Location: Muskegon Museum of History and Science, 430 W. Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States

Hosted By: Lakeshore Museum

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Event Details: In the late 1940s, urban renewal began as cities faced a decline in their downtown business districts and neighborhoods. More people moved to the suburbs, which caused downtown to struggle. Muskegon was no exception. Stroll down 1960s Western Avenue, visit the Muskegon Mall, and explore visions for the future of downtown Muskegon. Learn about Muskegon’s own urban renewal experience in the 1960s and 1970s, its decline, and the development underway today. The price of this exhibit is included in the general price of admission to the Museum, which is free for Muskegon County residents and Museum members and $5 for out-of-county residents. This activity is supported by the MICHIGAN ARTS AND CULTURE COUNCIL and the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.

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Location: Kruizenga Art Museum

Hosted By: Kruizenga Art Museum

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Event Details: “Deep Roots, New Shoots” features 40 African artworks created between the 1960s and the early 2020s, all of which belong to the Kruizenga Museum’s permanent collection. The artworks span the length and breadth of the African continent, from Morocco to South Africa and Nigeria to Ethiopia. They represent a diverse variety of artistic styles and movements, and reflect a broad range of themes and issues, including celebrations of ethnic and national pride, struggles against various forms of inequality and injustice, and critical reflections on the enduring impacts of colonialism and global consumerism.“As European colonial rule in Africa came to an end during the 1950s and ’60s, African artists in newly independent countries across the continent grappled with the question of how to make art that was both distinctly African and distinctly modern,” explained Charles Mason, who is the director and the Margaret Feldmann Kruizenga Curator of the Kruizenga Art Museum. “Those artists wanted to create new forms of art that were rooted in indigenous African cultures and aesthetics, but that also reflected international styles and practices. Africa is a huge continent, so naturally there was a lot of variation in how African artists went about creating modern forms of art. In this exhibition I have tried to show that range by including works from 15 different countries across the continent.”As African artists became more integrated into the international art world, Mason noted, their focus expanded from how to make art that is simultaneously African and modern to how to make art that is globally relevant and commercially viable in a highly competitive market.“Much of the African art created in the last 20 or 25 years is very in tune with global trends,” he said. “It is still distinctly African, but a lot of it deals with big transnational issues, like human rights, environmental problems, the impact of COVID, and so forth.”The artworks featured in the exhibition are part of a larger collection of traditional and modern African art that the Kruizenga Art Museum has formed over the past 10 years as part of its mission to expose Hope College students to global cultures. Mason shared that when he was an undergraduate, many American museums displayed only traditional forms of African art.“I didn’t want to do that at the Kruizenga,” he said. “I want our collection to show how African art and cultures are continuing to evolve in ways that are relevant to us all.”The museum acquired the artworks through a combination of gifts and sponsored purchases supported by donors who share Mason’s vision for building a well-balanced international art collection.“I am very grateful to all the donors who made this exhibition possible,” Mason said. “It is unusual for a museum of our size and relatively young age to have such a diverse range of modern and contemporary African art, and I am delighted to have the opportunity to share the collection with the public in this exhibition.”The Kruizenga Art Museum functions as an educational resource for Hope College and the greater West Michigan community. The museum features two public galleries as well as a study room and climate-controlled storage space for its 7,000-object permanent collection. It is named in honor of a leadership gift from the late Dr. Richard and Margaret Kruizenga of Holland, both of whom graduated from Hope in 1952.

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Location: Muskegon Museum of History and Science, 430 W. Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States

Hosted By: Lakeshore Museum

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Event Details: Tin punching is a skilled trade, artisan would work as an apprentice up to a journeyman. They created pieces that served a function as well as making them decorative in nature. Try your hand at creating your own piece of tin art. Once a month we will have a Sign-up Saturday Program. The programs will be more involved than our typical Saturday Program and will allow visitors to gain some history/science knowledge and get hands-on experience with each topic. Recommended for kids 8 years and older due to building and tools used. Each program will have 4 time slots, with each time slot running about 20-30 minutes. To sign up, go through Ticket Tailor https://www.tickettailor.com/events/lakeshoremuseumcenter/1095137# or in person at the front desk. Limit of 10 per section. Funding for these programs has been provided by the Michigan Arts and Culture Council and National Endowment of the Arts.

