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ArtPrize works to make alternative transportation accessible by offering $5 busing passes, support for bicyclists and more.

The ArtPrize HUB at 41 Sheldon Blvd is ArtPrize headquarters. The HUB will host talks, events, retail sales and last year's winner "Intersections". The grand opening of The HUB is Saturday, September 19, from 9AM - Noon.

Anila Quayyum Agha’s ArtPrize 2014 winning piece "Intersections" will be on display at this year's ArtPrize competition.

The first day of ArtPrize will feature a Bob Ross look-alike competition. Ross hosted The Joy of Painting on PBS from 1983 - 1994.

For the third consecutive year Founders Brewing Co. will brew a beer for ArtPrize which will also help raise money for the event. This year's beer will be brewed in the traditional Kolsch style and is called Spectra Trifecta.

Today, ArtPrize made several announcements about changes and growth planned for 2015 including new opportunities for curators, an expansion of ArtPrize Pitch Night, more grant money and a new showcase event called ArtPrize Tonight.

ArtPrize is expanding! A local nonprofit called ArtPrize Dallas was created to bring the art competition to Texas. They have a three-year agreement to exclusive rights to hold ArtPrize in Texas.

ArtPrize 2014 ended over the weekend, and, in case you missed it, the piece in the Grand Rapids Art Museum titled "Intersections" won not only the public vote, but tied for the judges' selection as well.

ArtPrize 2014, Grand Rapids' sixth annual public art extravaganza, wraps up today. So, head to downtown Grand Rapids to check out the winners and revisit your favorites before ArtPrize closes at 6 p.m.

And the envelopes please. On Friday night in ceremonies at the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre with a watch party at Rosa Park Circle, ArtPrize 2014 handed out its awards. The big winner was Indianapolis artist Anila Quayyum Agha's Grand Rapids Art Museum installation titled "Intersections."

Anila Quayyum Agha’s “Intersections” is the public vote grand prize winner of ArtPrize 2014. The juried grand prize produced a tie between Quayyum Agha’s “Intersections” at Grand Rapids Art Museum and Sonya Clark’s “The Hair Craft Project” at Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University. Quayyum Agha's wins, announced Friday night in ceremonies at the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre, to

Rick DeVos' brainchild is six years old this fall. And for something originally imagined as a possible film festival, its 32-year-old founder admits ArtPrize has grown enough he's now able to take it in and enjoy it. "In the earliest days, it was to do something that people would have to talk about," DeVos said Thursday at The ArtPrize Hub. "I always thought Grand Rapids could use a