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Souvenirs ➔ T-shirt, Festival '90

Identifier:
2006.22.4
Description:
This is a yellow short sleeve t-shirt with a red and black grid pattern screened on the front. The grid contains alternating views of the 1990 Festival of the Arts logo in black and red and the Calder Plaza Stabile in red. The words Festival June 1, 2, 3, and Grand Rapids, MI also screened on the front. There is nothing on the back.

There is a black cloth label sewn to the inside neck. The label has the name of the manufacturer, material content, and washing directions. |
Date:
1990
Materials:
Silk Screened, Cotton, Polyester
Dimensions:
3" h 32" w
Current Location Status:
In Storage
Collection Tier:
Tier 2
Source:
Gift Of Mary Jane Keeler
Related Entities:
Screen Stars (creator)
Alternate names: Screen Stars Best
Screen Stars was a very recognizable t-shirt brand in the 1980s that was manufactured under Fruit of the Loom. The company focused on creating black shirts to provide to other companies for the purpose of screen printing.  Mrs. Mary Jane Keeler (donor) Festival of the Arts (is related to)
 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.