ArtPrize is here – the world’s largest art competition!  Downtown Grand Rapids has 1,517 pieces of artwork on display on street corners, in restaurants and museums, and even on the bridges spanning the Grand River….there is even artwork IN the river!

The top winners of the $560,000 in prize money are determined by public voting.  I hope everyone gets a chance to enjoy some of the artwork on display.  And I should mention, one of our own HPS Art Teachers, Mrs. Bandstra from Alward Elementary, again has a piece in the ArtPrize competition!  Check out her painting, “A Royal Ternion Rejoicing” here.
Here’s a look at some of my favorites from ArtPrize 2011.