ArtPrize top 20 voted on by public announced

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The top 20 art pieces as selected by the general public casting votes was announced Saturday.

A total of 1,453 pieces were submitted to be a part of ArtPrize Eight and now a top 20 has emerged.  The pieces are split into four categories: Two-DImensional, Three-Dimensional, Installation and Time-Based.  Each category will have a $12,500 winner.  One artist will eventually take the $200,000 grand prize in the 2016 public vote.

Voting for this round closed at 11:59 p.m. Saturday.   ArtPrize says there was 31,744 visitors that cast 336,334 votes in this portion of the contest.

Check out all of the pieces that made the Top 20 below: 

• Ashes to Ashes at The B.O.B. by Jacqueline Gilmore from Rockford, MI
• Portraits of Light and Shadow at DeVos Place Convention Center by Joao Paulo Goncalves from Pompano Beach, FL
• Continental U.S at Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum by Valerie Hollstein from Salt Lake City, UT
• Sand Sturgeon at Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum by Gary Moran from New York, NY
• Protect and Serve at The B.O.B. by Andrew J. Woodstock from Plainwell, MI

• VICTORY at Homewood Suites by Hilton Grand Rapids Downtown & Jam’n Bean Coffee Company at the Waters Center by THE CHAIRMen from Centennial, CO
• Wounded Warrior Dogs at Amway Grand Plaza by James Mellick from Milford Center, OH
• Imagine If at Amway Grand Plaza by Robin Protz from New Hartford, CT
• Invasive Species at Barnes & Thornburg LLP by Shiny Seed from Ann Arbor, MI
• One Thousand Shacks at Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) by Tracey Snelling from Oakland, CA

• Sweet Spot at Brush Studio by Causey Daniell Studio from Indianapolis, IN
• Ditch Lily Drawing at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park by Nathan Lareau from Grand Rapids, MI
• The Butterfly Effect at DeVos Place Convention Center by Pettit Smith from Durango, CO
• Rock Around at Grand Rapids Children’s Museum by Aaron Zenz from Spring Lake, MI
• 250 prepared ac-motors, 325kg roof laths, 1.0km rope at SiTE:LAB | Rumsey St. Project by Zimoun from Bern, Switzerland

• Sweeper’s Clock at Grand Rapids Art Museum by Maarten Baas from Den Bosch, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Hoot at Courtyard Marriott Downtown by Laurel Bahe from Colorado Springs, CO
• Higher Ground at Grand Rapids Art Museum by Hillerbrand+Magsamen from Houston, TX
• Emoh: sculpture / time capsule & temporary home at Kilwins Chocolates & Ice-Cream @ McKay Tower- Rosa Parks by Loren Naji from Cleveland, OH
• Trout Bike at Peppinos Pizzeria & Sports Grille by Andrew Rockwood from Traverse City, MI