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Filmmaker Spotlight: Miles Davis Murphy (Open Projector Night Audience Vote Winner)
by (Grand Rapids Fi...)
Submitted 02-09-2024 under NONPROFITS
We'd like to congratulate our last Open Projector Night winner, Miles Davis Murphy, and his film 'Bestial Ones'. Nicholas Hartman from the Grand Rapids Film Society sat down to have a conversation with Miles to learn more about him...
Mugshots and propaganda: Photographer learns about #J20, Socialist Alternative Grand Rapids
by (tylersteimle)
Submitted 01-16-2018 under PLACE-MATTERS
This is an article about photography. But sometimes, if done right, photography is really about something altogether not photography. The gear and the shop talk and the technique of the craft dissipates and the message shines through. It's what...
Open Projector Night Spotlight from UICA: Jose Jimenez, People's Choice Award winner
by (KCAD)
Submitted 12-12-2017 under NONPROFITS
Give us a short bio. I am a Latino filmmaker born and raised in Los Angeles. I attended California State University, Northridge where I earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Cinema and Television Arts. I’ve produced, wrote, filmed, and edited a...
Local playwright talks Lake Effect Fringe Festival and more
by (brittany.devon)
Submitted 02-09-2017 under LOCAL LIFE
The Lake Effect Fringe Festival is a great way to showcase the original works written by local community members here in Grand Rapids. Original work is gaining momentum, and Dog Story Theater supports this to its fullest extent. LEFF is showcasing...
Meet the Harrison Park Media Team!
by (Harrison Park M...)
Submitted 03-07-2014 under NONPROFITS
The CYC teamed up with Harrison Park Elementary School to work with kids interested in learning about journalism. The result was the Harrison Park Media Team. Here is what the kids had to say about their group: Media Team is about sharing...
Impart: Local artist Brandon Belote sees links between art and science
by (empichot)
Submitted 09-27-2013 under NEWS
Impart seeks to preface ArtPrize by asking artists essential questions about art. Brandon Belote is the projectionist and AV technician at UICA and a Kendall grad. He often experiments with video in his work. "I wouldn't...
Impart: local artist Salvador Jimenez believes art brings people together
by (empichot)
Submitted 09-26-2013 under NEWS
Impart seeks to preface ArtPrize by asking artists essential questions about art. Salvador Jimenez is a an artist based in Grand Rapids whose works often deal with socio-political issues. He does work in photography, graphic design, painting,...
Impart: Artist Gil Lelazhe Jariq asserts "art heals"
by (empichot)
Submitted 09-20-2013 under NEWS
Impart seeks to preface ArtPrize by asking artists essential questions about art. An artist at Heartside Studio and founder of PRMTVE, Gil Lelazhe Jariq is an abstract painter based in Grand Rapids. What is art? "Art is...
Impart: Local artist Consuelo Poland used art to speak
by (empichot)
Submitted 09-16-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
Impart seeks to preface ArtPrize by asking artists essential questions about art. Local artist Consuelo Poland graduated from Kendall College last May with a degree in functional art. She works in industrial design, makes jewelry and...
Volunteers needed for national hunger study
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 04-12-2013 under NONPROFITS
Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank is participating in Hunger in America 2014, an in-depth survey of food insecurity conducted once every four years. Food banks around the country will interview their clients in order to assess the severity of...