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Poetry and sculpture collaboration installed for ArtPrize
by (empichot)
Submitted 09-18-2013 under NEWS
This year at ArtPrize one can expect to find a little haven from all the chase enusing art enthusiasm. Right in front of the main entrance of GVSU's Eberhard Center, near the Blue Bridge and at the heart of it all is a quiet place where visitors...
Interview with Mel Chin, ArtPrize 2013 Grand Prize Juror
by (ArtPrize)
Submitted 09-18-2013 under NONPROFITS
The following is the second in our series of three interviews with each of the jurors of the 2013 Juried Grand Prize. Mel Chin is a conceptual artist and activist who has been producing work since the 1970's. His work spans artistic...
Head of ambitious public art projects in New York City joins grand juror team for ArtPrize 2013
by (ArtPrize)
Submitted 09-16-2013 under NONPROFITS
by Kevin Buist In 2012, ArtPrize introduced the Juried Grand Prize. The $100,000 award, supported by Kendall College of Art and Design, is chosen each year by a panel of three distinguished guests doing vital work in the arts. New for 2013, we'...
Blue bridge to be draped in color for ArtPrize
by (empichot)
Submitted 09-04-2013 under NEWS
Liz Miller, an artist from Good Thunder, Minnesota, is currently working on an installation piece inspired by the Grand River for ArtPrize. It will be located on the Blue Bridge. "I was very interested in using the river as a starting point to...
Elephants takes home top public vote, Displacement the juried grand prize
by (laurelgreen)
Submitted 10-06-2012 under NEWS
On the old loading dock of the Grand Rapids Press, transformed for the occasion, winners for this year’s ArtPrize competition were awarded well over half of a million dollars in various public and juried awards. The event culminated in the...