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Live Coverage Features: Stephen Duren and Yolanda Gonzalez
by Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) (UICA)
Submitted 02-03-2012 under NONPROFIT
UICA's biggest fundraiser of the year offers guests the unique opportunity to purchase artwork that is created right before their eyes! Come to the Steelcase Town Hall for an unforgettable evening that includes live and silent auctions, music...
Live Coverage Features: Brett Colley and Margie Erlandson
by Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) (UICA)
Submitted 01-27-2012 under NONPROFIT
UICA's biggest fundraiser of the year offers guests the unique opportunity to purchase artwork that is created right before their eyes! Come to the Steelcase Town Hall for an unforgettable evening that includes live and silent auctions, music...
Holiday Artists' Market Feature: Lisa Price
by Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) (UICA)
Submitted 11-29-2011 under NONPROFIT
UICA's 23rd Annual Holiday Artists' Market is right around the corner and we asked a few of the artists some questions about their products for the market. Below Lisa Price answered our questions. Tell us a little about yourself. I grew...
Who was crowned the king of "Found?"
by Alexandra Fluegel (alexfluegel)
Submitted 11-22-2011 under OPINION
So, what’s better: a "found" letter describing the “dopest fish ever” in Grand Rapids or a "found" exercise VHS circa 1980-something featuring Angela Lansbury in a bathtub reflecting on post-menopausal sex? You...
Holiday Artists' Market Feature: Hyun Yoo
by Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) (UICA)
Submitted 11-22-2011 under NONPROFIT
UICA's 23rd Annual Holiday Artists' Market is right around the corner and we asked a few of the artists some questions about their products for the market. Below Hyun Yoo answered our questions. Tell us a little about yourself. I‘m...
UICA's youth program honored by First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House
by Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) (UICA)
Submitted 11-03-2011 under NONPROFIT
Chosen from a pool of more than 471 nominations and 38 finalists, UICA's ArtWorks program was one of just 12 after-school and out-of-school programs across the country and the only program in the Midwest to receive this prestigious award. The...
The UICA's new Movie Theater is open, here's why you should go...
by Emma Higgins (eschroeder)
Submitted 10-23-2011 under OPINION
The Cinema is my favorite place to spend an evening. When that cinema is an independent establishment, my happiness skyrockets, shattering my personal (glass) happiness scale. There is a rare sense of unity in these singular unique locations, a...
"The Sky is Not Falling," critiqued by Donny
by Grandville Avenue Arts and Humanities Press Club (GAAH Press Club)
Submitted 10-12-2011 under NONPROFIT
On Sunday, October 1, The GAAH Press Club visited ArtPrize and each wrote a review of a work of art that they found particularly interesting. The following is Donny's review of an artwork. I went to go see "The Sky is Not Falling...
"Ghost of a Dream," critiqued by Omar V.
by Grandville Avenue Arts and Humanities Press Club (GAAH Press Club)
Submitted 10-06-2011 under NONPROFIT
On Sunday, October 1, The GAAH Press Club visited ArtPrize and each wrote a review of a work of art that they found particularly interesting. The following is Omar's review of an artwork. I saw a sculpture called "Ghost of a Dream," by...
Unraveling the ambiguity of contemporary art
by Catherine Chaffee (CatherineChaffee)
Submitted 10-04-2011 under LOCAL LIFE
Steve Samson, Director of Exhibition and Facilities at UICA, brings to mind a quote from the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau who inspired leaders during the French Revolution when he said, "Every man has the right to risk his own life...- 1 of 10
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