Grand Rapids Art Museum
GoSite coalition partners offer collaborative, community-focused programs
by (GoSite)
Submitted 11-19-2013 under PLACE-MATTERS
The upcoming GoSite, located in the northwest glass enclosed corner of the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM), creates an environment that reframes the traditional information center to fully engage an integrated 21st century audience, eliminating...
Planning Commission approves request to allow food trucks downtown
by (NicoleGR)
Submitted 09-13-2013 under NEWS
On September 12, the Planning Commission passed the request of the special land use of food concessions on the corner of the Grand Rapids Art Museum. This was the first request for food concessions on private land in the downtown area. The request...
Grand Rapids Art Museum Free Admissions Tuesdays draws increased visitors
by (Davis Dryer)
Submitted 07-11-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
Starting May 28, the Grand Rapids Art Museum has been offering free admission on Tuesdays, allowing local art lovers the chance to see more art for less money. “GRAM received a generous two-year gift from Meijer to support free admission on...
GRAM presents spectacular selection of improvisational quilts
by (Brenda Beerhorst)
Submitted 05-10-2013 under OPINION
Susana Allen Hunter's ability to be resourceful is reflected in her quilts, now on view at the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM). Not only did she use what limited resources she had, but used them with the confidence and command of a person well-...
Museum Free 4 All returns April 21
by (Holly)
Submitted 04-01-2013 under NEWS
The Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM), Grand Rapids Children's Museum, Grand Rapids Public Museum and Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum has collaborated to provide a day of free admission to all four museums. This year, presenting sponsor...
Grand Rapids residents enjoy tree ceremony, ice skating at Grand Rapids Art Museum
by (Ryan Hagerman)
Submitted 12-05-2012 under NEWS
At 5:30 p.m. on November 30, the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) held its annual tree lighting ceremony. GRAM director Dana Friis-Hansen spoke at the ceremony as well as Mayor Heartwell, who introduced ice skater Kimberly Scott. Scott danced to an...
GRAM Education Center supports lifetime learning
by (kmb53)
Submitted 11-29-2012 under LOCAL LIFE
When visitors to the Grand Rapids Art Museum walk in the building, they are immediately greeted with elegant architecture and works of art. As visitors look around, to the right they see a hallway across the courtyard which ends with a bright...
GRAM questions reality with new exhibit, Real/Surreal
by (laurelgreen)
Submitted 10-18-2012 under NEWS
The Grand Rapids Art Museum’s (GRAM) upcoming show, Real/Surreal explores the existing tension between artistic realism and the manipulation of reality represented in the work of surreal and abstract artists. The exhibit showcases work in...
ArtPrize 2012: Impressions of a first-time viewer
by (laurelgreen)
Submitted 10-09-2012 under OPINION
I had no idea what to expect when ArtPrize started. Ever since I moved here last November I’d heard the event described in a variety of ways: “It’s like a festival,” “It’s amazing,” “It’s...
"Origami" highlights Grand Rapids community
by (laurelgreen)
Submitted 10-03-2012 under NEWS
New York-based artist Kumi Yamashita has made quite an impression on Grand Rapids this year with her installation, “Origami.” On display at the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM), “Origami” consists of 99 individual pieces of...