Events
Planetary Sculptural Stone Garden by Maria Gambino Closing Reception & Garden Walk
Join us in celebrating the completion of the botanical stone garden created by Maria Gambino, the 2025-2026 Padnos Distinguished Artist-in-Residence. The event will start in the Padnos Student Gallery where Gambino will have print-based works on displa...
GVSU Arts Celebration: Maria Lux Exhibition Reception & Meet the Artist
Please join us for an exhibition by the GVSU Arts Celebration Visiting Artist Maria Lux. Maria and GVSU students from the Department of Visual and Media Arts created and installed the art exhibition which will remain on view until October 9, 2026, duri...
GVSU Arts Celebration: Art as a Way of Knowing (and not knowing) Animals: An Artist Talk by Maria Lux ( INT 100 approved)
Always focused on animals, Maria Luxs research-based artworks take on serious topics, often through an unserious approach like absurdity, humor, playfulness, cuteness, darkness, horror, or narrative. Broadly, Marias work joins that of other research-dr...
GVSU Arts Celebration: Animals & Art: Panel Discussion
Join Maria Lux in conversation with local and regional experts who also work at the intersection of animals and art. This conversation will be facilitated by a current student from the Department of Visual and Media Arts.
Laker Con 2026
Laker Con 2026 is a celebration of comics literacy. This free comics convention will feature: Guest Artists and Creators Artist Market Panel Discussions and Workshops (All-Ages) Comics Presentations and Poster Sessions Cosplay Contest Comics Gall...
Laker Con 2026
Laker Con 2026 is a celebration of comics literacy. This free comics convention will feature: Guest Artists and Creators Artist Market Panel Discussions and Workshops (All-Ages) Comics Presentations and Poster Sessions Cosplay Contest Comics Gall...
GVSU Arts Celebration: Ying Quartet: From Mozart to Childs
The Grammy Award winning Ying Quartet will present a concert that projects Mozarts forward-looking Dissonance Quartet to the present time. Jazz arranger/composer Billy Childs bridges the gap between the vernacular and classical idioms and has written s...
GV Arts Celebration: Ying Quartet, From Mozart to Childs (INT 100/201 approved)
Ying Quartet: From Mozart to Childs Monday, October 5, 2025, 7:30 9:00 pm Sherman Van Solkema Recital Hall, Haas Center for the Performing Arts, Valley Campus The Grammy Award winning Ying Quartet will present a concert that projects Mozarts forward...
GV Arts Celebration: Ying Quartet, Schubert's C Major Quintet (INT 100 approved)
Ying Quartet: Schuberts C Major Quintet Wednesday, October 7, 2026 7:30 9:00 pm Cook-DeWitt Center, Valley Campus Truly a cornerstone of the classical repertoire, Schuberts magnificent Quintet in C Major was published and first performed posthumous...
GVSU Arts Celebration: Poetry Night with Craig Santos Perez
Dr. Craig Santos Perez is an Indigenous Chamoru from the Pacific Island of Guam. He is the editor of nine anthologies and author of seven books of poetry, most recently Call This Mutiny [Uncollected Poems], and the academic monograph, Navigating Chamor...