"It's for us and it's by us," is the way Sharmese Anderson describes the work of Friends With Disabilities. The Kalamazoo group led by those with disabilities not only offers activities like movies, bowling, and barbecues but a chance to make friends, too.
Face Off Theatre is "coming out of our beginnings into a new era," artistic director Marissa Harrington says. So they are calling the 2021 season Rebirth.
At the recent National Day of Healing in Kalamazoo, community leaders explored the truths that can lead to healing and transformation.
Whole seasons and series were canceled in 2020 as arts organizations sorted out how to deal with a situation where it was not safe in many cases to invite an audience to see their works. Creativity and new options ermerged.
"The trail is 99.9 percent complete, and highly utilized by a diverse group of people," Galesburg Mayor Lori West says. "It's beautiful."
Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Kalamazoo (TRHT) is partnering with Rootead Enrichment Center and local community groups to connect residents to therapists of color in order to heal racial trauma.
Couple helps authors bring their stories to life through words and art. And she helps girls see the possibilities in the world.
Kalamazoo has a really strong history of papermaking, printing industry, and education in the humanities. For 15 years the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center has been drawing on that history to make sure book making (and more) lives on.
“As an art teacher, I want to provide as many resources and exposure opportunities as possible to my students," says Mandy Clearwaters, head of the KPS art department. That's why she writes grants to bolster funding for arts programs.
YOU MyCity summer program where students learn about life in the real world of work makes adjustments for COVID-19 realities.
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