Local Artist-Photographer Terry Johnston Hosts Free Artist Photoshoot
Submitted 06-07-2010 under NONPROFITS
Grand Rapids freelance photographer and local arts advocate Terry Johnston is excited about a new, personal project, focusing on "starving artists" - a condition Johnston describes as "a very real possibility when a community doesn't value its local...
Art Review: Natalie Rae Good's KEEPING RECORD at The Sparrows
Submitted 06-03-2010 under OPINION
The Sparrows Coffee Tea & News Stand (1035 Wealthy SE Grand Rapids) is showing a collection of new drawings by Natalie Rae Good, now through July 30. The series, titled Keeping Record, represents a new direction for Good, a 2009 graduate of...
GRTV offers live stream of Festival of the Arts
Submitted 06-03-2010 under OPINION
From The Rapidian staff*: Grand Rapids' 41st Festival of the Arts will be streamed live from Calder Plaza by GRTV this weekend. If you can't make it downtown for the arts, activities, food, music and more, just open this link or click the Festival...
Casino Jack and the United States of Money - UICA Films review
Submitted 06-03-2010 under OPINION
CASINO JACK AND THE UNITED STATES OF MONEY is a 120 minute documentary starring a veritable dream roster of the elite super-criminals and/or movers-n-shakers of Washington DC. In the central role is the infamous Jack Abramoff, “the most...
Internationally Acclaimed Artist for ArtPrize 2010
Submitted 06-02-2010 under NONPROFITS
UICA is proud to announce that we will be exhibiting work by internationally acclaimed artist, Chris Jordan, for ArtPrize 2010. Jordan's main piece for ArtPrize, entitled Gyre, is a 8-foot by 11-foot photograph which depicts a wave made from 2....
Ed Nino and the Creative Process
Submitted 05-30-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
I was listening to Ed Nino's "Welcome 2 Jericho," which he dropped off in my mailbox a few weeks back, and couldn't really think of how to do it justice. This is a guy, who I initially thought was a little too intense before I knew...
Camp O'Malley gets ready to open its cabin doors to a great summer
Submitted 05-28-2010 under NONPROFITS
Privilege is a word that many people may not associate with summer camp. The idea of sending a child away for a week or more of summer enrichment in education, the arts, sports, etc. does not seem like an unusually unique act, but think about that...
Honest Words and Mysterious Characters; The Work of Rebecca Green
Submitted 05-26-2010 under NONPROFITS
An artist’s studio can reveal a lot about an artist and their process. Recently, Rebecca Green, an illustration student, allowed us a behind-the-scenes look at her studio, inspirations, and plans for the future. In the core of Kendall College of Art...
As Different As Different Can Be
Submitted 05-25-2010 under NONPROFITS
Rachel and Kaitlyn were born on the same day, of the same parents, raised in the same environment; yet as you can see - on their birthday bikes, at three years of age, they are as different as different can be. Even the most cursory look...
Grand Rapids Public Museum Recycles Leonardo da Vinci Exhibit Banners
Submitted 05-25-2010 under NONPROFITS
The Grand Rapids Public Museum is going green by recycling large pieces of museum history. The Museum has partnered with PriorLIFE to create bags from recycled promotional banners for the Leonardo da Vinci exhibit. The Leonardo da Vinci bags will be...