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    Eco-Flamenco: One Dress Made by Thousands of People by Nancy Judd

    Eco-Flamenco is a couture fashion sculpture made from trash in a participatory public art performance during ArtPrize 2011.

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    • 106% funded
    • $5,326 pledged
    • Funded
      Oct 14, 2011

    Eco-Flamenco is a "lavish dress will be covered in thousands of “ruffles” made from circles cut from cereal boxes that are painted various shades of red with reclaimed acrylic house and artists paints."

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    Nebula Project: Graffiti that Grows & Public Seed Ball Share by Jacqueline Louise Wilson

    Viewers witness and participate in plant growth, while simultaneously experiencing the natural change and descent of clay graffiti.

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    • 101% funded
    • $1,198 pledged
    • Funded
      Sep 18, 2011

    "Nebula combines community and installation to create a growing, expanding art piece. There are four parts to the installation: the clay graffiti, the growing containers, the seed balls, and the return to nature."

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    "Traveling Trashball" goes to ArtPrize! by Katie

    I am asking for funding to frame, transport and install the "Traveling Trashball" illustrated series to ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI.

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    • 100% funded
    • $2,500 pledged
    • Funded
      Sep 14, 2011

    Katie says: "In this series of illustrations, I imagine how a fictional sentient creature could evolve from the breezy garbage filled streets of a contemporary city environment."

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    Screwed Rapids by The Screwed Arts Collective

    We will create a 95’ long and 22’ 5” tall wall drawing in the Ramp Project Space of the UICA during the ArtPrize® festival.

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    • 100% funded
    • $13,119 pledged
    • Funded
      Aug 24, 2011

    "The Screwed Arts Collective will ... create a 95’ long and 22’ 5” tall conversation in the Ramp Project Space of the UICA. The purpose ... is to create a unique dialogue with the community ... while at the same time, exposing the process of how art is created to the masses."

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    Prayer Flags - Breath travels to ArtPrize by Laura Isaac

    My public art installation Prayer Flags - Breath has been invited to be part of ArtPrize 2011 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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    • 108% funded
    • $921 pledged
    • Funded
      Aug 29, 2011

    "Prayer Flags - Breath is a public art installation of hand-pulled block prints on hand-painted cotton cloth. Inspired by traditional Tibetan prayer flags, abstract images of lungs represent the breath, the basis of all prayer."

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    Creativity Recycled Trees of Life Installation by DALE WAYNE

    A collaborative forest of 7 wooden trees 6-8 ft tall adorned with cut and painted recycled plastic bottles made to resemble glass.

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    • 100% funded
    • $2,651 pledged
    • Funded
      Sep 06, 2011

    "I have SEVEN gorgeous wooden trees that we are going to load with glass like forms made from cutting, painting, and heating recycled plastic bottles. There will be COLOR! There will be SPARKLE! "

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    "MetaPhorest" by Tracy Van Duinen and WMCAT students by Amy Knape

    Artist Tracy Van Duinen and his team will work with 15 student apprentices from WMCAT on a 2,400 square foot multi-media mural.

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    • 100% funded
    • $15,338 pledged
    • Funded
      Aug 20, 2011

    Tracy Van Duinen is creating "MetaPhorest," a 2,400 square foot multimedia mural that will be entered in the ArtPrize 2011.

    Van Duinen won second place in ArtPrize 2009 with his mosaic mural Imagine That! on the Grand Rapids Children's Museum.

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    Spire - A monumental site-specific installation by Alois Kronschlaeger

    Spire, a monumental site-specific installation in Grand Rapids, MI for ArtPrize 2011.

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    • 133% funded
    • $2,000 pledged
    • Funded
      Aug 31, 2011

    "Alois Kronschlaeger will be creating a new, site-specific work entitled, Spire, encompassing three floors of an abandoned commercial building in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan as part of ArtPrize 2011."

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    Made in America by Alisa

    "Made in America" is a cast iron map of the 48 contiguous states of America. Each state is an individually functional skillet .

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    • 565% funded
    • $5,656 pledged
    • Funded
      Aug 22, 2011

    A map of all 50 states made of cast iron skillets. The video makes Alisa's casting process look dangerous and really awesome!

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    ArtPrize Jukebox by Royce Deans

    An interactive live painting project where the visitors provide the music to inspire the artist's paintings during ArtPrize 2011.

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    • 128% funded
    • $1,223 pledged
    • Funded
      Aug 31, 2011

    The artists say:

    "The ArtPrize Jukebox project is a living exhibition that will grow to at least sixty-eight 48" X 48" paintings on wood panels. ArtPrize is...based strongly around the framework of community. We have designed Jukebox to reflect this framework."

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    Transporting twenty foot mural to Michigan for 2011 ArtPrize by James Keul

    This mural depicts the difficulties we face as a society in trying to balance our need for energy with concerns over the environment.

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    • 140% funded
    • $2,816 pledged
    • Funded
      Aug 19, 2011

    James created a massive painting for ArtPrize, 11 x 20 feet! He needs help transporting it from New York to Grand Rapids. Back him and you'll get a limited giclee print.

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    Walking Home: stories from the desert to the Great Lakes by Laura Milkins

    May 1st, 2011: I am walking home. 2000 miles, from Tucson to Grand Rapids, MI. Live-streaming 24/7. Walk with me and share a story.

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    • 116% funded
    • $5,252 pledged
    • Funded
      Apr 11, 2011

    Laura Milkins ArtPrize 2011 entry will consist of documentation of her journey from Tuscon, Arizona to Grand Rapids, Michigan. The catch is, she's walking the whole way. She plans to walk 15 miles a day for 140 days, collecting stories along the way.

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    The Infernal Device - Huge Mechanical Sculpture and Painting by Myke Amend

    EnginArtists Myke Amend, Steve Brook, and Todd Cahill are building a massive wind, steam, and solar powered mechanical sculpture.

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    • 129% funded
    • $12,267 pledged
    • Funded
      May 23, 2011

    Three "EnginArtists" from Massachusetts and Michigan are creating a 25-foot long and 8 foot high spinning Steampunk zoetropic animation!