Arts Advocacy - January 2008 - present Working with Investment Property Associates to develop opportunities for GVSU artist and alum to display their work at a new mixed-use development in Allendale, MI.
Trees Please: 2006 to present Working with activist neighbors and friends we have been actively working to save our Urban Forest. Activities have included grant writing, tree planting, educating and advocating!	(click on images for more info)
Wealthy Heights Community Land Trust: 2003-2007 Working with several project partners we are developing the first land trust in Grand Rapids that will revitalize while providing perpetual affordable home ownership options.
Uptown Collaboration: 2003-2006 Worked on developing and supporting a collaboration between four adjacent business districts based on marketing potential. The effort grew to encompass the area neighborhood associations and was awarded a Cool Cities designation by the State of Michigan. The Uptown Committee is now a self-sustaining entity guided by representatives from each partner organization. www.uptowngr.org
Free Radical Gallery: 2002-2005 various locations around Grand Rapids, MI Created an arts based economic development tool that provided alternative venues for artists to display their work; reconnected art and artists with the larger community; and provided a means to showcase the potential of traditional business districts. Click on icon for more info. Click here to watch Free Radical video.
Wealthy Street Banners, 2004 In collaboartion with ArtWorks, I worked with teen apprentices in developing banners for the Wealthy Street Business District. I produced the final designs from patterns developed by the students. www.artworksgr.org
Lafayette Mural Organized and directed a collaboration where a highway overpass was transformed into a community gateway. Click on picture for more pictures.
Coit Kids Grow Developed and presented an interactive, interdisciplinary science through art curriculum to central-city 6th graders. The final works were exhibited at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Art.
Belknap Kids Salsa Garden, Belknap Community Garden Assisted with the development and upkeep of a community garden in an central-city neighborhood. Area residents and children were educated on gardening from seed start to food preservation.
Photo OutLook Organized a mentorship program between local photographers and central-city youths focusing on the photographic process