FALL 2021

ON THE WALL ARTIST TALK FEATURING JASON RELANDO
Lake Superior Hall #154
Friday, September 17, 2021, 12:00pm-1:00pm
YouTube Recording
Each On the Wall Artist Talk features an artist whose work is currently on view on campus discussing their creative process and how their work is influenced by other fields of study.
This On the Wall Artist Talk features an intimate in-person conversation with documentary photographer Jason Reblando. His work often focuses on the intersection of the human experience and institutional systems, touching on many fields of study including sociology, anthropology, and history, among others. Jason's work is now on view in the exhibition Canal by Canal: Photographs by Jason Reblando  in the Lake Ontario Hall Wall Gallery through early December 2021. 

Jason Reblando is an artist and photographer based in Normal, Illinois. Notable projects by Jason include Outside Public Housing, a series of photographs and statements from a community of people whose professions are all related to public housing in Chicago; Home and Away, photographs documenting various aspects of the lives of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW); and New Deal Utopias, exploring one of the most ambitious but overlooked federal programs in American history. Jason received his MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago, and a BA in Sociology from Boston College. He is the recipient of a U.S. Fulbright Fellowship to the Philippines among other awards. His work has been published in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Financial Times, Politico, Camera Austria, Slate, Bloomberg Businessweek, Marketplace, MAS Context, Real Simple, Places Journal, Chicago Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, and the Chicago Reader. His photographs are collected in the Library of Congress, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Pennsylvania State University Special Collections, the Midwest Photographers Project of the Museum of Contemporary Photography, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Photography in the Wonsook Kim School of Art at Illinois State University.

Jason’s latest project, Canal by Canal, has a special connection to Grand Valley. This photographic series engages the natural and built environments as well as the people that comprise Valencia’s irrigation community in support of research by Dr. Erik Nordman, natural resources management professor at GVSU, for his book, The Uncommon Knowledge of Elinor Ostrom (Island Press, 2021). The resulting images are a meditation on how humans continue to shape the natural landscape, as well as a record of a communal agricultural practice that has survived wars, dictatorships, and political winds of change.

This event is supported, in part, by the Department of Visual and Media Arts, the Biology Department, the Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program, and the The William C. Baum Endowment.

 

WINTER 2019

LOOKING WITH INTENT - UNPLUG WITH US!
1121 Thomas J. Marica J. Haas Center for the Performing Arts Allendale Campus
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
We partnered with GVSU Recreation for GVSU "Unplugged" February 24 - March 2.

We put down our devices, took our eyes off our screens, and looked at art!

No dress code. No experience was necessary. You brought your own unique perspective and joined in the conversation.

We explored the artworks in the exhibition, "Reflect – Revive – Reshape" featuring the work of:
Brett Colley, Associate Professor of Drawing, Printmaking and Foundations
Dellas Henke, Professor of Printmaking
Hoon Lee, Associate Professor of Ceramics
Anthony Thompson, Professor of Photography
- faculty in the Department of Visual and Media Arts

Looking with Intent was facilitated by:
Stacey Burns, Art Gallery, Programs Manager
Elisa Salazar, GVSU HR, Work Life Consultant
Heather Wallace, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Master of Public Health program

LOOKING WITH INTENT: REFLECT | REVIVE | RESHAPE | RETREAT
1121 Thomas J. Marica J. Haas Center for the Performing Arts Allendale Campus
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Sometimes we react negatively to the winter because the days are shorter, it is dark and cold. However, winter can also be a time to turn inward and find creative spaces to process, learn, and grow.

We were joined for our winter warm up as we looked at art mindfully and with intention followed by a facilitated conversation.

Looking with Intent was facilitated by:
Stacey Burns, Art Gallery Programs Manager
Elisa Salazar, GVSU HR Work Life Consultant
Heather Wallace, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Master of Public Health program

We explored the artworks in the exhibition, "Reflect – Revive – Reshape"   featuring the work of:
Brett Colley, Associate Professor of Drawing, Printmaking and Foundations
Dellas Henke, Professor of Printmaking
Hoon Lee, Associate Professor of Ceramics
Anthony Thompson, Professor of Photography
- Department of Visual and Media Arts

FALL 2018

MARTIAN PARTY
Haas Center for Performing Arts
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
The GVSU Art Gallery, Department of Visual & Media Arts, Housing Office, The Atomic Object Technology Showcase, and the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance sponsored this event with music, free food, Vive VR, costume-making and special giveaways!

The evening went like this:
5:00 p.m. Event Opened - FREE Martian Keychains handed out to the first 50 guests thanks to GVSU's Tech Showcase.  Also made our own Martian Antenna and viewed the Mars: Astronomy & Culture exhibition and played with remote control vehicles and the Mars virtual reality.
5:30 p.m. Live Music - GVSU Symphony Orchestra performed 'Mars: Bringer of War' from The Planets suite by Gustav Holst.
7:00 p.m. Martian Invasion – The party progressed to Alexander Calder Fine Arts Center via an invasion-style parade!
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. - Party at Calder with the Department of Visual and Media and DJ, dancing and costume contest.

CONFRONTING THE MARTIAN: HUMANITY'S CHANGING CONCEPTS ABOUT LIFE ON THE RED PLANET
The planet Mars, LIB 100 Approved!  Presented by Deana Weibel, PhD, Professor of Anthropology at Grand Valley State University
Haas Center for Performing Arts » 1121 - GVSU Art Gallery
Thursday, October 18, 2018 1:00 p.m.
Human beings have always told stories about the planet Mars, starting with ancient civilizations who connected the celestial body to various deities. Once Mars was understood to be a planet, similar to Earth, concepts began to shift, with astronomers and others envisioning our closest planetary neighbor as somewhere rife with potentially dangerous, very alien life. An increase in scientific capability and resulting knowledge, however, has changed our understandings yet again, with Mars now seen primarily as a place where humans themselves will someday come to be called Martians. This presentation took an anthropological look at humanity's fascination with life on Mars (including popular cultural representations of it, from 'little green men' to Gardner Elliot), and considered what this fascination reveals about societies here on Earth.

THE WAR THAT NEVER WAS: THE 1938 RADIO BROADCAST OF THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, LIB 100 Approved!  Presenter: Glen E. Swanson, M.S.
Haas Center for Performing Arts » 1121 - GVSU Art Gallery
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 1:00 p.m.
On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre production group gave a live radio broadcast adaptation of H.G. Wells’ classic 1897 science fiction story “The War of the Worlds.” That evening, millions of people gathered around their radios and listened to the unfolding drama as invading Martians landed in Grover’s Mill, New Jersey to begin their conquest of the planet. Some knew the broadcast was a play. Others did not. This presentation took a historical look at the “spoof that spooked a nation,” exploring why it happened in the context of the period and how the “The War of the Worlds” continues to be popularized in film, television, and music.

FINDING YOUR PURPOSE WITH ART - LIB 100/201 APPROVED!
716 L.V. Eberhard Center
Thursday, September 20, 2018 6:00 p.m.
Kimberly Walker is a 17-year retired, active duty Army Combat Veteran who is now claiming her voice as an artist. Kimberly, a current art student, won ArtPrize's Pitch Night Cincinnati and a $5,000 grant.  Walker captured the attention of the event judges, earning the opportunity to realize her vision at Grand Valley State University's (GVSU) L.V. Eberhard Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan during ArtPrize 10 (September 19 - October 7, 2018).

