Preserve the caliber and staff of an important museum, allowing the organization to re-open, re-install its permanent collection, increase online learning and save jobs.

FAIN: GA-276264-20

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (Kalamazoo, MI 49007-5102)
Belinda Tate (Project Director: May 2020 to April 2025)

The retention of eight staff positions to develop programming and plan for the safe reopening of the museum.

The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (KIA) centrally located between Detroit and Chicago is a proven leader in humanities focused programming. Since its formation in 1924, the KIA, an accredited AAM institution has a distinguished history of creating thought provoking and fresh perspectives on American art, using its deep, rich collection to unite community perspectives with scholarly historical analysis. It is our desire to inspire all who enter the KIA, showing how the visual arts can be a part of our daily life, while also connecting different people within our community and beyond. During this time of crisis as a result of Covid-19 our entire collection is in storage and our revenue streams decimated. Support is needed to restore our creative team, re-install our permanent collection and other exhibitions, increase our digital learning platform, and gradually implement public programs and classes for all ages.