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ArtPrize 2013: Nichole Riley on art and empathy

Submitted 09-28-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

Fall is here and so is ArtPrize 2013: nineteen exciting days for Grand Rapids with seasoned and new ArtPrize contestants displaying their work side by side. For some, like Nichole Riley, ArtPrize 2013 will be the first time they display their art in...

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Interview With Artist Deanna Bowdish, Art Prize 2013

Submitted 09-28-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

  Deanna Bowdish’s colorful suspended sculptural work titled, Cascading Colors, is located in the Tower-Pinkster at 4 E Fulton.  The work is visible from outside the building, at the Division Avenue entrance.  So you’d...

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ArtPrize 2013: Jim Wilde brings an inspired landscape to ArtPrize

Submitted 09-28-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

  Jim Wilde’s contribution to ArtPrize 2013 is a three-tiered tabletop "Fountain" painted with a landscape he admired while traveling in Italy.  Resembling traditional Italian Medici wares, Wilde’s piece is featured...

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In the World of Gnomes: Louis Nyikon's Crystal Lake Lodge

Submitted 09-27-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

Louis Nyikon's contribution to ArtPrize is a fairytale diorama titled Crystal Lake Lodge, on display at Arnie's.    Old stumps, maple scraps, from gourds, milkweed pods, and gnome figurines are Louis Nyikon materials...

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Re-Imagining Grand Rapids

Submitted 09-27-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

Tuesday night two giants of architecuture, art and design- Eva Franch I Gilabert and Reed Kroloff- delivered a talk at the ArtPrize HUB. The purpose is to start Grand Rapids residents to consider the role public spaces play in the lives of citizens...

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The ArtPrize Runway

Submitted 09-26-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

Nicky Sczesny's ArtPrize contribution, Runway can be seen at Gina’s Boutique, a fitting venue for this local artist to show her fashion illustrations.  Sczesny is an illustration major at Kendall College of Art and Design. Sczesny...

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Knitting parties create community involvement in bombing--yarn bombing

Submitted 09-26-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

Since July, a group of locals called Divison Fibers have been getting together at Parliament the Boutique to knit in preparation for ArtPrize. They created yarn panels to place in the empty spaces throughout the street with an...

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What's On Tap: September 26-October 2

Submitted 09-26-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

Brewery Vivant Farmhand, rustic farmhouse style ale Triomphe, Belgian IPA Big Red Coq, Belgian red ale with citra hops Sgt. Peppercorn, Belgian rye dry spiced with green peppercorns BlackHand, black session ale Perdition, Black Belgian Style Ale...

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Submitted 09-26-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

   

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Art Prize 2013: The Art Outside of the Center

Submitted 09-25-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

  Kaleidoscope Beach--an Alternative Perspective, is a multi-media work by North Carolina-based artist Lori Neill at Women’s City Club.  The subject matter is a series of colorful beach umbrellas.  Neill includes actual...

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