Explore Art Hop

Ellen has worked in Kalamazoo as a multidisciplinary artist, muralist, and arts instructor for the past decade, as well as showing her work nationally in places like Nashville and Miami.

Trevor Grabill is an artist and teacher in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Their work is about finding strange magic in neglected or easily bypassed places, particularly small towns in the upper midwest.

Ellen Nelson has been a Kalamazoo artist since graduating from the University of Michigan in 2013. Her oil paintings and large-scale mural work seek to find the beauty, truth, and meaning in the chaotic patterns of everyday life. She uses colors, patterns, and objects that are nostalgic, joyful, or powerful, with the hopes that her final pieces will offer viewers moments of respite from the weight of the world.

Patrick Hershberger is a public artist and illustrator from Kalamazoo. Some notable mural works around town include Welcome to the Washington Square, Greetings from the East Side, and Bates Alley. Recent clients include One Well Brewing, Turbo Chicken, Condado Tacos, and the YWCA.

Maya James is an award-winning multi-disciplinary artist, writer, creator, educator, and activist based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with a focus on feminism, anti-racism, and collective economics.

Join us in the Westin Gallery to view artwork by seven local public artists in conjunction with the Kalamazoo County Public Arts Commission, which will unveil its Pixel Stix project! The PixelStix Platform is a stack of technologies built by PixelStix that turn any collection of murals into an interactive gallery. 

Chafe Hensley is a graphic artist, painter, and musician who has spent the last few decades immersed in illustration, graphic design, production, and teaching.

Brent is an artist an educator who believes strongly in the role of art as storytelling device.

The Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo has acquired 9 panels of the BLM Mural Project from the Downtown Kalamazoo Partnership and will have them on display in the hallway outside of the Westin gallery on the second floor of the Epic Center. 

Wellspring/Cori Terry & Dancers invites you to an open rehearsal as they prepare for their Spring Concert of Dance, Little Worlds running May 19-21st. Experience a behind the scenes look at the preparation for a professional dance concert.

David Raznick creates fun and exciting pictures, with a lot of energy and excitement being generated. easily accessible, and fun.

Mindy's artwork is beautiful acrylic paint pours.

Austin Rounds is a twenty-year-old artist who has used his art as an outlet and a way to express himself when the world around him may feel off kilter, beautiful, and even challenging.

Maya James is an artist, writer, creator, educator, and activist based in the Kalamazoo, Michigan area.

Mon’Taveon Johnson is a twenty year-old upcoming artist from Benton Harbor, Michigan.

Amy Lou Gieschen is an area Kalamazoo artist specializing in acrylic and watercolor landscapes and still lifes.

Maria Newhouse is an accomplished photographer who has been capturing life's special moments for over a decade. Based in Kalamazoo, Maria specializes in family photography, lifestyle newborn photography, and portrait photography.

MRC artWorks— a program of MRC Industries, Inc. — is a professional working studio and retail gallery located on the historic Kalamazoo Mall in the heart of beautiful downtown Kalamazoo. MRC artWorks offers unique and affordable art created by individuals with disabilities, providing an outlet to achieve creative self‐expression in a way that promotes personal growth, dignity, and self-confidence.

Bell Book and Canto has been delighting audiences with their close harmonies, goofy antics, and nerdy shenanigans for over a decade. The four of them pull together classical training, innovation, experimental sound styles, and a dash of "Leroy Jenkins" to create a truly unique musical experience that will make you laugh, cry, and want to change the world.

Kait is a talented young artist who loves to paint using all kinds of medium, she is a sculptor as well as a jewelry maker.

The pieces being submitted are done by students from WoodsEdge Learning Center. Woods Edge Learning center is a center based school for kids with severe to profound special needs.

Anna Majewski is a painter who loves to paint the natural world and how humans interact with nature.

Stephanie Lee is a multi-passionate entrepreneur with a wide variety of interests. The art they create is a manifestation of their relationship with themselves, this planet, and the incredible power of the human experience.

Kalamazoo's Mall City Harmonizers have been "bustin' chords" in Kalamazoo since 1941. They sing four-part a cappella harmonies throughout the Greater Kalamazoo area.

The pieces being submitted are done by students from WoodsEdge Learning Center. WoodsEdge Learning center is a center based school for kids with severe to profound special needs.

Kazoo School students (K-12) end of the year art showcase. These artists have been inspired by nature, history, and cultures across the world to create explorative art that nurtures self-expression.

