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ArtPrize®

ArtPrize exists to reboot the conversation between artists and audiences on a grand scale. Designed as a very different art competition, the goal is for the general public and artists to collide, exchange ideas and come away changed.

ArtPrize^® turns the city of Grand Rapids into an art gallery for two weeks. Galleries, office lobbies, restaurants, courtyards, parks became an ArtPrize venue.

Part arts festival, part social experiment--this international contest is decided solely by public vote.

The event is designed for you to take it into your own hands and make it what you want it to be.

2010 in brief

Grand Rapids, MI USA

September 22 - October 10

$449,000 prize ($250,000 to 1st place)
Top 10 entries receive a prize
Artists can submit one entry
Any property in downtown Grand Rapids can be a venue
Venues choose the artists they exhibit
Anyone attending the event can vote
Winner is determined by public vote

Art = Community

Art is the focus of the competition, but the main event is community. Artists take over the city, visitors explore and new relationships form. Communities open to new ideas organically.

The community keeps growing, even after the event is over.