By: Deborah Johnson Wood
This September, Grand Gallery will mark its one-year anniversary as one of the first shops to open in East Grand Rapids’ new Gaslight Village development. Owners Don and Chris Prys opened the gallery at 2237 Wealthy Street SE immediately after seeing the space, even though the building was still under construction.
Gaslight Village is built on the site of the former Jacobson’s Department Store. It takes its name from the traditional name of East Grand Rapids’ downtown business district.
“I’m pleased with the amount of business we’re getting,” says Don Prys. “We love the village. It’s the only walking village in the Grand Rapids area, so it’s real conducive to a nice environment for business.”
The gallery offers contemporary landscapes, sculpture, jewelry, and more.
“We show over 40 artists, most of them are from all over Michigan, including several West Michigan artists,” says Chris Prys, manager of the gallery, which is close enough to home so she can walk or bike to work.
“There is no other original art gallery in Gaslight Village,” Chris says. “We’re introducing good, beautiful art to East Grand Rapids.”
The Wealthy Street location is the Prys’s third Grand Gallery, joining sister galleries in Ada and in the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, Grand Rapids.
Source: Don and Chris Prys, Grand Gallery
Deborah Johnson Wood is development news editor for Rapid Growth Media. She can be contacted at [email protected].
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