Category Archives: Museums & Collections

Michigan Books: American Salvage: Stories by Bonnie Jo Campbell

January 12, 2010 – 11:25 am

American Salvage: Stories by Bonnie Jo Campbell (Wayne State University Press). In these stories about cold, lonely, working-class Michigan life, Campbell creates a world where salvation counterbalances loss and despair, and she leaves the reader with a sense of hope and belief things will get better. Campbell’s daring stories and exceptional writing create an image [...]

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Art is Everywhere, for Everyone

December 29, 2009 – 11:27 am

Guardian by Ralph Krawczyk Jr Our years of neglect of the ongoing structural problems in our budget has left Michigan in a position where we’re cutting all kinds of services drastically. When you’re taking millions from classrooms, public safety and basic human services for our most needy, it’s hard to advocate against cuts for the [...]

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Let’s Save Michigan poster contest

December 21, 2009 – 7:32 am

The AP reports that the Detroit Institute of Arts and Let’s Save Michigan are calling on people to create posters in the fashion of Works Progress Administration artwork of the Great Depression to highlight turnaround efforts and rally Michigan residents to revive the state: “There’s so many different ideas about how to turn around Michigan,” [...]

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Noel Night: 37 Years of Holiday Merriment

November 19, 2009 – 11:30 am

The 37th annual Noel Night will take place on Saturday, December 5th from 5:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. in Midtown Detroit’s Cultural Center Area. Over 40 institutions, including the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Science Center, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Detroit Historical Museum, and the Detroit Public Library, [...]

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Winners of the 2009 Grand Rapids ArtPrize

October 10, 2009 – 10:05 am

ArtPrize 09-Open Water no.24 by deviant_anomaly ART PRIZE 2009-0032 by RichardD72 AND THE WINNER IS… by rkramer62 DETAIL FROM WINNERS CANVAS by bitsorf The first-ever ArtPrize in Grand Rapids has ended with Open Water no. 24, a 6′ x 19′ oil painting by Ran Ortner being chosen as the winner by public vote from 1,262 [...]

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Michigan Goes Nationwide with Art & Wine

October 8, 2009 – 1:47 pm

ART PRIZE 2009 by RichardD72 Michigan has taken the national stage with one eye on the ArtPrize competition in Grand Rapids and the other on it’s burgeoning and award winning wine industry which gaining credibility amongst wine experts and wine lovers. This is truly a positive and a definite 180 degree flip from most of [...]

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Michigan History: Hollywood’s First African-American Cowboy

October 5, 2009 – 10:24 am

Herbert Jeffries has acted, sung, even ridden–his way to the top of the entertaining world. In the 1930s, when white singing cowboys like Gene Autry and Roy Rogers carved out names for themselves, Jeffries decided there should be black cowboy films* especially since there had been many African American cowboys in the American west. Born [...]

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Snapshots from the Grand Rapids ArtPrize

October 1, 2009 – 8:12 am

Here’s a video produced by Absolute Michigan featuring audio from Brad Aspey of Interlochen Public Radio along with photographs from the Absolute Michigan pool and the Creative Commons. The music is Octopussy by Juanitos. There’s so much more to see – definitely go to Grand Rapids if at all possible to check out ArtPrize – [...]

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Michigan Rated #1 in Social Media Tourism Promotion

September 2, 2009 – 1:46 pm

Travel Michigan has announced that it has earned the top-ranking amongst the 50 official US tourism office Web sites in the use of social media. In a recent study, How Social is Your State DMO (national break down pdf), How Social is Your State DMO (Michigan by city break down pdf) conducted by Gammet Interactive, [...]

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Seeking Michigan: Ice Cold Pop!

September 1, 2009 – 12:50 pm

by Gloriane Peck, Library of Michigan, courtesy Seeking Michigan. The goal of Seeking Michigan is simple: to connect you to the stories of this great state. Visit them regularly for a dynamic & evolving look at Michigan’s cultural heritage. Each summer, Mother Nature brings us hot, humid days and nights that barely cool off. Thankfully, [...]

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