Kalamazoo Institute of Arts: Gallery Gathering

We are combining January’s planned Gallery Gathering with a rescheduled one from December! You’re welcome to attend both or just one.

First from 5:30–6pm, we will delve into questions of American life and identity with a discussion of Roscoe Hall’s With Great Intent to Leave It All For You and Tylonn Sawyer’s American Woman: Columbia. These pieces are paired together in Legendary Voices: Art for the Next Century for their shared focus on contemporary African American experiences.

Next, from 6–6:30pm, we will gather in the Joy Light Gallery to observe a trio of figures representing Bixia Yuanjun and Guanyin. Sometimes conflated with one another, these two Chinese goddesses are both associated with compassion, protection, and fertility. They differ, however, in their stories of origin and the ways in which they have historically been depicted in art. Together, we will examine renderings of these goddesses in bronze, porcelain, and jade.

This program is free. Register at kiarts.org/events