Lake, New Mexico. She will be part of a group exhibition at Rio Bravo Fine Art Gallery, in Truth or Consequences exhibiting some new work called Land Drawings.

Elephant Butte Lake Artist Retreat) has been designed to allow participants to share a common experience with a small group of fellow artists, that encourages the exchange of ideas, while allowing the major focus to be private time for individual work and introspection.

Seeing Red

It's not just an expression.

We are pleased to announce our first Open Call of 2017 at ARTSPACE1241

In bullfighting, the matador beckons the bull with a red cape, which agitates the bull, and it charges for the cape.

Artist and Fleisher faculty member Bill Brookover will lead an engaging conversation about his journey from West Texas to Philadelphia and from architecture to printmaking. Fleisher played a key role in Bill finding his calling as a printmaker, his third career. He’ll describe how preparation, decisive choices, and serendipity guided his transition.