ArtPrize

Grand Rapids is hosting ArtPrize--a contest for artists to display their talents with the goal of winning the grand prize of $250,000. We headed downtown on Friday evening to take in some of the fun. We walked around to check out the art at a few venues before it got dark. The artwork covers a 3 square mile area. It was really very amazing!


This afternoon we went back downtown to check out a most impressive display of performance art. A young man (who's name escapes me at the moment) made 100,000 paper airplanes and with the help of several friends flew them off 6 tall buildings along Monroe Ave. It was very fun to be among about 20,000 people watching. Anna was excited to come home with 2 purple airplanes!