Museums Features
Ruth Terry
Thursday, October 01, 2009
This 80-foot-long mural gracing the side of the Grand Rapids Community Foundation headquarters will remain when ArtPrize 2009 ends next week, one of several artworks that have permanently changed the Grand Rapids cityscape. Lasting marks of ArtPrize abound in the city.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
After all the endless discussion these past weeks of what ArtPrize may be or should be, the time is now upon us. But is it all that and a bag of chips? (A: Yes)
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Rick DeVos
Thursday, September 17, 2009
For the next few days, Rick DeVos will post a blog in Rapid Growth that offers what ArtPrize means and how it may change the way art is experienced in Michigan. He's used social media to decentralize control of the event, a gutsy move that has excited some and rankled others. Whichever side you fall on, one thing is certain: This inaugural year represents a huge social experiment.
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Kelly Quintanilla
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Artists Rick Beerhorst and his wife Brenda try to live life the same way they create art -- strip it to its bare essentials and enjoy it to the fullest. Learn about life in the Family Beerhorst.
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Keleigh Wolf
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Pack 300 designers and artistic types into a building for three hours, and the result is nothing short of Nosh Night, a cross-pollination of the artistic disciplines that creates a sum greater than its parts.
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Ruth Terry
Thursday, May 14, 2009
The world of Hugo Claudin consists of luchadores -- Mexican wrestlers
-- captured on canvas in vivid colors, but it also has a more
contemplative side
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Bona Van Dis
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Paul Stansbie thinks the Grand Rapids metro area is more than holding
its own when it comes to hosting visitors: it's taking on larger cities
in the hospitality industry
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Curt Wozniak
Thursday, September 25, 2008
ActiveSite unites area art programs and the real estate community to showcase the region's next generation of artists and development opportunities.
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Deb Moore
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Three years ago Bert Vescolani left Chicago's Shedd Aquarium to take the reins at John Ball Zoo. Today it's looking more and more like the Discovery Channel at the Westside attraction
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Nancy Davis
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Elizabeth Goddard is dedicated to helping people improve their physical and mental state. But not in some fancy hospital or boutique clinics. You'll find her at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts.
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