BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//Refresh Web Development//Helios Calendar//EN X-FROM-URL:http://events.grnow.com/events/index.php?com=details&eID=152833 X-WR-RELCALID:GRNow Event Calendar ArtPrize 2011 20111003T120000 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York X-WR-CALNAME:ArtPrize 2011 BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://events.grnow.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=152833 DTSTART:20111003T120000 DTEND:20111003T200000 SUMMARY:ArtPrize 2011 DESCRIPTION:GRNow Guide to ArtPrize October 3 Highlights:ArtPrize Speaker Series - Following the 6-7 p.m. cocktail hour\, the to-be-announced guest speaker will present at the Hub (old UICA building). Heartside Neighborhood Day - It'\;s a community-run day of events designed to bring even more people to the Heartside neighborhood. June 30\, 2011 press release:ArtPrize Blog1\,582 Artists from 36 Countries and 42 States Will Participate in ArtPrize 20111\,582 artists from 36 countries and 43 states will show their work in 164 venues within three-square miles of downtown Grand Rapids\, Mich. Each artist will compete for the world'\;s largest prize for art\, which will take place Sept. 21-Oct. 9\, 2011. Participating artists and venues can all be viewed on the Artist List.Event organizers today closed Connections-the period when artists can officially secure a venue and participate in ArtPrize 2011. Applications for entries were open to any artist who could secure a location to display their art."ArtPrize facilitates relationships between artists of the world\, venues in Grand Rapids and people from all over\," said Catherine Creamer\, executive director of ArtPrize. "We broaden the conversation about art by making it accessible to everyone who comes to the event\, inviting each person to create and discuss their own story."While Michigan is home to a large number of participating artists\, as an international competition\, artists from as far as Singapore and South Africa will descend on Grand Rapids. Canada\, with 23 artists\, has the greatest number of artists participating in ArtPrize 2011 who are coming from outside of the United States.The number of national artists has also increased in 2011. Illinois alone has more than 96 artists traveling to Grand Rapids. New York artists total 29 participating artists\, while California and Ohio will send 30 artists each to ArtPrize 2011. Hundreds more are coming from Indiana\, Iowa\, Kansas\, Michigan\, Missouri\, Minnesota\, Nebraska and Wisconsin.A complete list of artists and their corresponding venues are available at www.artprize.org/artists/list.Inspired by such competitions as the X-Prize and large-scale events like the Sundance Film Festival\, ArtPrize is among the most unique competitions in the art world. It has no formal jury\, curator or judge\, asking the public to vote and decide winners using mobile devices and the web.During its 2009 inaugural season\, more than 200\,000 people attended ArtPrize and more than 334\,000 votes were cast. Numbers swelled in 2010 to more than 400\,000 people and 465\,000 votes cast. ArtPrize organizers expect more than 500\,000 people to attend the 19-day event.---------------------------- Grand Rapids\, Mich. - Feb. 11\, 2011 - Officials of ArtPrize\, a radically open art competition giving away the world'\;s largest art prize\, have announced the 2011 registration dates for venues and artists and special dates for submitting art to be installed in the Grand River. ArtPrize 2011 will run from Sept. 21 through Oct. 9."The artist and venue registration process was developed during the last two years based on feedback provided from artists\, venues\, city hall and ArtPrize visitors\," said Rick DeVos\, ArtPrize founder.Key dates for ArtPrize 2011 include:Venue RegistrationOpen: Monday\, March 14\, 2011Close: Thursday April 14 (5 p.m. EDT) Artist RegistrationOpen: Monday\, April 18Close: Thursday\, June 16 (5 p.m. EDT) Artist/Venue MatchingOpen: Tuesday\, May 31Close: Thursday\, June 30 (5 p.m. EDT) "A lot of the most memorable work in the event is created for a specific space\," said ArtPrize Executive Director Bill Holsinger-Robinson. "Artists will know all the available venues as they register." Holsinger-Robinson cautions artists\, "The vast majority of artists who did not secure a venue in 2010 were the ones who signed up at the last minute. Register early." Any art proposed for installation in the Grand River\, which runs through the heart of the three square-mile ArtPrize district\, must be submitted to the city of Grand Rapids and the Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DNRE) according to the following schedule: Pre-application filed with the City: Monday\, March 28 Application filed with the DNRE: Friday\, April 8 (The DNRE will process the application using the following steps) 1. Public notice period begins: Friday\, April 222. Public notice period ends: Friday\, May 133. Public hearing\, if requested: Friday\, June 10 4. Required time for comments: Monday\, June 20 Permit Decision: Wednesday\, June 29 "This process allows the City to review proposed work to ensure that there is artistic quality and structural integrity to the proposed installations\," said José Reyna\, fiscal services manager for the city of Grand Rapids. "The DNRE application will review the proposed installations in the context of environmental\, structural and navigability impact on the river."As in 2010\, ArtPrize will partner with institutions such as the Grand Rapids Art Museum\, the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts and others to form large neighborhood destinations where visitors can launch into surrounding venues. These Exhibition Centers will be professionally managed and bring a minimum of 25 installations to one site and serve as a launch pad into the surrounding neighborhoods. Each will offer voter registration\, an ArtPrize gift shop and an ArtPrize shuttle stop. Exact locations of the Exhibition Centers are still being determined. ArtPrize has invited thousands of artists worldwide to register for ArtPrize 2011\, which will award the world'\;s largest cash prize for art totaling $484\,000. Prizes include: First place $250\,000\, second place $100\,000\, third place $50\,000\, fourth through tenth places $7\,000 each\, and five juried awards at $7\,000 each. In ArtPrize 2010\, Chris LaPorte of Grand Rapids\, Mich. captured the top prize of $250\,000 for his work Cavalry\, American Officers\, 1921. In ArtPrize 2009\, Ran Ortner of Brooklyn\, N.Y. captured the top prize of $250\,000 for his work Open Water No. 24. About ArtPrizeArtPrize is a radically open competition which has no formal jury\, curator or judge\, and asks the public to vote and decide the winners using mobile devices and the Web. In ArtPrize 2010\, more than 1\,700 artists from all over the world participated in the unprecedented competition that awarded nearly $500\,000 to the prize winners. More than 465\,000 votes were cast during the 19-day event. For more information about ArtPrize visit http://artprize.org. September 21-October 9\, 2011 ArtPrize is a radically open competition. Open to any artist in the world who can find space. Open to anybody in Grand Rapids\, Michigan who wants to create a venue. Open to a vote from anyone who attends. \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Various Downtown-area GR Locations - \, Grand Rapids\, MI 49503 CATEGORIES:GRNow Event Calendar Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR