West Michigan Photography Collective

04/09/2014

WMPC in the news!

Today eightWest featured three pieces from the Craft House as part of a segment about Art Downtown, one piece was from WMPC member Ellen Arden.

The exhibition, Co-efficient, was curated by Emily Veldman and contains over a dozen local artist collectives!

The WMPC is represented at the Co-efficient exhibition by the works of Richard Deming, Jean Orians, Sam Brower, Jonah Rosselot, and Ellen Arden.

Be sure to come check it out this weekend as part of Arts Downtown.

Craft House
40 Division Ave S
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Art Downtown event shuttles people to see works of art by hundreds of artists.

04/06/2014

The WMPC will be participating in the Avenue of the Arts, Friday April 11th. For more info, see this post.

http://wmphotocollective.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/avenue-of-the-arts-april-11th-2014/

The West Michigan Photography Collective will be participating in a group show at the Craft House at 40 South Division during Avenue of the Arts. A display of several art collectives titled "Co=Eff...

03/06/2014

Art Prize announced changes to the event today. What do you think about them?

http://www.artprize.org/blog/harder-better-faster-stronger

An open art competition, giving away the world's largest art prize. Part arts festival, part social experiment - this international art contest is decided solely on a public vote.

02/28/2014

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02/07/2014

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Our very own Kelly Walkotten's photograph entitled "Hummingbird Feeding Babies" has been selected for the North American Nature Photography Association's Daily Sampler for Friday, Feb 07, 2014.

Congrats Kelly!

NANPA, the North American Nature Photography Association, is the first and only association in North America committed solely to serving the field of nature photography. NANPA promotes the art and science of nature photography as a medium of communication, nature appreciation, and environmental prot...

01/16/2014

We think this is a great crowdfunder to donate money to. If you've attended shows at the DAAC or shown work there, or even just have some extra cash, please consider donating. Thanks.

http://www.rockethub.com/projects/36801-the-daac-d-i-t-refresh-project

The DAAC is an all-ages music venue, art gallery, and DIY project incubator in Grand Rapids, MI.

12/29/2013

We recently did a Cyanotype workshop to get members who have never printed using this method up to speed for a show in 2014. Read more on our blog.

http://wmphotocollective.wordpress.com/2013/12/29/cyanotypes/

Prints drying after being exposed and developed. WMPC member Kelly Walkotten drying a coated piece of paper. One of the shows we have talked about doing in 2014 is a Historical Processes show. His...

10/22/2013

Come see WMPC Member Taylor Bishop's work.

Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Candidate Taylor Bishop will be exhibiting two bodies of work at Gwen Frostic School of Art at Western Michigan University from October 21st through October 25th with a closing public reception October 25th 5-8pm.

The Eleanor R. and Robert A. DeVries Student Art Gallery will hold his thesis exhibition titled This Shouldn’t be Difficult: A Dyslexic Experience. Down the hall in room K1206 will be Concealed Wetlands: Rendering the Invisible work from a recent residency program in which Taylor Bishop participated. The Galleries and reception are free and open to the public.

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Richmond Center for Visual Arts
Frostic School of Art, 5213
1903 W. Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5213

This Shouldn’t be Difficult: A Dyslexic Experience is a collection of different examples of dyslexia. The work forces the viewer into a one-on-one interaction with the artwork by putting “everyone else” in the place of the singled impaired person. The setting of a classroom reinforces the idea of the beginnings of the problems becoming ignored by others around the individual.

Concealed Wetlands: Rendering the Invisible uses infrared photography as a representation of how bleak and seemingly unimportant wildlife, forests, and nature in general has become to most of the developed world. The color infrared photographs represent the urbanization of nature and how humans keep destroying natural habitats to create their manmade habitats.

Taylor Bishop is from Rockford, Michigan. He has an Associates of Arts with an emphasis in Photography from Grand Rapids Community College and is a candidate for a Bachelors of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Photography and Intermedia from Western Michigan University. He has had solo and group exhibitions in multiple states. He is the president of a student ran organization at Western Michigan Univeristy, and is a Gordon Art Fellow. Most recently, Boardwalk Condominiums hosted Bishop during ArtPrize.

For more information, please visit tlbphotos.com or call 616.881.1840 [email protected]


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10/22/2013

WMPC Member Kelly Walkotten received some good news from the North American Nature Photography Association.

http://wmphotocollective.wordpress.com/2013/10/22/kelly-walkotten-wins-award-from-the-north-america-nature-photography-association/

WMPC member Kelly Walkotten received the following message from NANPA, the North American Nature Photography Association. Your image(s) have won for the following Tier...

10/10/2013

The importances of community, collectives, and reaching out.

Being a photographer can sometimes be a lonely prospect. Even photographers that often work with people as subjects or on crowded streets will have to put

10/06/2013

Hello all! ArtPrize is in it's final hours. We hope everyone had a great time this year looking at artwork made around the community and otherwise!

Stay tuned for shows from the West Michigan Photography Collective in the very near future! Cheers.

09/19/2013

ARTPRIZE NEWSMAKERS:

WMPC member Jean Orians is currently displaying a collaborative work titled - "Her Boots: Step Up for the Stand Down" - at the Westminster Presbyterian Church during ArtPrize 2013! The piece is focused around 20 pairs of military issue boots decorated by women and documents their experiences within the military.

You can see Orians' work at:

Westminster Presbyterian Church
47 Jefferson SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Hours of Operation
Mon-Thurs 9:00am-8:00pm
Fri & Sat 12:00pm-8:00pm
Sunday 12:00pm-6:00pm

*You can read about the work at the following link.

The exhibition organized by Volunteers of America stops at Grand Rapids Community College on Thursday before moving to Westminster Presbyterian Church for ArtPrize 2013.