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ArtPrize 2013: Jessica Vitale's Look at this Land of Opportunity

Submitted 10-06-2013 under LOCAL LIFE

For her first year at ArtPrize, Jessica Vitale came bearing an artwork rich in cultural commentary.

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ArtPrize art still on display at West Coast Coffee

Submitted 10-05-2013 under OPINION

One of the best little ArtPrize venues in the center of town features art and excellent coffee.

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In Season: October 5, 2013

Submitted 10-04-2013 under NONPROFITS

Autumn bounty is in full swing this beautiful first weekend of October! Explore what this season has to offer at Fulton Street from 8-3.

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Story Matters: Artist Delora Buford-Buchanan describes her experience creating work with her daughter for ArtPrize

Submitted 10-04-2013 under NONPROFITS

Delora Buford-Buchanan was last in Grand Rapids when she was 15 for a baton twirling convention, and is amazed at the changes she sees now as an ArtPrize contestant.

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Story Matters: Jacobee Rose Buchanan shares experience at ArtPrize as artist

Submitted 10-04-2013 under NONPROFITS

Jacobee Rose Buchanan came to being an artist through her experiences in dance. She and her mother Delora Buford-Buchanan came to ArtPrize together as artists competing in the event.

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Story Matters: Dan Broekhuizen sees benefit of exposure to art at ArtPrize

Submitted 10-04-2013 under NONPROFITS

Dan Broekhuizen has seen downtown change drastically since he was a student at Calvin. He appreciates the chance his family and the community has to be exposed to art during ArtPrize

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Story Matters: Sarah Bowling and Aaron Hendrick's ArtPrize engagement story

Submitted 10-04-2013 under NONPROFITS

Aaron Hendricks proposed to his fiance Sarah Bowling during this year's ArtPrize, with a special surprise for her at the Amway Grand Hotel.

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High and low art

Submitted 10-03-2013 under OPINION

Is it useful to think of art in terms of high and low?

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Story Matters: Mateo Pava's philosophy on what makes art

Submitted 10-03-2013 under NONPROFITS

Mateo Pava saw an ArtPrize entry at The BOB that made him wonder what makes something art-or not. We sat down with him at SiTE:LAB and he told us what he's learned.

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Story Matters: Kristin Underhill, Zoe Carmichael explain site-specific art

Submitted 10-02-2013 under NONPROFITS

Kristin Underhill and Zoe Carmichael, both longtime volunteers at SiTE:LAB, talk about what they love about being a part of SiTE:LAB's work with artists.

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