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All Art Works Welcomes Joseph Whitaker to Grand Rapids

By Shelley Irwin

Published August 26, 2023 at 10:13 PM EDT

All Art Works in downtown GR welcomes the work of Joseph Whitaker: Love, Art, and Redemption. We talk with artist Joseph Whitaker and AAW’s Coleman Brooke about Whitaker’s Story, finding art-making while incarcerated, and how it saved his life.

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Shelley Irwin

Shelley Irwin is the host and producer for The Shelley Irwin Show, a news magazine talk-show format on the local NPR affiliate Monday through Friday. The show, broadcast at 9 a.m., features a wide variety of local and national news makers, plus special features.

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