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E-Newsletter | June 2023

Best of Show winner in the 2023 Alumni+ Art Show, Alex Menzor, with Sharehouse 1, acrylic paint on canvas
Best of Show winner in the 2023 Alumni+ Art Show, Alex Menzor, with "Sharehouse 1," acrylic paint on canvas
Alumni+ Art Show Winners Announced
Winning entries in Kalamazoo Valley's Alumni+ Art Show were announced during the exhibit opening at the Center for New Media on June 2. A total of 28 alumni submitted 58 works for inclusion in the show. Entries were accepted in multiple media, including mixed media, sculpture, painting, drawing, carving and photography. See the full article here and photos from the event here.
 Pretty Lake Vacation Camp's Culinary Director Jai Smith setting a plate of cupcakes on a table of desserts.
Chef Jai Smith is Pretty Lake Vacation Camp's Culinary Director
Jai Smith started taking law enforcement classes at Kalamazoo Valley before the culinary school was opened, but wasn't as passionate about police work as she was about food. After taking a break from college, she returned to take culinary arts classes. She earned a culinary arts and sustainable food systems certificate and will graduate in December 2023 with an associate of arts degree in culinary arts and sustainable food systems.

The mother of three opened Black Truffle Catering and Events in 2018 and is now the culinary director at Pretty Lake Vacation Camp in Mattawan. More
2023 Opportunities for Education Scholarship Fundraising Event
Thursday, September 28 - 5:30 P.M.
Food Innovation Center at Kalamazoo Valley Community College
224 E. Crosstown Parkway, Kalamazoo, MI 49001

The September 28 Opportunities for Education event will feature some of the region's most popular restaurants including student and faculty chefs from the college's culinary and brewing programs. Guests will enjoy a walk-around tasting under the "big tent" where they can sample signature dishes. Guided tours among the vegetables, flowers and herbs growing in the Food Innovation Center's greenhouse will be available along with samples of student-crafted, award- winning beer and other beverages.

This student scholarship fundraising event helps the Kalamazoo Valley Foundation provide scholarships for students with financial needs at Kalamazoo Valley. Your support helps to make a difference in the lives of our students.

See sponsorship packages and ticket details at www.kvcc.edu/foundation and view photos from last year's event. 
CENTER FOR NEW MEDIA'S ARCUS GALLERY JULY ART HOP EXHIBIT 'ECHO LOCATION' BY COLLEEN WOOLPERT, JULY 14, 5 TO 8 P.M. OPENING RECEPTION. The exhibit will remain on display from July 14-28, 2023. Echo Location, a solo exhibition by Colleen Woolpert, considers the same sites in different ways through multiple lenses. Colleen's photographs, stereoscopic (3D) photographs, interactive objects, and installations convey how she experienced the former Lee Paper Company mill in Vicksburg, Ml with her twin sister Rani Young at the Prairie Ronde Artist Residency in the Summer of 2022. Further extending her visual motifs, Colleen includes images from her subsequent site-specific installation at the Hill's Building in downtown Vicksburg. Among her media explorations, Colleen's stereoscopic photography may be viewed as standard photographs or in 3D for an immersive encounter that predates VR. Colleen's interest in stereoscopic photography originated with a desire to help her twin sister, Rani, whose visual impairment (strabismus) impedes her depth perception and affects her mental health. Colleen's stereoscopes reinforce the vision therapy program that trains Rani's eyes to coordinate, resulting in depth perception and calm self-confidence. In Colleen's view, the work is joint art therapy. Support provided by the Kalamazoo Artistic Development Initiative, a program of the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo. Woolpert is an interdisciplinary artist based in Kalamazoo. She creates still and moving images as well as interactive objects and installations rooted in photography that promote the value of multiple perspectives and explore the meaning of vision -- from visual persception itself to abstract concepts like imagination, wonder, and doubt.
There's Still Time to Register for Kalamazoo Valley Summer Camp
For more than 30 years, Kalamazoo Valley Community College has offered summer camps for area students. This summer, a number of truly unique Cougar Camps will again be offered at the college's Texas Township Campus. See the Early/Middle College Summer Camp schedule here. 

Cougar Sports Camps are also an option for students entering sixth through 12th grades. The camps, held at the Texas Township Campus, are meant to develop young people to be the best in their respective sport by emphasizing individual skills, teamwork, self-discipline and sportsmanship.

Camps are run by current Kalamazoo Valley athletic coaches, student-athletes, other area high school coaches, and even past student-athletes. Register here.
what's happening at the kalamazoo valley museum. The kalamazoo valley museum is operated by Kalamazoo valley community college and is governed by its board of trustees.
Free Summer Fun at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum
Looking for free fun for your kids during summer recess? The Kalamazoo Valley Museum will provide FREE programs about land, sea and space on Wednesdays and select Saturdays. Activities will be offered through July 29 for ages seven and older. Enjoy interactive exhibits, hands-on programs, performances and much more. Below is a sample of the "Adventure Awaits" summer lineup. Visit kalamazoomuseum.org for the full schedule. All activities and admission to the museum are free, except planetarium shows, which are $3. The Kalamazoo Valley Museum is operated by Kalamazoo Valley Community College and is governed by its Board of Trustees.
 
Wednesdays, June 21 & 28
Innovation Lab | 10 a.m. - Noon | 1 - 4 p.m.
Explore the Earth's surface with guided STEM activities.
 
Saturdays, July 1 & 29
Rain Garden Tours | 10:30 a.m. | 1:30 p.m.
Short hands-on activity following the tour (weather permitting).
 
Wednesdays, July 5 & 12
Planetarium | $3 per person
  • 1 p.m. - Mysteries of the Great Lakes
  • 2 p.m. - Treasures of the Great Lakes
 
Wednesdays, July 5 & 12
Innovation Lab | 10 a.m. - Noon | 1 - 4 p.m.
Dive into the science of water with guided STEM activities.
 
Wednesday, July 12
Water, Water Everywhere | 1:15 p.m. | 2:15 p.m.
Hands-on, interactive demonstration of the sources and effects of water runoff.
 
Wednesday, July 19
Innovation Lab | 10 a.m. - Noon | 1 - 4 p.m.
Launch into space discovery with guided STEM activities.
 
Wednesday, July 26
Cooking a Comet | 1 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. | 2 p.m. | 2:30 p.m.
Have you ever wondered what is inside a comet? Join KVM staff as they "cook" up a comet of their own.
 
Innovation Lab | 10 a.m. - Noon | 1 - 4 p.m.
Launch into space discovery with guided STEM activities.
 
EXHIBITS TO VISIT!
SPLAT! The Buzz About Flyswatters | June 17, 2023 - Jan. 7, 2024
Celebrate summer, and the passion of collecting everyday objects, with this unique display from Iza van Riemsdijk's collection of over 3,300 flyswatters.
 
Explore Your World! | July 18 - Oct. 15, 2023
Undertake a quest across land, sea and space to discover the role of mapping and navigation in everyday life in the exciting exhibit "Explore Your World!"
 
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