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Kutiman is an artist who has made his name by taking hundreds of YouTube video clips and pasting them together to create a song. It is something that has to be seen to be appreciated.

Stevie Nicks was a huge role model, blazing trails for women in rock and roll. However, did you know she also may have helped blaze another trail, that of the photographic selfie? An exhibition of Polaroids from Nicks' career indicates she was taking selfies long before they were cool.

There are 1,537 artist entries from 42 U.S. states and 51 countries at ArtPrize 2014, which opened Wednesday. With the combination of a public vote and juried honors, the sixth annual event is awarding $560,000 in prizes. For the public vote, voting began at noon and round one closes at 11:59 p.m. Oct. 4, with the public vote finalists announced at 1 p.m. Oct. 2. Round two voting starts at 2 p.m.

ArtPrize is a radically open, independently organized international art competition and exhibition that runs today through Oct. 12 in Grand Rapids. Here are 20 sweet venues to check out during ArtPrize, and these are just the tip of the artistic iceberg for the public art extravaganza.

This is the opening day for ArtPrize 2014. Welcome to the festivities for the sixth annual event, which runs today through Oct. 12 in Grand Rapids. As ArtPrize relates: Definitely more of a 'day of events' than a single happening, opening day is an exciting time to be at ArtPrize...

Balloon art is usually something that's confined to a) clowns or b) those guys on the side of the street who make those really embarrassing hats that are like, five feet tall. As it turns out though, there's a whole lot more to the art than standard balloon animals or pop-able accessories. In fact, a lot of 'em are actually impressive.

Want to be a hit at parties, or at least know what to say when the silent anger builds up to a point at the dinner table where everyone is just seething and glaring at each other? Have we got a Tumblr for you!!

We know art comes in all sorts of forms, from the grumpy to the banana variety. But something we don't see all-that-often is the kind that uses your own fingers as the canvas.

The great thing about art is that we can express ourselves in endless ways. Feeling inspired by Grumpy Cat? Paint a detailed portrait of Tardar Sauce-- we won't judge. Or maybe 'Star Wars' gets you all jazzed. Heck, make a Lego scene to reflect those feelings! It's all fun in our books, and we're especially fans of the offbeat type of art, like that of the banana variety.

Let's imagine you're ordering a pizza online. Before clicking "order," have you ever noticed that small area where you can write comments or additional directions? As far as we're concerned, this feature is highly underused, because this is where pizza box art is born.

Wow, this is great news! Can't wait for next year! From WoodTV 8 - ArtPrize 2010 had a $7.5 million economic impact to the Grand Rapids area, according to Grand Valley State University researchers.

Who was Dennis Oppenhiem? He was the artist who sculpted the "Journey Home" piece in front of the Rapid station downtown...