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Tactile Creations: ACT Apprentice Jasmine Kelley
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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
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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...
Beauty in movement: Highlighting ArtPrize ACTion artist Wes DeVries
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Submitted 09-28-2016 under NONPROFITS
Though Wes DeVries took art in high school and pursued a few leisure art classes, he is primarily a self-taught artist. When it comes to art, Wesley believes “you learn till you die,” emphasizing that art is a primary source of learning...
World in color: Highlighting ArtPrize ACTion artist Tyler Vonitter
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Submitted 09-12-2016 under NONPROFITS
When Tyler Vonitter first entered the ACTion Art exhibit in March of this year, it was with a set of five drawings titled “Kaleidoscope.” After being selected as one of the Juror’s Choice winners in the exhibit, “Kaleidoscope...
Pieces of perspective: Highlighting ArtPrize ACTion artist Jodie Dilno
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Submitted 09-08-2016 under NONPROFITS
Art and community have always been a critical part of Jodie Dilno’s life. Growing up, she had a natural love of acrylic paint and other 2-dimensional mediums, eventually leading her to pursue an art degree from Kellogg Community College....
ACT's 30th Festival Day brings together all Grand Rapids communities
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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...
Artists Creating Together announces ACTion Art winners to be represented at ArtPrize
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Submitted 04-11-2016 under NONPROFITS
Late March, the Grand Rapids Art Museum’s Education Center was bustling with several events — an education day for area special education classrooms, an artists’ panel, and more. At the center of these events was ACTion Art, a...
Join Artists Creating Together tomorrow at the ACTion Art Exhibit in a celebration of abilities and art
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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...
ACTion Drummers celebrate Mardi Gras with community at Marge's Donut Den
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Submitted 03-03-2016 under NONPROFITS
On Tuesday, February 9th, Marge’s Donut Den was bustling with excitement—at least fifty people were crammed into the bakery, chattering amongst themselves about whether they would get fruit-filled, cream, or traditional paczkis. This...
ACT's Arts & Mentoring Dance class gives students confidence and independence
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Submitted 02-16-2016 under NONPROFITS
On an early February morning, Grand Rapids Public School transition students meet at the Grand Rapids Ballet for their last dance class. The students in this program have physical, visual, and cognitive disabilities—most have limited physical...