Online Photo Essay

The saying goes that many hands make light work. They also make beautiful work. You will be amazed at what GVSU hands can do...

Local Anishinaabe artist Jason Quigno created a commissioned sculpture for Grand Valley State University's Pew Grand Rapids Campus.

The carved Anishinaabek limestone sculpture, Akii Ndodem (Earth Totem), was created to show the connectedness of humanity.

Quigno created the piece at this southwest Grand Rapids studio, using flowing, somewhat repetitive lines to represent water and to make the stone seem as if it's moving. He hopes people looking at the 20-foot sculpture in downtown Grand Rapids will feel a sense of peace.

This is a photo gallery of the Chancellor's Arts Showcase featuring the Mizzou School of Music, School of Visual Studies, Department of Theatre, Department of Architectural Studies and the Department of Textile & Apparel Management. Historic Missouri Theater, Columbia, MO. 

The video was done by other members of my team. I am solely submitting based on the photos. 

Damon Coyle creates lifelike simulators for the medical, nursing and veterinary medicine simulation labs. Through varied uses of silicone into molds (that he built and sculpted) and traditional artistry, he's able to create an incredibly valuable service to students through hands-on learning at a fraction of the cost for a more realistic product. 

This was my first graduation to photograph and it was split between two locations. 

How would you judge a crystal? Or better yet, how would you grow one?

Would you attend to every detail to get a perfectly clear and well-shaped example? Or would you let your imagination run wild, and create a “coolest” crystal?

That was the challenge presented to the K-12 students and teachers across the country who took part in the 2022 U.S. Crystal Growing Competition last October.

Discovering the link between art and nature made a significant impact on Taylor Robers as a young artist. As an MFA student and the 2022-23 artist-in-residence with the UB Arts Collaboratory, Robers says she feels empowered to translate her curiosity for forest ecosystems and related research into tangible forms.

A one-of-a-kind landscape opened an awe-inspiring opportunity of learning and adventure to two groups of Johnson County Community College students who traveled to Iceland in July and August of 2022.

 NOTE: Click on 1st image on the page for a slide show version without the image crops. For many, the Conservatory and Plant Biology collection is a tropical escape from the winter blues. Behind-the-scenes, student workers keep the lush paradise in good care.