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On March 12, the Des Moines Art Center will open Iowa Artists 2021: Olivia Valentine, featuring two bodies of work by the artist and Iowa State University professor.
The exhibition, organized by Art Center Associate Curator Jared Ledesma, will run through May 16, 2021. Valentine is recognized for her work in textile construction, drawing and sculpture, as well as textile installations that interface with architecture. For this projectâthe artistâs first solo museum exhibitionâValentine presents Mediate/Equivocate and The shadow is my body.
The Richard Meier building will feature Mediate/Equivocate, a large-scale installation generated in response to Meierâs deliberate, gridded design. Embedded within the three-story wall in the buildingâs atrium are a series of ropes. Viewed from a distance, the ropes appear to be woven into the wall, in a pattern that is responsive to its surroundings.
Good things on The Lakeshore, Week of Jan. 23, 2021 By Peg McNichol
Jan 22, 2021 2:05 PM
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) Each week, The Lakeshore‘s managing editor, Shandra Martinez, talks to WHTC about people and organizations making a difference in West Michigan’s Lakeshore area.
Highlights of her conversation with morning news anchor Peg McNichol for the week starting Jan. 22. (Listen to the complete podcast.)
Grand Haven nonprofit supports women by providing essentials. Meghan Heritage is the founder of Be Event, which works as a kind of “911 charity,” filling in the cracks where other nonprofits can’t reach. It raises money each year with a women’s luncheon.
SAUGATUCK — One of Saugatuck s last commercial fishing shanties will find a new home and new life in the hands of the owners of Retro Boat Rentals, the Saugatuck-Douglas History Center announced in a news release.Retro Boat Rentals will preserve the shanty at their 730 Water St. site, just down the street from the structure s original location where Marvin "Demi" Demerest, one of the city s last commercial fishermen, once used it.The Saugatuck-Douglas History Center will turn the shanty