Top 20 ArtPrize finalists announced

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.- ArtPrize announced Sunday afternoon the public’s vote for the Top 20 entries in this year’s ArtPrize competition.

• Frits Hoendervanger, Autumn’s Passage, Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, Detroit, MI
• Armin Mersmann, Gabriella, Amway Grand Plaza Hotel | Midland, MI
• Sandra Bryant, Into the Autumn Woods, DeVos Place Convention Center, Lynden, WA
• Gretchyn Lauer, Outcry, DeVos Place Convention Center, Grand Rapids, MI
• Mark Middleton, Perspective, The B.O.B., Petoskey, MI

• Marc Sijan, Reciprocity, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
• Dan Heffron, Poseidon’s Paradise, The B.O.B., Manton, MI
• Dominic Pangborn, Michigan in Motion, DeVos Place Convention Center, Detroit, MI
• Jilly Barnes, Engulfed in Glass, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Pentwater, MI
• Kroeze Krew, The Pond, Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, Grand Rapids, MI

• Nathan Lareau, Urban Tumbleweed, Cathedral Square, Grand Rapids, MI
• Liz Roberts, Always Nowhere, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Delaware, OH
• Robert Shangle, Your Move?, Harris Building, Sparta, MI
• NewD Media, Peralux, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Farmington, MI
• Carol Roeda, Color Out the Darkness, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Ada, MI

• Anila Quayyum Agha, Intersections, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Indianapolis, IN
• Ryan Spencer Reed, Despite Similarities to Reality, This is a Work of Fiction, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Ludington, MI
• Kevin Sudeith, Grand River Fish Petroglyph, Grand Rapids Public Museum, Brooklyn, NY
• Dave MacKenzie, Breathe, The B.O.B., Spring Lake, MI
• Solo + Kojima, A Series of Handmade Japanese Paper Cut Sculptures, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, London, Southwark
  

352,732 votes were cast over the past 11 days. These 20 pieces of art will vie for $260,000 in prizes.

Round 2 Voting kicks off at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, October 5 and will continue through October 9 at 11:59 p.m. The winners of both the public vote and the juried awards will be announced at the ArtPrize Awards on October 10.