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A festive display of art

Multi-districts — The work of nearly 200 students and 46 schools is on display through Friday, June 16 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily on Skywalk level at DeVos Place Convention Center.

The Youth Arts Show – Festival of the Arts features paintings, drawings and three-dimensional pieces, sponsored by the GVSU Department of Visual and Media Arts.

From left, Grand Rapids Public Schools’ Coit Creative Arts Academy second-grader Arlee Van, shows her mom, Sara, and her dad, Eric, her watercolor “The Lone Hare”
From left, East Grand Rapids Public Schools’ Wealthy Elementary fourth-grader Quinn Freudigmann and his art teacher Peri den Dulk stand with his tempera paint and ink drawing “The Silent Jungle”
From left, Rory Miller and his wife Emily, both on the Festival Youth Arts Committee, say a few words at the Youth Art Reception, along with juror Paul Wittenbraken, Professor and Chair of the Dept. of Visual and Media Arts at GVSU
Juror Paul Wittenbraken, GVSU professor and chair of the Department of Visual and Media Arts, speaks to the young artists and their families about his choices for award winners
From left, Nia Peterson shakes hands with Juror Paul Wittenbraken, GVSU professor and chair of the Department of Visual and Media Arts
From left, award winners stand with their certificates. From left, Wealthy Elementary fourth grader Quinn Freudigmann, Northern Trails sixth-grader Nia Peterson, Coit Creative Arts Academy second-grader Arlee Van, West Ottawa High School senior Shawna Dams and Catholic Central High School sophomore Yaya Munoz

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Dianne Carroll Burdick
Dianne Carroll Burdick
Dianne Carroll Burdick has worked as a photojournalist in the West Michigan area since 1991. A graduate of Western Michigan University, she has photographed for The Grand Rapids Press, USA Today, Sports Illustrated, Detroit Free Press, Advance Newspapers, Grand Rapids Magazine, BLUE Magazine and On-the-Town Magazine. She has been covering the many exciting and thought provoking stories of K-12 public education for School News Network since 2016.

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