Plein Air and Performance + by Festival of the Arts

Welcome to 2021! Festival of the Arts offers a very different experience this year with Plein Air. Due to Covid, our leadership created a new Art for All experience for the community to enjoy, engage, and celebrate.

Join us all weekend long.

Plein Air offers the following opportunities to engage and enjoy June 4,5,6, 2021.

  • Artists creating works of art live each day between 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM .
  • Instrumentalist musicians Saturday, June 5 11:30AM – 1:30 PM, 3:30-5:30 PM, 6:00-8:00 PM on Monroe Center and Ottawa Ave.
View our schedule

Take a look at all that Festival 2021 has to offer.

Plein Air,  Regional Arts Awards, Honorary Co-Chair Announcement, Grand River Exhibition, Fred and Gina Bivins Legacy Award, Artisan Village profile, and so much more.

Join us Friday, June 4, 2021 5:00 – 7:00 PM for an outdoor video viewing of our virtual festival video at Studio Park 123 Ionia Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503.  Bring a chair!