UICA
"Evaporative Buildings" at UICA
by (KCAD)
Submitted 09-28-2010 under NONPROFITS
Right around the corner from UICA's entrance is Alex Schweder La's "Evaporative Buildings," on Weston St. This "Evaporative Buildings" installation is located in UICA's loading dock and is made from projections and mechanically induced mist. The...
All The Good Hours: Opening Night at Art Prize
by (austinlb)
Submitted 09-22-2010 under OPINION
I just spent three hours downtown, on an initial recon. Some early thoughts: They lucked out with the weather: it was a perfect night to jaywalk and loiter, warm enough for a single layer. Everybody you knew was out, and you had something to...
ArtPrize: Whose vote counts most?
by (evanarragon)
Submitted 09-20-2010 under OPINION
Last September 27, I headed downtown with one question in my mind: “What will 100,000 paper airplanes look like?” The event was Rob Bliss’s ArtPrize entry: paper planes dropped from the six tallest buildings downtown to the strains of Sigur Ros’s...
Micaela de Vivero Installation at UICA
by (KCAD)
Submitted 09-10-2010 under NONPROFITS
Micaela de Vivero was born in Munich, Germany. As a child her parents moved to Quito, Ecuador, where she grew up. She finished undergraduate studies in studio art at Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador, and pursued graduate school in...
UICA's Local Emerging Artists in ArtPrize
by (KCAD)
Submitted 08-11-2010 under NONPROFITS
Carrie Schoenborn, Scott Travis, and Patrick Hekman are all local contemporary artists, under the age of 30, exhibiting their work at UICA for ArtPrize 2010. Elizabeth Goddard, UICA’s Director of Education, had the chance to talk with them about...
UICA Volunteer Spotlight: Donna Reynolds
by (KCAD)
Submitted 07-26-2010 under NONPROFITS
Donna Reynolds, UICA's rock solid Saturday evening concessions volunteer, has dedicated her time since October 2004. Donna heard about the theatre from a coworker at the old Bijou Theater in Eastown. Since then, her friendly attitude and hard work...
UICA Interview: Kurt Perschke
by (KCAD)
Submitted 07-16-2010 under NONPROFITS
With ArtPrize 2010 right around the corner, we at UICA thought it would be fun to look back on one of our artists from 2009 - Kurt Perschke. Kurt Perschke is an artist who works in sculpture, video, collage and public space. His most acclaimed work...
Rapid Growth panelists dissect the value of art in Grand Rapids
by (dennetmint)
Submitted 06-17-2010 under NEWS
Photos by Jon Clay Rapid Growth Media held the fifth monthly segment of its speaker series last night at Wealthy Theatre. The topic of the night was "Good business is the best art." Panelists included Brian Kelly (owner of Brian Kelly...
UICA Interview: Rebecca Murtaugh
by (KCAD)
Submitted 06-08-2010 under NONPROFITS
UICA's Director of Education, Elizabeth Goddard, had an opportunity to ask Rebecca Murtaugh a few questions about her art and her life as a working artist in Brooklyn, New York. Murtaugh received her Bachelors of Science from Pennsylvania...
Internationally Acclaimed Artist for ArtPrize 2010
by (KCAD)
Submitted 06-02-2010 under NONPROFITS
UICA is proud to announce that we will be exhibiting work by internationally acclaimed artist, Chris Jordan, for ArtPrize 2010. Jordan's main piece for ArtPrize, entitled Gyre, is a 8-foot by 11-foot photograph which depicts a wave made from 2....