The DAAC's new home at 1553 Plainfield Ave is in the Creston Neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Michigan. We are proud to be part of this thriving, funky, & caring art district.
About the Space
- Capacity: 96 people.
- COVID: Masks are strongly encouraged as per our April 20 announcement (subject to change). READ COVID-19 HANDBOOK HERE
- PPE such as face masks, shields, thermometers, gloves, hand sanitizer, disinfectant spray are available for use.
- Four benches + other seating options
- Eight 6-foot folding tables
- Fifty 300lb weight capacity chairs
- Power strips, extension cords
- 100mb Upload/Download Fiber Internet
- Heated & Air Conditioned
- Accessible entrance
- 2 gender neutral bathrooms
- Drinking fountain with bottle filler
- Artist sink
- Mini-fridge
- Microwave
- Coffee Brewer & Schuil Sparrows coffee
- Electric kettle & Golden Hour teas
Panoramic view of venue showing stage and bench seating
- 12' x 16' Platform with ramp
- Yamaha MG16XU 16-channel mixer (extra fee)
- amaha MG10XU mini mixer
- 12-channel snake (extra fee)
- 3 QSC K12 Installed Ceiling Speakers (extra fee)
- 3 QSC K12 Speakers as Monitors or Loose Speakers
- 1 QSC KS118 Subwoofer (extra fee)
- 3 DI boxes
- 10 Microphone Stands & XLR Cables
- 4 SM58 Microphones
- 4 SM57 Microphones
- Vankyo V630 Projector with inputs for : 1 VGA, 1 USB, 1 powered USB, 1 AV, 1 SD Card, 2 HDMI, HDMI-Lightning adapter available. Outputs: 1/8 inch stereo.
- 7 art hanging rails (4 in performance space, 3 in lobby)
- Juno gallery spot lights (12 in performance space, 12 in lobby)
- 3 moving panels for additional art hanging
Temporary load in/load out parking, and accessible parking is allowed on Saunders directly across from The DAAC's entrance. Parking is also allowed on the street according to posted signs.
We have two parking lot use agreements with Berean Baptist Church and Caliber Collision (across Plainfield). These are shown as big green areas on the map:
- Street Parking - OK to park according to posted signs.
- Caliber Collision (across Plainfield) - OK to park after 5pm week days & all weekend.
- Berean Baptist Church lot - except Sunday mornings
- NO parking in Quinn & Tuite's lot.
Map of The DAAC and surrounding buildings and streets. Good to park in the lot belonging to the auto collision repair shop after business hours, or street parking anytime. Good to park in the Berean Baptist Church lot. Do not park in the Quinn and Tuite's lot. Sweet Street and Coit Avenue are the nearest major intersection. Sweet runs east and west, Coit runs north and south. Plainfield Avenue and The DAAC are situated Southeast of Sweet and Coit. Plainfield is a diagonal line running between Sweet and Coit in the Southeast quadrant. Saunders Court connects Coit Avenue and Plainfield, running east to west, chopping the triangular city block in half horizontally. The DAAC is on the corner of Saunders Court and Plainfield. Just north of The DAAC is a large parking lot belonging to Berean Baptist church, marked in green as safe to park. Wrapping around The DAAC's building to the west and south is a parking lot belonging to Quinn & Tuite's Pub, marked in red as NOT safe to park. Across the street on Plainfield is another large lot marked green, belonging to the auto collision repair shop.
Green = OK to Park
Red = DO NOT Park
Questions: info@thedaac.org