The 50-member Grand Rapids Community Master Plan Steering Committee met for the first time this week to explore avenues of how the Community Master Plan can better represent and serve Grand Rapids residents.
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The Grand Rapids Art Museum’s newest exhibit features more than 80 American folk art objects, spanning from paintings and pottery, to quilts, needlework and sculpture, which were created by folk artists, often referred to as self-taught artists.
American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection is available from May 22 through Aug. 28 and organized into four sections founders, travelers, philosophers and seekers.
“American Perspectives offers our visitors a chance to look at America through the eyes and experiences of folk artists,” said Dana Friis-Hansen, GRAM director and CEO. “The diversity of experience and perspective is what strengthens our community, and we look forward to sharing a platform for stories that have often been untold throughout history.”
The Grand Rapids Art Museum opens a survey exhibition showcasing Mathias J. Alten
Mathias J. Alten (American, 18711938). Reeds Lake with Bathers, c. 1918. Oil on canvas, 16 ¼ x 20 ½ inches. Grand Rapids Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard R. Smith in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Shaw, 2003.6.
GRAND RAPIDS, MI
.-The Grand Rapids Art Museum announced its exhibition showcasing Mathias J. Alten, Grand Rapids most esteemed painter. Mathias J. Alten: An Enduring Legacy is a survey exhibition that coincides with the 150th anniversary of Altens birth in 1871 and will be on view at GRAM through April 24, 2021.
In the early to mid-twentieth century, Alten was nationally recognized for his landscapes, still lifes, and portraits that drew on traditional European painting as well as more modern styles, like impressionism. The exhibition shows how over his lifetime, Altens painting evolved from a controlled, academic technique into a more fluid and expressive approach.