Or even know about it? (maybe I missed a thread, I haven’t been spending a lot of time here lately)
For those of you not in the Greater Grand Rapids area, Artprize is now underway. The brainchild of Amway scion Rick (don’t call me Ricky) DeVos, and another attempt to “put Grand Rapids on the map,” Artprize is the largest juried award- the winner gets a quater million dollars. The catch- the jury is the public.
But, there are 1200 artists in 159 different venues, and the first round of voting only lasts a week. There are no restrictions on media, so we are comparing traditional paintings, large scale installations (including a Loch Ness monster in the river) and all sorts in between. An interesting experiment, to say the least.