The Grand Rapids Press reports that the growth of ArtPrize since its inaugural year in 2009 promises new thrills in addition to more art and more artists. Free music concerts, new phone technologies for voting and tracking viewers, and neighborhood exhibition centers are some of the exciting changes in store for festival-goers.
According to excerpts from the story:
A year ago, a 27-year-old entrepreneur invited Grand Rapids to get creative with an open-format, international art competition.
At the time, ArtPrize founder Rick DeVos couldn't say how the experiment in creating a giant conversation about art would go, except it would be "a little crazy," but "a ton of fun."
ArtPrize 2010 open(ed) Wednesday, and DeVos expects the excitement and atmosphere will be a new experience.
"There's a totally different feel when you know what's going to happen, at least in some way, more than we did last year," he said.
Organizers believe what made last year successful — being an "intentionally simple, intentionally under-engineered event — not burdened with a lot of rules and regulation" — is helping to shape 2010.
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