At this event Kimberly discussed her work, “Locked and Loaded” and her experiences finding a new purpose and career in art.

May 2018 in Cincinnati, a panel of art professionals including Annie Dell'Aria, assistant professor of art history at Miami University selected Walker's work. "One of the reasons why we liked this piece is because it had a really powerful message,” said Dell’Aria, reflecting on the judges’ pick. “It will be a part of other works that are inspired by or completed by veterans, which would be an important thing to enter into that conversation.”

After the presentation by Walker, we heard from Tim Marroquin, MA, M.Ed, Director of Veterans Upward Bound and Krystal Diel, MSW, Victim Advocate, Gayle R. Davis Center for Women and Gender Equity. Together, as veterans, current students, victims/survivors of sexual assault, advocate community members, or at some intersection of these and other identities, we started an ongoing conversation about available resources and ways to make change in our lives through education and art.  Resources and information from related GVSU departments and programs was also available.

To learn more about Kimberly Walker's ArtPrize entry, "Locked and Loaded" please visit her ArtPrize artist's page at:  https://www.artprize.org/68367

JAY BELLOLI: MARS ASTRONOMY AND CULTURE
Haas Center for Performing Arts » 1121 - GVSU Art Gallery
Thursday, September 13, 2018 2:00 p.m.
Jay Belloli, an independent contemporary art curator, organized this museum exhibition to bring the remarkable drawings and beautiful photographs of Mars to an international public – and to help them understand the crucial role this planet has played in astronomy and culture.

The planet Mars has fascinated humanity since early in our history. The Chinese observed it before 1,000 BCE and the Neo-Babylonian Empire by the 6th century BCE. It enthralls us even more now because it is the only planet in the solar system which could be made to support human life. With the amazing discoveries of the Mars Curiosity Rover and the Mars landers and orbiters from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory; NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center; the European Space Agency; the Russian Roscosmos; and the Indian Space Research Organisation, people all over the world are riveted with the current exploration Mars. There have been astronomical drawings of Mars since the late 1600s, and photographs of the planet beginning in the early 20th century, including the amazing black and white and color photographs from numerous spacecraft, the first of which date to 1965.

With Percival Lowell’s ultimately discredited theory that Mars was inhabited, the planet became a part of culture: H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds, Orson Welles’ famous radio broadcast based on that book, a series of novels set on Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and famous writings by Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, and others, as well as numerous speculative articles in the popular press. Beginning in the 1950s Mars became part of narrative cinema as well, most recently with Ridley Scott’s well-received film The Martian.

The Fall Arts Celebration Exhibition Opening Reception started shortly after this talk.

Mars: Astronomy and Culture was presented in partnership between the Grand Valley State University Art Gallery, the Center Art Gallery at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan and The Holland Museum in Holland, Michigan.

This exhibition was curated by Pasadena Arts Council for the Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California. It is a project of the Pasadena Arts Council’s EMERGE Fiscal Sponsorship Program.

SPRING/SUMMER 2018

Framing Mathias Alten: A Discussion of the Frames Surrounding His Paintings
George and Barbara Gordon Gallery, 103E Richard M. DeVos Center
Thursday, July 26, 2018 5:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
What is the story behind a frame that surrounds an Alten’s painting? Did Alten chose it or did it come later? How does one select an appropriate frame for an artwork? What do we know about the frames’ profiles, designs, and finishes?

Frames can be easy to overlook as they dutifully fulfill their aesthetic and physical support roles of artworks. We want to shake things up and make them the center of attention for a change.  Kim Smith of Perception Gallery took us on a fun, informal tour of George and Barbara Gordon Gallery for a discussion about the frames that surround Alten’s artworks.
 

WINTER 2018

LOOKING WITH INTENT
Thursday, April 12, 2018 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
1121 Haas Center for Performing Arts
We used art and guided meditation to connect to the moment and create a deeper understanding of creative works and our physical surroundings. We encouraged making time for ourselves midday to relax our mind with members of the GVSU community.

Presented in partnership with GVSU Work Life, this session focused on the x-height Senior Graphic Design Show, blending observational practice with deeper reflection on the exhibition


NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE COMPOSITION COMPETITION
GVSU Art Gallery, 1121 Haas Center for Performing Arts
Thursday, March 1, 2018 7:30 p.m.
GVSU music composition students created adventurous, one-minute compositions inspired by the Art Gallery exhibition, Ebb & Flow: Explorations in Painting by Herbert Murrie.   These compositions were played by the GVSU New Music Ensemble in rapid succession and judged by a guest panel and the listening audience for cash prizes. Guest judges were: exhibition artist Herbert Murrie; John Schuster-Craig, GVSU Professor of Music, Retired; Monica Johnstone, Director of CLAS Communications and Advancement; Carrie Morris, Associate Professor, Modern Dance; Christine Rener, Vice Provost for Instructional Development and Innovation and Director, Robert and Mary Pew Faculty Teaching Learning Center. And the winners are:  Reese Rehkopf - 1^st Place, tie 2^nd Place, and Audience Favorite. Tim Lester - tie 2^nd Place. This event was made possible with the generous support of Larry and Elaine Rutowski Shay.

 

EXPLORATIONS IN PAINTING PANEL DISCUSSION
GVSU Art Gallery, 1121 Haas Center for Performing Arts
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 11:00 a.m.
The Art Gallery presented a panel discussion with painters, Herbert Murrie, exhibition artist; Stuart B. And Barbara H. Padnos Distinguished Artist-In-Residence, Melanie Daniel; Associate Professor Jill Eggers, Professor Virginia Jenkins; and Visiting Professor Sarah Weber. The discussion was moderated by Art Gallery Curator of Exhibitions, Joel Zwart.

The panelists discussed the influences and inspirations behind their work among other topics. The gallery hosted a reception following the discussion.

This program was LIB 100 & LIB 201 Approved.


OPENING RECEPTION - EBB & FLOW: EXPLORATIONS IN PAINTING BY HERBERT MURRIE
Thursday, January 18, 5 - 7 p.m.
1121 Haas Center for Performing Arts
Join us to celebrate the opening of Ebb & Flow: Explorations in Painting by Herbert Murrie. Participants can create their own painting in a 3D virtual reality experience using Tilt Brush by Google and an HTC VIVE thanks to Atomic Object Technological Showcase who will be onsite.


MATHIAS J. ALTEN: THE ARTIST AS WORKER
George and Barbara Gordon Gallery, Richard M. DeVos Center, 103 Building E
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 6:00 p.m.
Joel Zwart, Art Gallery Curator of Exhibitions Tour through the Gordon Gallery and spoke about Mathias J. Alten’s paintings.

Guests were invited to a reception from 5:30-6:00 p.m. that preceded the tour.

FALL 2017

DROP-IN STUDIO
1121 Haas Center for Performing Arts
Everyone was invited to Join us in the gallery for tea and to experiment with Islamic pattern-making & kilim weaving techniques.
The studio sessions were free and open to the public.  Tea and craft materials were provided.

• Tuesday, October 24, 2017 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, October 25, 2017 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
• Thursday, October 26, 2017 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• 1121 Haas Center for Performing Arts
   

GVSU ART GALLERY CONVERSATION SERIES WITH PROFESSOR JIM GOODE & VIRGINIA GOODE
1121 Haas Center for Performing Arts
Everyone was able to join us for a more in depth look at the stories and collections of  Afghanistan to Morocco: Journeys of Jim and Virginia Goode 1967-2017.  Tea was served!

