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Art

Paintings, books, music, plays and other arts are effective ways of communicating environmental issues.

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Odes to the Great Lakes: GVSU exhibition showcases collaborative pieces

By admin | February 18, 2016

The gallery features the works of artists with close connections to the region.

Recreation
Sanctuary Theater

Alpena film festival filled with Great Lakes and ocean flicks

By Kevin Duffy | January 26, 2016

The fourth-annual Thunder Bay International Film Festival dives into Great Lakes shipwrecks, conservation and transport.

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Book explores Michigan’s shadow villages and ghost towns

By Capital News Service and Eric Freedman | January 15, 2016

Retired librarian resurrects their past, tells their stories.

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Investigating environmental soundscapes

By Kayla Smith | January 11, 2016

Environmental sounds of the Great Lakes region produce scientific analysis, guitar-playing finches and a spiritual balance.

Land
Paper making equipment

Artist prints native plants on invasive species

By Kayla Smith | October 21, 2015

Jane Kramer prints the shadows of endangered plants on paper crafted from the invaders that threaten them.

Recreation

Michigan filmmaker sets coming of age story in Upper Peninsula

By Kayla Smith | October 15, 2015

“Superior” based on 1,300 mile bicycle trip taken by two boys at the crossroads of uncertain futures.

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ArtPrize bowls, Elaine Harlow

Artists raise awareness about abandoned farms and child hunger

By Cheyna Roth | October 13, 2015

The Food Fix podcasters visited ArtPrize in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, to talk to people who are taking a more artistic route to feed the world.

Recreation
Back-country camping, Moheb Soliman

Minnesota-based artist travels around the Great Lakes in four months

By WKAR Current State | October 12, 2015

Current State talks with a Minnesota-based poet artist who traveled along all the Great Lakes shorelines this summer for his project H.O.M.E.S.

Root of our Legacy by Autumn Bildson
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ArtPrize: From solar sound to four-season photography

By Amelia Havanec | October 9, 2015

Recently Echo visited ArtPrize in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan to talk with artists who’ve put an environmental spin on their work.

Recreation
Emeka Ikebude at ArtPrize

The Food Fix: ArtPrize artist creates piece on water scarcity

By David Poulson | October 8, 2015

The Food Fix podcasters visited ArtPrize in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, to talk to people who are taking a more artistic route to feed the world.

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Environmental news of the Great Lakes region from the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University.

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