While everyone is dashing around downtown this Friday night, art insiders know that on Friday night is a special kick-off party from one of ArtPrize’s most popular destinations, SiTE:LAB.
But unlike in years past, for 2017 this popular space-bending traveling art event will be sitting out this year’s ArtPrize 9 as they prepare their latest space for their big return in 2018.
To introduce the public to their new space—a former school and later government facility— SiTE:LAB is welcoming the public to see the raw space before they embark upon the major work to overhaul this old gem of a building.
This kickoff party will have plenty of Brewery Vivant beer that you can enjoy as your socialize and dance to the soundscapes crafted by DJ’s SuperDre and the Grand Rapids Soul Club.
For those seeking to drive to the location versus using Uber or Lyft, free parking is located in the NW corner of Madison Ave and Franklin St.
Last month, Rapid Growth celebrated SiTE:LAB’s release of a new book examining the two years they inhabited their Rumsey Street Project, an endeavor made possible through their connection with Habitat for Humanity of Kent County. You can read the essay, “Encounters at Rumsey Street,” by Art Critic Gregory Volk,
here.