The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts is honored to feature its newest exhibition, “Spared from the Storm: Masterworks from the New Orleans Museum of Art,” from November 8, 2008 until February 8, 2009.
This rare ticketed exhibit features nearly 100 priceless works from the New Orleans Museum of Art that were spared from Hurricane Katrina and its devastating aftereffects. The KIA will host 17th through mid-20th century paintings and sculptures by Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Wassily Kandinsky, Joan Miró, Claude Monet, Georgia O’Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Auguste Rodin, John Singer Sargent and Giambattista Tiepolo.
The KIA will commemorate the exhibits opening with a free mini-concert of spirituals and French Christmas carols performed by the Kalamazoo Bach Festival Choir on Saturday, November 8 at 1:30 p.m. Tickets for this family-friendly exhibit are $10 for general admission; $8 for seniors and students and groups of 15 or more people; $5 for KIA members. For more information, call (269) 349-7775, or visit http://www.kiarts.org.
“Spared From the Storm” Exhibit Schedule:
November 8, 2008 -February 8, 2009
Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.;
Thursday, Friday: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.;
Sunday: noon-6 p.m.
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