Two-year-old Logan explores the Wonder Wagon at the Plan B village. Plan B is a piece by the Beerhorst family that speculates what will happen to our world if gasoline becomes unavailable and electricity becomes intermittent.
Matt Lehman views Stephanie Schlatter's artwork at Uncorked. The outdoor gallery features hanging paintings on acrylic panels. In the midst of these paintings is a wine tasting area where the crowd can enjoy wine as they mingle amidst the art.
Lainey Simms, age 8, stands in front of Snider and Hocking’s piece called, Relics. All the items in Relics were found in abandoned buildings and junkyards in Detroit, Mich.
Placed around the city of Grand Rapids are 20 pianos saying "Play Me, I'm Yours". The artist, Luke Jerram, designed the pianos as a way to get people talking and expressing themselves. After ArtPrize the pianos will be donated to schools and community groups around Grand Rapids.
Balloons from Robert Bose’s ArtPrize entry stretch across the Grand Rapids skyline. Thick fishing line, wind, and helium hold hundreds of balloons suspended over the Grand River for the piece titled, Balloon Chain. Bose was inspired to make Balloon Chain after using balloons as a way for him and his girlfriend to keep track of each other when they were at Burning Man in the desert. “It’s not the best story ever,” Bose said, “but that’s how it happened!”
Zachary Collins, age 21, gazes at hundreds of dreams caught in jars. Heather Holloman’s artwork, Dream Collection, contains 378 jars, each representing a dream. Attached to each jar is a tag describing the dream and floating inside the water-filled jars are items that represent the dream.By Meredith Laden
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