Krasl Art Center in downtown St. Joseph, Michigan collects and publicly displays contemporary sculpture. On our campus and throughout the community, indoors and out, you can engage with dynamic artworks by Dale Chihuly, Richard Hunt, George Rickey, and many more artists – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Explore KAC’s public sculpture sites and you will learn about more than art; you will discover the community in which it lives.
Krasl Art Center offers youth and adult education programs in a variety of media, including drawing, painting, photography, stop-motion animation, ceramics, and sculpture. Stay up-to-date on classes by subscribing to our e-newsletter
KAC offers in-person programs including youth camps & classes, teen/adult classes, and visiting artist workshops year-round.
Something is always happening at Krasl Art Center. From the Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff to ongoing public events indoors and out to our volunteer gatherings, Krasl is a vibrant year ’round gathering spot. See what’s coming soon. We’d love to see you at Krasl Art Center in beautiful downtown St. Joseph, Michigan.
Head to Lake Bluff Park on the second weekend of July for the Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff presented by 1st Source Bank Wealth Advisory Services and Krasl Art Center! 2025 dates are Saturday, July 12 from 10 am – 6 pm, and Sunday, July 13 from 10 am – 5 pm.
The non-profit Krasl Art Center provides southwest Michigan residents and visitors the opportunity to experience high quality art exhibitions, installations, and events, and to participate in art classes, camps, guest artist workshops, and outreach opportunities. Always changing indoors and out, Krasl is grateful for the support of our generous donors, volunteers and members. If you haven’t yet, please consider volunteering, becoming a member and/or making a donation. It all matters.
Facing the Giant: 3 Decades of Dissent presents 30 silkscreen and mixed collage works that span the career of provocative graphic designer, guerilla marketer, and street artist, Shepard Fairey. Learn more about the work on view during special tours, artist talks, and virtual events. Some programs require advance registration. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PREVIEW PARTY Friday, February 9, […]
FREE; PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED Lab Artist Jacob Lehmann combines everyday objects with painting and collage techniques to evoke sense memories and conjure emotions from loss to joy. Join us for Culture Club to share and discuss personal objects and memories, and stay for a hands-on workshop, where participants will learn to combine their objects with mixed […]
Wednesday, May 8th, 5 pm – 6:30 pm FREE & Open to All Ages Join instructor Miss Jessica and learn make comic panels! Have fun creating characters and telling a story with pen and ink. See you on Wednesday, May 8th from 5 - 6:30PM! On the second Wednesday of every month, Krasl Art Center […]
Mark your calendars for Thursday, May 9, 2024, from 5 – 7 pm, as Southwest Michigan Regional Chamber and Krasl Art Center host a Business After Hours event. Attendees will be among the first to discover the 2024 Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff, presented by 1st Source Bank Wealth Advisory Services merchandise and the […]
Saturday, April 13, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm FREE & Open to All Ages Saturday, May 11, 11 am - 12:30 pm FREE & Open to All Ages Join instructor Miss Jessica and learn make comic book panels! Have fun creating characters and telling a story with pen and ink. See you on Saturday, […]
Summer brings new art indoors and out at KAC. Get a first look at Traditional Echo: Contemporary Pokagon Artists & The Ones Who Came Before in The Galleries and the art of Allissa Corak in The Lab; see artworks by Kris Sanford on the exterior of KAC; and participate in an artmaking project inspired by […]
Tour the recently opened exhibition, Traditional Echo: Contemporary Pokagon Artists & The Ones Who Came Before, with guest curator Jennifer Marcussen, an enrolled citizen from the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, where she works as an archivist and curator for her tribe. Coffee with the Curator is a free, informal tour over the lunch hour at […]
Members of the community, friends, families, and all those in-between are all cordially invited to attend the PechaKucha 20x20 St. Joseph/Benton Harbor Volume 30 Event. The ticketed event takes place at The Inn at Harbor Shores on Thursday, May 30, 2024, from 7 - 9:30 pm. Doors open at 6:00 pm. PechaKucha’s - meaning “chit […]
Sunday June 2nd, 11am - 3pm FREE FOR TEENS! AGES 13 - 20 WHAT’S A ZINE?? A zine is a printed publication you make and distribute with your own hands. Some zines are comics. Some zines are words-only, or pictures-only. A zine can be funny, serious, scary, instructional, or anything in between. If you can […]