News: Festival of the arts Blog posts and news updates 2010-07-13T16:43:38Z Copyright (c) 2010, Festival of the arts tag:festival.dev,2010:07:13 2011 Regional Art Exhibit will be at the Grand Rapids Art Museum tag:festival.dev,2010:/9.1571 2010-07-13T16:39:37Z 2010-07-13T16:43:38Z The Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) and Festival of the Arts recently announced that the Festival Regional Arts Competition and Exhibition will be at GRAM in 2011. 

We're excited to be at GRAM, especially since we've been searching for a new venue to hold the exhibition for the coming year. The Old Federal Building (former home of the exhibit) will be undergoing renovations during Festival 2011.

Special thanks from Festival go to GRAM for providing us with space in their gorgeous building, and for making room for Festival in their exhibit schedule.

Watch for more exciting Festival news, coming soon!

]]> Eileen eileenduty@aol.com Introducing the Festival 2011 Co-Chairs tag:festival.dev,2010:/9.1570 2010-07-13T16:30:03Z 2010-07-13T16:39:04Z Say hello to the Festival 2011 Co-Chairs

Congratulations to the Co-Chairs of Festival 2011 - Joanne Bailey-Boorsma and Alex Castro!

Joanne has chaired the Festival Literary Arts Awards through her position as editor of On The Town magazine. Alex has co-chaired many Festival committees, including Food and Balloons.

Being Co-Chair means dedicating three years to this amazing event, as administrative assistants, as Co-Chairs, and as advisors. Most Co-Chairs have more than 10 years of Festival experience.

We wish you only great things during your co-chair year! Good luck, Joanne and Alex!

]]> Eileen eileenduty@aol.com Simon Aguilar and Irma Garcia and Family win 2010 Diane Casey Award! tag:festival.dev,2010:/9.1569 2010-06-07T21:52:18Z 2010-06-07T21:53:19Z Congratulations to Simon Aguilar and Irma Garcia and the entire Aguilar/Garcia clan for winning the Festival 2010 "Diane Casey Spirit of Festival" Award. Together, this family's can-do volunteer attitude is the epitome of what Diane brought to Festival! Your contributions to Festival are simply amazing!

]]> Jean Hanks jhanks@fusionary.com Artist Chris LaPorte is Festival 2010 People’s Choice winner! tag:festival.dev,2010:/9.1568 2010-06-07T21:51:45Z 2010-06-07T21:51:46Z Chris La Porte's artwork "Navarre Siblings" is the winner of the Festival Regional Arts Exhibition "People's Choice" award. "Navarre Siblings" was also chosen for a $100 Festival Award. Congratulations, Chris!

]]> Jean Hanks jhanks@fusionary.com Alexander Calder created the festival logo as a gift tag:festival.dev,2009:/9.353 2009-05-05T16:09:19Z 2010-06-06T02:45:20Z Fun Fact: The black & red sun logo, still in use today, was originally created by Alexander Calder 40 years ago as a gift for the first festival of the arts.

For more information about the history of this three-day community event, please visit the history page.

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