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Tactile Creations: ACT Apprentice Jasmine Kelley
by (Artists Creatin...)
Submitted 02-09-2017 under NONPROFITS
“I’m making art that people can touch. Art that says please touch.” We sat down with Jasmine Kelley at Cerasus Studio one early Thursday morning during an install for an art show featuring the apprenticeship program from Artists...
Deeper hues of inclusion: How ACT's apprentice program empowers professional artists with disabilities
by (Artists Creatin...)
Submitted 12-09-2016 under NONPROFITS
This October, Artists Creating Together (ACT) launched its apprenticeship program, designed to provide high caliber, intensive art apprenticeships to eight young artists with disabilities from the Grand Rapids Public Schools’ Transition Campus...
ACT's 30th Festival Day brings together all Grand Rapids communities
by (Artists Creatin...)
Submitted 05-23-2016 under NONPROFITS
Hundreds of kids, teachers, parents and volunteers are crowding around a center stage, upbeat music booming from the speakers. Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” plays and several kids instantly jump up, turning to dance with their...
Join Artists Creating Together tomorrow at the ACTion Art Exhibit in a celebration of abilities and art
by (Artists Creatin...)
Submitted 03-28-2016 under NONPROFITS
ACT hosts ACTion Art in a uniquely designed opportunity to empower adult artists with disabilities to show their art in a professional gallery format, and to market and sell their work in the larger community. Christopher Bruce, School Programs...