ArtPrize 9/25/10

This weekend we went to the 2nd Annual ArtPrize. Last year was a big enough success that it happened again this year. Art Prize is an art contest. The artists are required to find a venue to host their art and then when it is time, we the public walk around and see lots of good, and some bad, art. For the first week we get to vote "thumbs up" if we like it, and "thumbs down" if we don't. After a week, the top ten pieces of art that got the most "thumbs up" are published. We the public then vote for our favorite. The piece of art with the most votes wins $250,000!!!

This year there were some pieces displayed at the Meijer Gardens, so we drove out there before we headed downtown.There are pieces of art scattered ALL over downtown. In addition to the pieces scattered around downtown, there and exhibition halls where there are many pieces displayed in the same building. These are just a few of the ones we saw.
I liked this one because the kids got to get involved in the art. The wall was covered in felt and each of the little colored squares had strips of Velcro on it. The kids were encouraged to go up to it and rearrange the squares and change how the art looked. :-)
The artist of this piece was nice enough to offer to take our family picture in front of his piece.
We took LOTS more pictures of art. You can see them on our pictures site pictures.stoufer.com.
I thought I wasn't going to enjoy myself, but to my surprise, I did. We are planning on going back down next weekend to see more. :-)