artists
Dwelling Place Introduces 2024 Winter/Spring Artist in Residence: Pharaoh Muhammad Khalil
by (DwellingPlace)
Submitted 02-02-2024 under NONPROFITS
Dwelling Place is pleased to announce Pharaoh Muhammad Khalil as their 2024 Winter/Spring Artist-in-Residence. Pharaoh is a multi-talented artist with creative pursuits in poetry, freestyle rap, photography, videography, and modeling...
Community updates: Thursday, Jan. 21
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 01-21-2021 under NEWS
Grand Rapids Public Schools resumes in-person learning For the first time since March 12, in-person classes are back in action for Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS). On Tuesday, GRPS began its hybrid in-person learning model for students, which...
New collaboration to showcase local artists in holiday market
by (Audrey Hutchinson)
Submitted 11-27-2018 under NEWS
Thirteen artists will be featured in a multi-use coworking space at 342 Market SW on Sunday, December 2, 2018. The space includes four artists who use it to make their own individual art. They have collectively decided to curate a group show to be...
UICA welcomes news Exhibitions Curator, Juana Williams
by (KCAD)
Submitted 06-26-2018 under NONPROFITS
UICA is proud to welcome the newest member of our team, Exhibitions Curator, Juana Williams. Williams comes to us from Detroit, MI, where she most recently worked as Assistant to the Chair at Wayne State University Department of Art and Art...
Art happens here 365 days a year
by (DwellingPlace)
Submitted 10-03-2017 under NONPROFITS
This time of year in Grand Rapids, it’s pretty much impossible to walk three feet without coming face to face with some kind of art. What many people who flock to this city this time of year for ArtPrize may not realize is that art lives and...
Spark your teens' creativity this summer with WMCAT's summer art & tech camps
by (wmcat)
Submitted 05-31-2017 under NONPROFITS
This summer the studios at WMCAT (West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology) will be open to any middle or high school student who wants to explore, experiment and elevate their voice. WMCAT is excited to offer 41 different art and tech camp...
Light Gallery + Studio features local artists for their first Art.Downtown April 8
by (brittany.devon)
Submitted 04-05-2017 under LOCAL LIFE
Light Gallery + Studio opened during ArtPrize 2016, only three weeks after curator Erika Townsley and owner Matthew Provoast moved into their live-work space through Dwelling Place. A live-work unit is a space that combines your workspace with your...
Changing accessible nature of city through art, Disability Arts Now engages community
by (DwellingPlace)
Submitted 04-04-2017 under PLACE-MATTERS
Launching this week, the three-year-old cultural organization DisArt, will be hosting a large symposium entitled, Disability Arts Now! World renowned academics, artists, community organizers, designers and much more, will come together and consider...
Growing community through art: Heartside Gallery and Studio
by (DwellingPlace)
Submitted 03-07-2017 under PLACE-MATTERS
Walking into Heartside Gallery and Studio, the first thing you notice is how active the space is. The Studio and Gallery space blend where artists create and show off art. Volunteers and Neighbor artists move through the space, busy with activity....
Heartside Ministry expands art display space with new gallery inside Downtown Market
by (Downtown Market GR)
Submitted 11-08-2016 under PLACE-MATTERS
As most of the pop-up art galleries created for ArtPrize were taken down last month across the city, a new, permanent gallery was being created at the Grand Rapids Downtown Market. The Downtown Market and Heartside Ministry have partnered to debut a...