 First Friday of every month is always a treat for art lovers in Grand Rapids. Lakeland News reporter Cheryl Moore introduces us to a few of the September artists who work whose work is featured downtown. No matter which day you visit Grand Rapids you're bound to see art in color everywhere you turn. But on the first Friday of every month you can multiply that by 10. It's really nice that there are a lot of these and they're very colorful so it really I think brings some life and vibrance to this new edition of the Rife. First we head to the McCrossey Art Center where we were introduced to two artists. Aaron Olson Reyners is an abstract artist. He hopes his work makes the viewer ask questions. A lot of what they're about has to do with ambiguity so in my own life trying to draw from my own experiences and make work that kind of encapsulates part of who I am and what I know. Nicole Halfkost created her pieces with unique materials such as sewing pattern paper and industrial felt. She holds people will see that there's beauty in things that are a little grotesque. Think with my art. I like to ride this line of like beautiful and creepy so I would love it if people came up and thought it was really lovely but at the same time really strange. Over at the Rife Center there was another gallery going on. The murals you see behind me were painted by the fourth graders of ISD 318 last spring. I basically made like a light purple and a darker purple and then we just did like random colors. The kids created the murals with the help of a professional artist. Aaron Squadroni didn't work on the project but he has worked with the fourth graders before. Whatever I get a chance to work with younger students it's really exciting to sort of see new ideas and see the openness that they have. Both of the galleries will be up until the end of the month so you have a little time to see these artists work for yourself. I liked how it turned out. Reporting in Grand Rapids with this week's InFocus. Shromor, Lakeland News.