ArtPrize today announced its registration timeline for our 2012 event, which will run from Sept. 19 through Oct. 7.
The ArtPrize platform creates a system that values creativity, experimentation and above all, collaboration. Artists are encouraged to build a relationship and partner with a venue as early as possible to create a memorable and successful installation. Registration dates include:
Venue Registration
Open: Monday, March 12 (Noon EDT)
Close: Thursday April 12 (5:00 p.m. EDT)
Artist Registration/Connections Open
Monday, April 23 (Noon EDT)
Artist Registration Close
Thursday, May 24 (5:00 p.m. EDT)
Connections Period Close
Thursday, June 14 (5:00 p.m. EDT)
There are few differences between the 2011 and 2012 registration process, key changes include simultaneous Artist Registration and Connections Period, allowing artists to immediately coordinate with a venue upon registration. Connections will remain open beyond Artist Registration until June 14.
Any art proposed for installation in the Grand River, which runs through the center of the ArtPrize district, must be submitted to the city of Grand Rapids and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) according to the following schedule:
Pre-application filed with the City of Grand Rapids
Monday, March 5
Application filed with the DEQ
Friday, March 16
The DNRE will process the application using the following steps:
Public notice period begins: Friday, March 30
Public notice period ends: Friday, April 20
Public hearing, if requested: Friday, May 18
Required time for comments: Tuesday, May 29
Permit Decision
Thursday, June 7
This process allows the State of Michigan and City of Grand Rapids to review proposed work and ensure that the installation meets specific criteria relevant to the environmental, structural and navigability impact on the river.
In ArtPrize 2011, Mia Tavonatti, of Orange Co. Calif., captured the top prize of $250,000 for her work, Crucifixion. Chris LaPorte of Grand Rapids, Mich. won the top prize in 2010 with Cavalry, American Officers, 1921, and Ran Ortner of Brooklyn, N.Y. won in 2009 for his work Open Water No. 24.
A new economic impact study was released this morning by Experience Grand Rapids, the region’s convention and visitors bureau. The study, conducted by the Anderson Economic Group, reveals that the 2011 ArtPrize event added $15.4 million to the Grand Rapids/Kent County economy, attracted more than 320,000 visitors and created more than 200 new jobs during its 19 days.
From Scott Watkins, with AEG:
“The study provides a comprehensive assessment of event attendance, visitor spending, local spending by the ArtPrize organization, and the economic impacts that accrue beyond the initial expenditures of visitors and the host organization. It also accounts for economic substitution. The analysis illustrates the new economic activity attributable to ArtPrize and does not double count spending in the area that would have otherwise occurred if the event was not held.”
The full report can be found here. Read the whole thing.
ArtPrize is supportive of this research study. From our perspective, communities thrive when people are given the flexibility and encouragement to be creative and a population is provided with the freedom to voice their opinions, and to just plain have fun. The Anderson study shows that small experiments like ArtPrize can grow to have significant impact, and we are pleased that our region is thriving as a result.
We hope 2012 will be an even bigger year for ArtPrize, with the tweaks we announced earlier this month:
self-sustainability
enabling the “credible mass” within the “critical mass”
empowered professional voices
ArtPrize thanks everyone for a successful 2011, and we look forward to seeing you in the new year!
ArtPrize, the radically open international art competition and social experiment in Grand Rapids, Mich., is pleased to announce a new award: the ArtPrize Juried Grand Prize.
The $100,000 award will be added to a revised list of public and juried prizes that will be distributed at the end of the 19-day event.
ArtPrize 2012 will take place Sept. 19 – Oct. 7, 2012.
With its public vote and juried awards, ArtPrize explores the tension between professional and populist in an epic conversation. In 2011, nearly 400,000 people visited Grand Rapids to engage with the work and ideas of nearly 1,600 artists. The new award changes the dynamic of the competition, and increases the total awards the event distributes to $550,000, making it the largest total prize purse for art in the world.
In addition to the Juried Grand Prize, ArtPrize will also increase its other juried awards to $20,000 each. The organization selected five categories to recognize:
Two-Dimensional
Three-Dimensional
Time and Performance
Urban Space
Venue
The increased commitment to juried awards will change the dynamic of the event and sets up a purposeful dialog between the opinions of arts professionals and the public, focusing on the artists’ work. Jurors for all of the professional awards will be announced in the spring, prior to artist registration.
“For the past three years, ArtPrize has set itself apart by empowering the public and giving them a critical voice, but the success of the event is based on the exchange of artists’ ideas,” said DeVos. “We want ArtPrize to be accessible for everyone, so we hope the new awards will help artists understand our goals and encourage them bring new ideas to the event.”
The changes in Juried Prizes will result in a revision of the ArtPrize Public Vote Awards:
Public Vote Award Revisions
Top Prize 2011: $250,000 2012: $200,000
2nd 2011: $100,000 2012: $75,000
3rd 2011: $50,000 2012: $50,000
4th-10th 2011: $7,000 2012: $5,000
The prize total for the public awards in 2012 will be $350,000, vastly outweighing the juried awards at $200,000, and keeping the organization’s focus on the community.
“The engagement of the community continues to be at the forefront of ArtPrize’s success,” added Catherine Creamer, executive director of ArtPrize. “Nearly 400,000 people participated in ArtPrize in 2011, not because we told them art mattered, but because we create a system where THEY matter to art.”
ArtPrize 2011 had more than 38,000 registered voters who submitted 383,000 total votes. With the increase of smartphones, mobile voting via the ArtPrize iPhone and new Android apps increased 62 percent.
