Urban agriculture + placemaking = new economy
Submitted 10-06-2015 under OPINION
Levi Gardner of Urban Roots explores different facets in the relationship between urban agriculture and placemaking.
Nomadic placemaking: Art designed to help communities see future potential
Submitted 10-06-2015 under PLACE-MATTERS
SiTE:LAB's projects, and the new experiences the public has with the property through them, have the potential to use art to facilitate a more expansive vision of the property's future.
Holographic sculpture uses unlikely materials for new purposes
Submitted 10-06-2015 under NEWS
In her entry "Seasons," artist Robin Protz has created a new, changing piece of art using unlikely materials such as ornaments, bamboo and poinsettias torn apart.
Free Memory Screenings on Nov. 3 at Covenant Village of the Great Lakes
Submitted 10-05-2015 under NONPROFITS
Covenant Village of the Great Lakes will offer free memory screenings on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., as part of National Memory Screening Week (Nov. 1-7, 2015), an initiative by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America.
ArtPrize attracts film, game design live/learn/work community to Grand Rapids
Submitted 10-05-2015 under OPINION
Grand Rapids has been selected as the location for Snow Monster Studios, a new affordable studio/school focusing on animation, video game design and films that aims to make Michigan a hub for film and game design using Michigan people.
"That's my boy:" Shouts, tears accompany news of Top 20 Public votes in ArtPrize 7
Submitted 10-04-2015 under NEWS
As finalists were, shouts, sighs of relief and celebration along with audience applause could be heard from all around, including the palpable combination of joy and pain from Eric Burri's father, the subject of "Hometown Hero" at Amway Grand Plaza Hotel.
Rapidian on the street: State of Exception
Submitted 10-03-2015 under NONPROFITS
[VIDEO] We went down to Rumsey Street to visit "State of Exception," which is currently running as one of the top 25 vote-getters in the public vote in its category, to see what the public's reaction is to the work.
Art, activism and ArtPrize: Critical Discourse hosts bold criticism, open discussion
Submitted 10-03-2015 under OPINION
Too many of us take the worn pathway of choosing to engage with only those with like minds, thus limiting the discussion and not exploring broad perspectives of the intersection between art and the spaces it occupies. Friday night's Critical Discourse event was a welcome change from that norm.
Waterfront Finale: Top Five Jurors' ShortList film "T-Rex" to screen once more tonight
Submitted 10-03-2015 under LOCAL LIFE
The short film of Olympic gold medalist from Flint, MI will be shown once again due to popular demand tonight, with a free public screening Saturday at 7 p.m. at The Michigan House.