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Curator spotlight: Falling for fiber arts

Submitted 04-07-2015 under NONPROFITS

A familiar face in the Grand Rapids art community has fallen for fiber arts and brings a new exhibition for a show at Open Source Studio.

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Art of the Lived Experiment exhibition opens April 10

Submitted 04-07-2015 under NEWS

The UICA, KCAD and the GRAM are hosting 26 artists for the "Art of the Lived Experiment" exhibition during the DisArt Festival, highlighting the art of Disabled artists.

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Disability 101 (part 4): Disability as art

Submitted 04-07-2015 under PLACE-MATTERS

Dr. Smit, director of DisArt Festival 2015, continues his discussion of disability in our city with this fourth installment of Disability 101. Each installment will help readers grapple with the cultural and philosophical questions that surround physical and mental difference.

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New app debuts for DisArt Festival

Submitted 04-07-2015 under NEWS

The "Access UICA" app was designed specifically for DisArt Festival, and is created to be more inclusive of the needs of Disabled people.

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Collaborative Design class teams up with DisArt

Submitted 04-07-2015 under NEWS

The Collaborative Projects class at Kendall College is a course developed for connecting students in various design fields to a real world, hands on venture. The class has been working with DisArt to create signage, brochures, and wayfinding materials to help with the new festival.

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Curator Spotlight: Michael Demaagd Rodriguez

Submitted 04-06-2015 under NONPROFITS

"I do consider myself an active part of the "art ecosystem" in roles as a collector, a builder, and most recently, as a curator,” Michael DeMaagd Rodriguez curator of “Masks & Faces” at Have Company during Art.Downtown.

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LadyFest celebrates Grand Rapids women

Submitted 04-02-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

The event includes diverse performances from musicians and poets, as well as DIY educational workshops.

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Art.Downtown. to highlight hundreds of local artists at one night event

Submitted 03-31-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

This spring's Art.Downtown. will feature 400 different artists in 30 venues, displaying their work or performing everywhere from U-Haul trailers to the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

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Wine and Canvas wants to prove you can paint

Submitted 03-30-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

Wine and Canvas Grand Rapids features local artists giving step by step painting instructions in a relaxed atmosphere.

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WYCE seeks listener support with Spring Fund Drive

Submitted 03-30-2015 under NONPROFITS

As you read this article, WYCE 88.1FM is running its 2015 Spring Fund Drive. Listeners are invited to help us keep this unique organization funded. We are a radio station that is listener funded and volunteered powered, which means that community support is of utmost importance.

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