ArtPrize 2010
An article about my summer adventures capturing tall ship photography appeared in the Rockford Squire newspaper today:
You only have until 11:59PM this Wednesday, September 27, 2010 to vote on which artists will make it to the Top 10 for Week 2 of ArtPrize!
If you have not activated your voting status in person at the event, you must do so at a registration site.
REGISTER + ACTIVATE
You can vote as soon as you register and activate
Register now on artprize.org. You must have a unique email address to register. (If you voted last year, you are already registered. You must still activate your voting account in person.)
You must activate your voting account in person at the event. Come to any registration site between September 22-October 6 (final day of voting) and present a valid government ID (driver’s license, state ID or passport). View registration sites
Ready to Vote?
- Sign in to artprize.org
- Click into venues you visited and browse their artists
- Vote!
- Vote for my entry, if you’d like (hint, hint, hint!)
Great Lakes - Great Ships - Great Concerns by Stacy Niedzwiecki
You’ll catch a very brief glimpse of my ArtPrize exhibit in this video clip from WOODTV-8
Immanuel Lutheran Church has double the amount of artists from the 2009 event – thirty in total!
Tonight (Friday, September 24th) will be the public reception, from 6-8pm. I strongly encourage you to come up and see the exhibits from artists from Michigan, other states, and other countries from around the world!
Reception details on Facebook
Officially – my venue is Immanuel Lutheran Church in the Hill area of Grand Rapids.
It’s the large, beautiful Gothic church located at the corner of Michigan and Division – next to VanAndel Institute. Most anyone coming into Grand Rapids can see the church high on the hill, now in the shadows of the buildings coming up in the Medical Mile district. The present sanctuary was dedicated in 1890.
At the time of this blog post – there were about 20 artists being hosted at Immanuel. The number of entries you could enjoy here during ArtPrize 2010 may even be greater by July 1 – when all venue/artist connections must be complete.
I look forward to partnering with Immanuel Lutheran during ArtPrize. The Church graciously granted me permission to use an interesting glass block wall area to display my exhibit. I chose the area on a whim while visiting the church. The glass wall caught my eye during a tour, as it is shaped like a “wave” and had the reflective qualities of water. It will serve as an excellent background to my Great Lakes images.
Click on the blueprint below to see in larger detail – the curved yellow line indicates where you’ll find my exhibit starting September 22, 2010.
It’s official – I’ve just registered and paid my $50 fee for ArtPrize 2010. Now the prospective venues can see my ArtPrize profile to review my works. Artist registration is open only through May 27, and the matching process begins on June 17, 2010.
Only a few months after ArtPrize 2009 took Grand Rapids by storm – I’ve been asked numerous times if I planned to enter the competition again.
I had to give this question a lot of time and consideration, actually. The inaugural ArtPrize was so unique, so fantastic, so well-received – it’s hard as an artist to play a game of “Top That!”. Like many artists, I suspect we put all of our heart and soul into our exhibits to make them extra-special last year.
But I DO have a project in mind – and my current goal is to see it come to fruition by the time ArtPrize exhibits are being installed. To see what I may be photographing – and to help contribute to the large project – please continue here…
I’m actively seeking a venue location, preferably not in a restaurant environment for this year’s competition. The number of pieces I produce for the total entry will be dependent on the space offered by a venue. I would also hope to have a multimedia component of the exhibit as I did last year – but it will not be a requirement of a venue location.
