GRAND RAPIDS — While it’s still technically winter, there’s plenty going on as Grand Rapids Arts presents the First Friday Art Walk 4-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2.
MacRostie Art Center Executive Director Katie Marshall joined the KAXE Morning Show to discuss details.
Reif Gallery
The gallery celebrates the group exhibition “Northern Landscapes” with an artist reception 4-5:30 p.m. Visit with feature artist Serenity Crego and additional artists who have work included in the show.
Benders
Gitona King will be at Benders. She is from Cookies on the Range, a custom cookie bakery with any design or art you can imagine.
MacRostie Art Center
“Portrayals in Paper: Tales of Overcoming” opens in the MacRostie Gallery with paper quilling art by Nikki Besser. There is a reception with food, wine and other refreshments from 4-7 p.m. and an artist talk at 6 p.m.
In a conversation on the KAXE Morning Show, Marshall said people don’t realize they are looking at paper.
“They immediately say, ‘Oh, this looks so cool,’ and they think it’s a painting,” she said.
Marshall told people to get closer to see the intricacy of the paper in the large-scale work.
John Bauer’s exhibit “A Lost Art” continues in the Minnesota Gallery, and the Giinawind Creative Space hosts Scout Humphrey’s “Decidedly Weird Birdie Nest.”
Old Central School
The third-floor artist loft features artists Nelia Harper, Krista Rogers and Leah Yellowbird.
This month, NV Painting & Decorating will be sponsoring activities in the attic, including a hot cocoa bar and make-and-take Valentines.
Rapids Brewing
Listen to live jazz from Sam Miltich and Friends and a special guest, Laura Caviani, on piano and Jay Epstein on drums. They are performing 6-9 p.m.