Nine artists from this area among the 1,554 artist entries from 48 countries and 42 U.S. states at 162 venues in Grand Rapids’ seventh annual ArtPrize competition.
All are competing for a combination of public vote and juried awards totaling $500,000.
More than 400,000 visited the 19-day exhibition in both of the last two years. Art Prize has beckoned nearly two million visitors since it was launched in 2009.
The public will choose winners in each of four categories—2-D, 3-D, Time-Based or Installation, with each prize worth $12,500. The grand prize winner in the public vote will bring $200,000.
On the juried side, $12,500 will go to one piece in each category. Jurors then will select four more from their categories and a three-person grand prize jury will determine the $200,000 juried grand prize.
Public voting during two rounds is done at artprize.org or through a mobile app. The first began Wednesday, Sept. 23, running through Saturday, Oct. 3. The 20 entries with the most votes go to a second round, beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, and running through Oct. 8.
Winners are then announced at the awards ceremony at 8 p.m Friday, Oct. 9. The exhibition will close Sunday, Oct. 11.
Local artists in this year’s ArtPrize, their entry names and sizes and placement locations include:
Dorr
- Norman Wilder — “Aerial Advantage,” mixed media, “suspended ceiling art piece,” The Mitten Brewing Company.
- Richard Francisco — “I Came to Believe,” oil painting, 50×40 inches, Crossroads Bible Church.
Hopkins
- Dan Castello — “Baseball,” acrylic painting, 36×48 inches, Fifth Third Bank/Warner, Norcross & Judd LLP.
Martin
- Hope Carter — “Frozen Frosted Fun,” photo exhibit of frozen bubbles, 30×20 inches, First (Park) Congregational.
Shelbyville
- Madelaine Martin — “La Vie en Couleur,” photography, 14×6 feet, Boardwalk GR Condominiums.
- Russell Cooper — “Flat Iron at the Ledyard,” photography, 30×20 inches, Palette Coffee & Art.
- Max Lockwood (former Wayland resident) — “Burning It Down, ”music, St. Cecilia Music Center.
- Julie McLellan — “Robbin’s Bay, Gun Lake,” paint/mixed media, 9 x4 feet, Courtyard Marriott Downtown.
- Runali Patil — “The Louvre Visit, Paris (Mural Painting), ”acrylic on foamboard mural painting, 18×9 feet, JW Marriott Grand Rapids Hotel.
