Cook Library Center's 2nd Birthday!

We wanted to take this opportunity to send out a big thank you to
all of our donors for great two years at the Cook Library
Center in our new home at 1100 Grandville Avenue SW.  Thank you
for your support because it helps us to help our community!


Thank you also to Calvin StreetFest participants from Boer-Benink
Hall.  Our Cook Library students recently worked alongside the
Calvin volunteers to help clean our library.  We organized books
and cleaned the many windows in our library.  Thank you Calvin
volunteers for all your help!

Grandville Avenue Arts & Humanities administers the programs 
of the Cook Library Center.

ArtPrize!

Grandville Avenue Arts & Humanities provided a fun paper sculpture art activity on Saturday, October 2 from 2-4pm at GVSU in collaboration with ArtPrize. Artists of all ages were invited to our Sculpture Celebration Station to partake in the fun. Thank you to our great volunteers who helped out that day, Berny, Nancy, and Erick, and GVSU for making this event possible!

Grandville Avenue Arts & Humanities administers the programs of the Cook Arts Center and the Cook Library Center.

Grupo Tarasco Dances at Rosa Parks

Grupo Tarasco, the dance company of the Cook Arts Center, performed on Thursday, September 30th at Rosa Parks Circle to a packed crowd attending the unveiling of a new sculpture. The six-foot statue will find a new home at Rosa Parks Circle after committee members spent years working and raised over $370,000 to make it happen. We were pleased to have our dance troup be a part of the celebration and recognition of Rosa Parks' life.

Grandville Avenue Arts & Humanities administers the programs of the Cook Arts Center.

El Loteria at the Cook Arts Center

On Friday, September 24, the Grand Valley State University's Latin
American Studies program hosted El Loteria at the Cook Arts
Center.  The program started at 5pm and ran until 7pm with over
30 people in attendance. Before the playing  began, one of
GVSU's professors acted as El Griton whose job it is to call out
the name of the cards.  In addition, El Griton also talked about
the history  of El Loteria in Mexico.  Several winners emerged
throughout the night and they were rewarded with prices. In
addition, GVSU provided Mexican food for everyone to enjoy.

Grandville Avenue Arts & Humanities administers the
programs of the Cook Arts Center.

Happenings at the Cook Library Center...

On September 9, the Career Day speaker at the Cook Library Center was
Amy Brower who is Associate Director of Grandville Avenue Arts &
Humanities (GAAH).  She shared her educational experiences which
prepared her for her job with GAAH.  The students also played
Pictionary using terms that are skills or requirements in Amy's job.
The  students were great listeners and had a great time!  Also happening 
that week, a group of Aquinas art students had a ball
with our students by making play dough.  You can see the fun that was
had by all in the photos above!

Grandville Avenue Arts & Humanities administers the programs of the  
Cook Library Center.