From spring through fall, Penny gathers stones from along Michigan's shorelines. She use these stones to create stone art wall hangings, magnets and other items all year long. The possibilities of what she can create are endless. Her best-selling item is the Michigan magnet set. Some of Penny's favorite creations are eagles, Bigfoot doing various things, wine glasses, Cannabis leaves, crosses, electric guitars, and so many different animals, birds and water creatures. You can follow Penny on her Facebook group called "Stone Art by Penny Hughes".

Come celebrate with Amy Zane - it's her 20th Anniversary on the Downtown Mall, and 10th Anniversary in this location! She's even created a new jewelry collection for the landmark occasion!

The 2023 Year End Student Celebration Exhibit will open during Art Hop on Friday, May 5 at 5:30 p.m. and will showcase art and design works created by students from the Studio Arts, Animation and Game Art, Illustration, Graphic Design, Multimedia and Web Design and Development programs.

As an artist who has always made art from her home, Heather Boersma surrounded by her own children, their humor, art, and fanciful costumes, she was inspired by the Southwest tradition of the God’s Eye—created by parents as prayers for their children.

For the first time, KRESA's CTE Art & Design students and EFA Advanced Visual Arts students will showcase their artwork in a collaborative end of the year showcase exhibited in the Kalamazoo Promise building in downtown Kalamazoo.

John McKaig creates pictures that help him explore the idea of escape, sexuality and ideas of mortality and passage after life. Caroline Allen tries to capture the spirit of short stories by Kia Penso using images conjured up by stories.

Visit Glass Art Kalamazoo for an exciting glass blowing show, torchworking, demonstrations, a make-your-own fused glass project for a small fee, and a brand-new glass art gallery exhibit!

Avolio GlassWerks is a glass Art Gallery located within the Park Trade Center, downtown Kalamazoo.

The Starlite Collective is a group of artisans varying is skills and creations whose main concern is to create a supportive and uplifting community. This show will feature 10+ of our members with a wide array of mediums with everything from collage to clothing.

Artists Brennan Barnes, Yve Holtzclaw, Marissa Klee-Peregon, Alex Menzor, Ellen VanderMyde, Jose Velarde-Chan and Rebecca West completed the Kalamazoo Institute of Art residency program in 2022 with their closing show, Portal Theory.

Jackie is a member of the pottery co-op, Kalamazoo ARTisans. She, along with her fellow studio mates, creates colorful and functional pottery to enhance our daily lives.

The culmination of the resident artists will be on display through the month of May with the opening reception on May 5th from 5-8pm.

Radley An is a multimedia artist based in Kalamazoo's Edison neighborhood. Their dark and cozy mushroom paintings were initially inspired by their morning walks.

Vinnie Kelleher is a local self-taught Kalamazoo artist who makes mixed media works such as paintings, collages, and photography edits.

George Sachse woodworking in kumiko, a Japanese art of precisely cutting and fitting small pieces of wood to form intricate patterns.

Jamie is currently taking classes at the KIA and taking some workshops in Indiana. She loves to get together and paint with other artists in classes or in her studio.

**BRING YOUR HEADPHONES** Art transcends the visual medium on WMUK's ArtBeat with Zinta Aistars, who takes a weekly look at arts, culture, and creativity in southwest Michigan.

Lori Evesque is a local farmer and fiber artist with over 30 years experience in natural dyeing.

Sharmane Flanders is a multimedia artist who also enjoys charcoal drawing and painting with acrylics.

Sofia Huffman creates beautiful pieces of artwork that showcase a broad range of imagination. This young artist creates acrylic paintings, watercolor paintings, and digital art in a variety of styles and themes.

Faith McGrew is a student at KVCC. These paintings are from her second semester of study. She is particularly fascinated by creating acrylic paintings with a focus on light.

Greg King is an up and coming artists looking to get himself out there with his creative talent and vary unique skill.

Finn is currently an Arborist and feels that working with trees and nature is his biggest inspiration when it comes to his different color pallets.

Rumbidzwaiishe Chirara creates vibrant pieces with a mixture of acrylic and oil paints.

Amber Stilson handicrafts a variety of fiber arts, toys, and clothing, as well as upcycling second had items.

Liz Ballinger creates beautiful handmade polymer clay dragons themed after various seasons, fandoms, holidays, and pride flags. Each sculpture is one of a kind, guaranteeing a truly unique gift every time!

Andrea delves into the subconscious while using art as a therapy tool for herself and others.

Matt Janney is an artist who insists on using tactile, analog media in his personal practice.

Chad Lampert creates cool automotive and kustom kulture art of all kinds. Chad sells prints, tshirts, stickers, etc.