{"id":8157,"date":"2018-09-12T23:24:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T06:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?p=8157"},"modified":"2018-09-13T17:26:12","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T00:26:12","slug":"populist-spirit-fuels-artprize-grand-rapids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/populist-spirit-fuels-artprize-grand-rapids\/","title":{"rendered":"Populist Spirit Fuels ArtPrize in Michigan\u2019s Second City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can\u2019t call it \u201cBland Rapids\u201d anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Every fall, the most attended free public art event in the world turns Grand Rapids, Mich., \u2014 once the butt of jokes for its sleepy status as Michigan\u2019s second city \u2014 into a hip, cutting-edge community that celebrates creativity.<\/p>\n<p>ArtPrize, an unorthodox international arts competition takes over this city of 196,000 for 19 days in late September and early October bringing in more than 500,000 visitors.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8155\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8155\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8155\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Light-Cave.jpg\" alt=\"the inflatable sculpture \u201cLight Cave\u201d at Ah-Nab-Awen Park on the Grand River, at night\" width=\"850\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Light-Cave.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Light-Cave-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Light-Cave-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Light-Cave-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The inflatable sculpture \u201cLight Cave\u201d illuminated Ah-Nab-Awen Park on the Grand River during ArtPrize in 2016. It is the work of Los Angeles-based collaborators Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III.<\/span> Photo by Katherine Rodeghier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An inclusive, grass-roots approach sets ArtPrize apart. It thumbs its nose at typical highly curated art competitions by putting out an open call for artists here and abroad. Anyone over age 18 can apply. And any venue within ArtPrize boundaries can offer to showcase artwork. More than 1,200 works are usually displayed, most within a walkable three square miles downtown. Museums and public buildings are included, of course, but also shops, hotels, restaurants. Past ArtPrize venues have included odd places to find art, like an auto body shop, a Laundromat, hospital, a police station and the Department of Corrections. All must remain open daily \u2014 even corporate offices normally closed to the public \u2014 with no admission charge.<\/p>\n<p>ArtPrize isn\u2019t for art snobs, just your selfie-snapping average joes. Families turn out, parents pushing strollers while kids run around outdoor sculptures. Girlfriends on a getaway mill about, choosing their favorite works. Multigenerations come together, grandparents taking a toddler by the hand for a closer look at a painting. Couples make a day of it, some in wedding clothes posing with outsized murals to mark their special day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8153\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8153\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8153\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ArtPrize-Display.jpg\" alt=\"one of the artworks on display during ArtPrize at Grand Rapids, Michigan\" width=\"850\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ArtPrize-Display.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ArtPrize-Display-600x433.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ArtPrize-Display-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ArtPrize-Display-768x554.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ArtPrize-Display-104x74.jpg 104w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">More than half a million visitors view artwork on display every fall in Grand Rapids, Mich., during ArtPrize.<\/span> Photo by Katherine Rodeghier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A half million dollars in prize money is awarded, including a $200,000 prize awarded entirely by public vote and another $200,000 prize awarded by a jury of art experts. Any artist working in any medium from anywhere in the world can participate. Works fall into four categories: two-dimensional, 3-D, installations dependent on the site where they appear, and time-based works.<\/p>\n<p>The money is nice, of course, but artists also enter ArtPrize for the exposure and come home with commissions. Sometimes they stick around their creations, passing out business cards and chatting up visitors.<\/p>\n<p>How did a world-class event in the art world end up in Grand Rapids, Mich.? Perhaps its history as a furniture-manufacturing center created a culture of craftsmanship. And it never hurts to have wealthy families supporting the arts.<\/p>\n<p>One such family member launched the first ArtPrize in 2009. Entrepreneur Rick DeVos, whose grandfather co-founded the Amway company, wanted a populist art competition with the world\u2019s largest art prize. So many people showed up that first year restaurants ran out of food by the first Sunday and had to close. Hotels ran out of rooms by the next Sunday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8152\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8152\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Open-Water-No.-24.jpg\" alt=\"the first ArtPrize winner, 'Open Water No. 24,' at the bar at Reserve Wine &amp; Food in downtown Grand Rapids\" width=\"850\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Open-Water-No.-24.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Open-Water-No.-24-600x433.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Open-Water-No.-24-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Open-Water-No.-24-768x554.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Open-Water-No.