• Travel in the Middle East: Highs & Lows - September 13, 2017 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
• Carpets and Kilims - September 27, 2017 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
• Entertaining at Home - October 11, 2017 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
• Pottery for Every Occasion  - October 25, 2017 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
   

PROFESSOR JIM GOODE: RECOLLECTIONS OF AN IRANOPHILE, 1968-2017
September 18, 2017 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Everyone was invited to join us in 2215/2216 Russel H. Kirkhof Center for a lecture by Professor Jim Goode followed by a light reception. Following the event, guests were invited to visit the Art Gallery to view the exhibition.


JULY 2017:

Alten Afternoon: A Musical Celebration of Mathias Alten
Saturday, July 29, 2017 4:00 p.m.
Hager-Lubbers Exhibition Hall, Richard M. DeVos Center
The Gordon Gallery was open for a fun, casual afternoon of jazz inspired by the paintings of Mathias J. Alten as well as classical music from the painter’s lifetime.

This concert was organized by Linda Boozer Vasilaki, great granddaughter of Alten himself! Performers included Linda, her husband Yuri, and a bevy of her friends.

Light refreshments were served at 3:30 p.m. The program opened at 4:00 p.m. with a vocal performance by Dale Schriemer, baritone, and Gabriel Fauré's Après un Rêve, performed by Yuri Vasilaki, former principal viola of GR Symphony/DeVos String Quartet, on viola.

Alten Skies, an original jazz composition by Ric Troll, was performed by Troll himself playing guitar, along with David DeVos on bass, Dave Martin on vibraphone, Patrick Foley and William Patterson on violin.

This performance took place in the Hager-Lubbers Exhibition Hall, immediately outside the first floor gallery (room 103 E). The doors to the gallery were open before, during, and after the performance so that listeners could enjoy the combination of visual and musical inspiration.

After the concert, there was more light classical music from Alten’s lifetime to accompany viewing in the second floor gallery (room 202 E), performed by violists Dr. Linda Vasilaki, Yuri Vasilaki, and Penny Meitz; violinist, Bill Patterson and Patrick Foley, and pianist, Brendan Hollins.

Musicians:
David DeVos, bass
Patrick Foley, violin
Brendan Hollins, piano
Dave Martin, vibraphone
Penelope Meitz, viola
William Patterson, violin
Dale Schriemer, baritone
Ric Troll, guitar
Dr. Linda Vasilaki, viola, violin
Yuri Vasilaki, viola

Music:
Après un Rêve…....Gabriel Fauré (1845- 1924)
Circus Band............Charles Ives (1874-1954)
The Side Show
Religion
Charlie Rutlage
Alten Skies…...........Ric Troll (b. 1954)

Music for Gallery Viewing & Socializing on second floor of the Gordon Gallery:
Artist’s Life…..................Johann Strauss II (1825-1890)
Folk Song…....................Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
The Entertainer…...........Scott Joplin (1867-1917)
Estudiantina…................Emile Waldteufel (1837-1915)
Little March…..................Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Maple Leaf Rag…...........Scott Joplin (1867-1917)
March…...........................Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Skater’s Waltz…..............Emile Waldteufel (1837-1915)
Summertime….................George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Tales of Vienna Woods…Johann Strauss II (1825-1890)

Yuri and Linda dedicate this musical program to their mother, Dianne Boozer.
 

March 2017:

New Music Ensemble Composition Competition
Date: Friday, March 17, 2017 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Location: 1121 Performing Arts Center
Each year New Music Ensemble hold a friendly competition for our student composers. While the details vary slightly from year to year, it basically goes like this:

• Compose a one-minute composition for the New Music Ensemble.
• Compositions based on a specific piece of art in the gallery.
• Be adventurous, have fun.

Compositions was based on Comfortably Numb, by Nayda Collazo-Llorens, is an ongoing archive consisting of clippings from magazines and other printed matter. Over 2,000 framed images comprise this amalgam of sampled visual information functioning as detritus and fragments of data. The work explored our perceptual engagement with the incessant media overload that we seem to seek and endure.

The compositions were submitted anonymously, then premiered by the New Music Ensemble in the Art Gallery among the art that inspired the music. Prize winners were:

1st Place: The Static Then Consumes You,  Niko Schroeder
2nd Place: Naiveté, Steve Rothstein
3rd Place – TIE – Frustration, Ray King AND After Darkness, Niko Schroeder
Audience Favorite: The Static Then Consumes You, Niko Schroeder

A panel of 3-5 judges determined the winners, based on whatever criteria they wanted. There is also an audience favorite prize.  This year’s judges were:  John Schuster-Craig, GVSU Professor of Music; Beth Gibbs, GVSU Associate Professor of Music Education; Marcia Haas, GVSU President Tom Haas’s better half; Nayda Collazo-Llorens, GVSU Stuart and Barbara Padnos Distinguished Artist-in-Residence and Jeremy Kosmicki, Head Brewmaster, Founders Brewery.

This event was made possible with the generous support of Larry and Elaine Rutowski Shay.  This event was free and open to the public.

Community Open House
Date: Friday, March 3, 2017 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: DeVos Center » 105E- Hager-Lubbers Exhibition Hall
Seeking respite from winter in a celebration of community, local history, and exciting developments in the appreciation of Mathias J. Alten. A friendly, informal reception with light refreshments and the premiere retail offering of the new, limited edition book Mathias J. Alten: An Evolving Legacy took place at Grand Valley State University’s George and Barbara Gordon Gallery on March 3, 2017.

The community joined us for this casual gathering of Friends of Alten members, local volunteers, educators, docents, collectors, musicians, museum professionals and enthusiasts of all kinds to view the galleries and share experiences.
 

February 2017:

Interdisciplinary Discussion Series: Comfortably Numb
Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
and
Date: Thursday, February 23, 2017 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Performing Arts Center » 1121 - GVSU Art Gallery
All were welcome to join us for interdisciplinary conversations with artist, Nayda Collazo-Llorens. These casual talks brought Grand Valley community members together to discuss topics parallel to the exhibition Comfortably Numb.
 

October 2016:

Art Crave Lunchtime Tours
Date: Monday, October 3 - 27, 2016 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Performing Arts Center » 1121 - GVSU Art Gallery
Throughout the month of October, Monday through Thursday, from 12:30 - 1:00 p.m., for fun and informal gallery tours students visited with our gallery assistants and learned about the collaborations and processes that went into creating the artwork included in the 2016 GVSU and SEOULTECH Art & Design Faculty Exhibition.  Students decorated a donut coloring page and shared online (Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook) with the hashtag #GVSUart to compete for prizes from the Laker Store.

Prizes:

• GVSU Spirit  (Prize: $20 to the Laker Store)
• Best Title/Theme  (Prize: $20 to the Laker Store)
• Celebrating Fall  (Prize: $20 to the Laker Store)

Decorate your donut coloring page at the gallery or at home.

 Rules:

• Everyone was welcome to play; prizes were only be awarded to Grand Valley University students
• Multiple entries were allowed; one prize per person
• Entry period closed October 31 at 11/59 p.m.
• Winners were announced on November 18, 2016
   

September 2016:

GVSU ArtPrize Kickoff & WGVU PBS Nerd Walk
Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 5:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Location: Rosa Parks Circle, Grand Rapids, MI
Everyone was invited to join the celebration with the Laker Marching Band, GVSU Dance Company, WGVU/PBS, and ArtPrize®.  The festivities began at 5:45 p.m. at GVSU's L.V. Eberhard Center.  Visitors to the grounds of the Eberhard Center were invited to see this year's GVSU ArtPrize Venue, and art entry, an exhibition of ceramics.  We encouraged visitors to join the PBS Nerd Walk to hear the band and join the procession to Rosa Parks Circle.  Everyone was encouraged to get in the spirit of things and come dressed as your favorite PBS or NPR Character! All ages were welcome.  After the activities at the Eberhard Center participants are encouraged to join the band on their march to Rosa Parks Circle.   Led by President Thomas J. Haas more music and dance was a part of the ArtPrize opening ceremony at 6:30 p.m. 

