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Every time I tell some one I spent New Year’s watching a “cherry drop” I get blank looks. I mean, like, “What is this all about?” Well, it was actually a lot of fun. With our hosts, we headed from Glen Arbor, Michigan into Traverse City on a foggy, misty kind of...
No, this isn’t a beauty salon. It is the roof of the Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts and it is what ArtPrize is all about…….. creativity in many forms. Questions. Aha moments. Major Wows. Smiles. Connections. ArtPrize has totally taken over Grand Rapids, the...
ArtPrize has taken over our town and wonderfully so. Grand Rapids is packed with young and old, families, old folks using walkers, groups and singles. The diversity is palpable. For example on Friday I visited the tony Grand Rapids Art Museum, the massive white Modernist box filled with...
With just two busy weeks to go before the official start of ArtPrize, I simply had to see how Jeff Zimmermann, the Chicago artist who is painting an absolutely huge mural on the side of the Kendall College of Art and Design building, is progressing. Here are a few shots to compare with...
Holland, Michigan is a great little town to visit. Holland is clearly a tourist destination along what we love to call the West Coast of Michigan. Busloads of people pour into town every year to enjoy the Tulip Festival. Thousands, maybe millions of tulips blasting color, kids in wooden shoes...
Watching the progress of the giant mural on the side of the Kendall College of Art and Design wall is a special treat. I find myself drawn to the sidewalk across the street, camera in hand to capture the transformation of an urban wall. Enjoy.
I am so geeked about ArtPrize. The first ArtPrize stories are hitting Facebook, MLive.com, TV stations and blog and web pages like Social Diary and I’m sure national publications. What has me immediately excited is the larger than life mural already in the works on the side of the seven-story...
Saugatuck, MI is a very colorful place. That’s part of why I like it. I also like the creative energy, the beautiful setting on the Lake Michigan coastline and the fun time I have when I go there. I meandered around Saugatuck yesterday with some friends who were visiting us from Texas. They...
I’m a sucker for Show Houses. Why? They give us a peek into the lives of the rich and famous while highlighting the talent of area designers. It gives designers a chance to strut their stuff, hopefully at their most creative. Especially compelling are the extravaganzas in big cities...
To wear a kimono is to make statement. While saying something like this is a bit of a cliche in the world of fashionistas I recently learned it is true when I attended a wonderful exhibit called Artfully Adorned: The Japanese Kimono. The exhibit is at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts...