# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Community Day: Cool Kicks
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 11:00 am – Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Step into a day all about shoes! Wear your favorite pair for fun photo ops. Discover incredible footwear in Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting Edge Kicks and then get creative with shoe inspired art projects.

Have shoes that need some flair? Bring them along and stop by the auditorium between 12:30 and 1:30pm to decorate, bedazzle, or totally reinvent them! Supplies will be provided.

Image credit: Mr. Bailey, Octopus Shoe, 2018. Collection of Mr. Bailey. Image courtesy of Mr. Bailey. 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/community-day-cool-kicks/200029672558925
- **Event Categories**: art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 16

## Ticket Details


## 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 gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Community Day: Cool Kicks being held?
  - **A:** Community Day: Cool Kicks takes place on Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 11:00 am to Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm at 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, Michigan 49007.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Community Day: Cool Kicks?
  - **A:** Community Day: Cool Kicks is organized by Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Community Day: Cool Kicks is ideal for art lovers, trade professionals, collectors, and exhibition enthusiasts exploring the latest in their field. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Kalamazoo, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Community Day: Cool Kicks sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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