Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Grand Rapids ArtPrize 2010

ArtPrize was established in Grand Rapids in 2009 by Richard Devos as the largest art prize in the world-$250,000 - given out by popular vote. Here is a bit of the history of Art Prize

http://www.artprize.org/about/history

At any rate it has been an amazing thing and 2010 was only the 2nd year since its conception. I set out to take both of the kids plus Abbi’s boyfriend Hayden but at the last minute he couldn’t go so Abbi decided not to go as well. I had concerns about taking Caelun. I didn’t want him to damage anything but I still wanted to be able to get close enough to see things. I needn’t have worried. There we tons of interactive kid friendly pieces of art and for the rest I strapped him in the stroller. Gosh I love that stroller- we are on our second set of wheels we have used it so much. Any how we only scratched the surface of the art displayed at Art Prize but it was a wonderful experience.

Some stats for Artprize 2010

449,000 dollars- was awarded in prizes.1,713 artists participated representing people from 41 states and 21 countries. The art was displayed at 192 venues for a total of 19 days.

There are more details here if you are interested. http://www.artprize.org/about

The voting is closed for this year but take a stroll and enjoy the exhibition. It is easy to tell which ones would have made Calun’s top 10.

The Art Bus to shuttle folks around

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Red flannel and art prize 171

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Now on to the green period

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We walked back and forth across 2 of the bridges. The view of the Grand River was as nice as the art.

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Nothing says fun art to a kid like sand.

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There were painted pianos all over town that folks would stop and play.

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Back across the river again.

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This buy was really good. He was playing swing and Caelun was mesmerized- well when he wasn’t cheering.

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I think the gentleman enjoyed the audience.

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This was a set of sculptures made of birdseed.

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This was one of the winners but the line was long to get to look at it.

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This dragon was a Caelun favorite as well.

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On the way back to the van we found a piano and Caelun got a turn.

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Even the trash cans we created by artists.

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Hope you enjoyed the stroll and the art.

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gardenbug said...

I enjoyed strolling with you..looking at art. Wish I was there, but thanks for sharing.

December 22, 2010 at 6:23 PM

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