GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The top 20 finalists in ArtPrize Seven have been announced. The 20 works were selected by the public out of 1,550, and public voting moves to Round 2.
Hundreds gathered at Rosa Parks Circle Sunday afternoon as the top picks were revealed.
Here they are, by category but in no particular order:
Two-Dimensional
- As Above at Grand Rapids Art Museum, by Judith Braun from New York, New York
- Triple Play at Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, by Anni Crouter from Flint, Michigan
- michigan petoskey stone at DeVos Place Convention Center, by Randall Libby from Manistee, Michigan
- Northwood Awakening at Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, by Loveless PhotoFiber from Frankfort, Michigan
- In a Promised Land… at DeVos Place Convention Center, by Shawn Michael Warren from Harvey, Illinois
Three-Dimensional
- Greatest Generation/Beta Team/November at Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, by Fred Cogelow from Willmar Minnesota
- The Race at DeVos Place Convention Center, by Kurt Swanson from Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Rolling Down at Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, by Kroeze Krew from Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Seasons at Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, by Robin Protz from New Hartford, Connecticut
- MAYA 7624 at Kendall College of Art & Design / Fed Galleries at KCAD, by Seungmo Park from New Jersey City, New Jersey
Installation
- REACH and SPLASH at Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, by Andy Sacksteder from Port Clinton, Ohio
- Balancing Act at Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, by Calvin Babich from Toledo, Ohio
- TIME & AGAIN Grand Rapids at Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, by Midge Bolt from Pepin, Wisconsin and Doreen Gunnick from Kentwood, Michigan
- SENSI at at Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, by Gianluca Traina from Ventimiglia de Sicilia, Italy
- The Grand Rapid Tape Drawing at TowerPinkster -- Architects | Engineers, by The Tape Art Crew from Providence, Rhode Island
Time-Based
- Movement at Grand Rapids Public Museum, by Craig Merchant from Wyoming, Michigan
- Whisper at 250 Monroe, by Emily Kennerk from Zionsville, Indiana
- BREAKTHROUGH at DeVos Place Convention Center, by Breakthrough Team from Ada, Michigan
- Hometown Hero at Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, by Pamela Alderman from Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Symphony of Gestures at Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, by Sara Dittrich and Benjamin Buchanan from Baltimore, Maryland
Round 2 voting continues through Oct. 8.
