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ArtPrize's 2016 Annual Report Breakfast yields growth, changes for city's landscape
by (Marjorie Steele)
Submitted 03-10-2016 under NEWS
ArtPrize’s leadership team announced several big changes in their 2016 Annual Report Breakfast this morning. While most of the morning’s announcements presented exciting opportunities for both ArtPrize and Grand Rapids - expanded grants...
New coffee shop ups brewing game
by (averym92)
Submitted 10-27-2015 under NEWS
Jam N Bean (161 Ottawa Ave NW) has only been open a few weeks, but it is already one of two locations in the Grand Rapids area, an ArtPrize venue, and a leader in new brewing methods. The shop on Ottawa opened on September 1, and it currently has...
SiTE:LAB community creates one more surprise at final performance of grand prize winner
by (Holly)
Submitted 10-12-2015 under OPINION
Late into a night of celebrating at SiTE:LAB on Friday after the ArtPrize Awards Ceremony, members of the team of volunteers animatedly discussed how to retrofit a swing to accommodate long-time volunteer Toni Bal. Bal is in a wheelchair as a long-...
Why we need to admit Hometown Hero is sentimental pandering, not art
by (Marjorie Steele)
Submitted 10-09-2015 under OPINION
ArtPrize goers, creators and critics: we need to talk about the elephant in the room. Earlier this week, I watched three well established, well respected art curators trip over themselves to avoid saying what they really thought about one...
Rapidian on the street: Public at Amway Grand respond to Why These Finalist panelists
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 10-08-2015 under NONPROFITS
Critical Discourse event portions of video courtesy of WOOD TV8 With four of the 20 ArtPrize public vote finalists located at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, The Rapidian and GRTV went down after Why These Finalists: Part 2 to talk to people...
Join in viewings of ArtPrize Awards Ceremony
by (lydiajoy)
Submitted 10-07-2015 under LOCAL LIFE
Halfway through the last week of ArtPrize Seven, excitement is building to the final Awards Ceremony and the announcement of the winners of both the Juror and Public Vote prize winners. The ceremony will be held on Friday, October 9 at 8 p.m at the...
Last chance to vote in ArtPrize: Juror Sarah Urist Green shares ideas on how to make your votes count
by (lydiajoy)
Submitted 10-07-2015 under LOCAL LIFE
With two days left to vote in ArtPrize Seven, stakes are higher than ever as the prize winners will soon be announced. ArtPrize is one of few major art events which incorporates both a jury panel and public voting. Now that the Top 20 Finalists have...
Rapidian on the street: Public at Ford Museum responds to Why These Finalists panel
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 10-07-2015 under NONPROFITS
Critical Discourse event portions of video courtesy of WOOD TV8 With five of the 20 ArtPrize finalists discussed at Why These Finalists: Part 1 located at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, The Rapidian and GRTV headed down to that...
Participation, humor, magic trump sheer size at Why These Finalists Part 2
by (Marjorie Steele)
Submitted 10-07-2015 under NEWS
Video courtesy of WOOD TV8 What elements make a participatory work…work? What makes magic? And why on earth was that death row prisoner given spaghetti instead of spaghettios? These were the key focal points of last night’s...
Why These Finalists prompts conversation about ArtPrize Top 40
by (averym92)
Submitted 10-06-2015 under NEWS
Video courtesy of WOOD TV8 After the release of the top 20 public vote finalists, jurors gathered last night to discuss public and jury ArtPrize finalists. It was a night that included discussions of race and violence, what makes one piece of...