Gallery 344 itself is a work of art, having bits and pieces of architecture from other  locations in Kalamazoo and surrounding Michigan, such as the big brass doors as you enter from the foyer into the gallery.  The doors were purchased at the Heritage Company and are from the 1900’s.  Other doors, used as windows to divide rooms in the gallery are from the old Kalamazoo Fisheries building and are from the 1800’s.  The track-lighting and exposed brick walls add to the warmth of the gallery.

The gallery is host to world famous and museum quality artists such as Ogi, Frederick Hart, MacKenzie Thorpe, Marcus Pierson, and many others.  Leading artist, Frederick Hart is best known for the entrance to the Washington National Cathedral, and Three Soldiers at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.  He was most recently accepted into the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, with his “Songs of Grace” sculpture as part of its permanent collection.

Gallery hours are 10am to 5pm, Tuesday through Saturday.

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