ARTPRIZE ® ask yourself artprize mobile app NINE Art needs you, and your opinion. If you have a smartphone, download the When you’re standing in front of a ArtPrize mobile app—free for iOS and work of art, follow these steps: Android—to make voting super easy as you explore the event. You can also use 1. Take a moment to pause and the app to discover venues, art and events experience the work of art. near you, browse a full list of entries, or 2. What do you see or hear? search for a specific entry, venue or artist. What is happening?

3. SEE SOMETHING YOU LOVE? statement can help with this. Anyone 13 and older can vote via the app or at artprize.org. As the presenting 4. How does it relate to your own life, feelings, or ideas? Does it challenge sponsor of the Public Vote, Meijer is you? you vote on the app. You can also pick up 5. Vote—do you think this work of art is successful? a free ArtPrize Nine Tote at any ArtPrize rainy day HUB while supplies last, courtesy of experience Meijer. Totes for Votes! guide We also invite you to join the Club! ArtClub members enjoy insider perks and benefits. Meet us at the Clubhouse to learn more.

artprize.org/artclub about this experience stay dry and soak it in PICK UP A METRO PASS

Navigate rainy days at ArtPrize like a pro Rainy days mean lighter crowds, the routes, unlimited rides on the Silver Line, with this handy guide, packed with tips discounts on ArtPrize commemorative and tricks to help you stay dry while you with each work of art. While you’re at merchandise, a day pass to the ArtPrize experience the event. ArtPrize, check out these tips from the Clubhouse, and more. Pick up a Metro Slow Art Day (slowartday.com). Pass for $5 at Meijer Park & Ride locations Rainy days keep the crowds at bay, which or any ArtPrize HUB. means you get to see more of the artwork • REALLY LOOK: When you see a you love. Take time to slow down and piece that catches your eye, linger. JUMP ON THE DASH enjoy the artwork (tips on how to do Spend 5-10 minutes looking at it. Hop on one of the three free DASH routes just that are inside this guide!), and don’t to quickly and easily travel throughout forget to take advantage of nearly a mile angle, or taking a few steps back. downtown Grand Rapids. Service has Read the artist been extended to seven days a week from venue in the heart of the ArtPrize district • statement, either printed near the 9/13–10/8, thanks to Mobile GR. without having to venture outdoors. piece or on the ArtPrize mobile app. Ride Mon–Sat, 6:30 a.m.–10 p.m.; Sun, Noon–8 p.m. • DIVE DEEPER vote for art questions in the “Ask Yourself” EXPLORE, CREATE, LEARN section in this guide, or talk them Find experiential learning opportunities for all ages at the ArtPrize HUB/HQ. At ArtPrize, your voice counts. If you’re through with a friend (or a Create your own work of art at an 13 or older, you can cast a vote in support friendly stranger). ArtPrize Labs Drop-In Studio, open 11 of your favorite ArtPrize entries. Cast a.m.–6 p.m., and don’t miss the STEAM your first vote at ArtPrize, then vote from Village, complete with FIRST Robotics anywhere in the world. tips for staying dry creations, a recreation of last year’s ArtPrize winners, and more. Download the ArtPrize mobile app to vote TAKE THE GRAND RAPIDS on the go, or stop by one of our ArtPrize SKYWALK ArtPrize HUB/HQ presented by Steelcase. HUBs where a helpful volunteer will get STEAM Village powered by Switch. you signed up and ready to vote from your weaves through some of the most Herman Miller Cares and Switch.

Public vote presented by Meijer Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, DeVos Place Convention Center, Van Andel Arena and SKYWALK VENUES ARTPRIZE NINE GUIDES AND PATHWAYS 1 DeVos Place Convention Center 2 Amway Grand Plaza 3

4 a suite of distinctive ways to visit ArtPrize

5 Van Andel Arena —simply choose the experience you’d like to have, or the neighborhood you’d like to 6 explore.

Keep an eye out for these Pantone Pathway markers around ArtPrize, or find Pathways Rosa Parks Circle marked in your ArtPrize Nine Event Guide. 1 7 20 Monroe Live 8 Grand Rapids Art Museum Pantone Pathways presented by X-Rite Pantone 12 9

10 Urban Institute for 13 Contemporary Arts (UICA) 11 Kendall College Art and Design ARTPRIZE HUBS 12 Vandenberg (Calder) Plaza 13 Ah-Nab-Awen Park START HERE! ArtPrize HUBs are the best 2 place to start your visit to ArtPrize. You’ll 11 find free Event Guides, self-guided tours, 3 6 ArtPrize Metro Pass that gets you bus rides, MAP KEY a Clubhouse pass and other great perks. 8 Parking ArtPrize HUB/HQ @ 41 Sheldon Blvd. SE ArtPrize Venue Westside HUB @ Ford HUB Monroe HUB @ DeVos Place 4 Member Clubhouse 9 7

Silverline Route Heartside HUB @ Monument Park 5 10

Gardens and Sculpture Park

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