

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Explore and Create Night: Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 02 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 02 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Put on your favorite pair of shoes and join us for a special night celebrating the artistry of footwear. Join us for a Gallery Gathering in Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting Edge Kicks at 5:30 before we kick off Explore and Create Night at 6pm. Continue to explore the exhibition and then create your own shoe-inspired artworks while enjoying some sweet treats. Come explore how design, craft, and imagination come together—one step at a time. This evening is appropriate for all ages.

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/explore-and-create-night-future-now-virtual-sneakers-to-cutting-edge-kicks/200029862242646
- **Event Categories**: Exhibitions, Art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029862242646?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:** Thu, 02 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00)
- **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:** Exhibitions, Art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Explore and Create Night: Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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