Jon Upleger had grown tired of the long-distance thing. A classically trained dancer, he joined the Nashville Ballet at 18, where he would spend the next twenty years of his life.

Art has the ability to recontextualize our reality — reframing, recreating and reimagining.

The new American sex farce, “A Slippery Slope” now in production at The Barn Theatre could be a very slippery slope, indeed. 

What could possibly be funny about a stage adaptation of the 900-page 19th Century Biblical epic novel best known as one of the hours-long mid century Charlton Heston films?

When Amanda Barbour was looking for a table, she wanted it to come from someone local. She wasn’t buying it for herself; Barbour, the founder and executive director of Children’s Healing Center, was buying it for the center.

Maddison Chaffer is an illustrator — but not only.

You may have heard of her as Lara Jean Doodles, but Lara Farley’s illustrations are nothing like what most of us scribbled in the margins of our middle school notebooks. 

Bold use of color, divine feminine representation, and elements of nature are just some of the stylistic choices that define the works of Kristin Zuller, multidisciplinary visual artist and Grand Rapids native. 

Creative director and freelance designer Edgar Hernandez is never without multiple projects at a time. Under his brand, The Oddest, Hernandez owned and operated a clothing store for three years in the Grand Rapids Downtown Market. 

When it comes to photography, Devin Hendrick does it all.