Arts -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 10 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
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
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ArtPrize
Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids oral history collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 168
Abstract
The Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids was a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area. This collection contains ten interviews with participants instrumental in the formation and early years of the Council. These participants include: Tom Heywood, who served as executive director for 15 years; Ann Mulder, who served as president; Joan White Gillette, the first secretary; Ken and Marty Childs, both of whom served on the Mayor's Cultural...
Dates:
1992
Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids records
Collection
Identifier: Collection 402
Abstract
The Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids was a nonprofit arts group in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Arts Council promoted the arts in Grand Rapids and supported local arts organizations through fundraising, grants, workshops and other services. Festival of the Arts was initially organized by Arts Council members and was operated under the Arts Council through 2002. The Arts Council closed in 2012 after a strategic plan found no compelling reason for the organization to continue. The...
Dates:
1967-2012
Celebration on the Grand Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 450
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1980-1982; 1980 - 2015
Emily Deming collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 149
Abstract
Emily Deming (ca. 1902-1998) worked as an executive housekeeper at Blodgett Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan and was a patroness of the visual, musical, architectural, and theatrical arts. This collection represents her personal collecting of materials gathered during her interactions in support of the local arts in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Included are programs from various fine arts events, New York 1925/1926 correspondence from Josephine F. Royle and Selena Royle, a scrapbook, and...
Dates:
1925, 1940s-1986
Found in:
Grand Rapids History Center
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Emily Deming collection
Festival of the Arts (Grand Rapids, Mich) collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 236
Abstract
The Festival of the Arts (Festival) is held annually in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is said to be the largest all volunteer arts festival in the country. This collection documents some of the business and events of the Festival from 1964 to 1991. Documents include correspondence, reports, forms, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, programs, various graphics and images, sheet music and a few audio tapes and films. A variety of different Festival years are represented, as well as...
Dates:
1964-1994
Grand Rapids Area Humanities Council/Grand Rapids Area Council for the Humanities records
Collection
Identifier: Collection 156
Abstract
The Grand Rapids Humanities Council was organized in 1976 to celebrate the nation's Bicentennial. The Council is affiliated with the Michigan Humanities Council and is involved in helping organize and fund programs for the arts, as well as other historical and cultural endeavors. This collection includes memos, committee meeting records, correspondence, donation records, brochures and records of programs. Many of the programs were connected with the Michigan sesquicentennial celebration in...
Dates:
1984-1989, 1999
Opera Grand Rapids art materials
Collection
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
The Grand Rapids Press Arts and Entertainment Index scrapbooks
Collection
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