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Award-winning art documentary series premieres in Grand Rapids

Submitted 10-03-2014 under NEWS

Director Susan Sollins and featured artists Leonardo Drew and Katharina Grosse present "Art in the 21st Century" and talk about their process of working on their artwork. Sollins, Drew and Grosse are this year's Grand Jurors for ArtPrize.

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Catalyst Radio: ArtPrize's Critical Discourse features Chris Smit of DisArt on Saturday

Submitted 10-03-2014 under NEWS

Critical Discourse is featuring notables of the art world, including on Oct. 4 Calvin College Professor Christopher Smit of DisArt, who will be leading a panel discussion on Art, Disability, Images, Bodies.

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My experience of ArtPrize: watching audiences connect with dance in different ways

Submitted 10-02-2014 under VOICES

The most significant interactions with "respirador (breather)" I witness come from two completely different groups: children, and retirees (65+ years old.) These two groups of people connect with the work in very different, but equally important ways.

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Art that expresses need for peace: conversation with UICA curator Alexander Paschka, artist Ladislov Hanka

Submitted 10-02-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

The UICA’s Alexander Paschka and artist Ladislov Hanka talk about bees and sharks, "Gun Country" and "There's Something Happening Here," belief and hope.

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What's on Tap: October 2-8

Submitted 10-02-2014 under NEWS

More and more brewpubs are releasing fall inspired ales this week. Start off your Saturday by helping to raise money for ArtPrize by drinking at Founder's Beer Garden in Rosa Parks Circle, and end with wood aged beer at Brewery Vivant's annual festival.

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Mental Health issues; Who do we call?

Submitted 10-02-2014 under OPINION

Suicide, along with violence between law enforcement and residents of the United States, is rapidly growing while tolerance is disappearing. Lives are being lost, destroyed and turned upside down while mentally ill people are falling into the cracks of our legal system.

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Artist caricatures ArtPrize, West Michigan, fellow artists with exhibit "FartPrize"

Submitted 10-02-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

Anna Lisa Schneider describes her ink-drawn installation, "FartPrize" as, “a tongue-in-cheek, visual exploration of the entire ArtPrize experience.”

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Open voting for all ArtPrize entries in "Round One" ends Saturday

Submitted 10-02-2014 under LOCAL LIFE

With races between artwork extremely close, your vote counts. The ability to vote for any and every entries ends this Saturday at 11:59. On Sunday, Round 2 voting will commence after the announcement of the Public's Top 20.

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We are all connected: ArtPrize artist, Red Cross explore "This Enigmatic World"

Submitted 10-01-2014 under NONPROFITS

Alla Dickson pays tribute to her personal experience by dedicating “This Enigmatic World” to local American Red Cross volunteers

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"Walking on Water - Azurite" offers rare opportunity to view Nihonga art

Submitted 10-01-2014 under OPINION

Step out of the larger galleries which can be a madhouse during ArtPrize and into the slow and centuries old traditional art of Nihonga as interpreted by Makoto Fujimura.

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