Perspectives on ArtPrize at DeVos Art Lecture Series

A lively discussion about Grand Rapids’ fourth annual ArtPrize international art competition is planned as the 2012 DeVos Art Lecture. A variety of views will be presented during “Perspectives on ArtPrize: Poet, Painter, Sculptor and More,” Wednesday, October 3, Loosemore Auditorium, DeVos Center, Pew Grand Rapids Campus. A welcome reception is from 5-5:30 p.m. The lecture will be from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

The distinguished panelists will include Grand Rapids Art Museum Director and CEO Dana Friis-Hansen; poet and author Dan Gerber; painter, sculptor, and assemblage artist, Charles McGee, a GVSU ArtPrize 2012 artist; and contemporary realist painter, Jack Richard Smith, based in Taos, New Mexico. Several pieces of Smith’s work are included in Grand Valley’s permanent collection. Henry Matthews, Grand Valley director of Galleries and Collections, will serve as moderator, and Marcia Haas, honorary chair, will give a welcome address.

A reception immediately following the lecture will be in the Hager/Lubbers Exhibition Hall, adjacent to the auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, call the GVSU Art Gallery at (616) 331-2563.