RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS

Art Classes

• Artists Creating Together

• Cook Arts Center

• Ghosthouse Studio

• Grand Rapids Ballet

• Hearts for the Arts

• Roeda Studio

Art Show Resources

• How to hang artwork

Art Supplies

• Fris Supply Shop

• Service Reproduction Company

Artist Residency Resources

• Call for Entry

• Chicago Artist Resource

• China Residencies

• College Art

• EntryThingy

• Nyfa

• Resartis

• Residency Unlimited

• Transartists

Arts Markets

• Fulton Street Artisans Market

• Made in Michigan Pop-Up Market Place

• Makers and Merchants

• BizBaz & Eastown Street Fair

• Fallsburg Fall Arts Festival

Arts Podcasts

• Bad Idea Social Club

• Dogtown Studio Podcast

• Full exposure with Brian Kelly

• Grand Rhapsody

• Light Conversations

Arts Publications

• Revue Magazine

• Local Spins

• The Rapidian

• Rapid Growth Media

Businesses that Show Artwork

• Coffee Shops that show artwork: Rowsters, Madcap, Sparrows, PaLatte, The Stray

• Restaurants that show artwork: Brewery Vivant, GreenWell GastroPub, Founders Brewery

Community Studios

• The Clayground

• Dinderbeck (printmaking)

• Earthbound Ceramics

• Grand Rapids Pottery

• Hot Spot Metals Studio

• Pottery Lane GR

• Sweda Studio

Connect to the Avenue for the Arts

• avenueforthearts@gmail.com

• Facebook Group

• Facebook Page

• Instagram

• Youtube

Coworking Spaces

• Bamboo

• Little Space Studio

• Start Garden

• Worklab

Galleries that show/sell local artwork

• 106 Gallery (Avenue for the Arts)

• AllArtWorks

• Artposts (Avenue for the Arts)

• ArtRat Gallery

• Arts Marketplace

• Cocoon Art Space

• The DAAC

• Hammerspace Gallery

• LaFontsee Gallery

• Muse Gallery

• The Standard

• Vertigo Records (music)

Helpful Links for Curators: 

• Video: How to hang a show

• Video: Making your Gallery Accessible

• All Access Assessment Tool

• Basic Accessibility Guidelines for Curators

• ADA Existing Facilities Guidelines

• Design for Accessibility Handbook

• Disability Language Style Guide

• Disability Access Symbols

• What to have in your Hanging Kit

• How to Promote a Show (we’re revamping this one)

Helpful links for Small Business Owners: 

• New Business Resource Guide

• Neighborhood Business Alliance

Local Radio: WYCE

Mentor and Technical Support

• SCORE

• Grand Rapids Public Library Small Business Resource Center

Musical Instrument Sales and Services

• Firehouse Guitars (Instruments and Lessons)

• Grand Rapids Violins (Instruments, Makers, Restorers)

• Meyer Music (Instrument Sales, Rentals, Education, and Repairs)

• North Coast Guitars (Guitar Repairs)

• Rainbow Music (Instrument Sales, Rentals, Education, and Repairs)

• RIT Music (Instrument Sales)

• Tone Chasers Music (Guitar sales)

• West Michigan Band (Instrument Rentals)

Music Venues open to local artists

• The DAAC

• The Intersection

• Midtown

• Open Mic Nights

• Pyramid Scheme

• The Stray

• The Tip Top

• Turnstiles

Network and Connect with other Creatives

• 3rd Thursdays

• Creative Mornings

• Creative Gatherings at Cocoon Artspace: Second Thursdays every month from 6-8pm

• First Friday Art Walk

• Movers Lounge at Grand Rapids Center for Community Transformation (invite only)

Podcasts Created By the Avenue for the Arts: 

• Break it Down | Make it Better*

• Creating public works in a time of Placemaking  

• Building a Social Media Audience 

• Break it Down.: Comparing Curatorial Practice 2015

Printing Resources 

• Brownlee Press (Signs, booklets, Mugs, and Art prints)

• Crop Marks Printing (yard signs, larger format printing, business cards)

• Grand Rapids Printing Center (Business Cards, Brochures, Banners, Stickers)

• Grand River Giclee (Giclee art prints)

• Issue Press (Risograph Zines and Art prints)

• Quick Printing Co (Commercial, Stationary, and Wood Crafts)

• Swift Printing (Letterpress, Embossing, Die Cut printing)

Recording Studios

• Amber Lit Audio

• Centennial Sound

• Midi Castle

• Joint Heir Studios

• River City Studios

Regional Annual Art Exhibitions 

• Festival of the Arts

• Muskegon Regional Arts Exhibitions

Shops that sell work by Local Artists

• Arts Marketplace

• Courage and Soar

• Periwinkle FOG

• The Spark

• The Stray

Studio Rental:

• 240 Front

  Todd Wittlinger (landlord)

  616-915-8208

• 401 Hall

• Godrey Hollow
  1111 Godfrey
  Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  holler@fancyrealestate.org

• Dwelling Place live/work and commercial spaces
  616-855-0418

• Tanglefoot Studios