21st INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE CONFERENCE |
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Lighted Bridge on the Grand River. Photo: Brian Kelly. Courtesy Grand Rapids/Kent County Convention and Visitors Bureau |
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Sculpture in Public: Part II,
Public Art
October 2 – 4, 2008
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Presented in collaboration with the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
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| Funding in part provided by: Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Fred and Lena Meijer, Mary Ann Keeler, Aquinas College, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA), Grand Rapids Art Museum, Enterprise rent-a-car and Grand Valley State University. |
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Optional Tours and Events:
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Marsha Wood Procession, Polychromed Steel, 1985 |
Registered Conference Attendees:
All tour itineraries subject to change at the discretion of tour guide.
**Cancelled**
Kalamazoo Institure of Arts and Western Michigan Campus
Wednesday, October 1 : $66 per person
9:30AM – 6:00PM
Visit to Kalamazoo Institute of Arts(KIA) . On display will be a Michigan ceramics show, M. Chagall etchings, and Picturing Health which including work by Norman Rockwell. Following your visit to KIA you will go to downtown Kalamazoo for lunch on your own. Then you are off to Western Michigan Campus for a guided walking tour of their outdoor collection. Departs from Amway Grand Hotel, Lyon Street Entrance
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**Cancelled**
Oxbow School and Saugatuck
Wednesday, October 1: $78 per person
10:30AM – 5:30PM
Tour Artist-in-Residence Studios at the Oxbow Campus followed by lunch prepared by their onsite chef on this scenic campus . Bring your hiking shoes for an after lunch hike up the dune for one of a kind views of Lake Michigan.Your day ends with a stop in downtown Saugatuck with time to explore this unique arts town. Don’t miss out on this opportunity! Departs from Amway Grand Hotel, Lyon Street Entrance |
Red lilypads- an artists’ installation in the lagoon (by Barbara Miner, Fall, 2007)
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Pre-Conference Iron Pour Party
Wednesday, October 1: $40 per person
5:00pm - 10:00pm (Pour: 5:00PM – 7:30PM / After Party: 7:30PM – 10:00PM)
ISC Conference attendees are invited to see the finale of the Cast Iron Intensive workshop. Witness the iron pour live! Post pour party with food and non-alcoholic drinks provided. Cash bar available. Pour location: Urban Institute For Contemporary Arts, 41 Sheldon Boulevard SE, Grand Rapids, MI (walkable from conference hotels). Party location: Rockwell and the Republic - 45 Division Ave South (one block from UICA). This is a ticketed event. Departs from Amway Grand Hotel promptly at 7:00PM, Lyon Street Entrance
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Iron pour at Grand Valley State University. Photo courtesy: Terrance Weinzierl
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Public Art Walking Tours
Thursday, October 2: $10 per person
11:00AM – 12:30PM
90 minute walking tour of downtown Grand Rapids where your guide will point out highlights of the public sculpture including pieces by Alexander Calder, Maya Lin, and Mark Di Suvero, among others. See the rich history of public art Grand Rapids has to offer! Departs from Amway Grand Hotel |
Alexander Calder, La Grande Vitesse, 1969. © 2007 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York. Photo credit: Chuck Heiney photograhpy/chuckheiney.com |
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Grand Rapids City Tour
Saturday, October 4: $69 per person
2:00PM – 6:30PM
For history buffs! This tour includes admission to Gerald R. Ford Museum, for national history relics, where you will have the opportunity to reviewing the highlights of the lives of President and Mrs. Ford as well as exhibits which draw upon the rich holdings of the entire Presidential libraries system, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Archives, and others. Next is a dose of regional history at the city’s public museum know as Van Andel Museum whose exhibits, which explore the rich history of this city, include Street of old Grand Rapids, Anishinabek: The People of This Place, and Furniture City, among others, as well as a state of the art planetarium. Your day finishes with a narrated driving tour of the city including the prestigious Heritage Hill District, one of the largest urban historic districts in the country. Departs from Amway Grand Hotel |
Gerald Ford Museum
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Western Michigan Wine and Dutch Country Tour
Sunday, October 5 - $83per person
8:45AM – 5:30PM
The perfect way to wind down the weekend! Includes tasting at Tabor Hill Wine Port followed by time to shop and have lunch on your own in quaint Lakeside community of Saugatuck. Your day concludes with a stop at the Dutch city of Holland, Wind Mill Island for a guided tour and
free time to visit shops. Departs from Amway Grand Hotel |
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courtesy Windmill Island |
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Funding provided in part by:
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