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Art and dying cities: What does “Top Ten” really mean?

Submitted 10-03-2011 under OPINION

Art and Dying Cities: two issues Grand Rapids has recently tackled, between the Top Ten lists of ArtPrize and Newsweek. In this article, I ask the question: How do Top Ten lists come to be and what are they really saying?

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RUST: A sympathetic portrait of post-industrial Michigan

Submitted 10-02-2011 under OPINION

Actors' Theatre presents the premiere of local playwright Austin Bunn's RUST, a play chronicling the impact of General Motor's closing of the Wyoming, Michigan stamping plant in 2008.

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Wow. That's Bad.

Submitted 09-30-2011 under OPINION

How we can improve ArtPrize: The top ten are out. Naselli talks about curation, location, and four ways that she suggests we might save ArtPrize.

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How to help the good guys win

Submitted 09-28-2011 under OPINION

Do we vote or not? Listed here are some "good art" criteria to help you save our city from the bad art monsters.

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Relax: Art Doesn’t Think You’re Dumb

Submitted 09-27-2011 under OPINION

Art loves you.

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New Picturesque gallery open to the public

Submitted 09-27-2011 under OPINION

This fall's Picturesque series, "Art or Kitsch?" is now open for submissions. Rapidian users are encouraged to submit their photos of art, their own artistic photo creations and their captures of kitsch.

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Whole Notes Benefit Dinner held at Koetsier Greenhouse

Submitted 09-26-2011 under OPINION

A photo essay and report on the Whole Notes benefit dinner, a collaborative effort from local chefs using local foods.

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Gender and art: Do the numbers add up to anything?

Submitted 09-26-2011 under OPINION

Looking at the gender ratios at the Exhibition Centers, ArtPrize 2011

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Women's City Club: A must-see ArtPrize venue

Submitted 09-25-2011 under OPINION

Women's City Club Event Manager and artists talk about getting ready for ArtPrize and their work on display there.

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3-2-1: Engage, swag and vote

Submitted 09-24-2011 under OPINION

With just 19 days, it can often feel like there is too much to see and so little time. Experienced Wayfinder Erica Curry Van Ee boils down all the information she has learned in hopes of helping other attendees.

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