{"id":348,"date":"2009-09-30T22:53:41","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T22:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=348"},"modified":"2009-09-30T22:53:41","modified_gmt":"2009-09-30T22:53:41","slug":"off-to-artprize-this-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/off-to-artprize-this-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"off to artprize this saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#39;s pretty sweet such an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artprize.org\/home\" target=\"_blank\">interesting art competition<\/a> is just 2 hours away in my home town of Grand Rapids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"asset asset-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20120a6066eb3970c-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Artprize\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20120a6066eb3970c \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20120a6066eb3970c-800wi\" title=\"Artprize\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"asset asset-image\">Here is just a smattering of the 1,262 displays of art all around the city.&#0160; That image of a gal above is made entirely out of wine corks.&#0160; And yes, that is a giant table &amp; chair set on top of a city bridge!<\/p>\n<p class=\"asset asset-image\">Here&#39;s a little bit about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artprize.org\/home\" target=\"_blank\">ArtPrize<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>At ArtPrize, any artist\u2014from established to emerging\u2014has the chance<br \/>\nto show work. Any visitor can vote. The vote will determine who wins<br \/>\nthe largest art prize in the world. We also took the unusual step to<br \/>\nallow people in the city to open a venue and choose the artists to show<br \/>\nin their space. There is not one official curator or jury for the<br \/>\ncompetition. <\/p>\n<p>The number of venues is fluid, so the number of competing artists is fluid. The possibilities are wide open.<\/p>\n<p>We can&#39;t predict what will happen, but it should be a lot of fun finding out.\n<\/p>\n<p>Come and see.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Top prize: $250,000<\/li>\n<li>Dates: September 23 &#8211; October 10<\/li>\n<li>Location: Grand Rapids, MI USA<\/li>\n<li>Winner is determined by public vote<\/li>\n<li>All attendees of the event can vote<\/li>\n<li>Top 10 entries will receive a prize<\/li>\n<li>Multiple artists can collaborate on an entry<\/li>\n<li>Artists may only submit one entry<\/li>\n<li>Property owners\/renters in downtown Grand Rapids can become a venue<\/li>\n<li>Number of artists represented is only limited by number of venues that become available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#39;ll report back after my Saturday adventure!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><strong>Like seeing some of my weekend adventures<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><strong>?&#0160; Then sign up to receive these&#0160;&#39;about town&#39;&#0160;blog posts in your email inbox <\/strong><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/catching_fireflies\/2007\/05\/get_catching_fi.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><span style=\"color: #3333cc;\">HERE<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><span style=\"color: #3333cc;\">!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/off-to-artprize-this-saturday\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/off-to-artprize-this-saturday\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#39;s pretty sweet such an interesting art competition is just 2 hours away in my home town of Grand Rapids. 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