February 11th, 2011
Officials of ArtPrize, a radically open art competition giving away the world’s largest art prize, has announced 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 Registration
Open: Monday, March 14, 2011
Close: Thursday April 14 (5 p.m. EDT)
Artist Registration
Open: Monday, April 18
Close: Thursday, June 16 (5 p.m. EDT)
Artist/Venue Matching
Open: Tuesday, May 31
Close: 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 venues available 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, 2011
Application filed with the DNRE: Friday, April 8
(The DNRE will process the application using the following steps)
- Public notice period begins: Friday, April 22
- Public notice period ends: Friday, May 13
- Public hearing, if requested: Friday, June 10
- 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 like 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 launchpad into the surrounding neighborhood. Each will offer voter registration, an ArtPrize gift shop, and the ArtPrize shuttle stops at each. 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 ArtPrize
ArtPrize 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.
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September 9th, 2010
Voter registration for ArtPrize 2010 is now open to the public.
REGISTER + ACTIVATE
You can register now on artprize.org. You must have a unique email address to register. (If you voted last year, or you are an ArtPrize artist or venue manager, you are already registered.)
All voters must activate their voting account in person at the event. Come to a registration site between September 22-October 6 (final day of voting) and present a valid government ID (driver’s license, state ID or passport).
Registration Sites:
TWO ROUNDS OF VOTING
Week one voting begins Sept. 22 at 6 p.m. and runs through 11:59 p.m. Sept. 29. Voters can vote up or down for any and all of the 1,713 artists. One vote is allowed for each entry. The top 10 finalists will be announced Sept. 30.
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 6 at 11:59 p.m. The winners will be announced October 7.
THREE WAYS TO VOTE
- Text Message Voting – If you provide your mobile phone number during registration, you will be able to cast votes by text message. All votes must be sent to 808080. The body of the message must contain only the artist’s up or down vote ID. No other words or characters are needed. Vote ID’s are currently on each artist profile, and they will be displayed on labels next to each entry.
- The New ArtPrize iPhone App – We updated the iPhone app this year. It’s powerful, easy to use, and free. You can download it from the iTunes App Store now.
- Online Voting – During the event, activated voters will be able to log in to artprize.org and cast votes directly on artist profile pages. You can find the artist you’re looking for by searching his/her name, entry title, or vote ID.
January 28th, 2010
If you were a part of registering for ArtPrize 2009 and part of the “matching” process between artists and venues (think matchmaker.com, but with artists looking for space to exhibit), you’ll notice a few changes this year. Based on feedback from artists and venues regarding the 2009 event, we’ve changed registration and matching for 2010.
In 2009, artists and venues registered simultaneously. During registration, we even opened up matching. This created some confusion and angst. Many artists wanted to base their work on a specific space, but new venues were signing up all the time. Venues wanted to know all of the artists registered before planning their show, but artists were securing venues as new ones signed up each day. Urgency for artists and venues to rush through planning was part of the first year experiment. However, it doesn’t need to be part of the future.
In 2010, venue registration, artist registration and matching will be broken out into separate time periods.
Venue Registration for 2010
Open: Monday, March 15 (Noon EDT)
Close: Thursday April 15, 2010 (5:00PM EDT)
Artist Registration for 2010
Open: Monday, April 19 (Noon EDT)
Close: Thursday, May 27 (5:00PM EDT)
Artist/Venue Matching Period for 2010
Open: Tuesday, June 1 (Noon EDT)
Close: Thursday, July 1 (5:00PM EDT)
We’ll start with venues. So, when artists register, they can plan their work around a known quantity of spaces available. Then artists will register. Venues can use this time to see who is joining and start planning a show. After artist registration ends, matching begins. Venues and artists will have had time to develop a “game plan” during the registration process, and many will probably have already begun talks informally. So, during the month of June, negotiations over the Hosting Agreement can take place and artists can formally secure venues. By the close of Matching July 1, there’s plenty of time to work on the logistics of staging an exhibition.
ArtPrize 2010, the event, happens September 22 – October 10
Download ArtPrize 2010 Official Rules