-24-104x74.jpg 104w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The work of the first ArtPrize winner, \u201cOpen Water No. 24,\u201d hangs above the bar at Reserve Wine &amp; Food in downtown Grand Rapids.<\/span> Photo by Katherine Rodeghier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The inaugural prize winner, Brooklyn artist Ran Ortner, had been living on ramen noodles, his phone turned off for nonpayment. Now he has six employees and his works have hung in the United Nations and the World Trade Center. His winning entry, the painting \u201cOpen Water No. 24,\u201d remains in Grand Rapids hanging above the bar at Reserve Wine &amp; Food, a restaurant owned by the DeVos family.<\/p>\n<p>The works of several former contestants still can be seen in the city. Several outdoor murals remain from past years, including the Acton Building\u2019s \u201cMetaphorest\u201d a 40-foot-tall mosaic mural by Chicago artist Tracy Van Duinen. \u201cSweeper\u2019s Clock,\u201d a video showing long piles of garbage being swept to form the hands of an analog clock face, has been added to the permanent collection at the Grand Rapids Art Museum.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8156\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8156\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8156\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Metaphorest.jpg\" alt=\"the mural \u201cMetaphorest\u201d by Chicago artist Tracy Van Duinen in downtown Grand Rapids\" width=\"850\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Metaphorest.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Metaphorest-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Metaphorest-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Metaphorest-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The mural \u201cMetaphorest\u201d by Chicago artist Tracy Van Duinen remains in downtown Grand Rapids after it was entered in a former ArtPrize competition.<\/span> Photo by Katherine Rodeghier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Grand Rapids has plenty of other works of art not related to ArtPrize. The Grand Rapids Art Museum has more than 5,000 and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library &amp; Museum has historical photographs and artifacts and serves as an ArtPrize venue. Frederik Meijer Gardens &amp; Sculpture Park, one of the few ArtPrize venues outside of downtown, sits on 158 acres on the northeast side of the city. Among more than 200 sculptures in the permanent collection, the 24-foot-tall \u201cThe American Horse\u201d attracts the most attention. Partly inspired by the work of Leonardo da Vinci, artist Nina Akamu formed two casts of a figure of a horse, this one and another in <a href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/up-the-staircase-to-the-top-of-the-duomo-di-milano-milan\/?highlight=milan\">Milan, Italy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the heart of downtown, the urban park Rosa Parks Circle comprises three circular forms designed by Maya Lin, creator of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in <a href=\"http:\/\/travelingboy.com\/archive-travel-skip-washington_dc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington, D.C.<\/a> Alexander Calder\u2019s 42-ton metal sculpture \u201cLa Grande Vitesse\u201d in his signature red stands in a plaza outside the Grand Rapids City Hall.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8154\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8154\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8154\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Blue-Bridge.jpg\" alt=\"the Blue Bridge over the Grand River, Grand Rapids, at night\" width=\"850\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Blue-Bridge.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Blue-Bridge-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Blue-Bridge-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Blue-Bridge-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The pedestrian Blue Bridge crosses the Grand River linking two sides of downtown Grand Rapids, Mich. It is the setting for buskers and musical performances during ArtPrize.<\/span> Photo by Katherine Rodeghier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A festival atmosphere prevails during ArtPrize with musical performances and buskers on the city\u2019s iconic Blue Bridge, a 19<sup>th<\/sup>-century railroad bridge turned pedestrian pathway over the Grand River. Art lectures and panel discussions, as well as screenings of feature-length films, fill out the ArtPrize schedule of events.<\/p>\n<p>And budding artists can make their own art in a variety of hands-on programs for all ages, including the littlest visitors. Who knows, some of these tiny hands may shape a prize-winning entry one day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artprize.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArtPrize<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.experiencegr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Experience Grand Rapids<\/a>, 800-678-9859<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can\u2019t call it \u201cBland Rapids\u201d anymore. Every fall, the most attended free public art event in the world turns Grand Rapids, Mich., \u2014 once the butt of jokes for its sleepy status as Michigan\u2019s second city \u2014 into a hip, cutting-edge community that celebrates creativity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":8155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1216,1555,1556,1557,292,1558],"class_list":["post-8157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-usa","tag-art","tag-artprize","tag-grand-rapids","tag-michigan","tag-museums","tag-rick-devos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ArtPrize Grand Rapids, Michigan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ArtPrize Grand Rapids, Michigan, is an unorthodox international arts 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