The competition is open to all artists who are able to find space at a venue and all venues willing to participate. And the prize money goes to the top 10 artists, as voted by the public. It's in the bars, the clubs, the restaurants, the book stores, the coffee shops, the parks, the bridges, the buses, the streets - it's EVERYWHERE. Described as "part arts festival, part social experiment," the entire city of Grand Rapids is overtaken by art for the roughly three weeks it runs (many turning into permanent installations, like massive murals on the sides of buildings and huge metal sculptures located on city-owned parking lots and lawns, next to hotels and bars).Īnd it's not just relegated to traditional art spaces like galleries in museums. ArtPrize, which celebrated its third year in 2011, is making international headlines for its edgy, experimental, open format. ![]() Michigan's second-largest city is home to the world's largest single art competition giveaway, with the top winner taking home $250,000 and total prize money reaching nearly half a million dollars. ![]() Just as the Traverse City Film Festival put Traverse City on the radar of national (even international) travelers, so too shall ArtPrize do the same for Grand Rapids.
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