

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: ArtBreak: The Poetry of Shoes
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 25 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Wed, 25 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Explore Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks through the medium of poetry! Local poet and Kirk Newman Art School instructor Elizabeth Kerlikowske has led her poetry students in composing original works responding to selected shoes featured in the exhibition. During this ArtBreak, the students will share their work and offer new perspectives on this innovative collection that brings together footwear of the past, present, and future!

Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Bata Shoe Museum, and curated by Elizabeth Semmelhack, Director and Senior Curator of the Bata Shoe Museum.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kalamazoo/artbreak-the-poetry-of-shoes/200029512753456
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, exhibitions
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 5

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://1000.blackbaudhosting.com/1000/ArtBreak-The-Poetry-of-Shoes?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=kalamazoo-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Kalamazoo
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, Michigan 49007
- **lat**: 42.28958
- **long**: -85.5874
- **full address**: 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, Michigan 49007

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (https://allevents.in/org/kalamazoo-institute-of-arts/21741021)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 25 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, Michigan 49007
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, exhibitions
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about ArtBreak: The Poetry of Shoes ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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