Rand and Norah were both in their first Art Exhibit. They each decorated 2 sticks for this art installation 7000 loves. It was brain child of Rand's art teacher -- whom we love--. Mr. P had a large tree fall in his yard after a big storm and he thought how can we take something tragic and bring it back to life and the idea just exploded. He had multiple schools involved and had a great venue.
All made of crayons
I love ART PRIZE!! There is so much to see. I wish they would open it up to two weekends before they close voting. It is close to impossible to get to all 1500+ art displays. But we sure put in a valiant effort. The kids were troopers. The weather was was not as nice as last year for the first week but the second week could not be beat. Amazing! Not as many fun interactive displays as last year though definitely some beautiful pieces.
I love the creativity and the ways they get the masses involved in the creative process. Here is an example : Ji Lee, "Piece of Peace". He had 5,000 mini buddas at UICA and asked for them to be dispersed around Grand Rapids and then take a picture of where you put it. It was so fun to find them all over town.
ArtPrize 2011 - The Music Video from ArtPrize on Vimeo.
Aunt Chris came for the last weekend and it was so fun to share our town with her. We explored art. We made fun spider cookies and we watched British movies ... perfect weekend. Thanks for sharing with us. Year three was awesome!! Friends if you want a fun trip that is super inexpensive come to the Ripples at the end of September.
This is all made of coffee sticks held together by tension alone.
2 comments:
Wow looks so cool. I am sad we moved so far away because it would have made a great trip! Maybe someday anyway!
You have a wonderful life. Your children are so fortunate.
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