art
Silhouettes celebrate community members' vision
by (DwellingPlace)
Submitted 10-26-2018 under NONPROFITS
Up and down the business corridor of Heartside, there are new figures popping up in storefront windows. The eight silhouettes displayed in storefronts along Division represent different resident leaders sharing their hopes for the future of the...
Attention Foodies: 2019 Festival of the Arts Food Booth Applications Now Open
by (ric72528)
Submitted 10-11-2018 under NONPROFITS
Planning for Festival of the Arts’ 50th year is officially underway, and now is the time to submit applications for food booths for 2019. Interested parties should visit festivalgr.org and complete the application electronically or print and...
Grand Rapids Art Museum Presents Sports Photography Exhibition 'Who Shot Sports'
by (Grand Rapids Ar...)
Submitted 10-10-2018 under NONPROFITS
The Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) announced today its fall exhibition opening Oct 27, Who Shot Sports: A Photographic History, 1843 to the Present. The exhibition will be on view at the Museum through Jan 13, 2019, and is...
Heartside presents Fuzzy Jane fall showcase for First Friday
by (Heartside Galle...)
Submitted 10-02-2018 under NONPROFITS
We are very excited to announce our next featured artist in the Heartside Art Gallery and Studio: Jane VanDommelen (Fuzzy Jane). Heartside Ministry will be featuring her artwork from 1998-2018 at our Art Gallery & Studio! Please join us for her...
Make It Take It: A creative happy hour to be held on October 18
by (wmcat)
Submitted 09-26-2018 under NONPROFITS
Make It Take It is a different way to network, catch up with friends and see the new WMCAT space on the Westside - all while supporting a culture of opportunity at WMCAT. By attending Make It Take It, attendees will directly increase equitable...
Residents use art to encourage civic engagement in their neighborhoods
by (DwellingPlace)
Submitted 09-18-2018 under NONPROFITS
Throughout the summer, Dwelling Place interns from the Community Building and Engagement Department hosted ‘get out the vote’ poster-making at the Herkimer, Reflections, and Weston apartments. Each event allowed residents the freedom to...
ArtPrize 10: An appreciation from a non-artist perspective
by (Beth Fisher)
Submitted 09-04-2018 under PLACE-MATTERS
I moved to Grand Rapids a little less than two years ago from Fort Wayne, Indiana. After living and raising my daughter there for eighteen years, it goes without saying that it holds many memories and a special affinity for me. The second largest...
Meijer Gardens' fall exhibition celebrates contemporary disability sculpture
by (Meijer Gardens)
Submitted 08-20-2018 under NONPROFITS
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is honored to host 16 contemporary sculptors in an innovative exhibition jointly organized by DisArt, a Grand Rapids based arts and cultural organization promoting the full participation of Disabled...
Local artist feature from UICA: Dave Battjes
by (KCAD)
Submitted 07-24-2018 under NONPROFITS
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts invites you to learn more about West Michigan's creative workforce, neighboring cultural organizations, and about ways to engage with Grand Rapids' art-scene with interviews and guest features...
Heartside Ministry introduces new art therapy program
by (Heartside Ministry)
Submitted 06-05-2018 under NONPROFITS
Imagine a place where you can bring your authentic stories, the pain, hurt, joys and distress without any judgment. A place where you are safe to share your struggles, past and present and you are able to process your stories to grow and live a...