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Location: Hackley & Hume Historic Site, 484 W. Webster Ave., Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States

Hosted By: Lakeshore Museum

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Event Details: Muskegon County Moms receive free access to the Historic Sites for the afternoon. Their visit includes a tour of the Hackley and Hume Historic Site, Fire Barn Museum, and the Scolnik House of the Depression Era. Mothers will also receive a complimentary gift. Tours start in the City Barn (carriage house) at the Hackley and Hume Historic Site. Free Parking on Webster Ave & 6th Street. Free For Muskegon County Moms. Other visitors on the day will pay normal admission. Adults $15. Seniors $12. Kids 2-12-$5 No registration required.Visitors are welcome to walk-in during open hours. The last tour leaves at 4:00 pm   Funding for these programs has been provided by the Michigan Arts & Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. (NEA)

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Location: Holland High School, 600 Van Raalte Ave, Holland, MI 49423, USA

Hosted By: Holland Public Schools

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Event Details: Food for those in need.   Feeding America & Ottawa Community School Network* Drive-thru service only * No ID NeededHolland High School - Parking Lot 1 (Behind building - use 24th street)

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Location: Kruizenga Art Museum

Hosted By: Kruizenga Art Museum

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Event Details: “Deep Roots, New Shoots” features 40 African artworks created between the 1960s and the early 2020s, all of which belong to the Kruizenga Museum’s permanent collection. The artworks span the length and breadth of the African continent, from Morocco to South Africa and Nigeria to Ethiopia. They represent a diverse variety of artistic styles and movements, and reflect a broad range of themes and issues, including celebrations of ethnic and national pride, struggles against various forms of inequality and injustice, and critical reflections on the enduring impacts of colonialism and global consumerism.“As European colonial rule in Africa came to an end during the 1950s and ’60s, African artists in newly independent countries across the continent grappled with the question of how to make art that was both distinctly African and distinctly modern,” explained Charles Mason, who is the director and the Margaret Feldmann Kruizenga Curator of the Kruizenga Art Museum. “Those artists wanted to create new forms of art that were rooted in indigenous African cultures and aesthetics, but that also reflected international styles and practices. Africa is a huge continent, so naturally there was a lot of variation in how African artists went about creating modern forms of art. In this exhibition I have tried to show that range by including works from 15 different countries across the continent.”As African artists became more integrated into the international art world, Mason noted, their focus expanded from how to make art that is simultaneously African and modern to how to make art that is globally relevant and commercially viable in a highly competitive market.“Much of the African art created in the last 20 or 25 years is very in tune with global trends,” he said. “It is still distinctly African, but a lot of it deals with big transnational issues, like human rights, environmental problems, the impact of COVID, and so forth.”The artworks featured in the exhibition are part of a larger collection of traditional and modern African art that the Kruizenga Art Museum has formed over the past 10 years as part of its mission to expose Hope College students to global cultures. Mason shared that when he was an undergraduate, many American museums displayed only traditional forms of African art.“I didn’t want to do that at the Kruizenga,” he said. “I want our collection to show how African art and cultures are continuing to evolve in ways that are relevant to us all.”The museum acquired the artworks through a combination of gifts and sponsored purchases supported by donors who share Mason’s vision for building a well-balanced international art collection.“I am very grateful to all the donors who made this exhibition possible,” Mason said. “It is unusual for a museum of our size and relatively young age to have such a diverse range of modern and contemporary African art, and I am delighted to have the opportunity to share the collection with the public in this exhibition.”The Kruizenga Art Museum functions as an educational resource for Hope College and the greater West Michigan community. The museum features two public galleries as well as a study room and climate-controlled storage space for its 7,000-object permanent collection. It is named in honor of a leadership gift from the late Dr. Richard and Margaret Kruizenga of Holland, both of whom graduated from Hope in 1952.

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Location: Kruizenga Art Museum

