Thank you to the many Michigan Artists who have submitted to this year's ArtPath outdoor exhibition!  So what's next?  Over the next couple of weeks, our jurors will be reviewing each submission to help discover which installations will best fit all river trail locations.

Final selections will be submitted to the City of Lansing for review, and artists will be notified of their acceptance. Stay connected with us at the Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center for updates on accepted submissions, event opportunities and exhibition dates!

We'd like to congratulate and offer our great appreciation to all of this year's applicants, volunteers and sponsors for making another ArtPath year possible. And we wish the best of luck during to all the artists during the juror process!

Maureen Bergquist Gray | Traverse City, MI

Returning Juror from 2020

Maureen Bergquist Gray is a 2018 ARTpath Artist. She received her degree from Northern Michigan University in furniture design and construction with a sculpture minor. After many years using limestone as her primary medium, she began working in steel as a way to produce sculpture designed for the outdoors. Her sculptures can be seen in Chicago, Indianapolis, Kenosha and Appleton WI and Palm Springs CA.

Ruth Koelewyn | Detroit, MI

Ruth Koelewyn uses art to research how we use everyday experiences to inform larger endeavors: learn about the world, be part of society, and bond with others. Her practice includes curatorial projects, collaborative projects, and her individual studio work. This work has been supported by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, the Mondriaan Foundation, and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts among others. Most recently Ruth had a solo show, Skyshapes, at Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center at the end of 2019 and was featured in Essay’d in June 2020.

Ozay Moore | Lansing, MI

Having spent the past 20 years honing his craft, Seattle native Tyson Pumphrey a.k.a Ozay Moore, has experienced Hip Hop at a global level. With 7 solo albums, 4 collaborative group releases, and 10 years of touring the world as a certified emcee, He has found his career meaning more to him at a local level than as a traveling artist.

Ozay has established an organization called “All of the Above” where he and other talented professionals in the local hip hop scene have dedicated themselves to teaching the culture from the perspective of self discipline, community awareness/ responsibility, artistic expression and educational development. Ozay hopes to inspire and empower the youth of his community to not only find a productive passion but to define and achieve personal goals through the process of being a positive contributor the his/her community.

Ozay is also the co-founder of Below the Stacks Mural Festival and a working visual artist.