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A preview of exhibitions and events coming to West Michigan museums in the near future.
Performing Arts Season Preview, 2019-2020
Written by Dana Casadei | Thursday, 29 August 2019 09:00 |A guide to all the plays and musicals coming to West Michigan theaters in the 2019-2020 seasons.
Music Season Preview, 2019-2020
Written by Abi Safago and Josh Veal | Thursday, 29 August 2019 09:00 |A look at the many classical music and jazz performances happening in the 2019-2020 season.
A complete preview of art exhibitions and events in West Michigan for the 2019-2020 season.
Refractions, Residents, Resilience: Three powerful exhibitions come to the KIA
Written by Dana Casadei | Tuesday, 27 August 2019 10:18 |After finding out you had secured a landmark exhibition for your museum, simply displaying it would’ve been enough for some. Not for the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, though.
Art in Action: Experience Live Art teaches people everything that goes into creating
Written by Kayla Sosa | Tuesday, 27 August 2019 10:15 |At Experience Live Art, two individuals are bringing the appreciation and education of art to West Michigan residents and students.
Pioneering the Project: Project 1 reinvents the ArtPrize model
Written by John Kissane | Tuesday, 27 August 2019 10:11 |For its 10th anniversary, ArtPrize is reinventing itself. The Grand Rapids-based art festival, if not moldering, had started to show its age. Last year, MLive reported that registration for public voting numbered only 32,613 people, the lowest total in the festival’s history.
Girl Powered: Grand Rapids celebrates Rad American Women with electrical boxes
Written by Elma Talundzic | Tuesday, 27 August 2019 10:08 |You might have noticed some familiar faces floating around Grand Rapids this summer.
Back in March, The Rad Women Art Initiative took over electrical boxes across the city, launching in celebration of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month.
Inspired by the beauty and movement of nature, Randi Ford has made a career of her “flow” paintings.
Given that Grand Rapids’ iconic symbol, La Grand Vitesse, is a sculpture, it should come as no surprise that a sculptor can thrive here.
That’s especially true if you’re Andrew Kline and you get to work at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. As preparator and assistant conservator, Kline helps install and maintain the sculptures at what he calls a “gem of the U.S.” He also maintains the downtown LOVE sculpture by Robert Indiana.
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