Category: Art

Grand Rapids Murals: West Side

by Experience Grand Rapids / photo by Bryan Esler for Experience GR Art Credit Kyle DeGroff

Published Jul. 09, 20265 Min Story

The near west side of Grand Rapids, just across the Grand River from downtown, has undergone a startling renaissance in the past decade or so. Entrepreneurs have breathed new life into neglected…

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Grand Rapids Murals: Downtown - Center City

by Experience Grand Rapids / photo by Nick Irwin for Experience GR Artwork: Abdoulaye Conde

Published Jul. 07, 202613 Min Story

Art doesn’t just live in the museums of Grand Rapids, it’s also part of the structure of the city, transforming walls, streets, parking lots, mechanical boxes and other utilitarian elements into…

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Grand Rapids Murals: Southtown

by Experience Grand Rapids / photo by Nick Irwin for Experience GR. Artwork: The Pursuit of Equality, Diversity, and Dignity by Arturo Morales Romero

Published Jul. 06, 202611 Min Story

Southtown is a large and diverse neighborhood of Grand Rapids. Many of the residents of Southtown were and are Black and Brown people who have been historically marginalized by structural inequities…

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Grand Rapids Murals: Uptown

by Experience Grand Rapids / photo by Bryan Esler for Experience GR Artwork: Cameron Klingenberg

Published Jul. 06, 20268 Min Story

USA Today named Grand Rapids one of America’s 10 Best Cities Where You Can See Amazing Art – and our extensive collection of public murals is one reason why. There are more than 100 murals spread out…

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Grand Rapids Murals

by Experience Grand Rapids / photo by Bryan Esler for Experience GR. Artwork: Dreamchaser by Kevin Forest Wolfrom (GUMP)

Published Jun. 30, 20261 Min Story

Grand Rapids art doesn't just live in the museums, it's also part of the structure of the city, transforming walls, streets, parking lot ticket booths, electrical boxes and other utilitarian elements…

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Five Facts About Maya Lin, the Artist of Ecliptic

by Experience Grand Rapids / photo by Jesse Frohman, Courtesy of Grand Rapids Art Museum

Published Jun. 25, 20264 Min Story

What do Grand Rapids and Washington D.C. have in common? They are both home to award-winning outdoor sculptural works by world-renowned artist Maya Lin. Lin was relatively unknown at the age of 21…

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8 Fun Facts About the Grand Rapids Public Museum’s Spillman Carousel

by Experience Grand Rapids / photo by Bryan Esler for Experience GR

Published Jun. 22, 20267 Min Story

The Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM) welcomes more than 250,000 visitors every year for a wide variety of scientific, historical and cultural experiences that celebrate our human bond. One of the…

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Community Legends Sculptures Tour

by Experience Grand Rapids / photo by Alina Albin for EXGR

Published Mar. 30, 202613 Min Story

Two of Grand Rapids’ favorite things – art and history – come together in a project memorializing some of the most significant contributors to the city’s rich legacy. The Grand Rapids Community…

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Grand Rapids Murals: Arturo Morales Romero

by Experience Grand Rapids / photo by Nick Irwin for Experience GR. Artist: Arturo Morales Romero

Published Mar. 13, 20265 Min Story

USA Today has hailed Grand Rapids as one of the 10 best cities in America where you can see amazing art. There’s an amazing artist behind every piece of art that graces our city – like Arturo Morales…

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Revisiting ArtPrize With Permanent Works of Art

by Experience Grand Rapids / photo by Nick Irwin for Experience GR Artwork: Abdoulaye Conde

Published Dec. 01, 20258 Min Story

ArtPrize is an international art competition entered by hundreds of artists from around the world each year. Launched in 2009, ArtPrize was recognized as the world’s most public art event just five…

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