 

March 2016:

Great Lakes: Image & Word Panel Discussion
Date: Thursday, March 24, 2016 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location: Performing Arts Center » 1121 - GVSU Art Gallery
Exhibition artists and poets discussed their collaborations and creative processes.

Panel:

• Patricia Clark
• Virginia Jenkins
• Hoon Lee
• Jill Eggers
• Nayda Collazo-Llorens
• Mike Rebholz
• David Greenwood

Moderator: Stacey Tvedten

Everyone was invited to stay for sodas, cookies, cheese & crackers and other refreshments after the event.  This event was open to the public with free admission.

 

February 2016:

New Music Ensemble Student Composition Competition
Thursday, February 25, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
GVSU Art Gallery,  1121 Performing Arts Center
GVSU student composers created 60-second works in response to the Art Gallery show Great Lakes: Image & Word following these guidelines:

• Compose a one-minute composition for the New Music Ensemble.

• Compositions based on a specific piece of art in the gallery.

• Be adventurous, have fun.

The compositions were submitted anonymously and then premiered by the New Music Ensemble in the Art Gallery among the art that inspired the music.  A judging panel chooses three cash awards, and the audience favorite wins a prize as well.   Judges this year were Carla Hill (President and CEO, West Michigan Symphony), Alexander Miller (Assistant Principal Oboist, Grand Rapids Symphony, composer), John Schuster-Craig (GVSU Professor of Music), Dale Schriemer (GVSU Professor of Music), Elaine Shay (event sponsor).  The composer winners this year were:

1st Prize: Niko Schroeder

2nd Prize (tie): Niko Schroeder

2nd Prize (tie): Jack Sligh

Audience Prize: Niko Schroeder

The New Music Ensemble annual student composition competition awards are provided by Elaine and Larry Shay

The History of Word & Art
Thursday, February 18, 2016 1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
GVSU Art Gallery,  1121 Performing Arts Center
Dr. Ellen Adams spoke on the tradition of poet and artist collaborations.

November 2015:

la nostalgie:  Reflections for Viola & Piano
Monday, November 23 at 7 p.m.
Art Gallery, 1121 Performing Arts Center
All were welcome to join us in the gallery to hear a performance by Arturo Ziraldo, viola and Brendan Hollins, piano.  The music of Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, Bridge, Bowen, Glinka filled the air.  

Evening of Song with Caitlin Cusack
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Art Gallery, 1121 Performing Arts Center
Caitlin Cusack, alum of Grand Valley provided an evening of song accompanied by Brendan Hollins on piano, featuring Sarah Dowell on violin.
The program included the Alphabet City Cycle by Georgia Stitt and Marcy Heisler, and pieces by Kurt Weill, Maury Yeston, Maltby & Shire, and more.

Comfort Mood:  Songs of Sentiment
Monday, November 16, 7 p.m.
Art Gallery, 1121 Performing Arts Center
This evening featured favorite music of love and nostalgia by Strauss, Grieg, Duparc, Fauré, and Liszt as well as vocalises for cello and voice by Rachmaninoff and Previn.   Artists performing were Jessica Louise Coe, soprano; Brendan Hollins, piano and Kevin Flynn, cello. 

Vocal Color:  A Recital
Friday, November 13, 2015, 7 p.m.
Art Gallery, 1121 Performing Arts Center
We enjoyed a night of vocal music performed by the students of Dr. Kathryn Stieler!  The Art Gallery hosted Vocal Color:  A Recital with pianist Robert Byrens.  From classical to musical theater, a wide spectrum of vocal colors was heard before the night was over.

September 2015:

GVSU ArtPrize Kickoff
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Location: Rosa Parks Circle, Grand Rapids, MI
We celebrated the opening of ArtPrize® with Grand Valley State University!  The celebration took place at Rosa Parks Circle with the Laker Marching Band, GVSU Dance Company, WGVU/PBS, and ArtPrize®.  The festivities with WGVU/PBS began at 6:00 p.m.  Led by President Thomas J. Haas and Louie the Laker, the music and dance began at 6:30 p.m.  The band proceeded to march to the L.V. Eberhard Center where participants could view the GVSU ArtPrize entry, an exhibition of jewelry by the Grand Valley Art and Design Department.  After seeing the jewelry exhibit, participants were encouraged to rejoin the party at Rosa Parks Circle.

Dusk to Dusk Curator Talk and Reception
Date: Friday, September 18, 2015 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Location: Hope College, Holland, MI: Graves Hall, 112 Winants Auditorium and Gallery
We joined Hope College, Holland, MI for an evening with Richard Rinehart, Director of Samek Art Museum and curator of Dusk to Dusk: Unsettled, Unraveled, Unreal.  At 5:00 p.m. Richard Rinehart spoke about the exhibition showing at GVSU Art Gallery and De Pree Art Center and Gallery August 28 – October 31, 2015.  Refreshments and conversation followed at 6:00 p.m.

July 2015:

Michigan Museum Association 2015 Meet and Eat Lunch
Date: Friday, July 31, 2015 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Location: Richard M. DeVos Center » 107C - University Club
Museum staff, volunteers, and students were invited to join local colleagues, MMA members, MMA board members and friends for an opportunity to network and connect.  Meet and Eat Lunches are free for participants but require registration through Michigan Museum Association.

Collective Access Local Consortium
Date: Friday, July 31, 2015 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Location: L. William Seidman Center Room #4002
Regional partners and colleagues met in the first West Michigan Collective Access Consortium meeting. The event was for any institution currently using or interested in incorporating Collective Access at their institution. Collective Access is free open-source software for managing and publishing museum and archival collections. They shared their insights and plans and discovered how others in the area were using Collective Access for their collection needs.

Seth Kaufman, Lead-Developer of Collective Access, presented the current and future development plans for Collective Access. There was time for group discussions, technical support questions, and 1-on-1 dialogue with Collective Access in regards to their particular institution's needs.

Nathan Kemler, Curator of Collections Management at GVSU, also shared insights into GVSU's mobile development project and future plans for their "Art at GVSU" application that is built utilizing Collective Access API's.

Funding support graciously provided by:  Grand Valley State University Art Gallery, Public Museum of Grand Rapids, Steelcase Inc., Calvin College Center Art Gallery, and Whirl-i-Gig

March 2015:

Art Gallery | New Music Ensemble Composition Competition
Thursday, March 12, 2015 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.:
1101 L.V. Eberhard Center, Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus:
GVSU music composition students created adventurous, one-minute compositions inspired by the Art Gallery 2014 ArtPrize installation, River Tattoo.   These compositions played by the New Music Ensemble in rapid succession and judged by a guest panel and the listening audience for cash prizes.  Featured guests were artist and creator of River Tattoo, Professor Jim Cogswell, who will give opening remarks and composer Paul Steinberg, who composed a new work that was premiered.

This event was made possible with the generous support of Larry and Elaine Rutowski Shay.

