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  1. Social Charity Club Hosts ArtPrize Thursday, 6/13

    Posted on June 11, 2013 Replies

    Grand Rapids is a city defined by its friendliness, its collaboration, its generosity. Strangers wave to one another from across the street and new friendships form quickly over a pint on Founder’s porch.

    Together, Grand Rapidians form an ecosystem of goodness, working together to make Grand Rapids a more inspiring and stunning place to be. The Social Charity Club of Grand Rapids is just one of hundreds community partners who have shown their resounding support of ArtPrize.

    The…

  2. Pitch Night at the Walker Art Center

    Posted on June 10, 2013 Replies

    Pitch Night winners Daniel Feinberg and Alexander Hanson (front), with the Pitch Night judges

    On May 30, ArtPrize staged the first ever Pitch Night event in collaboration with the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The event, modeled after start-up pitch sessions such as 5×5 Night (a predecessor to Start Garden), asks artists compete for a grant by giving short presentations about yet-to-be-realized…

  3. Artist Registration is Closed!

    Posted on June 06, 2013 Replies

    Artist Registration closed today at 5:00pm with numbers exceeding our expectations. We are thrilled with the group of registered 2013 ArtPrize artists. Since day one, ArtPrize has sought to lower barriers to participation and promote dialogue among a wide variety of people. In the fifth year of the festival, we see this mission carried out, welcoming artists young and old, amateur and professional, local and international.

    Artists now have through June 20, 2013, to secure space with…

  4. Announcing the 2013 ArtPrize Jurors

    Posted on May 14, 2013 Replies

    ArtPrize exists to promote critical dialogue and collaboration by mixing contemporary art and engaged audiences in urban spaces.

    In programming the 2013 jurors, we've invited world renowned experts whose work shares a similar sensibility. During the past four years of ArtPrize two related questions continue to surface. One, how is the audience for contemporary art formed, and what role should that audience have in the interpretation and valuation of art? And two, what role does…

  5. Allstate brings safety demo to ArtPrize 2013

    Posted on May 07, 2013 Replies

    Recently our friends at Allstate, a new sponsor this year, appeared on WOOD TV8's eightWest to get out the message about their “safe and secure community” initiative in the Grand Rapids area. The safety message will be featured at several major events this year, including a distracted driving simulator that you can try at ArtPrize 2013 on September 27. Watch the video here.

    Great way to use your sponsorship for good. Thanks for mentioning us on TV, and for supporting art in our…

  6. National Recognition for ArtPrize’s New Executive Director

    Posted on May 02, 2013 Replies

    ArtPrize’s status as a leading international art festival is growing more significantly every year. We were selected as one of TIME Magazine's Five Festive Events You Won’t Want to Miss in 2013, and the 2012 ArtPrize event saw a record year, with more than 400,000 people and 412,560 votes.

    All of these accomplishments are happening during a time of extreme growth and transition, and we needed a director with…

  7. Founders Brewing Co. Joins ArtPrize as Premier Leadership Sponsor, Official Brewery

    Posted on April 18, 2013 Replies

    ArtPrize today announced Founders Brewing Co. has signed on as a premier leadership sponsor and will be the official brewery of ArtPrize for the next five years. The agreement will allow both brands to capitalize on their respective platforms and nationwide growth.

    “We approached ArtPrize because we love this community and we love what the event has done for this city,” said Mike Stevens, co-founder and CEO of Founders Brewing Co. “Our taproom has been a venue since year one, so we…

  8. ArtPrize Pitch Night: Take it to the Bridge

    Posted on April 15, 2013 Replies

    What does an artist do with $5,000, 400,000 people, and an entire bridge? ArtPrize is teaming up with the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis to find out.

    Every fall, two thousand artists from around the world descend on Grand Rapids, Michigan, to compete for half a million dollars in prizes. Their installations fill the city, from museums and galleries to restaurants, banks, and city parks. During the two and a half week exhibition, the public votes on the winner of a $200,000 prize,…

  9. Art.Downtown is Tonight! ArtPrize Presents “Imaginary Images”

    Posted on April 12, 2013 Replies

    ArtPrize isn't the only multi-venue art event in Grand Rapids. Tonight we're thrilled to participate as a venue in Art.Downtown, the annual one-night spring art hop. We'll be featuring projections from 6pm – 11pm in our windows on the corner of Sheldon and Weston, visible from outside (the office will not be open).

    Here's a curatorial statement about the project we're featuring:

    ArtPrize Presents: Imaginary Images, a project by Chuck Anderson, curated by Kevin Buist

    Starting…

  10. Video Walkthrough of Venue Registration

    Posted on April 08, 2013 Replies

    The deadline for venue registration is coming fast. All venues must create profiles and pay the registration fee by 5:00 EDT, Thursday, April 11. If the plans for your venue are still rough, don't worry, you'll have plenty of time to update your profile and connect with artists later.

    Register your venue now.

    If you're a first time ArtPrize venue, watch this short video walkthrough of the registration process. It's really easy.

    If you have any questions about registering your…

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