photography
Dwelling Place Introduces 2024 Winter/Spring Artist in Residence: Pharaoh Muhammad Khalil
by (DwellingPlace)
Submitted 02-02-2024 under NONPROFITS
Dwelling Place is pleased to announce Pharaoh Muhammad Khalil as their 2024 Winter/Spring Artist-in-Residence. Pharaoh is a multi-talented artist with creative pursuits in poetry, freestyle rap, photography, videography, and modeling...
Mugshots and propaganda: Photographer learns about #J20, Socialist Alternative Grand Rapids
by (tylersteimle)
Submitted 01-16-2018 under PLACE-MATTERS
This is an article about photography. But sometimes, if done right, photography is really about something altogether not photography. The gear and the shop talk and the technique of the craft dissipates and the message shines through. It's what...
Local artist Stafford Smith exhibits new artwork at Studio 341
by (matt0berski)
Submitted 09-19-2017 under LOCAL LIFE
Upon entering Studio 341, guests will find themselves surrounded by collages displaying surreal combinations of 20th-century portraiture, suburban architecture, and small, winged creatures. In his latest body of photographic work, titled Trapped...
The Rapidian to highlight #ThePeopleofGrandRapids in photo series
by (alfieldreeves)
Submitted 10-20-2015 under VOICES
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to hear the stories from those right within your city, those that you might pass in the grocery store or walk by on the street? I wondered that myself, and that is why I started a local photo series...
How to take more compelling photos during Artprize
by (Jon Clay)
Submitted 09-22-2015 under OPINION
I attended a Rapidian guided photowalk on Sunday and it was a fun way to get out and enjoy Artprize with other people. We got to share opinions and ideas and the discussion about the art came naturally. There will be two more photowalks with The...
Round trip to NYC for price of admission to GRAM
by (RickBeerhorst)
Submitted 05-22-2015 under NEWS
The Whitney Museum of American Art and Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) are developing a special relationship. Thanks to the coordinated efforts of local fashion designer Pam DeVos and GRAM Director and CEO Dana Friis-Hansen, the GRAM has begun to...
Photographer focuses on empowered disability presence
by (katelewisceramics)
Submitted 04-22-2015 under NEWS
Tom Olin returns to Grand Rapids after over 30 years of documenting the disability rights movement. "ACCESS IS A CIVIL RIGHT: The Photography of Tom Olin" is an exhibition at Calvin’s (106) Gallery and Studio on South Division Avenue...Poetry Workshop: Linda Nemec Foster and Dianne Carroll Burdick
by (Write616)
Submitted 03-09-2015 under
Great Lakes Commonwealth of Letters is offering a workshop led by award-winning poet Linda Nemec Foster with photographer Dianne Carroll Burdick on Sunday, April 26, from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. This workshop will explore how the collaboration...
Acorn Studios sprouts creative collaboration in cooperative space
by (erictank)
Submitted 07-29-2014 under NEWS
With the official launch party last week, Acorn Studios is open for business. Located on the East Fulton Street business corridor straddling the border of Midtown and East Hills is a live/work studio space owned by Laura Goble. Together with a three...
Summer picturesque kicks off with photo walk through city parks
by (erictank)
Submitted 07-08-2014 under NEWS
On Tuesday, July 22 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., The Rapidian will kick off its summer Picturesque photo contest with a photo tour of three City parks: Lincoln Park, Sullivan Field and the Sixth Street Bridge Park. In collaboration with Friends of...