The marriage of art, artists and development in downtown Grand Rapids
continues this month in three historic, and yet-to-be-renovated,
buildings. The buildings, in their raw, undeveloped state will be
non-traditional galleries for student and faculty art.
According to excerpts from the story:
Although ActiveSite has held four
previous events, partners Todd Ernst, Paul Amenta and Eric Kuhn are
still looking for ways to grow and improve.
"I guess
ActiveSite's just always going to be in flux -- that's the nature of
what we do," Ernst said. "A lot of that is in part due to the building
we take on."
ActiveSite is an exhibition for student artists
in the area, held in buildings undergoing rehabilitation. It began in
2007 with students from one college, and Ernst expects eight
institutions to participate in the fifth event next month. ActiveSite | Emerge will be held April 17 at the Flat Iron Building in Grand Rapids.
The
building does present unique challenges for the event, but Ernst said
owner Locus Development -- along with Orion Construction, general
contractor on the project -- has taken anything but a spectator's role.
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