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Program Or Booklet, Festival 2001

Identifier:
2002.64.1
Description:
Program for the 2001 Festival. 64 pp., printed in black and red, with full color cover showing the 2001 Festival poster of a multi-ethnic crowd of dancers and musicians.;This program documents a significant annual event in the life of this community. The cover art shows a multi-ethnic group of people celebrating together in harmony. This artistic depiction of Grand Rapids society in 2001 may be used in the permanent Ethnic History exhibition.;This program documents a significant annual event in the life of this community. Festival is a large, all volunteer arts festival held each June in downtown Grand Rapids since 1970. The cover art on this program was taken from the annual Festival poster. It shows a multi-ethnic group of people celebrating together in harmony.
Date:
June 3 2001
Materials:
Paper
Dimensions:
8.5" h 5.5" w
Current Location Status:
In Storage
Collection Tier:
Tier 2
Source:
Gift Of Fred And Gina Bivins
Related Entities:
Arts Council Of Greater Grand Rapids (creator) The Cable Company (creator) Scott Tiedgen (creator) Gina Bivins (donor) Festival of the Arts (creator)
 Festival of the Arts is an annual three-day celebration of West Michigan arts and artists which takes place in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, on the first full weekend in June.

In 1969, Alexander Calder’s La Grande Vitesse was installed in front of City Hall in downtown Grand Rapids in an area now called Calder Plaza. “La Grande Vitesse” is French for “the great swiftness” or “the grand rapids."

The Calder stabile inspired arts organizers in Grand Rapids to develop a FREE community celebration of the arts on the plaza on which the Calder was built. Alexander Calder – himself a big fan of community arts festivals – created the original sun logo as a gift for the event. This logo is still in use today.

Over the next 40+ years, the event grew to encompass nearly all of downtown Grand Rapids, with many more performance stages, exhibits, and activities attracting almost half a million people every year, and becoming one of the largest volunteer driven arts event in the nation.