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Local Artist Headlight: Ivy Anderson

Submitted 02-17-2025 under NONPROFITS

Avenue for the Arts explores artistic territory with Ivy Anderson. Interview by Pamela MacDougal.

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West Michigan Meteorologist Blake Harms gains local icon status for his flurry of reliable snow day predictions

Submitted 02-06-2025 under LOCAL LIFE

From classroom to household, Blake Harms has grown his clout in West Michigan as a modern snow day Nostradamus for his signature approach to school cancelation predictions.

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Local Artist Highlight: Eirann Betka-Pope

Submitted 01-13-2025 under NONPROFITS

Avenue for the Arts has coffee with Eirann Betka-Pope to talk about Betka-Pope Productions, theater arts, Grand Rapids history, the Rapid Art Movement and more. Interview by Pamela MacDougal.

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Local Artist Highlight: Jeff Condon

Submitted 11-17-2024 under NONPROFITS

Avenue for the Arts visits pastel and oil painter Jeff Condon at Tanglefoot Studios. Interview by Pamela MacDougal

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Local Artist Highlight: Katya Grokhovsky

Submitted 10-15-2024 under NONPROFITS

Avenue for the Arts visits the studio of Ukrainian-born artist Katya Grokhovsky, the 2024-25 Padnos Distinguished Artist-in-Residence at GVSU. Interview by Pamela MacDougal.

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Local Artist Highlight: Jerry Gretzinger

Submitted 09-13-2024 under NONPROFITS

Avenue for the Arts travels to Maple City for a conversation with Jerry Gretzinger at Fake Rocks Farm. Interview by Pamela MacDougal.

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Local Artist Highlight: David Nguyen

Submitted 08-13-2024 under NONPROFITS

David Nguyen shares his journey from Kentwood to Guam and back—now experiencing meaning in his own art studio. Interview by Pamela MacDougal.

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Local Artist Highlight: Tattooist Sarah Sun

Submitted 07-16-2024 under NONPROFITS

Sarah Sun shares her artistic practice with Avenue for the Arts. Interview at Balm Tattooing by Pamela MacDougal.

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Local Artist Highlight: Robyn Smith

Submitted 06-18-2024 under NONPROFITS

Avenue for the Arts visits the studio of local sculptor Robyn Smith. Interview by Pamela MacDougal.

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St. Cecilia Music Center honors 2024 recipients of the distinguished Helen DeVos Legacy Award for outstanding women in Grand Rapids

Submitted 04-17-2024 under NONPROFITS

St. Cecilia Music Center (SCMC) announces Ellen Arlinsky, Mary Bloom and Kate McGarry as the 2024 honorees of the esteemed Helen DeVos Legacy Award. Now in its fifth year, past Legacy Award recipients have included Helen DeVos, Stella Royce, Karen Henry Stokes, and Mary Goodwillie Nelson.

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