{"id":8727,"date":"2021-03-30T11:05:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T17:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/?p=8727"},"modified":"2025-01-25T13:35:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T19:35:41","slug":"free-spring-walking-tours-in-grand-rapids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/free-spring-walking-tours-in-grand-rapids\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Spring Walking Tours in Grand Rapids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MARCH 29, 2021 | Walking Tours | Shield Insurance Bog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Downtown GR Now Offering Free Spring Walking Tours<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Topics include public art, history and notable landmarks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Downtown Grand Rapids Inc. partnered with Grand Rapids Running Tours to offer visitors free walking tours around Downtown Grand Rapids throughout this spring season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These walking tours explore topics ranging from public art, history and iconic Downtown landmarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All tours meet at Rosa Parks Circle and no registration is necessary. First come, first serve. Please bring your masks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See the full schedule below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rad Women Walking Tours<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

March 30, 9:00 – 11:30 AM<\/em>

This #WomensHistoryMonth, celebrate the #RadAmericanWomen throughout history via public art and FREE walking tours around #DowntownGR! The artwork and tours are based on the New York Times bestselling book “Rad American Women A-Z” by Kate Schatz<\/a>. With a total of 27 works of public art on electrical boxes featuring portraits of #RadWomen from Angela Davis to Zora Neale Hurston, the tour will give you a background on each public figure and the Rad Local Artist behind each artwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miles of Murals Walking Tours<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

April 7, 6:00 PM., Miles of Murals Part One Walking Tour
April 14, 10:00 AM, Miles of Murals Part One Walking Tour
April 21, 6:00 PM, Miles of Murals Part Two Walking Tour
April 28, 10:00 AM, Miles of Murals Part Two Walking Tour<\/em>

Who says art museums must be inside, enclosed with 4 walls, a ceiling, and a floor? Swirling all about us in Grand Rapids are intriguing artworks on sides of buildings, underneath highway overpasses, on retaining walls, street surfaces, and utility boxes. These are murals – street and wall artworks – painted by artists that celebrate beauty, calls to action, or tributes to heroes. The murals transform otherwise unnoticeable – or worse – blighted spaces into a must-see, energizing attraction. Viewing these murals is a study in local history, community activism, and sheer expressions of creativity\u2026 art all the time! So many murals, so little time – so the walk is divided into two parts\u2026 we pick up where we left off when we meet for Part Two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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