Catalyst Radio: Art.Downtown to hold its largest pop-up gallery event yet
Submitted 04-08-2011 under NONPROFITS
INTERVIEW (9:08) The annual Art.Downtown event is coming up and has a larger footprint than ever before. This year, Kendall College of Art and Design is opening up their graduate studios just over the highway while Site:Lab hosts their first major...GRCC Art.Downtown. 2011 Project at SiTE:LAB
Submitted 04-08-2011 under NONPROFITS
Check out what's going on at SiTE:LAB on Friday, April 15 for Art.Downtown. 2011 with this sneak peak by GRCC students and videographer Michael Cook.Call for Artists - 2011 Michigan Photo Competition
Submitted 04-06-2011 under NONPROFITS
The Michigan Photo Competition is a statewide, juried photography exhibition showcasing the wide array of fine photographic talent found in all corners of our great state. All types and processes of photography are welcomed. In honor of this...GR Public Library gets spiny with teen poetry this spring break
Submitted 04-06-2011 under NEWS
April is poetry month, and this week, the Grand Rapids Public Library is opening the doors and shelves for the first Teen Book Spine Poetry Contest. Teens are invited to visit their local library branch and wax poetic by stacking poetic. All...Child Abuse is Focus of Art and Poetry Exhibition
Submitted 04-05-2011 under NEWS
It is a topic that people don't want to think too much about--child sexual abuse. But it happens every day and in fact, one in three of all girls and one in seven of all boys are sexually abused by the time they are 18 years of age. It is thought..."Critical Reality: Why Is Arts Criticism Important?" Wrap-up
Submitted 04-05-2011 under NONPROFITS
When the Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids, Artpeers, and Avenue for the Arts partnered up to sponsor a panel discussion about the role of arts criticism in Grand Rapids, we titled it “Critical Reality: Why Is Arts Criticism Important?...ArtPeers / Art.Downtown / WMCAT - April 15
Submitted 04-05-2011 under NONPROFITS
With Art.Downtown less than two weeks away, participating ArtPeers and WMCAT artists are busily preparing for the highly anticipated opening on April 15. ArtPeers would like to thank WMCAT for their generosity in...WT Centennial Sustainability Campaign: Earth Day Event!
Submitted 04-04-2011 under NONPROFITS
WT Peace Pole installation ceremony April 22 at Noon - 15 minutes (bring a lunch!) WT Earth Day Fundraiser From April 4-22 Donate before Earth Day! Wheeler Family Foundation matches 1:1 Receive original Mark Rumsey print as thanks! All donations go...Civil War presentation analyzing the historic and bloody Battle of Antietam set for April 14
Submitted 04-03-2011 under NONPROFITS
Civil War devotees are in for a real treat Thursday evening, April 14 when Mannie Gentile, a popular Antietam National Battlefield Park Ranger and former Grand Rapids resident, offers an historic analysis of the legendary Battle of Antietam. The...Art Criticism: An Afterthought
Submitted 04-01-2011 under NONPROFITS
Last night, UICA's Director of Education Elizabeth Goddard participated in a panel discussion concerning Art Criticism that was hosted by the Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids, Dwelling Place and ArtPeers at Wealthy Theatre. The other...