Today on Segment 16, Joe talks about his weekend wandering around downtown checking out Artprize 8, and tells us what he likes, what is weird, and what is simply garbage thrown on the ground in laziness.
Artprize Eight is here! Wednesday, September 21st, downtown Grand Rapids filled up with thousands of additional people, wandering aimlessly through the streets and buildings, taking your favorite booth at the restaurant you love for lunch, and clogging the streets as they try to decided if they're really lost or not. Yay, Artprize!
I've had two years of experience with it now, and I've learned som
As Artprize approaches its official opening for 2016, the "art" is going up, and the guys are getting more confused and angry about what they're seeing installed around downtown.
And for God's sake...don't get Joe started on the freaking quilts!
UNLOADED is a traveling exhibition which explores the historical and social impact of guns. The exhibition at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts features the work of more than 20 artists, including former ArtPrize juror and ArtPrize award finalist Mel Chin.
Today on Segment 16, the guys talk about a giant tire swing that's coming back to Grand Rapids. Free Beer and Hot Wings didn't even know it existed. It was taken down a couple years ago after an incident, but has been redesigned, and is coming back. Are you excited yet?
Support the arts in West Michigan by voting for the Grand Rapids Youth Symphony to win $5,000 from Independent Bank!
The bank is giving $5,000 each to four local Arts non-profits in the communities they serve.
Here is an age old question that has plagued humanity for years and years!
Ok, maybe it's not that intense, but it is a good question.
Are video games art?
Digital production and seeding agency Life Hunters recently placed a piece of art that can be bought at Ikea for about $15 in an art museum to see what experts and enthusiasts had to say about its quality and worth.
Over the last few years, there's been a lot of controversy about over-Photoshopped photos. Women and men are getting tired of being shown these impossible goals for beauty, and some celebrities have even released the un-Photoshopped versions of photos.
Photoshop experts get a lot of flak, but they're just doing what they're paid for.
But what if they were asked to step back in time, like 25 years,
Nelson Shanks is an artist who got the incredible opportunity to paint former President Bill Clinton's official presidential portrait for the National Gallery of Art.
That's quite an honor. So, naturally he decided to stick it to Clinton.