Hosted By: Kruizenga Art Museum

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Event Details: The public is invited. Admission is free.“Transforming Matter” was curated by five students from the Hope Catholics student organization working under the supervision of Dr. Jared Ortiz, who is the Lavern ’39 and Betty DePree ’41 Van Klay Professor of Religion. The exhibition, which opened on Friday, Jan. 12, features 25 artworks that reflect different aspects of Catholic theology and religious practice. Artworks in the exhibition include paintings, prints, sculptures and liturgical objects that range in date from the late 15th to the early 21st centuries. All of the artworks in the exhibition belong to the Kruizenga Art Museum’s permanent collection.“The Christian religion is gritty,” Ortiz said. “God became flesh and appeared as a baby born in a barn in a forgotten corner of the Roman empire. He lived through every stage of human existence in order to restore every stage of human life back to communion with God. He was killed on a cross and buried in a stone tomb, but rose from the dead and ascended into Heaven. God did this to save us, that is, to redeem us from sin and death. This is the great mystery of Christianity: God became what we are so that we can become what he is. The exhibition curated by my students explores the many ways that God enters into created reality to transform it for our salvation.”The exhibition is divided into five thematic sections: Incarnation, Sacraments, Saints, End Times and the Global Church. Each section contains a selection of artworks that illustrate different aspects of the section’s theme. The artworks were chosen by the five student curators both for their relevance to the themes and for their aesthetic qualities and how they look displayed together.“The pieces we considered came from all over the world and were varied in their artistic style, reminding me of the universality and diversity of the Catholic Church,” said student curator Karlie Platz. “I think the artwork we chose reflects visibly the often-invisible reality of a God who has entered and always continues to enter into our human condition.”Among the highlights of the exhibition is an engraving created by French artist Claude Mellan in 1649. It depicts the Veil of Veronica, a cloth that is said to have had the face of Jesus Christ divinely imprinted on it after it was used by a kindly woman to wipe Christ’s face as he was carrying the cross to Golgotha.Another notable artwork in the exhibition is a silver monstrance — a vessel used to display the Eucharistic host — that was created by artists in the Philippines in the late 18th century. This exhibition marks the first time that the monstrance, and several other artworks, have been made available for public viewing.The Kruizenga Art Museum functions as an educational resource for Hope College and the greater West Michigan community. The museum features two public galleries as well as a study room and climate-controlled storage space for its 7,000-object permanent collection. It is named in honor of a leadership gift from the late Dr. Richard and Margaret Kruizenga of Holland, both of whom graduated from Hope in 1952.

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Location: HHS Art Gallery

Hosted By: Holland Public Schools

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Event Details: Community members wanting to view the art show can come during the Artist Reception on Tuesday, May 14 from 4:30-6:00pm. Additional hours for viewing of the show will be May 15-17 and May 20-24 from 3-8pm. Visitors should park in the HPS Administration parking lot at the corner of Van Raalte Ave and 24th Streets and enter through door #46. The art gallery is located just in and to the right.

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Location: Holland, MI 49423

Hosted By: Holland Public Schools

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Event Details: Students will be released from school 60 minutes early in order to allow teachers a better opportunity for collaborative professional development.K-5 | 8:30am-2:36pm HMS | 7:30am-1:42pm HHS | 7:45am - 1:55pm

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Location: Kruizenga Art Museum

Hosted By: Kruizenga Art Museum

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Event Details: “Deep Roots, New Shoots” features 40 African artworks created between the 1960s and the early 2020s, all of which belong to the Kruizenga Museum’s permanent collection. The artworks span the length and breadth of the African continent, from Morocco to South Africa and Nigeria to Ethiopia. They represent a diverse variety of artistic styles and movements, and reflect a broad range of themes and issues, including celebrations of ethnic and national pride, struggles against various forms of inequality and injustice, and critical reflections on the enduring impacts of colonialism and global consumerism.“As European colonial rule in Africa came to an end during the 1950s and ’60s, African artists in newly independent countries across the continent grappled with the question of how to make art that was both distinctly African and distinctly modern,” explained Charles Mason, who is the director and the Margaret Feldmann Kruizenga Curator of the Kruizenga Art Museum. “Those artists wanted to create new forms of art that were rooted in indigenous African cultures and aesthetics, but that also reflected international styles and practices. Africa is a huge continent, so naturally there was a lot of variation in how African artists went about creating modern forms of art. In this exhibition I have tried to show that range by including works from 15 different countries across the continent.”As African artists became more integrated into the international art world, Mason noted, their focus expanded from how to make art that is simultaneously African and modern to how to make art that is globally relevant and commercially viable in a highly competitive market.“Much of the African art created in the last 20 or 25 years is very in tune with global trends,” he said. “It is still distinctly African, but a lot of it deals with big transnational issues, like human rights, environmental problems, the impact of COVID, and so forth.”The artworks featured in the exhibition are part of a larger collection of traditional and modern African art that the Kruizenga Art Museum has formed over the past 10 years as part of its mission to expose Hope College students to global cultures. Mason shared that when he was an undergraduate, many American museums displayed only traditional forms of African art.“I didn’t want to do that at the Kruizenga,” he said. “I want our collection to show how African art and cultures are continuing to evolve in ways that are relevant to us all.”The museum acquired the artworks through a combination of gifts and sponsored purchases supported by donors who share Mason’s vision for building a well-balanced international art collection.“I am very grateful to all the donors who made this exhibition possible,” Mason said. “It is unusual for a museum of our size and relatively young age to have such a diverse range of modern and contemporary African art, and I am delighted to have the opportunity to share the collection with the public in this exhibition.”The Kruizenga Art Museum functions as an educational resource for Hope College and the greater West Michigan community. The museum features two public galleries as well as a study room and climate-controlled storage space for its 7,000-object permanent collection. It is named in honor of a leadership gift from the late Dr. Richard and Margaret Kruizenga of Holland, both of whom graduated from Hope in 1952.

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