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The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (KIA) is a non-profit art museum and school in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. ==History== In 1924, members of the Kalamazoo Chapter of the American Federation of the Arts established the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts "to further the development of interest and education in and of regard and appreciation for the various arts." The KIA's current facility opened in September 1961. Designed by the Chicago, Illinois, firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the structure is based on the Mies van der Rohe International Style of architecture. It offers studio classrooms, a library, auditorium, exhibit areas, a sculpture garden and office space. In 1997, the KIA began a $14.5 million expansion and renovation. The project increased the size of the KIA to , and added a two-story lobby gallery, auditorium, classrooms and galleries, gallery shop, library and an interactive gallery for kids. Dale Chihuly's ''Kalamazoo Ruby Light Chandelier'', a colorful chandelier of 400 pieces of glass, became a permanent fixture in the lobby foyer. The renovated facility, with its 10 galleries and of exhibition space, opened in September 1998. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kalamazoo Institute of Arts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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