#Art.Downtown.
Local Artist Highlight: Eirann Betka-Pope
by (Avenueforthearts)
Submitted 01-13-2025 under NONPROFITS
Eirann Betka-Pope (they/them) thinks fast and seems to have a knack for making unexpected connections. When I learned that Eirann’s childhood centered around competing with three brothers to see who could make their mom laugh the hardest,...
Local Artist Highlight: Jeff Condon
by (Avenueforthearts)
Submitted 11-17-2024 under NONPROFITS
It had better be fun…and Jeff Condon shows us how it can be. From the outside, the Tanglefoot Company warehouse building looks like so many other beautiful structures still remaining from another time in Grand Rapids history. Inside, right...
Local Artist Highlight: Robyn Smith
by (Avenueforthearts)
Submitted 06-18-2024 under NONPROFITS
Robyn Smith jumped off the corporate ladder and into the art world when she left a successful career in the corporate graphic design world to launch her own creative studio—where she produces handbuilt ceramics for local shops and fine art...
Ready. Set. Art.Downtown.
by (DwellingPlace)
Submitted 02-11-2013 under NONPROFITS
The breadth and depth of Art.Downtown. makes it the most exciting time of year to become involved with the Avenue for the Arts. The largest annual event organized by the Avenue for the Arts, it will feature the work of over 300 local artists....