Colors of Community

Last month I posted about an annual event in Grand Rapids called Artprize.  There is a church in my town that is doing a small scale version of that for the next few weeks.  There are businesses sponsoring this and profits will go to helping a boy from Guatemala get a cochlear implant!

They signed up artists from the community to share 4 pieces of their work.  I don't know how many people are involved but there is a lot of art shown through their halls right now.
People get to walk around and look at all the art, then choose their top three.  There will be winners in the popular vote and there will also be judges selecting their favorites.
Here are a few pieces I enjoyed.


This is a painting of Grand Rapids at night.

I really like this photo.  The artist calls it "Reunited", as the leaves are reunited with the branches in the reflection.

A beautiful painting of a civil war soldier.

This mosaic is called "The Tree of Life".    It doesn't show in this picture, but there are tiles with words scattered through the leaves.

Here are a few familiar pieces.  Bob has some of his carvings on display.

Here are the other 3 pieces.

It's fun looking at all the art and also seeing his on display!