Featured Events from May 31, 2018 – September 15, 2018 – Krasl Art Center

Material Memory Exhibition

Krasl_Admin — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Material Memory explores how knowledge, history, and cultural memory are carried through objects and the act of making. Bringing together four artists working in ceramics, fiber, tapestry, and print, the exhibition centers analog processes, material investigation, and the slow accumulation of gesture and meaning.

Through hand-built ceramics, bead-encrusted vessels, pony-bead tapestries, and meticulously carved relief prints, the artists in Material Memory examine how culture and personal histories are inherited, learned, and reinterpreted through labor, repetition, and intimate engagement with material. These works ask viewers to consider how objects embody memory, mediate identity, and carry stories across generations.

Featuring:

Chris Salas (Ceramics)
Salas’s hand-built ceramic forms emerge through intuitive, iterative processes informed by personal relationships, historical research, and the ongoing legacy of colonization in the Americas. Clay becomes a vessel for cultural reckoning, holding layered histories through time-intensive making and surface.

Katie Mongoven (Fiber, Beading)
Mongoven transforms found blue-and-white ceramic vessels with intricate beadwork and embroidery. Her labor-intensive practice explores diasporic memory, identity reconstruction, and the reclamation of Orientalist objects through touch, repetition, and bodily presence.

akeylah wellington (Sculpture, Tapestry)
Wellington’s pony-bead tapestries and mixed-media sculptures blend humor, endurance, and personal history. Drawing on childhood imagery, early digital culture, and found materials, her work preserves stories of displacement, resilience, and generational inheritance.

Ramiro Rodriguez (Printmaking)
Rodriguez’s woodblock and linoleum relief prints document familial and cultural narratives rooted in Mexican-American print traditions. Through carving and layered printing, his work embeds memory, transformation, and inherited knowledge into the physical act of making.

Together, the artists in Material Memory use material as language—foregrounding slow, analog processes as acts of remembering, learning, and transmission. Their works are deeply personal yet culturally resonant, tracing the invisible threads of inheritance that bind past, present, and future.

Elementary Exhibition Awards Ceremony

Krasl_Admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0000

This annual show, that is on view from Mar 12th – April 5th, is one of our largest exhibitions featuring artworks made by all of our Elementary school students throughout the county. This is an ongoing partnership between Berrien RESA, the Box Factory for the Arts, and Krasl Art Center. Combined, these exhibitions feature over 60 schools and organizations yearly!

Box Factory for the Arts Open Hours:
Thursday: 12 – 6 PM
Friday – Sunday: 12 – 4 PM
1101 Broad Street, St. Joseph, MI 49085

The 2026 Elementary and Middle High Exhibitions are sponsored by All Star Family Chiropractic, Barrett & Driscoll Pediatrics, and Sturgis Bank & Trust. Framing for 1st place 2D winners is sponsored by Waterfront Framing & House of Fashion in downtown St. Joseph. Program support additionally provided in part by the Frederick S. Upton Foundation.

Middle/High Exhibition Awards Ceremony

Krasl_Admin — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0000

This annual show, that is on view from April 16th – May 3rd, is one of our largest exhibitions featuring artworks made by all of our Middle/High school students throughout the county. This is an ongoing partnership between Berrien RESA, the Box Factory for the Arts, and Krasl Art Center. Combined, these exhibitions feature over 60 schools and organizations yearly!

Box Factory for the Arts Open Hours:
Thursday: 12 – 6 PM
Friday – Sunday: 12 – 4 PM

1101 Broad Street, St. Joseph, MI 49085

Clay Guild Spring Sale on the Lawn

Krasl_Admin — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Get your Mother’s Day gifts! Pretty pots for premium plants!

The Krasl Art Center is hosting a special Pop Up Event on Saturday, April 25, 2026 from 10 AM to 2 PM in honor of Mother’s Day. The event will take place at Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Boulevard, St. Joseph, MI 49085.

Elements:
Flower pots handmade by the Krasl Art Center Guild will be available for purchase.
Three different price points will be available. (Ranging from $10 to $40)
There will be three different stations: pre-done, decorate and plant flowers in the pot.

Additional elements of the Pop Up event include the following:
There will be specially designed flower pots available for silent auction with the auction ending on May 1st.
Pop Up Card Making Activity in the Krasl Art Center Print Lab
Ben’s Pretzel will be on site serving their hot & fresh tasty pretzels.

Preview Party: Sculpture in the Direct Method

Krasl_Admin — Fri, 15 May 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Sculpture in the Direct Method presents a dynamic conversation between generations of Black artists, exploring abstraction, representation, and political engagement in modern and contemporary practice. Featuring Isaac Duncan III, Ajene Cetawayo Williams, Richard Hunt, and Albert LaVergne, the exhibition highlights how material, form, and concept intersect to reflect both personal and collective histories.

The works on view range from bold abstraction to nuanced representation, moving between politically engaged statements and more meditative explorations of gesture and form. Across sculpture and painting, the exhibition demonstrates the breadth and complexity of Black artistic expression.

By bringing together artists from two generations, the exhibition invites consideration of how ideas, techniques, and perspectives evolve while remaining grounded in cultural experience and artistic inquiry. Throughout, material and process serve as key points of connection, shaping how artists engage identity, history, and culture.

Summer Art Market: May 30

Krasl_Admin — Sat, 30 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000

The Summer Art Markets are curated artist markets on Krasl Art Center’s (KAC) beautiful Oval Lawn.

The 2026 Summer Markets are held from 10 am – 5 pm. Dates for 2026 are May 30, July 18, August 15, and September 5. This is the same date and time as the St. Joe Today Artisan Fair. St. Joe Today and Krasl Art Center will work together to promote both events to optimize foot traffic. Average foot traffic in 2025 was over 1,850 each date.

To apply to participate in the 2026 Summer Art Markets: apply here.

Summer Art Market: July 18

Krasl_Admin — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000

The Summer Art Markets are curated artist markets on Krasl Art Center’s (KAC) beautiful Oval Lawn.

To apply to participate in the 2026 Summer Art Markets: apply here.

Summer Art Market: August 15

Krasl_Admin — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0000

The Summer Art Markets are curated artist markets on Krasl Art Center’s (KAC) beautiful Oval Lawn.

To apply to participate in the 2026 Summer Art Markets: apply here.

Summer Art Market: September 5

Krasl_Admin — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

The Summer Art Markets are curated artist markets on Krasl Art Center’s (KAC) beautiful Oval Lawn.

To apply to participate in the 2026 Summer Art Markets: apply here.