2021 Members' Exhibition: Resilience Redux Preview Evening
2021-12-03 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Detroit)
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3 | 5:30 - 8 PM
Free & Open to the Public

5:30 PM: MUSIC IN THE GALLERIES

6 – 8 PM: PREVIEW PARTY

Featuring music by Erick Oneal Fisher, a saxophonist who shifts the atmosphere through jazz and R&B. Arrive early at 5:30 PM to enjoy a quieter moment with the music and art; at 6 PM the festivities pick up while the music continues in the background.

'21 KAC Members' Show: Resiliency Redux Programing
2021-12-04 - 2022-01-17 | Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Blvd, St. Joseph, MI, 49085, United States
2021 MEMBERS’ SHOW: RESILIENCY REDUX
DECEMBER 04, 2021 - JANUARY 17, 2022
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

EXHIBITION PREVIEW EVENING

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3
Free & Open to the Public

5:30 PM: MUSIC IN THE GALLERIES
6 – 8 PM: PREVIEW PARTY

VIRTUAL COFFEE WITH THE CURATOR

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 12 PM
FREE on Facebook Live

THIRD THURSDAY ART EVENT: MEMBER-LED TOUR

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 7 PM
Free In-person Event; Advance Registration Required.

LIVE AT LUNCHTIME FOCUS TALKS

EVERY THURSDAY AT NOON
Free Virtual Event Live on KAC’s Facebook Page

Virtual Coffee with the Curator: Resiliency Redux
2021-12-09 12:00 - 12:30
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 12 PM
FREE in-person or on Facebook Live
Join KAC Curator and Deputy Director Tami Miller for a first look and hybrid tour of the 2021 Members’ Show: Resiliency Redux during KAC’s regular weekly art talk, Live at Lunchtime Focus Talks. This is a free in-person tour that will also be recorded and aired on Facebook Live. Participation is welcomed both in-person and virtually.
[Image description: Deputy Director and Curator Tami Miller interact with artists via Zoom on an iPad in KAC’s galleries. She is surrounded by colorful artwork and wearing a black and white striped dress.]

Family Day: Ski Slope Racing (indoor*) | Open For Enrollment!
2021-12-11 11:00 - 12:30 | Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Blvd, St. Joseph, MI, 49085, United States
Saturday, December 11, 2021
11 AM – 12:30 PM
FREE & OPEN TO ALL AGES

* MASKS REQUIRED
** SPACE LIMITED REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Create your own snowboarder out of mixed media materials to race down the giant icy ski slope from the 2nd floor to the KAC lobby! Toboggans, skis and sliding penguins are also eligible for racing.
** Registration Required. 1 spot = Up to 2 participants.

Live at Lunchtime Focus Talks
2021-12-16 12:00 - 12:30
EVERY THURSDAY AT NOON
Free Virtual Event Live on KAC’s Facebook Page
Hear from a different Member Artist each week:

December 2 – Behind the Scenes – Installing Resiliency Redux
December 9 – Coffee with the Curator
December 16 – Lea Bult & David Baker
December 23 – Sue Lea
December 30 – Rick Ott and Roger Harvery
January 6 – Winner of the People’s Choice Award – Kristin Hosbein

THIRD THURSDAY ART EVENT: MEMBER-LED TOUR
2021-12-16 19:00 - 20:00
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 7 PM
Free In-person Event; Advance Registration Required.

Tour the galleries, mingle with Member Artists, and learn more about their work in this time-honored tradition of round-robin artist talks.
[Image description: Member Artist and KAC Ceramic Studio Manager Jennifer Zona presents to a group of visitors about her artwork in the 2019 Members’ Show. Zona is standing next to her natural cream-colored fiber weaving. The weaving hangs from the ceiling in a tall, thin sack-like shape that resembles a cacoon and is taller than a person.]

Registration Deadline - Krasl Art Center Youth Winter Break Camps
2021-12-20 | Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Blvd, St. Joseph, MI, 49085, United States
Get creative during Winter Break with Krasl Art Center’s youth camps designed for students ages 5–8 and 9–12. Camps are $45 ($35 for KAC Members) and run December 27–30, register by December 20 and learn about scholarship opportunities at krasl.org/education/youth/camps/

All camps are scheduled to be in-person with limited studio capacities. Enrolled students will receive COVID policy updates before classes begin. Krasl Art Center will follow current health guidelines in December — masks are currently required in KAC studios.