 

February 2015:

Influences of Ed Wong-Ligda: Artists Quoting Artists
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Performing Arts Center » 1121 - GVSU Art Gallery
Ed Wong-Ligda notes that many artists have impacted his work.  Professor Ellen Adams discussed the tradition of artists inspiring artists.  Virginia Jenkins, Professor and Chair of Art & Design Department, lead participants in an art-making project.
 

January 2015:

An Artist's Process: Ed Wong-Ligda on Creating His Work
Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Performing Arts Center » 1121 - GVSU Art Gallery
Art and Design Professor Ed Wong-Ligda discussed his artistic process and the creation of his painting Levels of Knowledge which was created to commemorate Grand Valley State University's 45th Anniversary.
 

October 2014:

Jazz Night
Date: Thursday, October 30, 2014 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Performing Arts Center » 1121 - GVSU Art Gallery
A night of jazz in the Art Gallery included the Shorter and Coltrane Jazz Combos and Jogo Jobim.  The evening was also a last chance to catch the exhibition Shared Passion: A Gift of the Stuart and Barbara Padnos Foundation Collection.

Tuesday Evening Hours
Date: Tuesdays, October 7 and 14, 2014 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Performing Arts Center » 1121 - GVSU Art Gallery
The Art Gallery was open these evenings from 6-8 p.m. for viewing of the exhibition Shared Passion: A Gift of the Stuart & Barbara Padnos Foundation Collection.  While providing a broad overview of 20th century American and European art movements, the works owned by Stuart and Barbara Padnos also reflect their personal style and interests, and their evolving sophistication as art patrons and collectors.

September 2014:

Saturday hours for Family Weekend at the Art Gallery
Date: Saturday, September 27, 2014 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Performing Arts Center » 1121 - GVSU Art Gallery
The first public showing of an important and generous gift of art was an exhibition titled Shared Passion: A Gift of the Stuart & Barbara Padnos Foundation Collection presented in the Art Gallery of the Performing Arts Center, August 22 – October 31, 2014 on the university’s Allendale campus.

Extended hours at the Art Gallery for GVSU Family Weekend!
Date: Friday, September 26, 2014 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Performing Arts Center » 1121 - GVSU Art Gallery
The first public showing of an important and generous gift of art was an exhibition titled Shared Passion: A Gift of the Stuart & Barbara Padnos Foundation Collection presented in the Art Gallery of the Performing Arts Center, August 22 – October 31, 2014 on the university’s Allendale campus.

GVSU ArtPrize Kickoff & WGVU/PBS Nerd Walk
Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 6:30 p.m.
Location: Rosa Parks Circle, Grand Rapids and Eberhard Center, G.R. Pew Campus
This event celebrated the opening of ArtPrize with Grand Valley State University.  The celebration started at Rosa Parks Circle with the Laker Marching Band, GVSU Dance Company and the WGVU/PBS Nerd Walk.  Led by President Thomas J. Haas and Louie the Laker, the music and dance will begin at 6:30 p.m.  The band and the WGVU/PBS Nerd Walk proceeded to the L.V. Eberhard Center, home of WGVU and the GVSU ArtPrize venue installation, River Tattoo, by Jim Cogswell, Professor Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan.  A welcome from ArtPrize Executive Director, Christian Gaines, was  given just prior to the band playing.
 

May 2014:

Art in the Evening, L. William Seidman Center, Wednesday, May 14 from 6-8 p.m. - Artists and donors of art viewed more than 400 pieces of artwork in the recently opened L. William Seidman Center hosted by Thomas J. Haas, President and Henry A. Matthews, Director of Galleries and Collections, Grand Valley State University.

Art in the Evening, Mary Idema Pew Library Learning and Information Commons, Tuesday, April 20 from 6-8 p.m. - Reception in honor of the donors and recognition of the artists represented in the Mary Idema Pew Library Learning and Information Commons art collections.

 

April 2014:

Free Play 29: Leanne King-MacDonald, viola, Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., Art Gallery, Performing Arts Center, GVSU Allendale Campus - Grand Rapids Symphony violist Leanne King-MacDonald presents an evening of recent compositions for viola and electronics.

Artist-Faculty Series: Grand Valley Winds, Monday, April 7, 2014, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m., Art Gallery, Performing Arts Center, GVSU Allendale Campus - The Grand Valley Winds will present a concert for wind quintet featuring works by Bach, Milhaud, Muczynski, and Klughardt.  GVSU faculty members are Christopher Kantner, flute; Marlen Vavrikova, oboe; Joel Schekman, clarinet; John Clapp, bassoon; and Richard Britsch, horn.

 

March 2014:

Big History - The History of Everything, Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Auditorium, CDC - Everything that exists has a history: each person, plant, animal and object, our planet, the entire universe. Each of these histories offers valuable insights, and collectively they reveal even more. Big History weaves evidence and perspectives from many scientific and historical disciplines into a single story – one that explores who we are, how we got here, how we are connected to everything around us, and where we may be heading.  In this lecture Professor Benjamin showed how Big History examines these connected histories on very large scales through a multidisciplinary approach that is focused on both the history of the non-human world, and on the major revolutions that have defined the human experience.

New Music Ensemble Annual Composition Competition, Thursday, March 13, 2014, 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Art Gallery, Performing Arts Center, GVSU Allendale Campus - The New Music Ensemble annual composition competition continues, as GVSU student composers created 60-second works in response to the Art Gallery show "The History of Space Photography." A judging panel chose three cash awards, and the audience favorite won a prize as well.

What's Up with the Spring Sky: Sky Viewing, Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Area 51, KC - Doug Furton, Grand Valley State University professor of physics and astronomy, facilitated a planetarium tour of the sky in Area 51 followed by a chance to see the moon and Jupiter through a classic 4-inch Unitron refractor telescope.  The Art Gallery was open for a last chance to see The History of Space Photography.

 

February 2014:

To Make a Man Appreciate the Creation of God: Space Travel and the Sacred - LIB100/201 Approved!, Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Art Gallery, Performing Arts Center, GVSU Allendale Campus - Outer space is often connected symbolically and even theologically to the concept of "the heavens". This program explored the idea of stars, planets and other heavenly bodies as objects that hold religious significance, the way that space exploration (and resultant images from space) influence and are influenced by religious beliefs, and how religious practices are modified when they take place in space.  This lecture was presented by Deana Weibel and Glen Swanson.  Deana, Associate Professor and Chair of Anthropology at Grand Valley State University, is a cultural anthropologist whose work focuses primarily on religion, especially the topics of pilgrimage and sacred space.  Glen Swanson, an instructor of physics at GVSU, worked for NASA as historian of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. 

Jazz Vocal Combo Recital, February 15, 2014, 8 p.m., Art Gallery, Performing Arts Center, GVSU Allendale Campus - The GVSU Ladies presented Sentimental Moon during The History of Space Photography exhibit.

 

January 2014:

Guest Curator Talk: The History of Space Photography, Thursday, January 16, 2014, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Kirkhof Center » RM 2215 - Guest Curator, Jay Belloli, discussed the extraordinary variety of astronomical photographs that have been created from the early nineteenth century through the present, including key images of the Earth from space; images of our solar system; and images of stars, galaxies, and the universe beyond. He also talked about the huge changes in technology that have created these photographs, and some of the breakthrough scientific discoveries these photographs have made possible, including the extraordinary advance in understanding of our place in the universe.

