Mission

The mission of the Park Trades Art Studios Association is to promote and develop a community of visual creation.

Goals

  • To represent the best work being done today by both local emerging and established artists.
  • To offer the public opportunities to visit and interact with a variety of artists in an open studio environment.
  • To promote, market and provide opportunities for local artists to pursue their creative interests and showcase their work through demonstrations, classes and exhibitions.
  • To seek fund-raising and promotional opportunities for members of the Park Trades Art Studios Association.
  • To establish rapport with local arts organizations and governmental agencies for the continuing development of downtown Kalamazoo as a cultural activity center.
  • To demonstrate the diversity and merging of both arts and crafts.
  • To interact with underserved and/or nontraditional arts audiences.
  • To become a creative incubator for
    local emerging and established artists
    and craftpersons.
  • To create an internal forum for creative exchange.

PTC Artist Pages

Art on a Whim

Mary Brodbeck

Tidal Wave Glass Studio

Things of Steel

Paul Robbert

Randy Walker

Ray Turner