The Grand Rapids Art Museum has been approved for a $35,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support their exhibition, “Dawoud Bey & Carrie Mae Weems: In Dialogue.”
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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.”
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Lillian Kalaczinski, an associate professor for Ferris State Universityâs Michigan College of Optometry, has been named the Michigan Optometric Associationâs 2021 Educator of the Year. Kalaczinski is a 1998 MCO graduate following three years in the pre-optometry program at Ferris. Kalaczinski served as director of vision services at a Grand Rapids-area community health center before joining the MCO faculty in 2015. Kalaczinski also is chief of primary care services at the University Eye Center, and an adviser to registered student organizations unique to the college.
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