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1. Where Are They Now? The Adonna Khare Interview

   Posted on January 09, 2013 Replies

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   A detail from a drawing in progress by Adonna Khare.

   Adonna Khare won ArtPrize 2012 with her drawing Elephants. A massive charcoal drawing of animals on paper, the work extends onto the walls on which it hangs. Adonna spoke with ArtPrize Exhibitions Director Kevin Buist in January 2013. This interview is part of a series of interviews with past ArtPrize winners produced for the ArtPrize Member newsletter. Become an ArtPrize member today.

   Kevin Buist: What has happened since…

2. Where Are They Now? The Ran Ortner Interview

   Posted on December 06, 2012 Replies

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   Ran Ortner's studio.

   Ran Ortner won the inaugural ArtPrize in 2009 with a massive oil painting of the sea titled Open Water #24. Winning ArtPrize became a turning point in the career of the Brooklyn-based artist. Since then, he has hired a number of studio assistants and kept busy with commissions and sales while working on a new body of work. Kevin Buist, director of exhibitions at ArtPrize, spoke with Ran in November 2012.

   Kevin Buist: Give me an overview of what has…

3. ArtPrize Celebrates Opinions of the Public and Arts Professionals; Awards $560,000 to 16 Artists

   Posted on October 05, 2012 Replies

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   ArtPrize Awards Concludes Event’s Fourth Annual Competition

   ArtPrize, the radically open, international art competition and social experiment, tonight awarded $560,000 in cash prizes to the artists of 16 installations, concluding the 19-day event. Ten awards were decided in an epic, 16-day public voting process, while a panel of internationally renowned arts professionals decided six winners.

   The top winners included Adonna Khare from Burbank, Calif. for her large-scale graphite…

4. ArtPrize Reveals 2012 Top Ten

   Posted on September 30, 2012 Replies

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   Ten Finalists Move to Second Round in World’s Largest Art Competition

   Following an unprecedented 11 days public voting, ArtPrize, the radically open international art competition and social experiment, presented the list of ten finalists who have garnered the most public votes during Round One voting. The Top 10 installations now move to the second round of voting.

   Voters were asked to choose their favorite installation from 1,517 artists from 46 countries and 41 U.S. states and…

5. ArtPrize Releases Juried Top 25 and Dynamic Public Lists

   Posted on September 24, 2012 Replies

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   ArtPrize, the radically open, international art competition in Grand Rapids, Mich., publically launched its lists of the top 25, 50 and 100 installations currently trending in the 2012 competition. In addition, each of the five ArtPrize category jurors revealed his or her short list of five installations.

   The two lists of 25 art installations and curated venues are expected to bring additional tension between professional and populist opinions, which have come to inhabit the…

6. Volunteers Sign Up

   Posted on August 17, 2012

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   On August 15, we welcomed all volunteers and friends of art to our Volunteer Kick-Off Rally on the 5th Floor of 55 Campau Ave. in downtown Grand Rapids. The event drew nearly 500 volunteers and people eager to be the face and voice of ArtPrize.

   The Kent County String Band kept the room entertained all evening, while ArtPrize 2010 Grand Prize Winner Chris LaPorte drew caricatures of our amazing volunteers.

   We also kicked-off the voting season by revealing the ArtPrize VOTE ART 2012…

7. Notes on the 2012 ArtPrize Speaker Series

   Posted on July 30, 2012 Replies

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   Today we're thrilled to announce the line-up of the 2012 ArtPrize Speaker Series. I thought I'd take a moment to share some thoughts about who these people are, and why we decided to invite them be part of ArtPrize. But first, the full list of speakers:

   John Waters – filmmaker, art collector, icon (September 25, Civic Theater)

   Theaster Gates – artist (September 27, Kendall Historic Federal Building)

   Jerry Saltz – Senior Art Critic for New York Magazine (October 1, Kendall…

8. ArtPrize, Spotlight616 Announce Fashion Force Judges

   Posted on July 23, 2012 Replies

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   ArtPrize has joined forces with Spotlight616 to create the Fashion Force Challenge, a brand new custom-designed competition to West Michigan, created just for up-and-coming fashion designers. Today we announce our judges:

   Melissa DeVos – ArtPrize retail ambassador

   Benjamin Edgar – Designer, thinker, entrepreneur behind clothing brand BENJAMIN EDGAR, and Boxed Water

   Lindsay Jones – Graphic artist at…

9. More of the World, More of Our Country at ArtPrize 2012

   Posted on June 25, 2012 Replies

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   ArtPrize, the radically open, international art competition in Grand Rapids, Mich., will have 1,517 confirmed entries from 56 countries and 45 states when the fourth annual exhibition opens on September 19, 2012.

   Artists from all corners of the world will show their work in 162 venues within three-square miles of downtown Grand Rapids to compete for a combination of public votes and juried prizes and secure part of…

10. More Than 2,000 Entries Seeking Venues for ArtPrize 2012

    Posted on June 07, 2012 Replies

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    ArtPrize is getting closer, can you taste it?

    Artist registration for ArtPrize 2012 is officially closed. More than 2,000 entries are registered for the radically open art competition in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Artists were required to enter their project in an open call format before 5:00 p.m. today. There are many returning artists from previous years, looking to experiment on an audience of more than 322,000…