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Artprize announces new $100,000 Juried award

GRAND RAPIDS, MI.- ArtPrize, the radically open, international art competition and social experiment, announced plans for the ArtPrize Juried Grand Prize, a new, $100,000 award that will debut during the fourth year of the annual ArtPrize event. Rick DeVos, founder and chairman of ArtPrize, made the announcement before an audience of sponsors and partners. With its public vote and juried awards, ArtPrize explores the tension between the professional and populist in an epic conversation. The fourth edition of the popular art event will open on Sept. 19 and run through Oct. 7, 2012. Total awards in 2012 will swell to $550,000, making it the largest cash purse for art in the world. In addition to the Juried Grand Prize, ArtPrize will also increase its other juried awards to $20,000 each. The organization selected five categories to recognize: *Two-Dimensional *Three-Dimensional *Time and Performance *Urban Space *Venue. The in