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Before I let ArtPrize lay dormant until September 2010 when Grand Rapids buzzes and twitters about hundreds, maybe thousands of works of art installed around the city, I’d like to re visit ArtPrize 2009 to take a look at one of my favorite artists and her submission. Ok, right up front, with...
I’m really a sucker for “cute.” Cute stores. Cute houses. Cute chicken coops. I don’t want “cute” stuff in my house necessarily, but I get a kick out of seeing how people can take an ordinary building or item and make it cute with a bit of creativity and...
While I was at the gym getting ready for spin class, I saw an interview on one of the morning’s talk show on the TV in the locker room. The folks being interviewed were proudly showing off the pumpkin they grew— world’s largest —something like 1700 pounds. It was big. Naturally...
ArtPrize: I really blew it. Well, just when a major and I mean Major Art World Moment was occurring in Grand Rapids, my home town, I was off with my husband lallygagging around Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. It was all very fun and beautiful but, oh my gosh! Like many people, I was caught...
“After Vermeer, Rachel as a 9th Grader” by Dennis Grantz This ArtPrize entry is a photomosiac created from 8,480 images from student file folders on the network server of the school where Dennis Grantz teaches. In the artist’s statement, he says, “It’s a face...
Who would have thunk it? The striking white lines on both sides of the bridge linking the north side of South Haven to the south side were created out of garden variety PVC pipe. Or at least, that’s what it looked like. Attached to the railings and filled with glorious profusion of...
What a creative way to draw attention to this artist’s space at an Art Show in South Haven, Michigan.
I ran away last week. Not far and not for long, but needing a little time to catch my breath and be totally unscheduled and not accountable to anyone, I took a few hours and took myself to Douglas, Michigan. Douglas, a charming little resort town along the western edge of Lake Michigan,...