PROJECT SPACE

Project Space is a dedicated venue for installation, time-based media, sound, and light. It is not afraid to showcase the fruit of visual experimentation, and it does not require a ‘finished product’ or an ‘established artist.’

THANK YOU 2026 EXHIBITION SPONSORS

BOULEVARD INN & BISTRO, MID-WEST FAMILY MARKETING & MEDIA, SILVER BEACH PIZZA, THE JOHN DEVRIES INSURANCE AGENCY, SVEN ERICKSON AND CHRISTOPHER FLORIAN, and VISIT SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN.

Balikbayan Box | Bella Kiser

August 15-November 07

Opening in the Project Space, Krasl Art Center presents a new installation by Bella Kiser, expanding her exploration of soft architecture. Working within fiber, sculpture, installation, performance, and sound, Kiser builds environments that consider how ideas of home and identity are shaped through experience and space.

A balikbayan box is a care package sent home to the Philippines by Filipinos living abroad. For Kiser, these boxes held everything from work clothes and yellowing books to art supplies, rice, bibles, and whatever her family might want or need. In this exhibition, the box becomes a way of thinking about what we inherit from our loved ones and what we carry forward. 

The installation centers on four photographs documenting the last physical skill Kiser learned from her Lola passed away: how to gut, descale, and cook a whole fish. Alongside fiber, sound, and interactive sculpture, “Balikbayan Box” creates a space where family histories, cultural connection, loss, and care come together. 

Visitors are invited to take their shoes off, lie on the large balikbayan box, listen to soundscape, and interact with smaller boxes throughout the installation. 

Join us for the Preview Party on Friday, August 14, from 6 – 8 PM and on Saturday, August 15, from 12 – 1 PM for an artist talk at Krasl with Bella Kiser.

Additional links, artist chats, and videos can be found on KAC’s Facebook page by clicking here.

ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES

Interested in exhibiting in the Project Space? Any emerging visual artist residing in the United States is welcome to apply. Participants must propose an art installation to fit within a 367-square-foot gallery space by completing our online Exhibition Proposal Form, available by clicking here. Materials will vary and may include time-based media, sound, and light.

Exhibition proposals are reviewed on an ongoing basis and held for 2 years. Due to the quantity received, we will contact you only in the event of an exhibition opportunity. 

Artists and curators are encouraged to review the Project Space gallery plan by clicking here to ensure proposals are scaled appropriately.