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ArtPrize on Tap- Flight #6: Attendees encouraged to share ArtPrize experience
by (tiffewigleben)
Submitted 10-07-2014 under NEWS
What better combination for Grand Rapids than art and beer? Starting in June and throughout ArtPrize, ArtClub has offered ArtPrize On Tap, their newest membership perk. And it’s still going on. Members and their guest have the opportunity to...
Experts take to panel to discuss both public, juried top 20
by (erictank)
Submitted 10-07-2014 under LOCAL LIFE
With ArtPrize into its final lap, the discussions are starting to heat up. Serving to foster dialog about the importance of art and culture and the impact that an event as unique as ArtPrize can have on a local community, "Why These Finalists...
ArtPrize discourse on peace deepens
by (Lee Bloomquist)
Submitted 10-06-2014 under NEWS
“Spread love,” says Kiaralinda Ramquist to participants, on hearing that Grand Rapids Public Schools have been participating in the UN Peace Education Week for 30 years - longer than any other district in the nation. UN Peace Education...
ArtPrize voting heads into Round 2 with 20 public vote finalists
by (Holly)
Submitted 10-05-2014 under NEWS
As the public and juried voting tracks run parallel this year, Round 2 of public voting has shifted significantly as well. Now that the top 20 works (five for each category of 2-D, 3-D, Installation and Time-Based) have been revealed, it's time...
Public responds to discussion of art, disability
by (GRTV)
Submitted 10-05-2014 under NONPROFITS
Saturday night's Critical Discourse panel- Chris Smit, Neil Marcus and Petra Kuppers- discussed disability and art and their roles and voices in society, and involved the audience in a participatory engagement with the realities of...
ArtPrize Off The Beaten Path: Western Michigan University
by (TSzakal)
Submitted 10-04-2014 under LOCAL LIFE
Western Michigan University (WMU) boasts an impressive collection of Fine Arts valued around $3.5 Million ranging from paintings to drawings to textiles. WMU’s main campus is located in Kalamazoo with their downtown Grand Rapids extension...
Artists as disruptors: Building incubators where art, technology meet
by (Mark Holzbach)
Submitted 10-04-2014 under NEWS
A mix of Grand Rapids art, technology, culture, education and business interests turned out last night to hear panelist Julia Kaganskiy, executive director of the New Museum’s four-week-old art and technology co-working incubator NEW INC...
Public responds to discussion of art, tech, new platforms for design incubators
by (GRTV)
Submitted 10-04-2014 under NONPROFITS
Friday night's Critical Discourse panel discussed the intersections between art and technology, growth of intersected art practice and the differences between earning profit and building a sustainable practice. This video is a collection of...
Why time based art takes time: Categorical distinctions of criteria for ArtPrize 2014
by (Micah Silver)
Submitted 10-03-2014 under OPINION
We talk about activities as if some of them take time and others don’t, yet we know that we experience everything as having a duration, whether we savor and put it to memory or not. Whether we are dreaming and time is of a different form,...
Public responds to Art21 preview, artist conversation about process
by (GRTV)
Submitted 10-03-2014 under NONPROFITS
This video is a collection of responses to the Critical Discourse: ART21's "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 7 World Preview Screening on Thursday, October 2. Immediately following the program, two response stations were...