Red Dirt Rug Artprize

Pitch night bentonville winner to install monumental red dirt rug at artprize nine by jaenell woods on may 22 2017 at tonight s event held at 21c bentonville rena detrixhe took home a 5 000 grant to install a 1 000 square foot ephemeral site specific project at western michigan university in grand rapids michigan this fall.

Red dirt rug artprize. Red dirt rug monument. Hundreds of soles of shoes. Artprize is an art competition and festival in grand rapids michigan. Portrait of abraham lincoln heartside community meal and red dirt rug win artprize nine by jaenell woods on october 06 2017 1 346 artist entries vied for a combination of public vote and juried awards at artprize nine and tonight the winners of 500 000 including two 200 000 grand prizes were announced.

Red dirt rug monument detrixhe is a multi disciplinary artist currently based in tulsa oklahoma and a 2nd year fellow with the tulsa artist fellowship per her artprize profile. Several good artprize pieces this year speak to human migration and displacement in a timely political context. For only the second time in artprize s history the public and the judges agreed on the most worthy art piece in the time based category. Home museums artists fairs shows auctions galleries editorial.

Anyone over the age of 18 can display their art and any space within the three square mile artprize district can be a venue. Detrixhe has spent the past two years as a tulsa artist fellow in tulsa oklahoma. 200 gallons of sifted earth. Follow artists in this show.

Originally from kansas the artist now lives and works in tulsa oklahoma. An intricate ephemeral carpet of soft red dust. Oklahoma artist holly wilson a delaware nation cherokee. 200 hours of careful labor.

This work embodies the complicated history of our relationship to nature particularly in my state of residence oklahoma where human presence has deeply altered. Work red dirt rug at artprize nine in grand rapids michigan. Recent exhibitions include ephemera at the nerman museum of contemporary art in overland park ks and a solo exhibition at the philbrook museum in tulsa oklahoma. There are typically over 160 venues such as museums galleries bars restaurants hotels public parks bridges laundromats auto body shops and more.

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