ArtPrize2012
What do you see: Still Point by Gwendolyn Terry at High Five
by (Holly)
Submitted 09-20-2012 under OPINION
"I would never want to tell a viewer what to think or to feel about a piece," says Gwen Terry, the artist behind Still Point, a site-specific installation at High Five (55 Campau). Little did she know that I had just been through a...
What do you see: Amass by Margery Amdur and Art Fitness
by (Holly)
Submitted 09-19-2012 under OPINION
Margery Amdur's work at (106) Gallery (Calvin College's downtown gallery at 106 S. Division) looks, at a distance, like children's toy blocks. Up close, however, if the viewer takes a bit of time to investigate it they'll discover...
Finding what I missed at ArtPrize
by (Kyle Esterley)
Submitted 09-19-2012 under OPINION
I caught a glimpse of ArtPrize 2012 before the fact. As I strolled through the city Sunday evening there were small groups of people scattered around the Rosa Parks Circle area on Monroe. Artists were hard at work: U-Haul trucks and moving vans...
Con Artist Crew, Spectrum Health Rehab team up for Artprize
by (yuengerr)
Submitted 09-19-2012 under LOCAL LIFE
Lights in the Night: Where hope takes flight
by (shannoncunningham)
Submitted 09-19-2012 under NEWS
UPDATE: EVENT ADVISORY - WEATHER POSTPONEMENT The Lights in the Night ArtPrize artist, following advice from local weather media WZZM 13 Grand Rapids, FOX 17, WOOD TV8, WOTV 4, is making the call to postpone tonight's Lights in the Night GR...
Juror Susan Szenasy looking for surprises
by (mslager)
Submitted 09-18-2012 under NEWS
One of my personal highlights of ArtPrize are the juried awards. Listening to the jurors respond to the artwork they see and ArtPrize as an event and competition widens my own perspective and perceptions in viewing the art on display. This...
How I Learned to Look at Art: An interview with Adam Lerner
by (mjw)
Submitted 09-18-2012 under NEWS
This past Saturday afternoon, ArtPrize hosted Adam Lerner, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, at the HUB to discuss How [he] Learned to Look at Art. Initially creeped out by the barrage of greetings from HUB...
ArtPeers to participate at SiTE:LAB during ArtPrize 2012
by (ArtPeers)
Submitted 09-17-2012 under NONPROFITS
ArtPeers is proud this year to participate in the SiTE:LAB venue during ArtPrize 2012. ArtPeers is participating in two ways: presenting a kiosk and presenting the debut of a new video series, all during the weeks of ArtPrize at SiTE:LAB. Kiosk: We...
Artist Dale Rogers brings Flight! to ArtPrize
by (laurelgreen)
Submitted 09-17-2012 under LOCAL LIFE
Dale Rogers, the arists who at last year's ArtPrize covered the Blue Bridge with Metal Monkey Mania, will be returning this year with his new exhibit, Flight! The exhibit will be placed at Ah-Nab-Awen Park, on the riverfront in front of the...
Foremost museum director to lead conversation about art fitness
by (Holly)
Submitted 09-14-2012 under NEWS
Adam Lerner, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver, says he wants to capture the spirit of art-and that this may even be more important, in his view, than the art itself. "Lerner teaches us that if we can understand how contemporary...