RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS

Art Classes

• Artists Creating Together

• Cook Arts Center

• Ghosthouse Studio

• Grand Rapids Ballet

• Grand Rapids Community College

Art Exhibition Opportunities

• Call for Entry

• Chicago Artist Coalition

• College Art Association

• EntryThingy

• New York Foundation for the Arts

Art Show Resources

• How to hang artwork

Art Supplies

• Fris Supply Shop

Artist Residency Resources

• Artists Communities Alliance

• Resartis

• Transartists

Arts Markets

• Bizarre Bazaar

• Crow’s Hold Vendor Market

• Downtown Market

• Eastown Street Fair

• Made Market

• Makers and Merchants

• Fallsburg Fall Arts Festival

• Fulton Street Art Market

Arts Podcasts

• Bad Idea Social Club

• Dogtown Studio Podcast

• Full exposure with Brian Kelly

• GOATS

• Grand Rhapsody

• Light Conversations

Critique Nights

• Grand Valley Artists: every first Thursday

• Show and Response: 1st Tuesdays at the 106 Gallery organized by Veil Collective

Life Drawing Sessions

• Ghosthouse Studio

• Grand Valley Artists

Publications That Cover Local Art

• Revue Magazine

• Local Spins

• The Rapidian

• Rapid Growth Media

Businesses that Show Artwork

• Coffee Shops that show artwork: Rowsters, Scorpion Hearts Club, PaLatte, The Stray

• Restaurants that show artwork: Brewery Vivant, Founders Brewery

Community Studios

• The Clayground

• Dinderbeck (printmaking)

• Earthbound Ceramics

• Grand Rapids Pottery

• Grand River Makerspace (3D Printing, UV Printing, 3D Scanning, electronics, laser cutting & engraving, vinyl cutting, woodworking, (darkroom coming soon)

• GR Creators Studio

• Hot Spot Metals Studio

• Pottery Lane GR

• Sweda Studio

• Selah Studio

Connect to the Avenue for the Arts

• avenueforthearts@gmail.com

• Facebook Group

• Facebook Page

• Instagram

• Youtube

Coworking Spaces

• Bamboo

• Do Not Start

• 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

• CREA (Holland)

• The DAAC

• Hammerspace Gallery

• LaFontsee Gallery

• Lowell Arts (Lowell)

• 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

Local Radio: WYCE

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

• Network and Connect with other Creatives

  • 3rd Thursdays

  • Creative Mornings

  • First Friday Art Walk

  • Grand Valley Fine Artists

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

  • Rapidian Writers Room

  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)

• CREA (risograph printing)

• 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 publications 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 

• Muskegon Regional Arts Exhibitions

Shops that sell work by Local Artists

• Arts Marketplace

• Courage and Soar

• Periwinkle FOG

• The Spark

• The Stray

Small Business Mentorship and Support

• SCORE

• Downtown Retail Development Program (DRIP)

• Michigan Small Business Development Center — West Michigan

• Grand Rapids Public Library Small Business Resource Center

Space Rental (open-ended):

• Salad Calendar

Studio Rental:

• 401 Hall

• Do Not Start

• 1111 Godfrey
  Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  We are working to update this listing. If you know the contact info for this studio building, email us at avenueforthearts@gmail.com

• Affordable, artist-preferred live/work spaces on South Division via Dwelling Place.

• Endcap Studios

• Tanglefoot Studios

Teaching Artist Opporunities

• Artists Creating Together (ACT)

• West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology (WMCAT)

• Grandville Avenue Arts & Humanities (GAAH) (scroll down to “apply to be an instructor or tutor”)