Avenue for the Arts hosts twelve local art Events year in Grand Rapids’ largest community art gallery, the 106 Gallery.

106 Gallery

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

May
Double Vision, a GRCC and KCAD Collaborative Student Show
Opening Reception: Friday 5/2 6–9pm
Closing Reception: Friday 5/9 6–9pm

Main-ten-ance by Anthony Brazeau
Opening Reception: Thursday 5/15 from 5–9pm
Paintings and sculptures derived from the everyday materials of the maintenance worker in order to celebrate the nature of the job.

June
The Only Thing to Consecrate, abstract paintings by Alexa Grambush
Opening Reception: Friday 6/6 from 6–9pm

July
Critical Nostalgia, work by Anna Lobbes and Savannah Calhoun
Opening Reception: Friday 7/11 6–9pm

August
Avenue for the Arts 20th Anniversary Exhibition
Opening Event: Friday 8/1 6pm

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Break IT Down | Make It Better

West Michigan’s longest-running professional development conference for artists is back for its 13th year in February of 2026. he conference is organized through an ongoing partnership with Avenue for the Arts, ArtPrize, and AllArtWorks.

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Rapid Art Movement

Our one-of-a-kind arts festival returns in a whole new format.

Returning January 20206, Rapid Art Movement is an arts festival that embraces the unique setting and culture of Grand Rapids. Passengers will board a DASH bus transformed through drawings, sculpture, poetry, and performance and take a ride like they’ve never experienced before. It’s all part of World of Winter, the largest winter festival in the US.
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