Extended Hours & Activities for Sibs & Kids!, Friday, January 24, 2014, 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m., Art Gallery, Performing Arts Center, GVSU Allendale Campus - In celebration of Sibs & Kids Weekend, the GVSU Art Galley was open until 9:00 p.m. on Friday, January 24.  Visitors could make sky viewing tools from the book,  Glimpses of Our Universe, by professor of physics, Doug Furton.  Everyone that visited was given a delicious Moon Pie!

Movie Night: Spaceballs, Thursday, January 30, 2014, 8:00 p.m., Area 51, KC - GVSU Art Gallery hosted a movie night!  Students could watch Spaceballs and enjoy FREE popcorn in Area 51.  Sci-fi gear, tin foil hats, cosplay and space-inspired clothing were highly encouraged.  May the Schwartz be with you!  When Planet Spaceball's President Skroob sends evil Dark Helmet to steal all the air from planet Druidia, a determined, oddball crew sets out to stop him! But with the forces of darkness closing in on them at ludicrous speed, they'll need the help of the wise Yogurt and "The Schwartz" to save the day!

 

September 2013:

Innovative Printmaking, September 10, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m., GVSU Art Gallery, 1121 Performing Arts Center, Allendale Campus - Students enjoyed lively discussion and explored printmaking with artist, Cyril Lixenberg and master printmaker and faculty member, David Keister.

Coffee and Conversation with Cyril Lixenberg, September 19, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., GVSU,  Art Gallery, 1121 Performing Arts Center, Allendale Campus - We joined artist, Cyril Lixenberg, and guest curator, Timothy Chester for coffee and discussion about the artist’s creative journey and the journey of the Lixenberg collection to GVSU.  Chester spoke about the collection’s importance to GVSU and the value of the collection to students and Lixenberg discussed his work.

Music for Cyril Lixenberg, Tuesday, October 8, 8:00 p.m., GVSU,  Art Gallery, 1121 Performing Arts Center, Allendale Campus - Under the direction of Dale Schriemer, professor of voice, GVSU voice students performed songs in honor of artist Cyril Lixenberg.  Selections included some of Cyril's favorites including music of the baroque, 20th century, and 30's and 40's jazz.  Students who participated were:  tenors Jared Rader and Logan S. Shields, sopranos Haley Hildrandt, Mary Mattingly, Alexandra Papas, and Ana McCallum, mezzo-soprano Clare Cavicchio and baritone Gabriel Reitemier.   Robert Byrens, affiliate piano faculty, is the pianist and student Gemma Watkins played cello for this evening of eclectic and charming music. 

 

April 2013

Art Gallery Chamber Music Series, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, 8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Art Gallery, Performing Arts Center, GVSU Allendale Campus - The Art Gallery Chamber Music Series continued with a concert featuring Johann Sebastian Bach's first orchestral suite for mixed instrumentation including saxophone, piano, and flute. Both faculty and students performed in this chamber ensemble.

 

January/February/March 2013:

“Mystery, Magic, and Mayhem: Wonders from the American Museum of Magic” Events

• Monday, January 28, 8-9 p.m. - Chamber Music Series - Mysterious music was presented by a variety of student performance groups.

• Monday, February 18, 8-9 p.m. - Chamber Music Series - Mysterious music was presented by a variety of student performance groups.

• Wednesday, February 20, 7 p.m. - Mark Schwartz, Associate Professor of Anthropology gave a very interesting presentation called the "The Art of Magic."  Schwartz will provide a brief history of magic and magic posters highlighting the artwork and magicians featured in the exhibition "Mystery, Magic and Mayhem." 

• February 25,5:00 p.m.   Choreography students under the direction of Associate Professor of Dance, Shawn Bible presented a program called “An Aura of Mysticism” inspired by the exhibition “Mystery, Magic, and Mayhem."  This event took place the the Dance Studio.

• Thursday, March 14, 6-7 p.m. - GVSU New Music Ensemble Gallery Competition - New Music Ensemble, under the direction of Associate Professor Bill Ryan performed a series of original one minute compositions to compliment the artworks in the "Mystery, Magic, and Mayhem" exhibit. Written by student composers for this yearly competition, awards are underwritten by Elaine and Larry Shay.  A panel of 3-5 judges determined the winners, based on whatever criteria they want. There is also an audience favorite prize!

• Monday, March 18, 8-9 p.m. - Chamber Music Series - Mysterious music was presented by a variety of student performance groups.

• Wednesday, March 20, 8:00 p.m. - A Slight of Hand: An Illusionary Night of Mystery and Magic in the Art Gallery.  A student magician performed some fantastic cards tricks and a local professional magician performed a series of mysterious feats designed to fool your senses while keeping you on the edge of your seat.

 

October/November 2012:

Gallery Talk:  The following events took place during the exhibition Forged in Metal: Deshi/Shihyou Mentee/Mentor, Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Art Gallery, Performing Arts Center, GVSU Allendale Campus - Join Professor Yoshinori Tsukudate and his student mentee, Miss Natsuko Kawabata, in the Art Gallery for a presentation of their work.  Tsukudate and Kawabata are from the Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry in Tokyo.  Following the presentation, curators Renee Zettle-Sterling and James Bove will discuss the exhibition.

DeVos Art Lecture #13 - Perspectives on ArtPrize: Poet, Painter, Sculptor and Beyond, Wednesday, October 3, 2012, Loosemore Auditorium, DeVos Center, Pew Grand Rapids Campus - A lively discussion about Grand Rapids’ fourth annual ArtPrize international art competition was planned as the 2012 DeVos Art Lecture. A variety of views were presented during “Perspectives on ArtPrize: Poet, Painter, Sculptor and More,” Wednesday, October 3, Loosemore Auditorium, DeVos Center, Pew Grand Rapids Campus.  The distinguished panelists  included Grand Rapids Art Museum Director and CEO Dana Friis-Hansen; poet and author Dan Gerber; painter, sculptor, and assemblage artist, Charles McGee, a GVSU ArtPrize 2012 artist; and contemporary realist painter, Jack Richard Smith, based in Taos, New Mexico. Several pieces of Smith’s work are included in Grand Valley’s permanent collection. Henry Matthews, Grand Valley director of Galleries and Collections, served as moderator, and Marcia Haas, honorary chair, gave the welcome address.

Concert: Student Chamber Music Ensembles, Thursday, October 18, 2012, 6-7 p.m., Art Gallery, Performing Arts Center, GVSU Allendale Campus

An Evening of Haiku and Prose Poetry, Thursday, October 25, 2012, 6:30-8 p.m., Art Gallery, Performing Arts Center, GVSU Allendale Campus - Students, faculty and staff members, members of the West Michigan Writer Group, and the community are invited to join us for an evening of haiku and prose poetry in the Art Gallery.  Guests may participate by reading an original piece of haiku or prose poetry on the theme of mentors and mentees, or they may come to enjoy the works read by others.  Two juried and two popular vote prizes of $50.00 will be awarded to a student and a non-student in each category.  Judges for the evening are Alison Swan and Wendy Colsen. Swan is an award-winning poet and prose writer who teaches environmental studies at Western Michigan University. Colsen is a longtime language arts teacher who is currently an instructor in the Education Department at Hope College.

