With news of so much destruction in Michigan’s auto industry comes this fresh ray of sunshine from Grand Rapids… a $500,000 ArtPrize competition that, if all goes as planned will flood Grand Rapids with art, artists, and young people this fall, as reported by the Grand Rapids Press…
The event will help harness and show off the creative energy and “cultural capital” Grand Rapids has developed over the years, said Joseph Becherer, director of exhibitions and curator of sculpture at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. “This kind of gift tied to this kind of ingenuity can only mean something positive for Grand Rapids as it is now, but also helping to imagine Grand Rapids as it will be tomorrow,” Becherer said.
