106 Gallery is a large-scale exhibition space owned by Dwelling Place and managed by Avenue for the Arts. It is Located at 106 S Division along the SoDiv commercial corridor in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. Formerly the site of Calvin College's art gallery, it is now divided between a Dwelling Place workspace and an exhibition space. It includes gallery amenities like adjustable track lighting and six 10' x 2' x 8' moveable gallery walls, as well as six large street facing windows. All openings are on the first Friday of each month from 6–9pm unless otherwise noted.

CURRENT EXHIBITION

Cacophony, a group exhibition by KCAD senior art students.

On display: April 3–10, open hours Tues/Thurs 10amー4pm
Opening Reception: April 3, 6–9pm as part of the First Friday Art Walk.
Closing Reception: April 10, 6–9pm

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

All openings are part of the First Friday Art Walk, occurring on the first Friday of each month from 6–9pm.
May: Phantasia, a GVSU senior illustration exhibition
June: Visible. Vital. Unignorable: Selected Works by LGBTQ+ Michigan Artists (visit the exhibition page here)
August: Still, Life; Life, Still. A group photography exhibition
September: No Man’s Land, a group show curated by Annamarie Buller

We are currently taking applications for our 2027 exhibitions calendar. Student shows, group shows, solo shows, experiments — dream big, and tell us about your idea in our application form on or before July 12th. ⇩⇩⇩

PAST EXHIBITIONS

2026

January: Junk Drawer by 13 Grand Valley senior art students
February: Enclosures: Scenes of Motherhood and Memory, a two-person painting show by Rebecca Senior and Samantha Fay.
March: Halfway There, a solo show by Mahsa Alafar.

2025

January: My American Dream by Katya Grokhovsky
March: Dialogue of Souls by Mary Jane Pories and Merima Smajlovic
April: Where Horizons Meet, GVSU Illustration Senior Exhibition
May: Double Vision, a GRCC and KCAD Collaborative Student Show
June: Main-ten-ance by Anthony Brazeau
July: Critical Nostalgia by Savannah Calhoun and Anna Lobbes
August: The Only Thing to Consecrate by Alexa Grambush
October: Anything but by Jamie Weinfurter
November: Looking Back | Moving Forward: The Avenue Turns 20.
December: Junk Drawer by 13 Grand Valley senior art students

2024

January: B.O.S.S. — Best of Senior Seminar, a show of work by GVSU seniors.
February: More Than Our Hearts Can Bear curated by Annamarie Buller
March: The World is on Fire curated by Annamarie Buller
April: GVSU Senior Illustration and Graphic Design Exhibition
June: Pharaoh Khalil Art Residency Culmination
August: Funkytown, a group exhibition of abstract, colorful work curated by Melody Hoffer.
September: The Trauma Project by Scoob, Juried Grand Prize winner at ArtPrize
October: Studio Work by Mark Rumsey
October: Hatred for Humanity by Chapel of Ghouls
November: Art Swap & Frame Giveaway.
December: Collateral Damage, a group show of work by seven Grand Valley Senior Seminar students.

2023

December: B.O.S.S. — Best of Senior Seminar, a show of work by GVSU seniors.
October–Nov: Forest Fires: Art and Activism by Son Visual
September: Fresh work by Bryce Saber
January–June: Various programming by Dwelling Place’s new artist-in-residence program.

2022

January: Dream within a Dream by Catbird Saintly
December: New work by Kae Pershon
September: New work by Ben Boss
August: New work by Victor Fitzsimons
May–July: Lavern on Monday by Kerry Murphy Rolewicz