The Bitter End

This is a project I did on an excellent coffee shop located in downtown Grand Rapids - The Bitter End.

The Bitter End Coffeehouse from Meredith Laden on Vimeo.

A Day in the Life

A audio slideshow I made about my lovely friend Janessa.

A Day in the Life from Meredith Laden on Vimeo.

Newest Portfolio

The Golden Eagles come in for a huddle before the action begins at a home game on Sept. 29, 2010. The Cornerstone University women's volleyball team played against Aquinas College.


Emma Kelly and Paul Ochoa celebrate a snowy Valentine’s Day. The couple met during high school and they have been together for five years.


Mudbowl is an annual homecoming tradition at Cornerstone University. Each class competes in flag football for the title of Mudbowl Champions. The catch - the game is in a field of pure mud. Sophomore, Joy McFadden, gets down and dirty in a pink formal gown. She may look like a girl, but she doesn't play like one.


Lainey Simms, age 8, stands in front of Snider and Hocking’s ArtPrize piece called, Relics. All the items in Relics were found in abandoned buildings and junkyards in Detroit, Mich.



Cornerstone University's Bryan Pasciak and Grace Bible College sophomore Ryan Dame make a jump for the ball. The Cornerstone men's basketball team played their first game of the season on Nov. 9 at Grace.










Balloons from Robert Bose’s ArtPrize entry stretch across the Grand Rapids skyline. Thick fishing line, wind, and helium hold hundreds of balloons suspended over the Grand River for the piece titled, Balloon Chain. Bose was inspired to make Balloon Chain after using balloons as a way for him and his girlfriend to keep track of each other when they were at Burning Man in the desert. “It’s not the best story ever,” Bose said, “but that’s how it happened!”

The beauty of love as it was made to be.

October is a Symphony

Cornerstone University, Grand Rapids

Cornerstone University, Grand Rapids

Eastown Antiques, Grand Rapids


Portland, MI

Cornerstone University, Grand Rapids

Pontiac Lake

Pontiac Lake, MI

Cornerstone University, Grand Rapids

More ArtPrize

Two-year-old Logan explores the Wonder Wagon at the Plan B village. Plan B is a piece by the Beerhorst family that speculates what will happen to our world if gasoline becomes unavailable and electricity becomes intermittent.

Lainey Simms, age 8, stands in front of Snider and Hocking’s piece called, Relics. All the items in Relics were found in abandoned buildings and junkyards in Detroit, Mich.

Placed around the city of Grand Rapids are 20 pianos saying "Play Me, I'm Yours". The artist, Luke Jerram, designed the pianos as a way to get people talking and expressing themselves. After ArtPrize the pianos will be donated to schools and community groups around Grand Rapids.


Balloon Chain by Robert Bose

Mudbowl - a Cornerstone University homecoming tradition.

A little football in the mud never hurt anyone.





Mudbowl Essential = The most ridiculous clothing you can find.


People are puttin' on their gameface - literally.

She may look like a girl, but she doesn't play like one.

This was her reaction to a teammate's broken finger. So, I guess I lied about mud football never hurting anyone. Sorry Holli-Noelle.


Huddle.

Katherine's Backyard

Art Prize 2010

Uncorked by Artist Stephanie Schlatter
Wine tasting and gorgeous glass.





Dream Collection by Heather Holloman
This piece had 378 jars, each representing a dream. Each jar had a tag describing the dream and floating inside the water-filled jars were items that represented the dream.

Katie

This is my brother.

On a family trip to Mackinac Island we rode the "fast ferry" over to the island.

Noah

Kosovo-ness

So I made a blog just for photos from my Kosovo trip. Enjoy!

http://http://kosovo2010.blogspot.com/

Alicia

Portfolio

Sidewalk observers watch as Jeff Stahl, ice artist, creates Pegasus out of a block of ice at the Grand Haven Ice Festival in Downtown Grand Haven on February 13, 2010.



Cornerstone University senior Danika Sweazey takes her position as ball girl for the CU women’s soccer team on October 27, 2009 during a game against Aquinas.



On March 5, 2010 Cornerstone hosted a business breakfast with a panel of Grand Rapids professionals. Students and businessmen and women attended the event. The featured panelists at the event were (Left to right) John Bultema, president of Fifth Third Bank of West Michigan; Maureen Girkins, president of Zondervan; Chico Daniels, president of Mel Trotter Ministries; and Mick McGraw, president of Eastbrook Builders.



Carl Hermann works on creating a stained glass American flag in his basement workshop. Hermann is 91 year old and has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, but he does not let that stop him from doing what he loves. He hopes to make 17 of these small flags to give to family and friends after he dies.


Sandy Boston Morritt grooms and bathes a cocker spaniel named Sophie at her Nunica, Mich. business, Ultimutt Dog Designs.



Cornerstone students Matt Roberts, Ian Grotenhuis, and Jeff Bodtke make some noise and excite the crowd at a Cornerstone University women’s soccer game.



Butterflies like this monarch fly free at the Frederick Meijer Gardens butterfly exhibit in Grand Rapids, Mich. Open from March 1 through April 30, it is the largest temporary butterfly exhibit in the nation.


Models strut their stuff to benefit the Center for Women in Transition at A Night of Fashion. The night included a silent auction, live entertainment, and a fashion show exhibiting the latest spring fashions from local Grand Haven stores. Participating stores included Michigan Rag, Aberdeen's Children's Clothing, Purple Rose, and Dockside.


Emma Kelly and Paul Ochoa celebrate a snowy Valentine’s Day. The couple met during high school and they have been together for five years.


Cub Scout Pack 3032 of Robinson Township celebrates the 100th year of scouting at their yearly Blue and Gold Banquet. The scouts toss numbered ping pong balls to determine which tables could line up for dinner first.



Every August the city of Grand Haven fills with tourists and U.S coast guard affiliates for a coast guard festival. The Lake Michigan town receives coast guard ships from all over the nation for the occasion.