Krasl Art Center

Intervals of Mark and Matter & Balikbayan Box Preview Party
2026-08-14 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Detroit) | Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Blvd, St. Joseph, MI, 49085, United States
Opening this August, Intervals of Mark and Matter brings together the work of KC Crow Maddux, Karen Dana Cohen, Evan Mazellan, Amelia Mendelsohn, Ivan Montoya, Thương Hoài Trần, and Antonio Scott Nichols. These artists approach painting as a site of translation where material, image, and lived experience converge. Drawing from personal and cultural narratives, the artists engage themes such as family, mythology, migration, and identity to construct works that feel both intimate and expansive. Across the exhibition, painting emerges as a living and expansive practice: one that does not simply depict, but questions, experiments, and reaches outward.

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.

Join us for the Preview Party on Friday, August 14, from 6–8 PM.

Summer Art Market: August 15
2026-08-15 10:00 - 17:00 | Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Blvd, St. Joseph, MI, 49085, United States
The Summer Art Markets are curated artist markets on Krasl Art Center’s (KAC) beautiful Oval Lawn selling handmade artworks ranging from $15 – $250.
Guests are encouraged to explore local farmers and bakers at the St. Joe Farmers Market and Artisan Faire in Lake Bluff Park during the event. While you are visiting, stop by Ben’s Pretzel Food Truck, located on the KAC ground.
Purchases directly support the artists. Guests are encouraged to explore KAC’s gallery exhibitions and public art during their visit.
The 2026 Summer Markets are held from 10 AM – 5 PM. Dates for 2026 are May 30, July 18, August 15, and September 5
To apply to participate in the 2026 Summer Art Markets: apply here.

Artist Talk with Bella Kiser
2026-08-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Blvd, St. Joseph, MI, 49085, United States
Opening August 15 in Project Space, “BALIKBAYAN Box” by Bella Kiser is an intimate installation about family and the things we carry with us across distance.
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 on Saturday, August 15, from 12 – 1 PM for an artist talk at Krasl with Bella Kiser.

Coffee with the Curator
2026-08-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Blvd, St. Joseph, MI, 49085, United States
Hear more about the curator of the exhibition Intervals of Mark and Matter from Associate Curator, Meli Bandera

Opening this August, Intervals of Mark and Matter brings together the work of KC Crow Maddox, Karen Dana Cohen, Evan Mazzelan, Amelia Mendelsohn, Ivan Montoya, Thương Hoài Trần, and Antonio Scott Nichols. These artists approach painting as a site of translation where material, image, and lived experience converge

George Krasl Memorial Concert
2026-08-27 18:00 - 19:30
It’s our Annual George Krasl Memorial Concert! Named in honor of our founder George Krasl, each year this event features a talented musical performance. The 2026 event will showcase the talent of Headband Henny on Thursday, August 27, at 6 PM outside at Krasl Art Center.

Summer Art Market: September 5
2026-09-05 08:00 - 17:00 | Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Blvd, St. Joseph, MI, 49085, United States