Concert: Student Chamber Music Ensembles, Thursday, November 1, 2012, 6-7 p.m., Art Gallery, Performing Arts Center, GVSU Allendale Campus

 

September 2012:

Artist-Faculty Series: Gregory Crowell, harpsichord, Monday, September 17, 2012, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Art Gallery, Performing Arts Center, GVSU Allendale Campus - Gregory Crowell, affiliate professor at GVSU, will present a solo harpsichord recital. He has appeared as organist, harpsichordist, clavichordist, lecturer, and conductor in Germany, Holland, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, Canada, and the United States. His solo performances have been described as "beautiful, flexible, expressive" (The Diapason), "full of panache and expression" (Ostfriesen Kurier), "reliable as a sunrise, steady as a rock, especially in the virtuoso finale" (The Grand Rapids Press), and "this listener cannot recall ever having heard better, " (The Boston Herald).

 

October 2011:

Music of South America featuring Pablo Mahave-Veglia, Carlos de la Barrera, and Helen Marlais, Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., Sherman Van Solkema Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, GVSU Allendale Campus - Cellist Pablo Mahave-Veglia, guitarist Carlos de la Barrera and pianist Helen Marlais presented a program of music by composers from Argentina.  Scheduled to coincide with the "Arte Argentino" exhibition in the GVSU Art Gallery from October 6 to November 4, this program explored the different influences and genres that mix in Argentinean culture. The heritage of Spanish folk traditions, their own mythic urban folklore of the Tango, and the avant-garde of the western concert music is exemplified through the music of such masters as Manuel de la Falla, Carlos Gardel, Alberto Ginastera, and Astor Piazzolla.
 

September 2011

DeVos Art Lecture #12:  Perspectives on ArtPrize, Friday, September 23, 2011,5:00 p.m.- -For the third consecutive year, Grand Valley State University hosted ArtPrize artists at its Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus.  From the Blue Bridge, east of the L.V. Eberhard Center, to the courtyard of the Richard M. DeVos Center on the far west, thirty-one artist will display outdoor work that vary in materials, scale, and message.  And to give you an insider's view of ArtPrize, the university presented its DeVos Art Lecture Series featuring a panel of highly creative individuals who shared their personal perspectives on ArtPrize - from hands-on experience to education adventures, from Buers Aires to Amsterdam to Michigan. A reception in the Hager-Lubbers Exhibition Hall adjacent to the auditorium immediately followed the discussion.  The distinguished Panelists were:  Dany Barreto - Mixed Media Artist, Buenos Aires, Juan Batalla - Sculptor, Buenos Aires, ArtPrize 2011, Rick DeVos - Social Entrepreneur and Founder of ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, Cyril Lixenberg - Sculptor, Amsterdam, ArtPrize 2010, Hubert Massey - Muralist, Detroit, MI, GVSU Alumnus, Cynthia McKean - Sculptor, Saugatuck, MI, ArtPrize 2010 and 2011, Jason Quigno - Sculptor, Saginaw Chippewa Tribe, MI, ArtPrize 2010 and 2011, Henry Matthews - Moderator, Director of Galleries and Collections, GVSU

Afternoon with the Arts:  "Music for the Table", Grand Valley Chamber Players,  Monday, September 19, 2011, 3 p.m., Art Gallery, Performing Arts Center, GVSU Allendale Campus - The program featured Tafelmusik I - Quartet in G Minor and Tafelmusik II - Quartet in D Minor by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) and Coffee Cantate by Johann Sebastian Bach(1685-1750).  Performing were Christopher Kantner, flute; Marlen Vavrikova, oboe; John Clapp, bassoon; Greg Crowell, harpsichord; Gregory Maytan, violin; Pablo Mahave-Veglia, cello; Kathryn Stieler, soprano.

 

March/April 2011:

New Music Ensemble Composition Competition, Thursday, March 24, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Art Gallery, Performing Arts Center, GVSU Allendale Campus - The New Music Ensemble and the Grand Valley State University Art Gallery presented 28 new student compositions celebrating the university's 50th anniversary.  Each fifty-second music composition is inspired by artwork selected from the Ravines Revisited exhibit.

Ravines Hike, Friday, April 15, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. - -During the Ravines Revisited exhibit people were invited to tour the Ravines with Professor of Geology, Peter Wampler.  The guided tour also discussed what improvements have been made in recent years by the university to control erosion caused by rainwater run-off.  Refreshments were served in the Art Gallery at the conclusion of the tour. 

 

September 2010:

The 11th Annual DeVos Art Lecture - 2010 DeVos Art Lecture:  Surrendering to the Journey, Thursday, September 23, 2010, Loosemore Auditorium, DeVos Center, Pew Grand Rapids Campus.  Speaker:  Eames Demetrios, Chairman of the Eames Foundation and Director of Eames Office. - Eames Demetrios has lectured in 32 countries on topics ranging from his own films, to teaching scale, to the work of his grandparents, Charles and Ray Eames, to the creation of his alternative universe, Kcymaerxthaere.  Almost always his presentations focus on one topic or the other.  At Grand Valley State University, host of one of Eames' alternative universe plaques, during ArtPrize, during Powers of Ten year (2010), and a stone's throw from Herman Miller where the Eameses did so much, Demetrios wove some of the myriad threads of his life journey together in the DeVos Art Lecture.  Also introduced were the artists who participated in ArtPrize 2010 at our exhibition center.

 

February 2010

Snapshots from the Art Gallery: A Composition and Choreography Competition, Sunday, February 28, 5:00 p.m. at Studio Theatre, 1600 Performing Arts Center - Produced and directed by Professors Shawn Bible and William Ryan,    Choreographed dance performances set to 60 one minute original musical scores all inspired by the works in “Enduring Traditions”

 

October 2009:

Identifying Traditional Influences in Modern Indian Folk Art, Saturday, October 3, 2009, Art Gallery, Performing Arts Center, GVSU Allendale Campus - Using the works on display in the Mystic India exhibition, Ellen Sprouls discussed the traits that predominate Indian art.  These include the use of full forms, an abundance of ornamentation, rich textures, and vibrant color  Ellen Sprouls is an independent museum program specialist.  She holds a B.A. in American studies and history from Skidmore College.

Traditional Indian Dance Demonstration, Saturday, October 3 and Wednesday, October 7, 2009, Art Gallery, Performing Arts Center, GVSU Allendale Campus - Held in conjunction with Mystic India, Land of Color and Tradition we listened to traditional Indian music played on native instruments and watched the graceful movements of dancers as they performed modern and traditional Indian works.

A Look at Contemporary Indian Graphic Design, Monday, October 12, Art Gallery, Performing Arts Center, GVSU Allendale Campus - What are the traditional influences on modern Indian graphic design and illustration?  Held in conjunction with Mystic India, Land of Color and Tradition, Anvita Jain explored traditional influences and context in her body of work.   Anvita Jain is an illustrator/graphic designer working in New Delhi, India.  She has degrees from the National Institute of Fashion Design in New Delhi and the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, UK.  Building upon Indian vernacular, her work is a vibrant mix of typography and illustrations inspired by craft, fashion, and randomness.

India:  The Perfect Place To Photograph, Wednesday, October 14, 2009, Calder Art Center - Inspired by teaching introduction to Asian art, Kirsten Strom joined a group of business students on a tour of India.  Initially inspired by the architecture, Kirsten discussed the content and context of the photographs she took on her trip to India.  Held in conjunction with Mystic India, Land of Color and Tradition.  Kirsten Strom teaches art history in the Department of Art and Design at GVSU.  She received her Ph.D.  in art history from the University of Iowa, her M.A. in modern art history and criticism from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and her B.A. in art history form the University of Illinois, Chicago.

