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Artists -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

ArtPrize

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 398
Abstract ArtPrize was founded in 2009 by Amway heir Rick DeVos. ArtPrize was started as a art competition without any selection committees or curators. In the first year of ArtPrize any site in the downtown area of Grand Rapids could be listed as a venue for the competition. Also, there was an open call to all artists to compete in the ArtPrize competition. The materials in this collection were collected and gathered by Grand Rapids Public Library staff. These materials include artist, venue and...
Dates: 2009 - 2012

Celebration on the Grand Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 450
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1980-1982; 1980 - 2015

Dix family papers

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Identifier: Collection 421
Abstract Samuel M. Dix (20 November 1916-20 June 2006) was an industrial engineer/consultant and a community activist in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This collection reflects his interests and includes material on the Grand Rapids Symphony Society (1958-1968), Fountain Street Baptist Church (salary survey, 1960-1961), abortion reform (1969-1977), the U.S. energy crisis (1977-1978), the Cannon Monitors (Cannon Township political group, 1992) and on the development of Dix's property into the Dix Farm...
Dates: 1918-1927, 1958-1996; Majority of material found within 1958 - 1996

Frederick Stuart Church collection

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Identifier: Collection 228
Abstract

Frederick Stuart Church (1842-1924) was an American artist who was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This is a devised collection that brings together original holdings and reference material. Most significant are the paintings, sketches, etchings, reproductions and photographs of work by Church that were recieved in March 1920 from the estate of the famous art collector and philanthropist Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919).

Dates: n.d.

Illustrations and papers of Kreigh T. Collins

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Identifier: Collection 056
Abstract

Kreigh Collins (1908-1974) was an artist, illustrator and cartoonist. This collection contains the bulk of the known archival papers and illustrations compiled from his estate. Included are childhood sketches, early advertising art, book and church illustrations and panels from his three better known comic strips (Mitzi McCoy, Kevin the Bold and Up Anchor). Also included are reference materials, personal and professional correspondence, scrapbooks, sketchbooks and other clippings.

Dates: 1914-1973

Keeler Public Art Collection

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Identifier: Collection 446

Opera Grand Rapids Promotional Art

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Identifier: collection 457
Abstract Grand Rapids, Mich. artist Richard Stien has created unique and original art as a thank you for the Friends of the Opera Grand Rapids opera company for over two decades. This collection consists of water color, ink, and color pencil illustrations as well as reproductions of finalized materials related to perfomances and events. Some of the art pieces show the process through which the artist progressed, from early sketches through to the finished printed and designed advertisment. Also...
Dates: 1991 - 2013

Orville Bulman art references collection

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Identifier: Collection 357
Abstract Orville Bulman (1904-1978) was an artist and businessman from Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was active in the family business, the E.O. Bulman Manufacturing Co., for much of his adult life but had desired to be an artist from his youth. Largely self-taught, he began focusing more on his art work in the late 1930s and was noticed nationally in the 1950s. He did much of his artwork from his second home in Palm Beach, Florida and tropical settings with vibrant colors are often themes of his...
Dates: 1924, circa 1952-2006

Paul Collins art reference collection

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Identifier: Collection 269
Abstract

Paul Collins (b. 1936) is an American realist painter who resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The collection includes biographical information, newspaper clippings and photographs of Collins as well as exhibit catalogs, ephemera and books illustrated by Collins. Additionally, there are several original art works by Paul Collins in the Grand Rapids Public Library art holdings. This collection would be of particular interest to those researching African American artists.

Dates: 1969 - 2010

The Grand Rapids Press Arts and Entertainment Index scrapbooks

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Identifier: Collection 396
Abstract

The Grand Rapids Press Arts and Entertainment Index scrapbooks include arts related newspaper clippings for the years 1973-1992. The clippings are primarily from the Grand Rapids Press, with some from other local and national publications. This collection was a GRHSC department project that was arranged and completed by a volunteer, Marilyn Titche.

Dates: 1973-1992