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Krasl Art Center
St. Joseph Art Association
707 Lake Boulevard
Saint Joseph, Michigan
Phone: 616 983 0271 --
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Statement of Purpose:
With its varied options for encountering art, the
Krasl Art Center provides a rich learning environment for both children and
adults in Southwest Michigan.
Sponsored by the St. Joseph Art Association, the Center opened in 1980 and
was recognized with accreditation from the prestigious American Association of
Museums by 1983.
The Krasl Art Center provides the residents of southwest Michigan and
visitors to the area with a wide variety of programs. Our mission is to provide
communication and aesthetic appreciation of the fine arts.
Education
Take time to create your own work of art in one of the Krasl Art
Center's numerous classes! In seven spacious classrooms, talented teachers guide
you through brief, conveniently scheduled courses in drawing, painting, jewelry,
pottery, textiles, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and art history. Each
year, workshops conducted by nationally known artists attract students to the
Center Children's classes introduce a wide variety of art experiences, while the
Center's popular summer camp combines drama, music and visual art in a casual,
relaxed setting. The Center also offers appealing and practical art education
resources for elementary school classrooms, plus tours and exhibitions planned
especially to capture young minds. Films, lectures, videos and concerts round
out the Krasl's educational activities. Contact the Krasl's Education Office for
more information about the full range of art education alternatives
Highlights & Collections:
Exhibitions, studio and art classes.
Traveling exhibitions bring the works of the masters to Southwestem
Michigan.
Our three galleries exhibit traditional fine arts, contemporary
works, folk arts and crafts, and the work of local artists in shows which change
monthly. The permanent collection is devoted exclusively to sculpture
which focuses on outdoor works by prominent sculptors. Krasl is an advocate to
promote the installation and care of outdoors sculpture in the community. Our
SculpTour brochure provides directions for a walking tour of the sculpture in
downtown St. Joseph. Krasl also offers a wide range of educational programs for
both children and adults. These include classes and workshops, summer camps,
lectures, concerts and videos.
Our sculpture collection includes work by such sculptors as: Richard Hunt,
George Rickey, Kirk Newman, Burt Brent, John Isherwood, Michael Dunbar, Fritz
Olsen and Barry Hehemann.
Exhibits:
Exhibitions
The Krasl Art Center's three galleries are home to numerous exhibitions,
changing monthly. Traveling exhibitions include collections from the Smithsonian
Institution, Detroit Institute of the Arts, and treasures from other major
museums and private collections. The exhibitions are as diverse as contemporary
works, traditional fine arts, folk arts and crafts, and the works of local
artists. One annual show -a community favorite- highlights the holiday season
with collections such as dolihouses, toy trains and carousel horses. An annual
all-media art competition attracts entrants from throughout Michigan, creating a
remarkable show of statewide talent.
Well-equipped classrooms provide a place
for individual artistic expression.
Outdoor sculpture on Krasl grounds and in the surrounding
community.
2001 Calendar of Events
Collars and Cuffs: The Politics of Fashion in European Portraiture
1630 to 1880
From January 18 to March 4
Krasl hosts a selection of paintings from the Detroit Institute of
Arts. These exquisite portraits offer us a look into social politics from the
past
On the Bias
From January 18 to March 4
Young creative artists from the School of the Art Institute of
Chicago bring an eclectic mix of knowledge and talent to the Krasl.
Guest-curated by Mimi Peterson
VSA Michigan
From March 8 to April 22
This exhibit showcases the artwork of professional Michigan artists
with disabilities. With this collection of two- and three-dimensional works, VSA
hopes to challenge conventional attitudes and audience preconceptions about
disability and expand our understanding of diversity. The show is designed for
universal accessibility in its physical layout, Braille and large print sinage
and audio description.
BAG Reaches Out from the Box to the Bluff: Recent Works by Members
of the Berrien Artist Guild
From March 78 to April 22, 2001
Since 1962, the Berrien Artist Guild has played a major role in
local artistic developments. Its members founded the Box Factory in St. Joseph
and have taught classes while continuing to produce their own artwork.
Sculptures, paintings, and drawings created in a variety of media by BAG members
will be displayed.
Sculpted by Nature: Photographs by Sherry Hayne
From March 8 to April 22
Hayne is an award-winning Ann Arbor artist who has been exhibiting
her photographs nationally since 1990. A fine arts graduate of Eastern Michigan
University, Hayne is a fellow of the MacDowell Colony located in Peterborough,
New Hampshire, where she was an artist-in-residence in 1997 and 1999. Her black
and white photographs will be exhibited.
Images by the Birmingham Society of Women Painters
From April 26 to June 10
Members of the Birmingham Society of Women Painters have painted
and shown their work since 1944. The women founded the Birmingham Bloomfield Art
Center in 1956 and continue to teach classes, give talks, arrange exhibitions,
paint murals, write books, and jury exhibitions in their Michigan community.
Their works in watercolor, oils, pastels, and acrylics hang throughout the
world.
Krasl Student Show
From April 26 to June 10
Exhibited will be artwork made by people from our community who
have taken classes at the Krasl Art Center. Some students are professional
artists; some talented "amateurs."
Sergio De Giusti: Figurative Reliefs
From June 14 to August 5
Regarding his sculpture, De Giusti states: "In my work I create
figurative images that evoke fantasies of tomb sculptures, anthropological
rituals and architectural fragments. [My work] is a romantic look at decay and
regeneration, destruction at the beginning of time as well as
rebirth--geological and historical."
In Front of Photography and Beyond: Holograms by Jesus
Lopez
From June 14 to August 5
Benton Harbor artist Lopez says, "My works address the most
primitive aspects of the human condition, which is all about love and life and
the mastering of perfection and excellence from the past into the future to the
present time." Lopez incorporates ancient and contemporary art, science and
technology into his holograms.
Mimi Peterson: Assembled Anagrams
From June 14 to August 5
Peterson states, "By performing grafts, providing counterpionts,
and sensing their humor, I have transposed and/or added objects to spell out a
fresh interpretation in their newly created relational space. This process of
intervention has shifted from the self referential of the 'lost-found' object
toward new meanings in my assembled anagrams."
40th Annual Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff
July 14 and 15
An art fair which maintains the highest quality in fine art and
fine crafts for the artist and viewing public. Feturing more than 200 artists,
demonstrations, delicious food and great people-watching opportunities all
within downtown St. Joseph's Lake Bluff Park. This fair is rated by Sunshine
Artist Magazine as one of the 50th best Art Fairs in the nation.
Zimmerman Still Life
From August 9 to September 19
Zimmerman, an artist based out of western Michigan for nearly ten
years, paints with oil on canvas and paper to create works that subtly allude to
biblical or mythological paintings. His textured still lifes are reminiscent of
the Trompe L'Oeil style. Zimmerman's paintings have shown locally and
nationally.
Tom Phardel: Sculpture and Grounds
From August 9 to September 29
Ann Arbor artist Phardel focuses his sculpture on the interaction
of materials within a totemic structure. His works in steel, clay, stone and
bronze allude to function, man's tools, and architecture. Phardel openly
dismisses function and form, opting instead to focus his energies on mythic and
ritual content.
Holly Fisher: Teapost on Parade
From August 9 to Sepetember 19
Fisher is a Kalamazoo sculptor who works with steel, stainless
steel, cast iron, and found objects. Her show consists of many whimsical
household objects (teapots, gravy boats, lunchboxes, flour sifters, etc.)
embellished with wheels, wings, and ornate components.
HollyMarket
From September 25 to September 29
Krasl will bring to our guests and members a continuing new look of
quality sculpture, pottery, painting, hand-wrought jewelry, textiles, glass and
leather merchandise at this one week sale.
Marshall Fredericks Sculptures
From October 5 to November 178
Exhibited will be ten sculptures by Michigan sculptor
Marshall Fredericks. He graduated from the Cleveland School of Art in 1930 and
journeyed abroad on fellowship to study with Carl Milles in Sweden. In 1932 he
joined the staffs of Crandbrook Academy of Art and Crandbrook and Kingswood
Schools in Bloomfield Hills, MI. Many of his works have a spiritual intensity.
Others are infused with a lighthearted humor, a warm and gentle spirit like that
found in Fredericks himself.
David Barr: Sculpture
From November 23 to December 30
Instead of an illusionary representation of recognizable objects
and people, Barr depicts the structure of nature and the natural laws that
govern relationships which generally go unobserved. Based on the Fibonacci
number series, Barr uses gradations and juxtapositions of vivid colors to
enhance the interlocking planes of his sculpture and accentuate the underlying
dynamism of structure.
Hours:
Monday-Thursday, Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Between Memorial Day and Labor Day Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Sunday: 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Admission & Directions:
Free
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Key Personnel:
Darwin R. Davis, Executive Director
Patrice Rose,
Director of Administration
Susan Wilczak, Director of Exhibitions and
Collections
Donna Metz, Director of Education
Sara Shambarger, Art Fair
Director
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