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Local Artist Highlight: Annamarie Buller
by (Avenueforthearts)
Submitted 04-14-2024 under NONPROFITS
Annamarie Buller takes on injustice, oppression, and the destruction of nature. Her new event series, Centering Liberation, invites us to “wrestle with the issues of our time.” Conversations generated by her three-page thought paper,...
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...
Local Artist Highlight: Kailey Smith-Barth
by (Avenueforthearts)
Submitted 01-14-2024 under NONPROFITS
From newcomer to belonging, Kailey Smith-Barth has found her ideal niche in Grand Rapids: an artist with a day job in the arts as Exhibitions and Internship Manager for ArtPrize. She’s modest about her own artwork and thinking about a new...
Grand Rapids Art Museum Presents First Annual LEGO Celebration
by (Grand Rapids Ar...)
Submitted 10-20-2023 under NONPROFITS
The Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) recently announced its first annual celebration exploring the creativity and wonder of LEGO®, Brick by Brick: The Creative Art of LEGO®. In partnership with Bricks & Minifigs Grand Rapids, the...
Local Artist Highlight: Jeff Ham Ceramics
by (Avenueforthearts)
Submitted 10-13-2023 under NONPROFITS
Living every artist’s dream in a bright spacious studio set into a gorgeous farm landscape, Jeff Ham devotes all of his working hours to creating stunning ceramic art. He fashions custom pottery in small order batches for Stoffer Home, a local...
Local Artist Highlight: An Introduction to Cocoon Art Space at 327 Division Avenue South
by (Avenueforthearts)
Submitted 08-11-2023 under NONPROFITS
In recent years, South Division has overseen the revival of one vintage Grand Rapids storefront after another, capitalizing on the inherent beauty of its historic buildings. Anchoring one end of this spectacular row, Cocoon Art Space makes...
Grand Rapids Art Museum Presents Message from Our Planet: Digital Art from the Thoma Collection
by (Grand Rapids Ar...)
Submitted 05-24-2023 under NONPROFITS
Twenty-three software, video, and light-based works of art will be on view this summer at the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) in Message from Our Planet: Digital Art from the Thoma Foundation. On view June 17 through September 9, 2023, the...
Grand Rapids Art Museum Welcomes Cindy Meyers Foley as New Director and CEO
by (Grand Rapids Ar...)
Submitted 03-27-2023 under NONPROFITS
The Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) Board of Trustees recently announced the appointment of Cindy Meyers Foley as its next Director and CEO. Foley comes to GRAM after a 17-year tenure at the Columbus Museum of Art, where she most recently served...
Powerful Art: Creating and Impacting Social Change
by (cicadmin)
Submitted 02-01-2023 under NONPROFITS
Thursday, February 9, 7-8:30 p.m. EST Art can inspire; it can also challenge our assumptions. Explore the history and the power of how the performing arts have created opportunities for social change. Presented by Edye Evans Hyde is the...
Wealthy Theatre and UICA Announce Return of Open Projector Night
by (wealthytheatre)
Submitted 09-20-2022 under LOCAL LIFE
In 2012, the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) introduced the first Open Projector Night - a seasonal event that provided both local and regional filmmakers with the chance to share their art with the community. Then, eight years later,...