YOUTH CAMPS
YC.57.1: WINTER ABSTRACTION DISTRACTION
– – 5–7 YRS | MON. DEC. 27, 9 AM – 12 PM

YC.57.2: MINI SKI SLOPE RACING
– – 5–7 YRS | TUES. DEC. 28, 9 AM – 12 PM

YC.57.3: GELLI-PLATE PRINTMAKING
– – 5–7 YRS | WED. DEC. 29, 9 AM – 12 PM

YC.57.4: PENGUIN ROCKETS
– – 5–7 YRS | THURS. DEC. 30, 9 AM – 12 PM

YC.812.1: ARCTIC ANIMAL PAINTING
– – 8–12 YRS | MON. DEC. 27, 9 AM – 12 PM

YC.812.2: MINI SKI SLOPE RACING
– – 8–12 YRS | TUES. DEC. 28, 9 AM – 12 PM

YC.812.3: HOLIDAY CLAYMATION
– – 8–12 YRS | WED. DEC. 29, 9 AM –12 PM

YC.812.4: YETI MARIONETTES
– – 8–12 YRS | THURS. DEC. 30, 9 AM – 12 PM

Registration Deadline - Krasl Art Center Youth Winter Break Camps
2021-12-20 11:00 - 17:00 | Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Blvd, St. Joseph, MI, 49085, United States
Get creative during Winter Break with Krasl Art Center’s youth camps designed for students ages 5–8 and 9–12. Camps are $45 ($35 for KAC Members) and run December 27–30, register by December 20 and learn about scholarship opportunities HERE.
All camps are scheduled to be in-person with limited studio capacities. Enrolled students will receive COVID policy updates before classes begin. Krasl Art Center will follow current health guidelines in December — masks are currently required in KAC studios.

JANUARY FAMILY DAY: PRINTMAKING EXPERIMENTS
2022-01-08 11:00 - 12:30
Family Day: Printmaking Experiments (indoor*) | Open For Enrollment

Saturday, January 8, 2022
11 AM – 12:30 PM
FREE & OPEN TO ALL AGES

* MASKS REQUIRED
** SPACE LIMITED REGISTRATION REQUIRED. SIGN UP BY CLICKING HERE.
Get messy and learn the process of printmaking to create experimental and fun artworks!
** Registration Required. 1 spot = Up to 2 participants.

PechaKucha Volume 22 at the Box Factory for the Arts
2022-01-13 18:00 - 21:00 | Box Factory for the Arts, 1101 Broad St, St Joseph, MI, United States
$5 TICKETED EVENT
Members of the community, friends, families, and all those in-between are all cordially invited to attend the PechaKucha 20×20 St. Joseph/Benton Harbor Volume 22 Event. The ticketed event takes place at the The Box Factory for the Arts on Thursday, January 13, 2022, from 7 – 9 PM. Doors open at 6 PM.
PechaKucha’s – meaning “chit chat” in Japanese – presentation format shows 20 images, each for 20 seconds. In other words, presenters get 400 seconds to tell their story, with visuals guiding the way. The $5 tickets ($6.94 after fees) are on sale now at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pechakucha-sjbh-volume-22-the-box-factory-tickets-227031636737.
Doors open at 6 PM, with the first presenter beginning promptly at 7 PM. It is encouraged to arrive early and enjoy good company (and the cash bar!).
Limited tickets will be available at the door.
Volume 2022 Presentors are:

Esther Ikoro: So…Why Are You Doing This…?
Carly Hubers: But Wait… There’s More!
Mary Shananda Gayen: Evaluator and Social Worker
Jake Zapor
Matthew Bizoe: Random Slides
(BEER BREAK)
James Gunter, John Sams: For us, By Us
Nicole Pierard-D’herde
Jessica Hightower: Are you the artist?

