Top Ten Featured Artist: Bill Secunda
Submitted 10-05-2011 under LOCAL LIFE
In this audio interview, artist Bill Secunda shares how a song lyric and a little wine inspired Mantis Dreaming.
Top Ten Featured Artist: Laura Alexander
Submitted 10-05-2011 under LOCAL LIFE
In this audio interview, first time ArtPrize artist Laura Alexander shares how a disappointment led her to the Top Ten.
Top Ten Featured Artist: Lynda Cole
Submitted 10-05-2011 under LOCAL LIFE
[ArtPrize 2011 3rd Place winner] In this audio interview, artist Lynda Cole talks about how she keeps hearing the same three words: "beautiful, peaceful & mesmerizing" about her piece, Rain.
Top Ten Featured Artist: Tracy Van Duinen
Submitted 10-05-2011 under LOCAL LIFE
[ArtPrize 2011 2nd Place winner] In this audio interview, artist Tracy Van Duinen shares the story of his collaboration with the students at WMCAT.
G.R. Bar Association partners with GRPS to teach students about U.S. Constitution
Submitted 10-04-2011 under NONPROFITS
Grand Rapids Bar Association educates students about U.S. Constitution
Dixie Olin: The Importance of Art
Submitted 10-04-2011 under LOCAL LIFE
Dixie Olin shares the importance of art to the individual, the community, and society as a whole.
Unraveling the ambiguity of contemporary art
Submitted 10-04-2011 under LOCAL LIFE
Steve Samson, UICA Director of Exhibitions and Facilities, offers suggestions to the novice on how to appreciate and evaluate contemporary art.
Local manufacturing workers react to Austin Bunn's "RUST"
Submitted 10-04-2011 under OPINION
Video interviews with Gary Albrecht formerly of Rowe International, Marty Green of GM and Al Berry of Michigan Works! following the first performance of "RUST" by Austin Bunn.
Local arts organization SiTE:LAB's volunteer
Submitted 10-03-2011 under LOCAL LIFE
Artist Leigh Ann Cobb shares her experience with SiTE:LAB, her appreciation for art, and her love for Grand Rapids.
You’ve cast your vote for Artprize, now vote for community.
Submitted 10-03-2011 under NONPROFITS
The people that attend the 'Free Radical 2011' will be the people that sincerely care what the future of the arts is not only in Heartside, but the whole of Grand Rapids. They were here before Artprize overshadowed them, and they’ll be here after its annual furor has gone into hibernation.