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Grand Rapids artist garners finalist position on Jurors' Shortlist

Submitted 09-30-2015 under LOCAL LIFE

Monroe "Akibang" O'Bryant makes the Jurors' Shortlist for 2-D with a thought-provoking graphic series of photos re-enacting crimes in the Grand Rapids area in 2012-2013 at the GRAM.

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BREAKTHROUGH encourages audiences to rise from ashes

Submitted 09-30-2015 under NEWS

Laura Bennett and the Breakthrough Team hope to de-stigmatize mental illness and create a judgement free space with their ArtPrize submission "BREAKTHROUGH."

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St. Cecilia sends buskers to ArtPrize

Submitted 09-30-2015 under NEWS

St. Cecilia Music Center is sending out buskers who have entered ArtPrize as performers to show connections between the performing and visual arts.

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When Critical Discourse is anything but: A Midwest call out of art scenes and community

Submitted 09-30-2015 under OPINION

What does "critical" and "discourse" and "art" and "community" outside of academic and institutional buzzwords mean, even?

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Rapidian on the street: The Last Supper

Submitted 09-30-2015 under NONPROFITS

What are visitors thinking about Julie Green's work at The Fed Galleries at KCAD, where hundreds of plates depict last meal requests on death row?

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Women Who Rock!

Submitted 09-29-2015 under NONPROFITS

Anissa Eddie, co-owner of Malamiah Juice Bar in the Downtown Market, is shaping the Grand Rapids community, one juice at a time.

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Jurors' Shortlist Announcement narrows selection for ArtPrize winners

Submitted 09-29-2015 under NEWS

During the Jurors' Shortlist Announcement on September 28 at the ArtPrize HUB, five jurors announced their top selections, and talked about what makes ArtPrize- and our community's interaction with it- important.

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Community Challenge aims to promote economic equity and increase neighborhood business growth, sustainability

Submitted 09-29-2015 under OPINION

The challenge aims to promote Black-owned businesses across the city and increase capital flow to neighborhoods they are located in

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ArtPrize visits Burning Man

Submitted 09-29-2015 under PLACE-MATTERS

Kevin Buist, Exhibitions Director at ArtPrize, had a chance to visit Burning Man this year along with Executive Director Christian Gaines. Here he shares the experience- and how it relates to other, more permanent artworks and city structures.

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Rapidian on the street: Port of Entry

Submitted 09-28-2015 under NONPROFITS

The Rapidian brought GRTV with them downtown to get responses from viewers on "Port of Entry," a work by Muñoz & Company at the Calder Plaza.

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