PechaKucha St. Joeseph/Benton Harbor has been bringing local creatives to center-stage for 7 years in 2022, and Volume 222 brings more creative stories! This is a special, ticketed event with limited capacity – make sure to get your tickets in advance so you don’t miss out! Masks are required for all participants and guests when not actively presenting or drinking.
Whether you have been to all 22 volumes or this is your first, this fun and communal evening spent engaging with local artists and community members is sure to enlighten your evening.
This creative outlet began as nighttime get-togethers in Tokyo in 2003 by two renowned architects. Since then, three million people have attended PechaKucha events worldwide. Inspired by their desire to “talk less, show more,” Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Tokyo’s Klein-Dytham Architecture (KDA) created PechaKucha in February 2003 as a way to attract people to their experimental event space in Roppongi, Japan, and to enable young designers to meet, show their work, and exchange ideas in 6 minutes and 40 seconds.
In 2003, Tokyo began hosting PK Nights, followed over the years by hundreds of other cities across the globe. As of April 2019, PechaKucha nights had been held in more than 1,142 cities worldwide and attended by more than 3 million people. It’s no surprise PechaKucha has been described at the worlds biggest physical social network! The key to the success is the simple format where presenters only get 20 images shown for 20 seconds each — giving anyone a chance to present their recent project or passion.
Many cities often lack spaces where creative people can share their work, so PechaKucha is about exposing the hidden creativity in a city. PechaKucha nights are organized by local passionate and enthusiastic people with backgrounds in many creative fields.
Follow PechaKucha SJ/BH on Facebook as we reveal the lineup for volume 22! https://www.facebook.com/pechakuchasjbh
Krasl Art Center and individual volunteers collaborate to bring this engaging event to the community. Looking to get involved in planing future events? Email pechakuchastbh@gmail.com.
PechaKucha events provide excellent photo and video opportunities.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: KAC IN-PERSON YOUTH CLASSES (5 - 12 YRS)
2022-01-17 | Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Blvd, St. Joseph, MI, 49085, United States
REGISTRATION DEADLINE JANUARY 17. CLASSES BEGIN JANUARY 24
SEE ALL CLASSES & REGISTER BY CLICKING HERE
$275 ($180 for KAC Members)

Krasl Art Center’s 12-week youth courses provide a safe, equitable, friendly, and fun learning experience for every student! Youth classes are scheduled during and after public school hours, tuition is $275 ($180 for KAC Members), and scholarships are available. There are no classes April 4 – 8.
Learn more and register for youth classes or apply for a scholarship at krasl.org/education/youth/classes/

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: IN-PERSON TEEN/ADULT CLASSES (13+ YRS)
2022-01-17 | Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Blvd, St. Joseph, MI, 49085, United States
REGISTRATION DEADLINE JANUARY 17. CLASSES BEGIN JANUARY 24
PRICES VARY | SEE ALL CLASSES & REGISTER BY CLICKING HERE

Learn a new art form, enhance your resiliency skills, or create a date night with an art class at Krasl Art Center.
The creative process is messy and unpredictable, and that’s what KAC’s teaching artists love about it! Instead of providing a step-by-step formula that leads to a predetermined outcome, instructors provide guidance and structured exploration through the elements and principles of art.
Meeting January 27 – March 17, these 4- and 8-week Adult/Teen courses connect students in and beyond the classroom by engaging with art history and contemporary topics. Enrolled students will have the opportunity to sign up for 4-week extension classes running March 21 – April 21, 2022 (There are no classes April 4 – 8).
Learn more about classes and scholarship opportunities at krasl.org/education/adult/classes/

KAC Closed
2022-01-18
Krasl Art Center is closed Tuesdays and Sundays through March 2022.

Gallery Installation
2022-01-18 - 2022-01-21

Live at Lunchtime - Install Week
2022-01-20 12:00 - 12:30
Join KAC as we share an update on the installation of our next exhibition, ‘Krasl Art Center Collection.’

We go live on Facebook at noon!

IN THE LAB: KRASL ART CENTER COLLECTION
2022-01-22 - 2022-03-06
January 22 – March 6, 2022
An intimate display of small-scale sculptures and maquettes (models for larger sculptures) from Krasl Art Center’s collection will introduce you to new artworks, build on well-known public art within the community, and invite you to consider sculpture more deeply.
*Beginning January 18, The Galleries will be closed temporarily for HVAC updates. Keeping proper humidity and temperature is crucial to safely exhibit great art. The Lab, The Shop, and The Lounge will remain free and open to the public during this time.

Live at Lunchtime - Coffee with the Director
2022-01-27 12:00 - 12:30
Join us as we sit down with KAC Executive Director Julia Gourley Donohue and discuss the new exhibition and KAC’s collection of art.

We go live on Facebook at noon!

LIVE AT LUNCHTIME: MARSHALL M. FREDRICKS SCULPTUIRE MUSEUM
2022-02-03 12:00 - 12:30
Thursday, February 3
12 PM on Facebook Live

Join us as we chat with Andrea Ondish, Curator of Education at the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, about The Otter by Marshall Fredericks in KAC’s collection. The Otter is one of several sculptures and drawings from KAC’s collection currently on view in The Lab.

LIVE AT LUNCHTIME: KERRY BINNINGTON
2022-02-10 12:00 - 12:30
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10
12 PM on KAC's Facebook Live

KAC welcomes teaching artist Kerry Binnington for a live conversation about her drawings currently on view with select items from KAC’s sculpture collection in The Lab.

