Artist Exhibits

August 26, 2025 - September 26, 2025

Raymond Trujillo was born in Miguel Aleman in Tamaulipas Mexico, near the border between Mexico and the United States. At the age of 18 Raymond came to the United States to Edinburg Texas, where he continued his education. He joined the art club in high school. He became the president of that club during that time. He also became the “art student” of the year for three years. He began doing his own art exhibit at various locations in town. After high school, he moved to Houston Texas, where he attended the Art Institute of Houston. He graduated with a degree in visual communications. From there, he began work at a newspaper as a graphic designer.

After two years, he relocated to Grand Rapids Michigan and worked for El Vocero Hispano. He attended Kent Career Technical Center and then Grand Rapids Community College.

Through the college, he began to have various art exhibit. He participated in community festivals. At the Latino Tulip Arts and Film Festival he won first place in the art competition. Since then he has been doing murals for various businesses and in private homes.

October 1, 2025 - October 30, 2025

From a very young age, a series of family members helped me to really see the world around me: skies, plants, trees, animals and man made objects. Soon I was encouraged to draw, and then paint with simple watercolor media. When college career choices were required, art was simply an elective, but this was eventually reversed and art became my focus for a degree. Upon graduation, I worked for a short time as a commercial artist. Finally, a full time teaching opportunity became available in a high school completion program in the Grand Rapid Public School System. Most of my classes were in drawing, painting and fine arts lecturing. Students ranged from older teens to senior citizens. I continued to teach and learn until retirement followed by teaching some classes through Forest Hills Community Enrichment.
For now, there is still so much to see and interpret in the is world. So again I draw and paint as a daily part of my life.

November 4, 2025 - December 16, 2025

This annual exhibit features a wide variety of art. It is made up of any staff member of FHPS that would like to exhibit their works and anyone that is currently or has recently taken any of the community enrichment art classes offered at the Fine Arts Center or participates in open painting at the Community Center.

January 7, 2026 - February 6, 2026

Welcome to the “Wacky World” of Cyn Tennant’s art! Cyn is a self taught artist who creates unique pieces, usually incorporating and repurposing castaway parts and pieces of daily life. For example, in the past, she used: wall and mantle clocks, dish soap containers, gum ball machines, old violins, shoes and old heaters to name a few.
She spent her early adulthood as a wife, mother of 2 sons and a fitness instructor at East Hills Athletic Club. Cyn currently teaches sculpting for Forest Hills Community Enrichment. She and Lance also teach classes at Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts, a nationally recognized nonprofit school of arts and crafts in Mineral Point, Wisconsin.
In the last 10 years, Cyn has been fortunate enough to win several awards in Grand Rapids Festival of the Arts, had one of her pieces featured in “Art Doll Quarterly”, and was a featured artist in the 2023 Autumn Brilliance Magazine.
Cyn is a playful artist who thoroughly enjoys the creative process and includes a lot of her humor in her finished pieces. Enjoy the unique work and engaging personality of this inventive 72 year young artist.

February 10, 2026 - March 12, 2026

Jennifer Gould: My work is highly influenced by nature and the landscape around me, both outside and within myself. Organic forms enthrall me because of their inherent rhythm: the sky, the clouds, trees, twigs, leaves, water, insects, birds, the wind and air --- anything wild. Using surface design techniques such as dyeing, discharging, deconstructed screen printing, photo transfer, painting, printing, resisting, felting, weaving, shibori stitching with indigo dyeing, embroidery and freeform machine stitching, creates fabrics of depth and emotion. Multiple layers create atmosphere and perspective. Stitching brings attention to wind direction or personal views.

Suzanne Ditsler: I began needle felting about 15 years ago. My interest was in 3-D creations. I began with birds, went to making small mice and now am back to mostly birds. One bird at a time. Nature has always been my go to with Needle felting. I do wet felting but only to complete my 3-D projects. My interest in the 3-D product comes out of my time at the University of Michigan school of art, now Penny Stamps where I majored in sculpture and minored in pottery. I love the sculpture effect you get with the needle. You can never make a mistake. Adding color and texture is endless in variety. Anyone can do it. It sharpens your observation skills and relaxes the mind. Take a class somewhere!

March 18, 2026 - May 8, 2026

The 2025 Exhibit was the first since COVID that every school in the district was represented. Kindergarten through 12th Grade students had art displayed in this exhibit. With over 100 frames and some frames containing 2-4 pieces of art this exhibit is a great example of the amazing art that our talented art teachers are teaching and inspiring.

May 20, 2026 - June 26, 2026

For 40 years I was a functional potter, making useful objects to sell in galleries and shows. In 1995 I started my own gallery featuring my pottery and the work of over 120 American craft makers. After 20 years of owning my gallery I decided (with the help of worn out hands) that it was time for a change.
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Since 2013 I have been rediscovering painting on canvas and wood panels with acrylic paint. My focus is on the peace that spending time with Lake Michigan brings me and incorporating that tranquility into my art. My goal is to give more of an impression of how being at this huge body of freshwater feels rather than how it looks exactly. See if a piece speaks to you. I hope it does.