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Spectrum Health hosts Candid Conversations with Amy Robach, Susan Ford Bales

Submitted 10-09-2014 under NEWS

Women in the U.S. have a one in eight chance of developing breast cancer during their lifetime, and yet Karen Brink, a 27-year breast cancer survivor, remembers a time when breast cancer wasn’t openly discussed. “Nobody talked about it...

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ArtPrize awards celebration planned for Rosa Parks Circle

Submitted 10-07-2014 under NEWS

This year's Awards Ceremony for ArtPrize will be at the Civic Theatre, a smaller venue than past years. Because of limited seating going to artists, venues and others involved in the event, another celebration, open to everyone, is planned at...

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ArtPrize on Tap- Flight #6: Attendees encouraged to share ArtPrize experience

Submitted 10-07-2014 under NEWS

What better combination for Grand Rapids than art and beer? Starting in June and throughout ArtPrize, ArtClub has offered ArtPrize On Tap, their newest membership perk. And it’s still going on. Members and their guest have the opportunity to...

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ArtPrize discourse on peace deepens

Submitted 10-06-2014 under NEWS

“Spread love,” says Kiaralinda Ramquist to participants, on hearing that Grand Rapids Public Schools have been participating in the UN Peace Education Week for 30 years - longer than any other district in the nation. UN Peace Education...

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ArtPrize voting heads into Round 2 with 20 public vote finalists

Submitted 10-05-2014 under NEWS

As the public and juried voting tracks run parallel this year, Round 2 of public voting has shifted significantly as well. Now that the top 20 works (five for each category of 2-D, 3-D, Installation and Time-Based) have been revealed, it's time...

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Artists as disruptors: Building incubators where art, technology meet

Submitted 10-04-2014 under NEWS

A mix of Grand Rapids art, technology, culture, education and business interests turned out last night to hear panelist Julia Kaganskiy, executive director of the New Museum’s four-week-old art and technology co-working incubator NEW INC...

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Award-winning art documentary series premieres in Grand Rapids

Submitted 10-03-2014 under NEWS

For audiences perplexed by much of contemporary art, there is perhaps no better way to understand it than listening to living artists talk about their process. Not their completed work, but rather their process, preferably while they are doing it....

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Catalyst Radio: ArtPrize's Critical Discourse features Chris Smit of DisArt on Saturday

Submitted 10-03-2014 under NEWS

Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure.   INTERVIEW We spend this show with Dr. Christopher Smit of DisArt, one of the internationally-recognized experts leading the Critical Discourse conversations that...

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What's on Tap: October 2-8

Submitted 10-02-2014 under NEWS

B.O.B.’s Brewery Hopsun, Belgian summer whit AHA Bread Beer, Belgian saison Full On IPA, India pale ale Spaceboy Stout, English oatmeal stout Crimson King, amber ale Blondie, golden ale Spooky Action, way beyond IPA Robert the Barrel, bourbon...

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Public responds to Design 99 art practice in Detroit neighborhoods

Submitted 10-01-2014 under NEWS

This video is a collection of responses to the Critical Discourse: Creative Approaches to Detroit - A conversation with Design 99 on Tuesday, September 30. Immediately following the program, two response stations were available for anyone...

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