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From a young age, 16-year-old art prodigy Autumn de Forest knew that she wanted to spend her life creating art. “I feel as though that creating is honestly what makes the world interesting,” says [...]

Park West Gallery is bringing one of the founding fathers of the Impressionist movement to the gallery’s hometown—Detroit. Park West Gallery and the Park West Foundation are sponsoring “Monet: [...]

Enjoy the sounds of today’s top jazz performers and the sights of artwork by renowned artist Alfred “Alex” Gockel during the 2017 Amelia Island Jazz Festival. The annual jazz festival, held on [...]

Less than 10 percent of Michigan’s foster care children who graduate high school enroll in college. Less than 1 percent of those who do go on to college will graduate. In spite of these bleak [...]

At the age of 10, Dominic Pangborn was adopted by a family in Jackson, Michigan. Now, 55 years later, the Jackson Art Network is honoring his artistic legacy with a museum in his hometown. The [...]

Some people call intense creativity being “in the zone” or having “laser-like focus,” but for art prodigy Autumn de Forest, it’s entering a serene white room. “My White Room is an imaginary place [...]

The Park West Foundation celebrated the Class of 2017 high school and college graduates at a special ceremony on July 20 at the Skyline Club in Southfield, Michigan, allowing for those with [...]

Park West Gallery’s non-profit arm, the Park West Foundation, serves as a facilitator and funding resource for organizations seeking to enrich and care for the lives of others. The foundation [...]

Early exposure to the arts can positively impact a child. Master artists Rembrandt van Rijn and Pablo Picasso didn’t wait until they were grown up to realize their artistic talents, they started [...]

Artists Guy Harvey and Andrew Bone don’t want their paintings to become the only remaining evidence of Earth’s diverse wildlife. Bone and Harvey do more than just paint beautiful images of [...]