Explore : Arts and Music
Those with artistic ability were recording the local scene from the first settlement along the Grand River. Professionally trained artists first arrived mid-nineteenth century. Furniture designers, the artists whose arrival began at the end of that century and who helped put Grand Rapids on the map as “The Furniture Capital of America,” increased rapidly during the twentieth. The artists of today continue to contribute to the culture of the City on the Grand.
Photo Essays
- A History of Opera in Grand Rapids
- Daniel W. Coit, Adventurer and Artist
- James Seino, Art Director at Stickley Brothers Furniture
- Orville Bulman, Artist
- ArtPrize 2009