Vegetarianism in a Nutshell, Tuesday, October 20, Performing Arts Center - What is Vegetarianism?  Is it eating salads all of your life?  How do you get your proteins?  Is it about animal cruelty and tree huggers?  Medha Kosalge, the guest curator of Mystic India offered some answers from India.
Madha Kosalge was born, raised, and educated in India.  She came to the United States with her husband who is currently a professor at GVSU.

 

September 2009:

10th Annual DeVos Art Lecture:  The Purpose of Design, Thursday, September 24, 2009, Loosemore Auditorium, DeVos Center, Pew Grand Rapids Campus - This lecture explored the symbiotic relationship between art and design, their differences, similarities and their role in today's economy.  Drawing on experiences with Herman Miller Inc., author, lecturer and Director of Design West Michigan, John Berry shared his views and experiences relating to design in today's world.


March 2009:

Soiree Musicale, Friday, March 20, 2009, GVSU Art Gallery - A celebration of French music performed by Department of Music faculty member Mark Markham on piano, Dale Schriemer on baritone, and Nancy Stagnitta on flute.  The program was in conjunction with the Robert L. Hoskins and Erwin A. Raible Collection of "Fin de Siècle" French Prints exhibition at the GVSU Art Gallery.

Musical Postcards form Paris, Thursday, March 12, 2009, GVSU Art Gallery - GVSU's acclaimed New Music Ensemble, directed by Bill Ryan, premiered new works by student composers.  The program was in conjunction with the Robert L. Hoskins and Erwin A. Raible Collection of "Fin de Siècle" French Prints exhibition at the GVSU Art Gallery.

Poetry Hour with Patricia Clark's Advanced Poetry Students, Monday, March 9, 2009, GVSU Art Gallery - Original poetry and readings from Paris poetry of the time period was held in conjunction with the Robert L. Hoskins and Erwin A. Raible Collection of "Fin de Siècle" French Prints exhibition at the GVSU Art Gallery.


January 2009

Conversation with Collector Erwin A. Raible, Monday, January 19, 2009, Loosemore Auditorium, DeVos Center, Pew Grand Rapids Campus - Collector Erwin Raible, in interview form with Dale Schriemer, from the GVSU Music Department, gave a talk about the many French prints he has acquired.  The program was in conjunction with the Robert L. Hoskins and Erwin A. Raible Collection of "Fin de Siècle" French Prints exhibition at the GVSU Art Gallery.

Le Premier Palais des Femmes, Friday, January 16, 2009, 1600 Performing Art Center, Allendale Campus - Assistant Professor Shawn T. Bible will direct GVSU Dance students as they perform the wildly ecstatic and provocative dances of late 19th century France. The program was in conjunction with the Robert L. Hoskins and Erwin A. Raible Collection of "Fin de Siècle" French Prints exhibition at the GVSU Art Gallery.


November 2008:

9th Annual DeVos Art Lecture: The Wonder that is Alten:  Ambition, Attraction, and Achievement, Wednesday, November 12, 2008, Loosemore Auditorium, DeVos Center, PEW Grand Rapids Campus - An enlightening presentation about Mathias Alten was given by E. Jane Connell, Director of Collections and Exhibitions/Senior Curator of the Muskegon Museum of Art.

An Evening with Alten . . . a Rededication of the Expanded George and Barbara Gordon Gallery, Tuesday, November 11, 2008, DeVos Center, Pew Grand Rapids Campus, Hosted by Thomas J. Haas, President and Maribeth Wardrop, Vice President for Development, Grand Valley State University with dinner in the Meijer Regency Room and ribbon cutting to follow.  In honor of George and Barbara Gordon, Grand Valley State University art patrons.


April 2008:

Portraits reflecting the diversity of Grand Valley, April 3


October 2007:

8th Annual DeVos Art Lecture:  Thursday, October 11, 2007, Loosemore Auditorium, Richard M. DeVos Center, Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus - British-born Dutch artist, Cyril Lixenberg, is a prolific contributor to the contemporary art scene in the Netherlands, and has enjoyed much critical success in the United States. With work rooted in the tradition of classical modern art from the early 20th century, Lixenberg has built an extensive oeuvre of silkscreen prints, metal sculpture and monumental works.  Since the late 1980s Lixenberg has become a familiar member of the West Michigan artistic community exhibiting in Muskegon, Holland and Grand Rapids.  Lixenberg recently completed the 33-foot steel tall sculpture, titled, Steel Water, located next to the new JW Marriot Hotel in downtown Grand Rapids and on the banks of the Grand River.  Grand Valley State University’s permanent collection harbors the single largest archive of Lixenberg’s work. With more than 300 individual works on paper and sculpture donated by the artist, the Lixenberg Collection represents one of every print produced during the artist’s career, and continues to be enhanced with the most recent editions of his prints, sculpture and archival materials.


September 2007:

Steel Water Dedication:  Friday, September 14, 2007, On the plaza of the JW Marriott, 235 Louis Street NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 11:00 am - rain or shine - A public dedication of Steel Water, a Cyril Lixenberg sculpture, commemorating Grand Rapids' pioneering role in world health through water fluoridation.  Born in London in 1932, Cyril Lixenberg lives and works in Amsterdam, where he is a prolific graphic artist and a sculptor on monumental steel works. He also enjoys critical success in the United States enhanced by numerous public and private commissions. Steel Water is his third major public sculpture commission in the region.

Also on September 14th from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m., Meet the artist and reception at Lafontsee Galleries, 820 Monroe Avenue NW


February 2007:

Lecture:  Images of Separation: Historical and Contemporary Examples - David Pilgrim, Professor of Social Sciences and Curator of the Jim Crow Museum at Ferris State University, will talk about the exhibit (In conjunction with the exhibit, Them: Images of Separation)


January 2007:

Musical Performance:  Free Play Six: Listening Chamber - Guests enjoyed a wide variety of electro-acoustic music amid a display of inspiring, contemporary works by nationally renowned metal-smiths, Dennis Nahabetian and Tara Stephenson (In conjunction with the exhibit, Reconstruction: Recent Work by Dennis Nahabetian and Tara Stephenson)


October 2006:

Discussion:  Artist, Rana Chalabi discusses her role as a woman artist, and Sufi Muslim living in Cairo today (In conjunction with the exhibit, Ancient Sites Revisited: Watercolors of Egypt by Rana Chalabi)

Lecture:  Visiting scholar from the College of William and Mary, Dr. Caroline Williams, spoke on the work of 19th Century Scottish artist, David Roberts, and his famous views of Egyptian monuments (In conjunction with the exhibit, 19th Century Views of Egypt by David Roberts, On Loan from Erwin Raible, NY)


February/March 2006:

Various exhibition programs:
GVSU Art Gallery sponsored poetry readings, lectures, and discussions by
Patricia Clark, Professor, Department of Writing, GVSU
Chris Carron, Curator of Collections, Grand Rapids Public Museum
Joseph Antenucci Becherer, Director and Curator, Sculpture Program, Frederik Meijer Gardens
Paris Tennenhouse, Exhibit Designer, GVSU Art Gallery
(In conjunction with the exhibit, Echoes of the Ancient World: Adaptations of the Classical Tradition)


October 2005

Discussion:  Artists Hope Brooks, Natalie Butler, Margaret Chen, Prudence Lovell, Petrona Morrison, and Hope "Sweetie" Wheeler discuss their insights with students, staff, and community visitors in the Alumni House
(In conjunction with the exhibit, Jamaica Today: 6 Women Artists)