Art Prized x2

It's all the talk in Grand Rapids! If you live anywhere in Michigan, you have probably heard of Artprize...and probably attended! This year was the 2nd annual Artprize. I attended briefly with the kids last year (Trent had a broken leg). This year I was able to attend two different times!

Now, let me just say, I'm not really a 'artsy' kinda gal. I usually don't get artists artistic minds! I also gravitate to the metal type artistic venues..I also like the touchable items. Really don't care for painted artwork...but that is just me!

The first time I went this year, a Sunday, was with Steve Troy & Trent. It was packed, you could hardly get around to see the artwork. I'm not going to give each name..simply because I don't have time! So you can just enjoy the pictures----

This one was one of my favorites right out of the box! It was made with pennies and in a penny form...cool huh? I know, I have a simple mind!

My second visit was with the girls. We went on a Monday afternoon...and let me just say, it was perfect weather and not a lot of people out...so we could really enjoy the art. Here we are in front of the Gerald R. Ford Museum. (L-R)Renee's friend Mary, Mary's SIL Tammy, Renee, Danielle, Joanne & Darica. Renee was our tour guide and she did a great job...she got us to all the Top 10's

The Elephant WalkThis was made with crayons...the bottom side of them...it's the seven days of creation. Calvary, a 28 foot drawing with 2H pencil. He drew this from a photograph.

Here I am with Chris LaPorte, the Artist. Because it took me soooo long to post these pictures, we now know he was the 1st place winner! He won 250,000. Does this make me famous? This was done with wine stained corks. Impressive

When girls get together, they have to go for lunch. We went to Big O's

Steam pig

Bohemian wave Artprize placed pianos all over town. People were encouraged to sit and play a tune..here is Danielle playing a number for us.

This was another of my favorites. From a distance it looks like a mural of Grand Rapids...as we took a closer look we realized what it truly was......It was balls in tubes...very impressive! Can you imagine sliding all those balls in that tube...and in the right order..Patience! To give you an idea of what it looked like up close....I snapped this picture.

What a great idea for GR. It was stated that there were 450,000 votes cast....WOW! Almost 1/2 million people... a great boost for the GR economy. Later.....

We Were There!...

On Monday we went to Artprize in downtown Grand Rapids. I have to admit I'm not much of an "art" person. I don't usually see what the artist was trying to convey. You can say...I'm art challenged!

On a spur of the moment, the boys and I headed down to see some of the sights...after only a few trips around the block we parked and set out to see some of the sights. I wanted them to see the Moose. We found it and were also on TV.

Here is the News clip! Only Trent and I made it in the clip and then just me after more of the Artist interview. Keep your eye on it...we aren't there long! It's obviously me...I 'm carrying Trent's crutches! Enjoy!

(Many thanks to my wonderful husband who went to great lengths to help me get this posted!)