A Grand Rapids version of Mark Tucker's FoolMoon Festival will be part of ArtPrize 2013.
As stated on ArtPrize’s website, “For 19 days, three square miles of downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, become an open playing field where anyone can find a voice in the conversation about what is art and why it matters. Art from around the world pops up in every inch of downtown, and it’s all free and open to the public.”
In fact, the public determines ArtPrize’s overall winner by vote, and the top prize is $200,000; experts award additional prizes by jury.
Those from Ann Arbor who are in the running this year are: Mark Tucker (FoolMoon Grand Rapids); Colin Raymond ("Permanent Address"); David Fischer ("Bio Constructives"); Shayne Davidson ("Civil War Soldiers"); Karen Moeller ("KaBOOM!"); Cathy Jacobs ("38 Candles: Self-Portrait as Marie Antoinette"); Marty Maehr ("Indwelling Phoenix Bird (Imagination)"); Susan Clinthorne ("Broken"); Geo Space ("Firefly"); Rachel Mulder ("Traveling Plastic Factory"); Nicholas James Farrell ("A Light in the Garden"); Robb N. Johnston ("A Triptych of Icons"); Christian Rasmussen ("The Inevit-Ability of Change"); Rosalyne Shieh ("Untitled"); Mark Lavengood ("Centennial Stomp"); William Cares ("Coasts: Near and Far"); Cristina Mezuk ("Mitosis"); Dennis Maloney ("Cardinal in Red Buds"); Andrew Holder ("Yves Fouquet: The Complete Portraits"); and Peter Warburton ("Sunflower for Hank").
This year’s ArtPrize takes place September 18-October 6.
Jenn McKee is an entertainment reporter for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at jennmckee@annarbor.com or 734-623-2546, and follow her on Twitter @jennmckee.