Showing posts with label Grand Rapids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grand Rapids. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Grand Rapids Artprize

Well, Artprize is in full swing in Grand Rapids and I was able to go down and explore a bit with my family over the weekend. There were so many GINORMOUS exhibits!
You'll have to excuse the quality of some of the pictures. My lens is still not right. I haven't had it looked at yet but I can't really zoom in very close and the auto focus is just flat-out broken. I'm so disgusted that I dropped it. Arghhh! Anyway, happier thoughts below... I love my city :)

 (Made of A LOT of pennies!)

 (Above and below: In front of the Gerald R. Ford Museum.)


(A memorial to the fallen firefighters as a result of 9-11.)

(Looking down to the Beerhorst's Plan B exhibit.)




 The Wonder Wagon


  
(The Interurban Bridge that crosses the Grand River in downtown GR.)







(This was so cool! This is a whole lot of unwrapped crayons. A lot of children from a local school helped their principal with this mosaic.)





    
(Look at all this not-junk! I loved this display!)






(Rosa Parks Circle. Figuring out where we were going to eat.)




(Just LOOK at this pig! Isn't he great?! Actually, I'm not really sure if it's a he..)




 
(A really BIG greeting card.)

(These lions were made of horseshoe nails. This made me wish I had some laying around the house to build something with! On a much smaller scale of course.)



(My youngest daughter and my nephew heading back home for the day. )
If you've never heard of Artprize and didn't catch my last post, here's a link to the Artprize website. People come from all over to experience the art, as well as Grand Rapid's culture and community. If you've never been to Grand Rapids, I know you'd fall in love :)