ArtPrize 2011 began Sept. 21 with 1,582 artists from 39 countries and 43 U.S. states installing their work at 164 venues in a three-square-mile district in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Artist and venue registration for ArtPrize 2012 will be announced after the beginning of the year. For more information, visit www.artprize.org.
Voting is among the most essential parts of the ArtPrize process. It is the building block of our epic, community-wide conversation about public art. This event is a result of whatever people put into it, by voting, everyone has a chance to add their unique opinion into the equation.
This year we are encouraging everyone to set aside indifference and actively participate in the public vote, which begins by registering for a voting account at artprize.org.
Registration can be done in the comfort of your own home (in your pajamas, if you prefer) and requires only a unique e-mail address to begin the process at artprize.org. If you voted in 2010 or 2009, your email will still be on file. Just log back in to re-register.
Once registered, accounts must be activated in-person. This is step two of the voting process.
We require participants to present a valid government-issued identification in order to ensure the validity of the vote, and so outsiders can’t “game” the system. Your valid ID MUST be presented at any ArtPrize registration centers (probably shouldn’t wear your pajamas for this part) and be in the form of a driver’s license, state ID or passport. Anyone ages 16 and up can register to vote.
Beginning Sept. 17 at The Hub at 41 Sheldon, or at any of the eight ArtPrize Exhibition Centers starting Sept. 21 and through the duration of the event, including Diocese of Grand Rapids’ Cathedral Square, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Valley State University Pew Campus, Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts and the Women’s City Club.
Voting during week one of ArtPrize 2011 begins Sept. 21 at 6:00 p.m. and runs through 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 28. Voters can vote up or down for any of the 1,582 artists. One vote per person is allowed for each work of art. Voting results will continually be posted online at artprize.org. The Top 10 finalists will be announced Sept. 29; 6:00 p.m. at Rosa Parks Circle, in downtown Grand Rapids.
Voting during week two begins after the Top 10 announcement. Voters can cast only one vote for one of the 10 finalists. Votes can be changed until the close of voting on October 5 at 11:59 p.m. In week two, voting results will not be posted online. The winners will be announced on October 6.
During ArtPrize 2010 more than 400,000 people visited ArtPrize and more than 46,000 people registered to vote, casting 465,538 votes during the 15 days.
ArtPrize 2011 begins Sept. 21 and runs through Oct. 9. Information about ArtPrize and scheduled events can be found at artprize.org.
Brian Kelly is a photographer and filmmaker living in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Based on the video journal he made during 2009, ArtPrize® invited Brian to share his videos on our blog during the 2010 event. He’ll walk around and document what interests him as a filmmaker. Brian’s thoughts and opinions are his own and in no way represent an endorsement or objection from ArtPrize toward an individual artist or venue.
Spend “90 Seconds With Chris LaPorte”. Chris is a Top 10 ArtPrize Artist and his ArtPrize entry can be viewed at the Grand Rapids Art Museum.
Brian Kelly is a photographer and filmmaker living in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Based on the video journal he made during 2009, ArtPrize® invited Brian to share his videos on our blog during the 2010 event. He’ll walk around and document what interests him as a filmmaker. Brian’s thoughts and opinions are his own and in no way represent an endorsement or objection from ArtPrize toward an individual artist or venue.
Spend 90 Seconds with David Spriggs, a Top 10 ArtPrize artist and his piece entitled “Vision” which is on display at The Grand Rapids Art Museum.
Brian Kelly is a photographer and filmmaker living in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Based on the video journal he made during 2009, ArtPrize® invited Brian to share his videos on our blog during the 2010 event. He’ll walk around and document what interests him as a filmmaker. Brian’s thoughts and opinions are his own and in no way represent an endorsement or objection from ArtPrize toward an individual artist or venue.
Brian Kelly is a photographer and filmmaker living in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Based on the video journal he made during 2009, ArtPrize® invited Brian to share his videos on our blog during the 2010 event. He’ll walk around and document what interests him as a filmmaker. Brian’s thoughts and opinions are his own and in no way represent an endorsement or objection from ArtPrize toward an individual artist or venue.
Brian Kelly is a photographer and filmmaker living in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Based on the video journal he made during 2009, ArtPrize® invited Brian to share his videos on our blog during the 2010 event. He’ll walk around and document what interests him as a filmmaker. Brian’s thoughts and opinions are his own and in no way represent an endorsement or objection from ArtPrize toward an individual artist or venue.
Brian Kelly is a photographer and filmmaker living in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Based on the video journal he made during 2009, ArtPrize® invited Brian to share his videos on our blog during the 2010 event. He’ll walk around and document what interests him as a filmmaker. Brian’s thoughts and opinions are his own and in no way represent an endorsement or objection from ArtPrize toward an individual artist or venue.
I had the good opportunity to shoot some video and photos inside of Beili Liu’s#ArtPrize installation at the new UICA. I had heard some early buzz about this piece and went to check it out. Unfortunately, Beili is traveling and may not be back in time for me to do a “90 Seconds With” video.
The work is quite dazzling from this internationally acclaimed artist. Despite the fact that Beili’s installation is located on one of the busiest and not-so-pedestrian-friendly intersections in the city is a testament to the strength of the work. Many people have voted it up, it’s currently in the Top 25.
I can unabashedly say I hope it makes the Top 10. It’s a must see.
ArtPrize today announced its registration timeline for our 2012 event, which will run from Sept. 19 through Oct. 7.
