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Screwed Rapids at the UICA
by Elizabeth Winkelman (Liz Winkelman)
Submitted 09-21-2011 under LOCAL LIFE
Interview with ArtPrize artists, The Screwed Arts Collective, about their collaborative piece at the UICA and learning that it’s more about the process than the product. If you take a walk up Fulton Street in downtown Grand Rapids and...
Artist Maya Lin lectures about past and current work to a packed crowd at the GRAM
by Denise Cheng (dennetmint)
Submitted 10-02-2010 under NEWS
A couple hundred tushes warmed 275 seats, plastic and winged, to receive Maya Lin this evening at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. The artist is best known nationally for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. In Grand Rapids, "Ecliptic"...
"Evaporative Buildings" at UICA
by Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) (UICA)
Submitted 09-28-2010 under NONPROFITS
Right around the corner from UICA's entrance is Alex Schweder La's "Evaporative Buildings," on Weston St. This "Evaporative Buildings" installation is located in UICA's loading dock and is made from projections and mechanically induced mist. The...
Micaela de Vivero Installation at UICA
by Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) (UICA)
Submitted 09-10-2010 under NONPROFITS
Micaela de Vivero was born in Munich, Germany. As a child her parents moved to Quito, Ecuador, where she grew up. She finished undergraduate studies in studio art at Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador, and pursued graduate school in...
Local artist invites you into the living room of an immigrant family
by Lindsay McHolme (lindsmcholme)
Submitted 06-07-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
Mandy Burrow, a local artist and art professor at Calvin College, seeks to foster an exchange between United States natives and immigrants in her current installation, "Americans." "Americans" invites viewers into the recreated living rooms of three...
UICA Interview: Ashley John Pigford
by Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) (UICA)
Submitted 03-08-2010 under NONPROFITS
Ashley John Pidford's installation features a series of kinetic sculptures called Spin, Click, Knock. His installation explored how sound communicates and evokes when combined with visual and tactile experiences. His practice is informed by common...
