Graphic Design: Now in Production opened at Kendall and the GRAM on Thursday night. I went to both portions of the exhibit, and it’s pretty fantastic. If you have even a mild interest in Graphic Design, it’s worth a visit. It was curated in collaboration with the Walker Art Center and the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Design …
I spent this past weekend at Startup Weekend, which was a fantastic experience. The event started on Friday evening, with participants pitching their startup ideas to the whole group. There were around 30 ideas pitched, then everyone used stickers to vote for their favorites. The votes were counted, and the top ten were the ideas we …
Source The Federal Building at Kendall has recently been certifed to the USGBC’s LEED Gold Level. This is fantastic for the school and for the whole of downtown Grand Rapids, particularly because of the adaptive reuse process applied to the historic Federal Building. The building served as a courthouse in it’s previous life, and will …
There are several events of the artsy/creative variety happening in GR* this week/this weekend. If you live here or live near here or happen to have plans to be here in the near future, you should check them out! This piece is “I Love You, Mary Jane Watson” by Jake Kapusta, on display at CODA …
I saw Real/Surreal and they gave me a sticker. The exhibit was curated and organized by The Whitney, and making it’s first stop on tour at the GRAM, where it will be from October 19 to January 13. As you walk into the exhibit, you see the description of it on the wall, with coloured lights …
ArtPrize! It’s over. The awards have been announced. “Elephants” by Adonna Khare won the main award, and “Displacement (13208 Klinger St)” by Design 99 won the juried award. Design 99 won, and I’m going to get all my feelings about that out right now: OHMYGOSHDESIGN99I’MSOHAPPYFORYOUTWOYOUAREGREATANDFANTASTICYAYWOOHOOYAY! Um, yeah. SiTE:LAB cleaned up pretty well at the …
Photos by Mr.Stonebender Anca Gray has a fascinating piece in ArtPrize. I feel like I could get lost just looking at it. It’s made of eggshells, a material that I don’t consider at all, let alone consider as a media for art. I had the chance to interview Anca about her piece, and here’s how …
I went to SiTE:LAB last night. It was everything I hoped it would be and more. The big idea behind all of the SiTE:LAB exhibits has been creating art that’s site-specific in spaces that aren’t traditional art spaces (like galleries) and aren’t usually open to the public. SiTE:LAB The Dream Before is at 54 Jefferson …
As you may or may not know, ArtPrize features a lot of terrible art. Part of the whole philosophy of letting everyone enter is that EVERYONE will enter, and a lot of things will be less than great. So, to help you choose where to go, I have compiled a list of venues that will …
I met Gabriel Dawe at Kendall, in the lobby of the Federal building and we went into the gallery where he’s installing his piece, Plexus 18, a site-specific work made of sewing thread. He’s been doing the Plexus series for two and a half years. Gabriel describes his work as “Architectural structures composed of the …