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Grand Rapids Annual Art Prize Meet Sept 21-22,2013
12 years ago
It's gonna be big, I can tell you that for sure.
Who: ALL THE FURRIES!
What: Third Annual ArtPrize Furmeet
Where: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Meet in front of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
When: Saturday, September 21st (meet up at 10 am) and Sunday, September 22nd (time TBD).
Why: Gotta continue the trend of making ArtPrize more awesome; it's practically our civic duty.
What's new this year?: I'm glad you asked!
- It's longer! First off, this is now officially a two-day furmeet. Can't make it on Saturday? Show up on Sunday. Need to duck out early on Sunday? Get your fill on Saturday, then hang out as long as you want on Sunday. Want to suit on Saturday and leave it at home on Sunday? That's perfectly fine too. By expanding to a two-day meet, this will hopefully allow more people to enjoy ArtPrize however they wish.
- Multiple paths to explore! Since it was a bit difficult keeping 20 people all together last year and I anticipate just as high (if not a higher) turnout this time, there will be at least 2 different groups that will be exploring ArtPrize, tentatively split between suiters and nonsuiters. Suiters will take a path that runs through the more open places (Rosa Parks Circle, the BOB, etc.) while the nonsuiters can travel to the smaller, off-the-beaten-path venues that may not be suit-friendly (small galleries, restaurants, Frederik Meijer Gardens, etc.). Each group can take mid-afternoon food at their leisure, and a large group dinner for everyone after the meet will happen as well.
-Our faces on TV! Wood TV 8, one of the local stations here in GR, always broadcasts from the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) during ArtPrize. I'm currently planning on having us there among the crowd for their noon broadcast on Saturday (or Sunday if the weather's bad) so we can give an interesting shot for the news and be able to get into the GRAM before the line gets too long and the building gets too hot for suiters.
Anything else?: As always, be sure to check out ArtPrize_Furs on FA. Invite lots of people; I've reserved a few rooms at the Holiday Inn on Pearl St. (across from both the Public and Ford Museums) for anyone needing crash space.
Hope to see you all there!
Who: ALL THE FURRIES!
What: Third Annual ArtPrize Furmeet
Where: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Meet in front of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
When: Saturday, September 21st (meet up at 10 am) and Sunday, September 22nd (time TBD).
Why: Gotta continue the trend of making ArtPrize more awesome; it's practically our civic duty.
What's new this year?: I'm glad you asked!
- It's longer! First off, this is now officially a two-day furmeet. Can't make it on Saturday? Show up on Sunday. Need to duck out early on Sunday? Get your fill on Saturday, then hang out as long as you want on Sunday. Want to suit on Saturday and leave it at home on Sunday? That's perfectly fine too. By expanding to a two-day meet, this will hopefully allow more people to enjoy ArtPrize however they wish.
- Multiple paths to explore! Since it was a bit difficult keeping 20 people all together last year and I anticipate just as high (if not a higher) turnout this time, there will be at least 2 different groups that will be exploring ArtPrize, tentatively split between suiters and nonsuiters. Suiters will take a path that runs through the more open places (Rosa Parks Circle, the BOB, etc.) while the nonsuiters can travel to the smaller, off-the-beaten-path venues that may not be suit-friendly (small galleries, restaurants, Frederik Meijer Gardens, etc.). Each group can take mid-afternoon food at their leisure, and a large group dinner for everyone after the meet will happen as well.
-Our faces on TV! Wood TV 8, one of the local stations here in GR, always broadcasts from the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) during ArtPrize. I'm currently planning on having us there among the crowd for their noon broadcast on Saturday (or Sunday if the weather's bad) so we can give an interesting shot for the news and be able to get into the GRAM before the line gets too long and the building gets too hot for suiters.
Anything else?: As always, be sure to check out ArtPrize_Furs on FA. Invite lots of people; I've reserved a few rooms at the Holiday Inn on Pearl St. (across from both the Public and Ford Museums) for anyone needing crash space.
Hope to see you all there!
