sculpture from 2009
At least three members of this site are exhibiting: sculptor
Jerry Berta, artist
Sara Youngman and digital artist
John Leben.
The opening is tomorrow night with parties throughout the downtown. I have invitations to three!
The opening is tomorrow night with parties throughout the downtown. I have invitations to three!
ArtPrize, a radically open, city-wide art competition will take over Grand Rapids, Michigan from September 22 to October 10, 2010.
ArtPrize awards the world's largest cash prize for an art competition: $250,000 for first place, and $449,000 in total prize money. The event exists as a catalyst for a deeper relationship between art and the public. There is no central jury or curator and the prize is awarded by public vote. Artists and venues connect directly with one another through ArtPrize.org. Venues range from professionally curated art institutions and public parks, to businesses and unused spaces.
ArtPrize began in 2009, with 200,000 people debating and voting on over 1,200 works of art. This year promises to be even bigger, with 1,713 entries filling 192 venues throughout downtown Grand Rapids.
Voting takes place in two rounds:
Round One: September 22 - September 29. Visitors can vote up or down for as many entries as they'd like.
Round Two: September 30 - October 6. The top ten are announced. Visitors can vote up for only one of the finalists. The winner is announced October 7. All the artwork stays on view through October 10.
There's a lot to see, and a lot to do!
See the ArtPrize Calendar for a full list of events. Here are a few highlights:
Concerts! - Performing are top acts Natasha Bedingfield, David Archuleta, indie-rock band Surfer Blood and other musical acts.
Neighborhood Parties! - The ArtPrize district is divided into five neighborhoods, each with a fantastic party during the first week. You can watch West Side Story on the Westside, challenge an artist to Pictionary on the North end, get inspired and paint a canvas with the whole family, and much, much more.
Lectures! - ArtPrize features a phenomenal lecture series. Speakers include Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, co-director and curator of the Athens Biennale; Paul Ha, director of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis; Jeff Speck, city planner and architectural designer and former director of design at the National Endowment for the Arts, and more.
Are you participating? Let us know so we can find you and vote for you!
Comments
Oh yes, this business requires lots of stamina...long hours of standing and smiling on top of that.
What does vote up or down mean?