PIP art popup

03/02/2026

https://somos-arts.org/rene-mg-everywhere-is-here/

Rene MG at SomoS Arts Berlin: participatory performance-installation linking the gallery to the street via live projection and conversation. Feb 3, 6–9 p.m.

09/18/2025

01/23/2025

11/04/2024

My bag was not yellow, my coat not gray, the marigolds were $8 not 7.99 francs, my phone was my camera, my detective was a friend. She said she liked the marigolds. "Souci", was the last word her mother spoke. She placed the pot next to the video of her mother. .

09/19/2024

The Grand Rapids Public Museum has an amazing collection of chairs and furniture. Dig in and you will learn about all the hands and skilled laborers needed to make even an industrial “machine-made” chair.

To sit on the chairs exhibited in the museum (or very similar chairs) you can come to Vicinity Energy, near 156 S Fulton- on Ottawa. Let’s sit, experience, and talk chairs.
Together.

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https://www.grpm.org/furniture-factory-exhibit/

The Furniture Factory, located on the Museum’s second floor, is a space dedicated to the history or Grand Rapids as the “Furniture City.”

09/19/2024

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Hanging today at Veteran’s park was slow initially. Then three women settled in and told me of their military family. One’s husband who she got engaged to before Vietnam, returned and didn’t talk much of what he experienced- he just kept busy.
Another mentioned a relative who flew out from England to Germany in WW2 with a squadron of 40 planes- and only one was able to keep flying after that mission. The planes were so damaged- she wasn’t sure how many lives were lost in those 39 planes.
Later we met Brandy who embraces the struggle - because she experienced the way a mum came back in great glory after surviving the winter. Watching plants motivates her to return strong.

09/18/2024

Hanging out the the flags and the a Art for Honor Wednesday until 4pm.

09/17/2024

Chairs off the Pedestal is inspired by Sculptures off the Pedestal- the had a Women‘s Committee. First came the , then in 1973 they organized

Years before the opening of Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, which made West Michigan a destination to see outdoor art, and decades before the launch of ArtPrize, which turned downtown into a sculpture gallery, "Sculpture Off the Pedestal" accomplished both.

09/16/2024

During the daytime hours from 12-4 I grab my cart and stack my chairs and head for a spot that looks like it could use a gathering place. On the first Saturday of I settled at the Rapids Art Museum (the ). The African-American festival was happening so I had background music of Raggae (coming from the Jamaican food truck) and Gospel coming from the stage on Rosa Park Circle (she was from Grand Rapids, MI).
I shared my chairs with many people that day.

This family was ok with having their picture posted. Others sat just to chill or try out the different chairs. One of the music bookers who stopped for a while gave me a recommendation where to hear Jazz ( ) and we shared a moment to praise the talents of and others.
It was a perfect place to sit, rest, listen and watch.