The poster for the 2023 Festival of the Arts in Grand Rapids was officially unveiled on Sunday. The design of the poster was from West Michigan Artist Maggie Bandstra.
Holland Area Arts presents high school art competition winners
Brianne Mishler
and last updated 2021-03-11 16:26:07-05
The Holland Area Arts Council presented their Regional High School Art Competition winners.
Artwork made from 11 area high schools and 15 teachers was selected to display online from today until April 24.
The Arts Council chooses a juror whose task is to choose the work to be displayed. This yearâs juror, Grand Haven professional artist and retired longtime Hudsonville art teacher, Maggie Bandstra selected seven pieces for awards from the 118 works submitted.
Participating schools include Black River Public School, Coopersville, Grand Haven, Grandville, Holland Christian, Holland, Saugatuck, West Ottawa, Wyoming, and Zeeland East and West.
Artist in Michigan is hiding gnome statues every day for people to find
By: WXMI Staff
and last updated 2021-02-15 15:54:44-05
An artist along the lakeshore is giving people a new reason to leave their homes for fresh airâcreating and hiding dozens of small ceramic gnome statues along the trails at Duncan Woods Park.
Maggie Bandstra and her dog Nelson have been hiding one gnome each day since the end of November.
Bandstra is in the process of working on her master s degree in fine art and painting at Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia, doing her work from her family s home in Grand Haven.