"Creativity During Crisis" Virtual Art Exhibit Premieres on September 4

The Center for New Media is hosting a virtual art show, Creativity During Crisis, premiering on September 4, 2020. The show includes 56 pieces of art from 34 Southwest Michigan artists, writers and musicians that they created after the Michigan “Stay Home, Stay Safe” Executive Order took effect in March.

The categories are animation/time based media/video; 2D artwork such as paintings, drawings, mixed media, digital and traditional art or photography; 3D artwork such as sculpture, ceramics, and mixed media; and the written word.

“Now, more than ever, we can turn to creative expression to help us understand ourselves in the context of all that is happening,” said Kalamazoo Valley English instructor Dr. Julie Stotz-Ghosh. “We have watched with wonder and gratitude as artists, writers, actors and musicians have offered their talents to the world throughout the pandemic crisis. We know how to heal ourselves – it is an instinct we are remembering. Culture, creative expression, art and music have always comforted us in times of struggles.”

Entries will be featured on the Center for New Media’s Facebook account @KalamazooValleyCNM and on the Center’s Instagram account @centerfornewmedia.

Community partners, NAACP and Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo, are event sponsors.