Grand Valley will see record number of K-12 students visit ArtPrize

More than 2,500 students from 23 Grand Valley State University-authorized charter schools will get a chance to take in ArtPrize thanks to a six-day program called ArtPrize Education Days, hosted by Grand Valley’s Charter Schools Office. The program gives students a chance to spend a day in Grand Rapids looking at ArtPrize entries and engaging in art-building activities. 

This is the third year the program has taken place, and organizers said a record number of students are scheduled to participate. About half of the students are enrolled in schools outside of the Grand Rapids area, including several hundred from Detroit. Other students will travel from Holland, Muskegon, Big Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing and Jackson.

“The Grand Valley Charter Schools Office is proud to give students, especially those who have never visited Grand Rapids or been to ArtPrize, a unique experience that is entertaining as well as educational,” said Amirah Vosburgh, the CSO’s manager of programs and marketing. 

This year, the students will design viewfinders so they may look at the art entries through different perspectives.