Reinventing the Art Experience and Transforming a City

In a time where reinvention is the name of the game, the roles of producers and consumers, citizens and decision-makers are being blurred, and new technologies are making new relationships possible, this initiative is bringing all these things to the art world.

ArtPrize aims to “reboot the conversation between artists and the public.”

And it is doing so with the lure of the world’s largest art prize of $250,000 for first place.  Second place is $100,000 and third $50,000 with the seven remaining top-ten places getting $7,000.

Even more exciting is that there are no spectators for this competition.  It asks viewers to become active participants by having their say, with the public getting the deciding vote.

“The city of Grand Rapids will become an art gallery. ArtPrize art works and performances, professional and amateur, will be exhibited at hundreds of venues, all within a three-square mile area in Grand Rapids’ downtown riverfront district. The city has offered up parks and bridges for outdoor venue displays. Scores of businesses will convert lobbies and public space for displays.”

Here’s a city experimenting with ways to tap the creative potential diverse people, engaging them in various ways with this initiative, led by entrepreneur Rick DeVos.

More here.

  

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