Grand Valley Magazine Summer 2015 - (Page 14)
Enriching the Arts and Humanities in West Michigan
Events spotlight diverse art, scholastics
by Matthew Makowski
Grand Valley has a rich history of
providing events and programs for the
community centered on the arts.
This passion for the arts began with a
desire by President Emeritus Arend D.
Lubbers to transform Grand Valley into
a liberal arts epicenter.
Jean Enright, former executive
assistant to the president and the first
Fall Arts Celebration coordinator, said in
2003 then-President Mark Murray saw
an opportunity to build on Lubbers'
passion and collectively promote the
arts at Grand Valley.
"He noticed we had so many arts and
cultural events, and we agreed that we
should combine them under one heading
and let the community know that
Grand Valley is the place to celebrate
the arts in the fall,'" Enright said.
With that epiphany, Fall Arts
Celebration was born.
"Fall Arts Celebration was always
planned as a gift back to the communities
that support Grand Valley," said Teri
Losey, current Fall Arts Celebration chair
and executive associate to the president.
"It has become more prominent and
distinguished over the years, and the
coordinators are always working on
ways to make it bigger and better."
Since its inception, Fall Arts
Celebration has featured some of the
foremost writers, poets, musicians,
dancers, artists and scholars. This
tradition continues this year with six
free events that are open to the public.
"Dusk to Dusk: Unsettled,
Unraveled, Unreal" Art
Gallery Exhibition
For the first time in the history of
Fall Arts Celebration, the featured
artwork for this exhibition is so large
that it cannot be solely housed at
Grand Valley.
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Henry Matthews, director of Galleries
and Collections, said once his team
secured the traveling exhibition, they
were faced with a couple of options
due to the large size of the 32-piece
art collection.
One option was to leave the excess
artwork in storage, an alternative was to
find a community partner with whom to
share the exhibition.
Opting for the latter, half of "Dusk
to Dusk: Unsettled, Unraveled, Unreal"
will be shown at Grand Valley, while the
remaining pieces will be showcased at
the De Pree Art Center and Gallery at
Hope College in Holland. The exhibit,
consisting of paintings, drawings,
sculptures, photography and video
art, comes to West Michigan from the
private collection of art enthusiasts in
the Netherlands who wish to
remain anonymous.
Matthews added that this
exhibition of contemporary
art will provide a unique
opportunity.
"This is very high-end,
international art and
this is an opportunity
for visitors to see
artwork that might not normally come
to West Michigan. We are very lucky to
spotlight an exhibit of art at this level,"
Matthews said.
"Dusk to Dusk" was organized by
the Samek Art Gallery at Bucknell
University, curated by Richard Rinehart,
director of the Samek Art Gallery, with
works generously loaned from the Ekard
Collection. The exhibition is toured
by Curatorial Assistance Traveling
Exhibitions, Pasadena, California.
Grand Valley
is the place to
celebrate the
arts in the fall
-Jean Enright
DANCE
Kun-Yang Lin/
Dancers
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Grand Valley Magazine Summer 2015
Campus News
Athletics
Donor Impact
Fall Arts Celebration
Evolving as a professional
Finding fellowships
Mastering a subject
Research
Focal Point
Q&A John Berry
Off the Path
Museum School
Alumni
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