ArtPrize adds new category for digital art

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — An global artwork competitiveness that has become iconic to Grand Rapids lifestyle, ArtPrize each year transforms the town into a huge-scale platform for enjoyable and progressive artwork, displaying parts in general public areas for 18 days. Prizes are awarded to artists dependent on important belief as effectively as general public votes, producing a exceptional place for public conversations about art.

Today, ArtPrize announced a new and present day class for art submissions. Artists are now invited to submit artwork in the new Electronic classification.

Entries that would tumble less than this class involve electronic shows and screens, this sort of as televisions, projection machines, tablets, or other gadgets.

“As technological innovation developments, we are seeing extra and much more electronic entries every single 12 months. Thus, we are fired up to increase the new digital category for our artists. We cannot wait to see what they occur up with,” mentioned Craig Searer, ArtPrize Executive Director.

Other present types consist of 2-D, 3-D, Time-Based mostly, and Set up. All five classes, together with the new Electronic class, will award $62,500 to profitable artists via an unbiased panel of jurors.

Artist registration opened on April 25 and will close on June 10. Any artist over the age of 18 can use to the competitiveness, hailing from any put on earth and publishing function in any medium.

ArtPrize will operate this 12 months from September 15 to Oct 20. Visit the web site for extra information.