Displaying Ceramics On Stand At Devos Place Artprize

Artprize devos resistance is a group of artists and art venues who have decided to take a political stand.

Displaying ceramics on stand at devos place artprize.

Devos place has long served as a catalyst and a vital space to convene think witness ponder and or inspire you to be engaged in art. The only rule being that each piece would stand on the same vase form. Ten thoughts on tuesday began as a need for more structure in the studio. Devos place convention center don t edit jeff best stands next to his artprize entry the salvere hitch at the amway grand plaza hotel in grand rapids on sunday oct.

Nestled beside the grand river the picturesque riverfront setting is the perfect backdrop for artprize. Devos is supportive of art fair which is not sponsored by. I set myself the challenge to conceive a new piece every tuesday for 10 weeks. See other pages here for more information and possible installation concepts.

Devos place will once again serve as a catalyst as a vital space to convene think witness ponder and or inspire you to be engaged in art. None of the pieces are otherwise related. 24 when a child sat next to two ceramic figures on a bench at devos place causing them to fall and shatter. Art is art when it is declared as such.

From left steven stone amanda gilbert and david burgess stand next to their artprize entry crowns of courage at devos place convention center in grand rapids on sunday oct. Grand rapids mi part of a three dimensional artprize entry was damaged tuesday sept. It adds to the celebration of life. It may be accompanied by several 30 foot long linear prints that are pictured here in the next images or it may be shown on its own.

Artprize founder rick devos said staff discovered about 20 to 22 percent of artprize 09 artists sold their work because of the event. In 2018 devos place celebrated 10 years of participating in artprize. The image above is a conceptual drawing of what the final ceramic piece might look like at my preferred venue. I press mold the work using vintage molds to produce a variety of motifs.