Explore Art Hop

Aerick B. finds inspiration in everything from everyday objects to the emotions he feels while creating art and is constantly looking for ways to further develop his unique artistic voice and produce art that both inspires him and impacts others.

Joshua Darryl is an African American visual artist from Kalamazoo, Michigan. Joshua Darryl is known for his creativity and captivating art style.

Soul Artistry is a consulting company that specializes in experience curating, artistry development, arts, nonprofit and wellness consulting.

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.

Co founders Etta Poer and Story Darnell created their small business called Crafts and Creativity to explore into entrepreneurship and create items for everyone to enjoy

As viewers engage with the tangible elements of the painting alongside the symbolic representation of digital space, they are prompted to consider the influence of digital technology on their perception of reality.

Making journals allows Jenna to combine many of these into one project with the covers, the signature wraps, binding types, and page designs she gets to enjoy all the things she appreciates.

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.

Whether exploring the sublime, memory, gender, capitalism, existentialism, or absurdism, Cleanna is grateful for the opportunity to dive into complex subjects and create and connect with artists and writers around the world.

Jade Nitro creates bold and colorful acrylic paintings designed to bring joy and light.

Jonathan Wijnberg considers himself a regionalist painter, similar in philosophy to Edward Hopper, Thomas Hart Benton, and Andrew Wyeth.

Sharmane Flanders is a multimedia, traditional artist. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Art and is currently working towards a Master's Degree in Art Therapy. She works with a wide variety of mediums and enjoys challenging herself by trying out new ways to create.

Eugenia Apawu, the Nurturing Therapist: "Nurturing. Refreshing. Healing" is an adopted new name of a disabled individual, licensed massage practitioner, licensed cosmetologist, and an entrepreneur, who is on a healing journey and making a comeback after ten years displacement from the workforce.

Denise Miller is a poet, playwright, and mixed media artist whose poetry has been published in the Offing, African American Review and Blackberry: A Magazine.

Nanette Anderson is a watercolor artist who’s work evokes warm feelings of familiarity and home.

Josh Ford creates abstract work with social/political undertones. Josh is currently branching out into cartoon development and illustration.

Annalisa creates astonishing oil paintings merging space and people.

Cassandra Tank is a young Kalamazoo local. Her works are inspired by the media she consumed as a child, her life experiences, and looks towards the future creating things she wishes to see more of in the world around her.

Erin's work is mostly inspired by the natural world, though she also sometimes dabbles in painting intriguing characters found in historical photographs.

Jaylei Art explores through color, nature, and finds power capturing the essence of inclusive beauty as a way to uplift and inspire the community to engage into the art world.

Art Therapy relieves my stress. Creativity helps keep me sane. What inspires me? Beauty. I simply pay attention to the world around me, I find it in the most unlikely places.

No Life Like This Again" by Alisha Richardson is a mixed media traditional art series celebrating the depth and temporary nature of the human experience.

Melissa is an artist and photographer who focuses on nature and architecture. She adds vivid colors and a unique perspective to make her photos stand out.

Dennis "HD" Faurot a photographer for 50 years with a focus on nature, structures, and life as he has traveled extensively across the United States.

In Synchronicity, the artist/scribes of Pen Dragons Calligraphy Guild explore a variety of media, surface, content and letterforms in this group exhibit.

The Cereal City Brass Quintet is a division of the Cereal City Concert Band, which draws members from Battle Creek, Kalamazoo and surrounding areas. They like to entertain audiences with light summer fare from Dixieland and jazz favorites to Broadway and the Beatles.

Come and discover which artist from the 2024 West Michigan Area Show was elected as the People's Choice Awards Winner, sponsored by the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo. Join us at the KIA for refreshments, camaraderie and take advantage of free Gallery entry!

Valentine Payne does digital art, canvas paintings, and collage art. She sells art and also does custom art pieces.

Jaykwon was selected by competitive audition to join the 2023 Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA) National Festival. He traveled to LA for 10 days of study with outstanding young musicians from across the country, and performed under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel. Jaykwon plans to major in viola performance at the University of Michigan.

James Schlage is a painter who is enthralled with the charm, character, and vibrancy of the City of New Orleans. His acrylic paintings in this exhibition reflect his love of the city’s unique architecture, history, and diversity.

This series expresses a core element of my creative soul - the exploration of possibilities. The question I constantly ask in my work is “What if…?”.

West Michigan Toyota Dealers are the presenting sponsor of Art Hop and are always onsite during the event at the corner of South Street and the Kalamazoo Mall. Stop by to say hello and check out a new vehicle!

Though they're no strangers to real hard times, hard work, and hard living, The Bootstrap Boys are really aiming to create a western fantasy to transport their listeners to another time, place, and dimension where cowboys are still king.