GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — After a week and a half, over 950 entries and 31,566 total votes the first round of voting for ArtPrize is over and some of the most popular pieces have been launched into the top 25 qualifying them for the grand prize of $125,000.
This year, for the first time, ArtPrize has extended the opportunity for 25 additional artists across all five categories to qualify for second and third place, winning $50,000 and $25,000 respectively.
The five categories are 2D, 3D, Digital, Installation and Time-based.
“While honoring the voice of public participation, our intention is to broaden engagement and
opportunity to more artists across the city and various categories by extending the 2nd and 3rd
prize qualification pool to the top 50 publicly voted pieces," said Catlin Whitington, ArtPrize Executive Director. "Most importantly, we hope everyone has been inspired by this past week’s entries and goes out to explore and discover new art and connect with this amazing city.”
Voting will continue for the second round. When you find a piece you want to cast a vote for, there will be a QR code on the artist's label that you can scan. The code will take you to a website to cast your vote. You can also enter the artist's five-digit Artist ID to vote for an entry.
In order to vote, you must have a cell phone and be within the ArtPrize district boundaries at least once between Sept. 14 and Sept. 28.
Jurors will evaluate their category selections alongside the public’s final votes for first, second, and third place in the juried awards in the coming weeks.
The awards ceremony announcing the winners was held Sept. 29 at 6:30 p.m. at Rosa Parks Circle.
ArtPrize shared that one of the finalists was disqualified:
"It has come to ArtPrize’s attention that Oleg Kedria’s work was miscategorized as a recognized finalist as a 2D entry due to a data-sorting error that cross-referenced a second entry by the Artist–a violation of ArtPrize Artist rules–at a different Venue. This work has been disqualified and removed from the voting pool in round 2.
Accounting for the votes cast in the correct category of 2D artwork, Brett Farmer’s entry “Falling in Michigan” located at the DeVos Place Convention Center, is now recognized as one of the top 5 2D entries. It is eligible to win the 2nd- or 3rd-place Public Vote Prize and for voting in round two effective immediately.
We apologize for any impact this has had on the Artists and the user experience, and we thank the community for bringing this error to our attention."
Take a look at some of the ArtPrize finalists works!
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