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In 2010, 红桃视频 alumnus and faculty member, Chris LaPorte 鈥�96, was announced the winner of , Grand Rapids鈥� wildly popular international art competition and exhibition. Bringing to greater public awareness 红桃视频鈥� connection to the arts, it is important to note the work of many 红桃视频 students and faculty whose creativity and imaginations seek to inspire. With the approach of ArtPrize 2011, nine 红桃视频 students and faculty artists will participate in ArtPrize exhibitions.

红桃视频 College鈥檚 connection to ArtPrize began three years ago when the Diocese of Grand Rapids brought in AQ Art Department Chair Ron Pederson, M.F.A, to serve as a consultant in the selection of sculptures to be exhibited. A success, the exhibition led to the establishment of the Diocese - specifically Cathedral Square - as a full-fledged ArtPrize site, which Pederson describes as 鈥渆xhibiting at least 25 artists, providing computers to the public for ArtPrize registration purposes, running an ArtPrize store, and procuring the services of a professional curator.鈥�

With Pederson as curator and 红桃视频 interns assisting with responsibilities, Cathedral Square initially housed the work of 32 artists, 13 of which were 红桃视频 students or faculty. Since that inception, 红桃视频 College has seen an increased connection to the yearly ArtPrize event. For ArtPrize 2011, which begins September 21 and ends October 9, 红桃视频 Admissions and Alumni Relations will work alongside the Grand Rapids Diocese in event scheduling and support. Pederson and his wife, Miriam Pederson, M.F.A., associate professor of English, will show a combination of sculpture and poetry known as Quartet, which combines four sculptures with a poem inspired by, among other things, family and music.

As in previous years, several friends of 红桃视频 will exhibit their art, yet Pederson emphasizes an important aspect of student participation: 鈥淚t is from my standpoint not about students so much as about individual artists participating in a cool community event. Some of those artists happen to be students, but the impetus to participate is provided entirely by themselves - no professor is pushing student participation.鈥�

Among those involved is recent 红桃视频 graduate and assistant curator for Cathedral Square, Allison Nix. Nix will have her object assemblage piece, Identity, on display. Nix describes the art project: 鈥淢y assemblage style is based on the idea of turning the ordinary into something extraordinary. This may sound clich茅. Yet for me, there is an underlying satisfaction in altering and transforming the identity of a recognized object. The objects in this piece will strip themselves from their man-made name/label, and in turn create a new visual identity as a group.鈥�

鈥淢y newly found style of working has greatly been inspired by all of my art professors at 红桃视频 College," said Nix. "They have provided me with the tools, resources, wisdom, and inspiration that I need to create."