Category Archives: Artists & Galleries

Michigan Radio: The Cost of Creativity

Michigan Radio has a great radio documentary titled The Cost of Creativity that I really hope you get a chance to check out. They note  that while Michigan was funding arts & culture at a level of $26 million dollars a year through a combination of state taxes and federal money a decade ago, it’s [...]

The Water Semester at University of Michigan

“Water is the most critical resource issue of our lifetime and our children’s lifetime. The health of our waters is the principal measure of how we live on the land.” ~ Luna Leopold Huron River by Ann279 Our friends over at the Great Lakes Echo tipped us off to an interesting thing that the University [...]

2010 ArtPrize Winner: Cavalry, American Officers, 1921 by Chris LaPorte

The winners of ArtPrize 2010 were announced last night in Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids resident Chris LaPorte took top honors and $250,000 for his work Cavalry, American Officers, 1921, a phenomenally detailed work in pencil. Svelata by Mia Tavonatti and Lure/Wave, Grand Rapids (Lure/Forest) by Beili Liu rounded out the top 3. Svelata by Mia [...]

mlive.com to cover the ArtPrize Winners Announcment party

Via mlive.com: In a matter of hours, we find out which artist from ArtPrize’s Top 10 walks away $250,000 richer, and winner of ArtPrize 2010, a 19-day event that has transformed Grand Rapids into an art-lover’s paradise. Did you see the splash of coverage on the “Today” show today? How cool. Join us tonight as [...]

Detroit ART City

“Detroit is one of only places where an artist can come in and probably own a building with the amount of revenue that they get.” ~artist kt Andresky, via Michigan Radio “Detroit Industry” – Detroit Institute of Arts ( Diego Rivera ) by DetroitDerek All week Absolute Michigan is talking about Detroit. With a wealth [...]

ArtPrize Top Ten Announced

ArtPrize – Vision – drawn towards the eye by pentax hammer (gary syrba) The Top Ten entries for ArtPrize have been announced. We present them below the video in random order. For Week 2 of ArtPrize you get ONE vote (but you can change it through the week). Voting ends at midnight on October 6th [...]

Tracking ArtPrize

Garden for Patricia by pairadocs Absolute Michigan is featuring ArtPrize, the world’s largest public art competition that takes place in the city of Grand Rapids through October 7. One thing I found when I was there this weekend was that there was so much to see that I felt a little lost. We’ve put together [...]

Photo Friday: Art Prize 9 23 2010 by RichardDemingPhotography

With Absolute Michigan’s ArtPrize coverage in full swing, it seemed fitting to feature an ArtPrize photo today. I was happy to find that one of the most prolific Grand Rapids photographers in the Absolute Michigan pool hadn’t yet been featured so… RichardDemingPhotography (Richard Deming Jr.) writes: My life is made up of the simple, sensitive, [...]

ArtPrize Happenings: Concerts, Presentations & Parties

Absolute Michigan will be on location at ArtPrize and bringing you regular updates In addition to seeing all the art at the venues around the city, ArtPrize 2010 features numerous happenings all over the city. Before we get into that, however, here’s a great Opening Montage by filmmaker Brian Kelly that we came across this [...]

Getting around ArtPrize 2010

Walkers by RichardDemingPhotography ArtPrize 2010 officially starts today and runs through October 10th. With over 1700 registered artists and nearly 200 venues you may find that seeing what you want to see is a daunting prospect. We spent some time learning about a few ways to make this easier… You’ll definitely want to hit the [...]