2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,100 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 18 trips to carry that many people.

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Win, Win Wind! Wants Your Vote!

ArtPrize visitors exploring Win, Win Wind!

ArtPrize is in full swing, and with all of the art around the city, we want to make sure you get a chance to visit ours! We’re located on Fulton just past Mt. Vernon Avenue in front of the beautiful GVSU campus. Come see the work of dedicated students and artists, all focusing on a clean, bright future!

ArtPrize runs until October 9th, be sure to check out our venue before then, and VOTE UP 51561!

ArtPrize 2011: The phenomenon unfolds TODAY!

Via GR Press:

GRAND RAPIDS — ArtPrize 2011 opens today with 1,582 entries in 164 stores, restaurants, museums and public parks.

Students from City High School in Grand Rapids and Black River Public School in Holland helped Richard Vander Veen, of Lowell, paint and install “Win, Win, Wind!” a 32-foot-tall wind turbine blade at Grand Valley State University’s campus downtown.

ARTPRIZE GUIDE

ArtPrize 2011

When: Wednesday-Oct. 9

Where: 163 places within a 3-square-mile district downtown between Leonard Street and Wealthy Street, north to south; and between Straight/Alpine Avenue and College Avenue, west to east; and at Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, 1000 East Beltline Ave. NE.

Venue hours: Minimum hours for all venues are 6-10 p.m. opening day Wednesday. Afterward, 5-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday, noon-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon-6 p.m. Sunday, through Oct. 9. Venues may be open additional hours.

Exhibition center hours: 6-10 p.m. Opening day Wednesday. Afterward, noon-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday, noon-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon-6 p.m. Sunday, through Oct. 6.

Admission: Free admission to all ArtPrize venues during ArtPrize hours.

More info: artprize.org

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