ArtPrize 10 Outstanding Venue
Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives, curated by George Bayard, took home the $12,500 Juried Award for Outstanding Venue in 2018.
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Making Your Gallery Accessible
As venue managers and curators, how can you make sure your space is accessible to everyone? Our friends at Avenue for the Arts, DisArt and Dwelling Place created a short video that walks you through a series of steps to expand your audience and create a more inclusive arts community.
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How to be an ArtPrize Venue
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Register Your Venue
If you have a space within the ArtPrize district, you’re qualified to be an ArtPrize Venue. Just sign up for an artprize.org account and pay the $100 fee during Venue Registration.
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Connect with Artists
Choose which entries to host at your venue during the Connections period. Use artprize.org to find registered artists you like. If they like your space, sign a hosting agreement.
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Host Your Exhibit
Prepare your exhibit over the summer—then open your doors to the public for the 19 days of ArtPrize. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people come to venues like yours to vote for art.
Host a World-class Exhibition
Use the Space You Have
Large or small, indoors or out, any space within the ArtPrize district in Grand Rapids, Michigan can register as a venue. Registration costs only $100, and you'll host artists' artwork and visitors from around the world.
$57,500 in Available Grants and Prizes
ArtPrize awards a total of $45K in grants to registered venues based on need and merit. Plus, all participating venues are eligible to win the $12.5K Juried Award for Outstanding Venue.
Design Your Own Show
Unlike any other art event of its size, each venue is independently organized. ArtPrize plays no role in selecting the artists who participate.
You'll manage the process of selecting which artists to work with through the Connections tool in your artprize.org account.
Attract Hundreds of Thousands of People
Together, the individual exhibits curated by venues like yours make up the world's largest art competition. Each ArtPrize event attracts hundreds of thousands of artists and visitors from all around the world.
Important Dates
- Venue Registration Starts
- Venue Registration Ends
- Artist Registration Starts
- Artist & Venue Connections Starts
- Artist Registration Ends
- Artist & Venue Connections Ends
- ArtPrize Preview Week Starts
- ArtPrize Preview Week Ends
- Round 1 Voting Starts
- Juried Award Finalists Announced
- Round 1 Voting Ends
- Round 2 Voting Starts
- Round 2 Voting Ends
- Tenth Annual ArtPrize Awards
- ArtPrize Closing Day
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