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ArtPrize attracts film, game design live/learn/work community to Grand Rapids

Submitted 10-05-2015 under OPINION

Grand Rapids has been selected as the location for Snow Monster Studios, a new affordable studio/school focusing on animation, video game design and films that aims to make Michigan a hub for film and game design using Michigan people.

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Art, activism and ArtPrize: Critical Discourse hosts bold criticism, open discussion

Submitted 10-03-2015 under OPINION

Too many of us take the worn pathway of choosing to engage with only those with like minds, thus limiting the discussion and not exploring broad perspectives of the intersection between art and the spaces it occupies. Friday night's Critical Discourse event was a welcome change from that norm.

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Manipulating the material: Why Jovanni Luna refuses to do something easy

Submitted 10-02-2015 under OPINION

Jovanni Luna's juror-selected finalist piece "the sculptural painting" includes about 8,000 tiny rolls of paint skins, each made of 5-7 layers of donated house paint. To say that Luna likes a challenge is an understatement.

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Umbered undertones leading trends in color

Submitted 10-02-2015 under OPINION

Leatrice Eiseman revealed color trends to a packed house at the Critical Discourse presentation titled "Future Color/Design Trends: Innovation and Impact" on Thursday night.

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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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Just wrong enough: How swinging inside an ArtPrize house creates community

Submitted 09-29-2015 under OPINION

As a facilitator of volunteers and volunteer myself for Kate Gilmore's "Higher Ground," my turns on the swing brought a surprising combination of power dynamics, physical duress, intimacy with strangers, and even monotony.

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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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cHURCH OF MONIKA invites performers of all genres to participate in ArtPrize

Submitted 09-28-2015 under OPINION

Monika Wuhrer’s open source ArtPrize entry at SiTE:LAB turns the stage over to local community and dialogue.

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Critical Discourse series brings conversation about color trends, impacts

Submitted 09-25-2015 under OPINION

"Future Color/Design Trends: Innovation and Impact" pairs ArtPrize with Pantone to discuss what drives color trends, why they matter and where they are going.

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ArtPrize Seven turns Grand Rapids into giant music festival

Submitted 09-24-2015 under OPINION

ArtPrize Seven boasts 78 song entries with live performances throughout the city, The Eddy Music Festival, a variety nightly concerts and performances and big name headliners such as The Avett Brothers, Charles Bradley and Joshua Davis.

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