FREE FAMILY DAY: WINTER WINDOW SUNCATCHERS
2022-02-12 11:00 - 12:30
Saturday, February 12, 2022
11 AM – 12:30 PM
FREE & OPEN TO ALL AGES
* MASKS REQUIRED
** SPACE LIMITED REGISTRATION REQUIRED – REGISTER FOR CLASS FAM2 BY CLICKING HERE
Brighten up your winter windows with a handmade suncatcher with Miss Dani!
** Registration Required. 1 spot = Up to 2 participants.

LIVE AT LUNCHTIME: PUBLIC ART WITH JOHN SAUVE
2022-02-17 12:00 - 12:30
New conversations related to KAC’s sculpture collection and our community’s long-standing tradition of outdoor art.
Thursdays at Noon on Facebook Live:

February 17 – John Sauvé

February 24 – Matthew Bizoe

Artwork: John Sauvé, ‘I am the Greatest.’

LIVE AT LUNCHTIME: PUBLIC ART WITH MATTHEW BIZOE
2022-02-24 12:00 - 12:30
New conversations related to KAC’s sculpture collection and our community’s long-standing tradition of outdoor art. We’ll hear from KAC’s Marketing Manager and how you can interact with public sculpture at KAC.
Thursdays at Noon on Facebook Live

Live at Lunchtime: Sculpture Collection rerun - Fritz Olsen
2022-03-03 12:00 - 12:30 | Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Blvd, St. Joseph, MI, 49085, United States
This Thursday we will be taking a short break from our live programming as we continue programing fantastic public art for our community!
We will re-share our episode with Fritz Olsen about his sculpture ‘Bouquet’ this week, and be sharing more exciting episodes next week.
Explore this episode and more on our Facebook page by clicking here.

2022 Community Student Art Exhibition at The Box Factory – Elementary School Artists
2022-03-05 - 2022-03-26 | Box Factory for the Arts, 1101 Broad St, St Joseph, MI, United States
Each year, Berrien RESA, The Box Factory for the Arts, and Krasl Art Center work together to present two amazing community art exhibitions, one for elementary students and one for middle school and high school students.
In addition to being on-view March 5 – 26, all works in the middle & high school exhibition will also be featured in the curated online gallery beginning March 5 at https://communitystudentartexhibition.smugmug.com/
These exhibitions provide important opportunities for school children from Berrien, Cass, and Van Buren Counties to exhibit their artwork at The Box Factory for the Arts through Spring of 2022.
2022 Awards Ceremonies
Celebrate the creativity of our young artists at the awards ceremonies. Both pre-recorded ceremonies will be listed on KAC’s YouTube page, youtube.com/user/KraslArtCenter/videos . The middle & high school program will be published on April 16.
All artworks will be on view at The Box Factory for the Arts. The middle & high school exhibition is on-view April 9 – 24.
The Box is open Thursday – Sunday, 12 – 4 PM.
The 2022 Community Art Exhibition is sponsored by Stonegate Plastic Surgery of Lakeland, South Shore Women’s Health Care, and Paul & Dorothy Cayo in Memory of their Daughter Sarah. Additional exhibition support from Barrett & Driscoll Pediatrics. Framing provided by Papachi International Custom Framing. Program support provided in part by Michigan Council for the Arts & Cultural Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts, and Frederick S. Upton Foundation.

INSTALL WEEK - BROKEN ALPHABET
2022-03-07 - 2022-03-11 | Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Blvd, St. Joseph, MI, 49085, United States
Explore The Shop and The Lounge as our curatorial team installs the next exhibition in The Lab – Broken Alphabet: a love letter to Graffiti.
The new exhibition opens Saturday, March 12.

Live at Lunchtime: Behind the Scenes Installing 'Broken Alphabet'
2022-03-10 12:00 - 12:30 | Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Blvd, St. Joseph, MI, 49085, United States
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 12 PM
FREE ON FACEBOOK LIVE
KAC has a new exhibition in The Lab!
See how we are installing Broken Alphabet: A love letter to Graffiti by ASMA Speeks..

