Grand Valley will host 25 for ArtPrize

The GVSU Outdoor Art & Sculpture Exhibition Center for ArtPrize 2010 will feature 25 artists, nearly triple the number from last year's event. They hail from locations as diverse as Poland, the Netherlands and seven states in the U.S. extending from Colorado to Maine.

Located on Grand Valley's Pew Grand Rapids Campus, the exhibition center is situated along the Grand River between Pearl and Fulton Streets. The beautiful lawns and grounds of Grand Valley's DeVos Center, Eberhard Center and Kennedy Hall of Engineering are located near the Blue Bridge, providing a convenient pedestrian connection between the exhibition center and the east side of the river.

More than an venue, which number 192 this year, Grand Valley is one of seven Exhibition Centers, each curated by a regional cultural institution, with an ArtPrize store and voter registration site. By hosting 25 or more artists, the exhibition centers provide viewers an opportunity to see more art in more neighborhoods.

An Opening Reception to meet the artists exhibiting at Grand Valley will be held September 23, at 6:30 p.m., following the DeVos Art Lecture in Loosemore Auditorium, DeVos Center, 401 W. Fulton, Grand Rapids. At 5:30, guest speaker Eames Demetrios will weave some of the myriad threads of his life journey as the grandson of Charles and Ray Eames, to his own artistic creations, including the alternative universe, Kcymaerxthaere. One of Eames' alternative universe plaques was exhibited at Grand Valley during ArtPrize 2009.
 
ArtPrize exhibitions will continue through October 10. For more information about each of the artists participating at Grand Valley and other related ArtPrize events, visit www.gvsu.edu/artgallery, or call (616) 331-2563.