Elizabeth Jane VanArragoninculturedGRBlack artists offer unflinchingly direct portrayal of racism for viewers at ArtPrize 9Both Monroe Akibang O’Bryant and Le’Andra LeSeur enter the complex terrain of incorporating and appropriating racist signs and codes…Sep 24, 2017Sep 24, 2017
Elizabeth Jane VanArragoninculturedGR“Everybody Makes History:” Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives official opens on…After years of operating without its own location, the local institution of memory and culture opened October 1 under the direction of…Oct 19, 2016Oct 19, 2016
Elizabeth Jane VanArragoninculturedGRHome spelled backwards: Artist as work of artThe headline read “Man living inside his ArtPrize entry.” How could anyone’s attention not be captured by the promise of something new this…Oct 6, 20161Oct 6, 20161
Elizabeth Jane VanArragoninculturedGRCultural visibility in our sights: ArtPrize Eight brings chance to listen to other cultures through…As we anticipate the eighth year of ArtPrize, Grand Rapids’s largest annual public art event, it will be worthwhile to consider the…Sep 14, 2016Sep 14, 2016