Grand Rapids Art Museum

10/13/2026

Young fathers, telling their own stories. 🎬

Join GRAM and The Delta Project Thursday, Nov 5 for a free screening of 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁, a documentary uplifting young Black and Brown fathers in West Michigan.

5 pm: Arrive early and explore a trio of exhibitions including Gary Tyler: Rebirth, Ray Materson: Metamorphosis, and Julie Green: The Last Supper.

6 pm: Enjoy The Fatherhood Project presented by The Delta Project, a local non-profit providing programming that helps youth and young adults affected by the juvenile justice system find their voices and envision a future of their choosing.

Register for free at artmuseumgr.org/thefatherhoodproject

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwEZ1dA83-w

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10/13/2026

Join our team: GRAM is hiring a Senior Manager for Institutional Giving.

This position builds and nurtures the relationships with corporate partners and individual donors that make the Grand Rapids Art Museum's work possible. In this role, you'll be at the heart of how GRAM grows its community of supporters across West Michigan.

Please share with anyone in your network who'd be a great fit.

Learn more: www.artmuseumgr.org/careers

10/12/2026

10/09/2026

We're still thinking about last Friday’s member opening 🦋 🪡 🍽️

We had a great time celebrating with our members, and we’re excited to have three solo exhibitions now on view—𝙂𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙏𝙮𝙡𝙚𝙧: 𝙍𝙚𝙗𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙝, 𝙍𝙖𝙮 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣: 𝙈𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙨, and 𝙅𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙧.

Special thanks to Gary Tyler and Ray Materson for joining us at GRAM to discuss their work and share their stories.

Plan your visit and explore how art and creativity can foster resilience, provide purpose, and affirm the humanity of people within the American justice system. https://www.artmuseumgr.org/exhibitions

10/09/2026

Last call for submissions!

For this Michigan Artist Series exhibition, Grand Rapids Art Museum is collaborating with the Grand Rapids Film Society to showcase a selection of experimental films made by Michigan filmmakers. Deadline October 11th!

Submit now at: https://filmfreeway.com/MichiganExperimentalCinema

10/08/2026

Congratulations to our Director and CEO, Cindy Foley, on being named to Crain's Grand Rapids Business 2026 Who’s Who!

The annual guide recognizes nearly 200 leaders shaping West Michigan, and we’re proud to see Cindy among them. Check out the full list: crainsgrandrapids.com/recognitions/whos-who/cgr-whos-who/

10/07/2026

A childhood memory of his grandmother sewing on her porch led Michigan artist Ray Materson to invent an extraordinary medium while incarcerated: palm-sized embroideries made from unraveled sock threads.

Read more from Grand Rapids Magazine, and see 'Ray Materson: Metamorphosis' at GRAM through Jan 3, 2027:

Ray Materson makes art with socks—though you’d never guess it from a first glance.

10/05/2026

Artist Julie Green (1961-2021) spent 22 years painting nearly 1,000 ceramic plates that illustrated the last meals of people on death row in the United States. Now on view at GRAM, The Last Supper marks the first time the full installation has been exhibited in Grand Rapids.

Through our basic need for food and our rituals associated with it, Green invites us to consider the U.S. prison system and the way we think about those who are within it.

Experience Julie Green: The Last Supper Oct 3, 2026 – Oct 24, 2027 at GRAM. https://www.artmuseumgr.org/exhibitions/julie-green-the-last-supper

10/05/2026

🎉 Congratulations Alfield Reeves Photography !!

🏆 ARTPRIZE 2026 WINNER!

Congratulations to Alfield Reeves, honored with the GRAAMF Community Award for In Case You Didn’t Know!

The community has spoken, and this work earned its place among the ArtPrize 2026 winners.

📍 Grand Rapids Art Museum

Congratulations, Alfield! 👏

10/02/2026

Opening Oct 3 at GRAM, Ray Materson: Metamorphosis features intimate embroideries stitched by hand from unraveled sock threads—a medium the artist invented while incarcerated.
 
What started as small gestures of community and survival became a sustained artistic vision encompassing portraiture, personal memory, Americana, theater, and fantasy.
 
𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 
𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁 𝟯 (𝟭𝟬 𝗮𝗺 – 𝟭𝟮 𝗽𝗺)
Members are invited to join Materson and GRAM Associate Curator Terra Warren for coffee and pastries followed by a conversation and guided tour of the exhibition. Register at artmuseumgr.org.