IN THE LAB: BROKEN ALPHABET
2022-03-12 - 2022-05-15 | Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Blvd, St. Joseph, MI, 49085, United States
With over a decade of experience, Guillermo ‘ASMA Speeks’ Sotelo brings graffiti indoors to reveal insights to the process, share the history and technique, and change the stigma around this ancient art form.
Learn more about the work on view at KAC by clicking here.
Learn more about the work on view during special tours, artist talks, and virtual events:

Live at Lunchtime: Behind the Scenes Installing ‘Broken Alphabet’
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 12 PM
Free on Facebook Live

LIVE AT LUNCHTIME FOCUS TALK: ASMA SPEEKS
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 12 PM
Free on Facebook Live

ARTIST TALK & RECEPTION: THE HISTORY OF GRAFFITI WITH ASMA SPEEKS

SATURDAY, APRIL 9 11 AM - 1 PM
Free In-person Event

March Family Day - Terracotta Pot Painting
2022-03-12 11:00 - 12:30 | Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Blvd, St. Joseph, MI, 49085, United States
Saturday, March 12, 2022
11 AM – 12:30 PM
FREE & OPEN TO ALL AGES
* Masks Required
** SPACE LIMITED REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Spring is almost here! Prepare for the thaw by painting terracotta pots for your favorite flowers with Miss Dani during KAC’s Free Family Days.
**Registration Required. 1 spot = Up to 2 participants.

LIVE AT LUNCHTIME FOCUS TALK: ASMA SPEEKS
2022-03-17 12:00 - 12:30 | Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Blvd, St. Joseph, MI, 49085, United States
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 12 PM
FREE on Facebook Live

Meet ASMA Speeks, the artist behind Broken Alphabet, during this virtual introduction to the exhibition. Learn more about the concept and process behind installing the exhibition, the artist’s own relationship with graffiti, and his efforts to establish legal graffiti walls in Southwest Michigan.
Live at Lunchtime is a weekly series over the lunch hour on Facebook Live during which artists and art workers share more about their work at KAC and in the community. Join us every Thursday at noon to hear something new.
Photo of ASMA Speeks by Kris Gibbs.
[Image description: Portrait of artist Guillermo Sotelo (ASMA Speeks). Guillermo has brown hair and a beard and is wearing a white t-shirt under an open blue floral button-up shirt.]

Film Screening - Kid Flicks Two
2022-03-19 14:30 - 16:00 | Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Blvd, St. Joseph, MI, 49085, United States
Saturday, March 19, 2:30 PM
KAC Library

KAC is proud to be a venue for the 2022 Coastline Children’s Film Festival. Join us in The Library for a screening of the New York International childrens’ Film Festival Kid Flicks Two.
With shorts for ages 7+, Kid Flicks Two audiences are ready for plenty of fun, plus deeper themes and multilingual films with English subtitles. Stop motion equals nonstop action in Wild Lea, as a feral Colombian cat goes from lonely to loved, but can she learn to settle down with her new makeshift family? And if kooky tales are what you’re craving, you’ll flip your lid over the hilariously absurd split personalities of Matilda and the Spare Head. In the doc Dear Future Me, 6th graders wrote letters to their future selves; fast-forward to 2020 when the now 12th graders re-read them with alternately surprising, bittersweet, and hilarious results.
68 mins., In English and other languages with English subtitles.
Films in this program:
RENAIDANCE
United States, Animation, Zhike Yang, Wenjie Wu & Han Chen Chang, 2020, 4 min. English
A grandfather and granddaughter bond over dragons, dance, and shared cultural traditions.

MATILDA AND THE SPARE HEAD
Lithuania, Animation, Ignas Meilūnas, 2020, 13 min.
Lithuanian with English subtitles
Matilda wants to be the smartest person in the world. When she can’t fit any more in her head, she figures two heads are better than one.

WILD LÉA
Colombia, Animation, María Teresa Salcedo Montero, 2020, 9 min.
Spanish with English subtitles
Stop motion equals nonstop action as a feral Colombian cat goes from lonely to loved, but can she learn to settle down with her new makeshift family?

DEAR FUTURE ME
United States, Live Action Documentary, Sarah Klein & Tom Mason, 2020, 13 min. English
In 2014, 6th graders wrote letters to their future selves. Fast-forward to 2020 when the now-12th graders re-read them with alternately surprising, bittersweet, and hilarious results.

ICE BREAKERS
Canada, Live Action Documentary, Sandi Rankaduwa, 2019, 15 min. English
Josh, a gifted African-Canadian hockey player in an overwhelmingly white sport, hones his skills and discovers a remarkable, buried heritage of Black athletes who helped pioneer the sport.

LOUIS’S SHOES
France, Animation, Marion Philippe, Kayu Leung, Théo Jamin & Jean-Géraud Blanc, 2020, 5 min.

French with English subtitles
Louis, 8-and-a-half-years-old and autistic, arrives in his new school prepared to introduce himself.

KAPAEMAHU
United States, Animation, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer & Joe Wilson, 2020, 9 min.
Hawaiian with English subtitles
This Oscar® shortlisted film uncovers the healing power of the past when the long-hidden histories of four stones and the legendary spirits in them are revealed.
