New ArtPrize Voting Structure Emphasizes Public Versus Juror Debate

THE RAPIDIAN
By Elizabeth Rogers Drouillard

Voting at ArtPrize

MICHIGAN---In an effort to continue broadening the discussion between public and expert opinions, ArtPrize has changed the prize system for this year which may affect how the public decides to vote. The much talked about Top 10 will become the Final 20, split into four groups of five finalists. During the first round of voting, the public still votes for any and all artwork they like. This year, after that first round the Round Two selections are broken into categories. For the first time this year, the public votes and juried votes will run along parallelled tracks. Both the jury and the public will be mulling over the same four categories, awarding prizes with the same amount of money for each category at $20,000 and awarding an equal Grand Prize of $200,000. “We wanted more comparison between the public and the juried picks," says Kevin Buist, Director of Exhibitions for ArtPrize. [link]