Rapid Art Movement
Our one-of-a-kind arts festival returns in a whole new format.
Returning January 24–25, Rapid Art Movement is an arts festival that embraces the unique setting and culture of Grand Rapids. Passengers will board a DASH bus transformed through drawings, sculpture, poetry, and performance and take a ride like they’ve never experienced before. It’s all part of World of Winter, the largest winter festival in the US.
The event is free to attend. It runs six times and each run lasts approximately one hour:
Friday, January 24 at 5:30pm, 7pm, and 8:30pm.
Saturday, January 25 at 5:30pm, 7pm, and 8:30pm.
To attend, simply wait at the DASH stop along Monroe Ave at Rosa Park’s Circle.
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Avenue for the Arts hosts twelve local art Events year in Grand Rapids’ largest community art gallery, the 106 Gallery.
106 Gallery
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
January:
My American Dream by Katya Grokhovsky
Opening Thursday, 1/16 from 5–8pm.
Open hours: Tues/Thurs 10am–4pm
Closing Reception: Friday, January 31st, 5–8pm
Katya is a Ukrainian-born, NYC-based artist currently spending a year in Grand Rapids as Grand Valley State University’s Padnos artist-in-residence.
March: New paintings by Marie Jane Pories and Merima Smajlovic
Opening: Thursday 3/20 from 5–8pm.
May: Main-ten-ance by Anthony Brazeau.
Opening Thursday, 5/15 from 5–9pm.
Paintings and sculptures derived from the everyday materials of the maintenance worker in order to celebrate the nature of the job.
Closing Reception: Friday, January 31st, 5–8pm
Summer 2025: The Red Thread Annamarie Buller
A group exhibition of work reflecting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and our connections to each other as humans.
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Break IT Down | Make It Better
West Michigan’s longest-running professional development conference for artists is back on Friday Febuary, 28 from 10am–5pm. Tickets start at $45 and go on sale this January. The conference is organized through an ongoing partnership with Avenue for the Arts, ArtPrize, and AllArtWorks.
