Grand Rapid's Fountain Street Church Awards Cash Prizes During ArtPrize Festival

THE GRAND RAPIDS POST
By Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk

“Searching for the Key” (Letters Home) an assemblage by Susan Clinthorne and Sally Thielen explores the subject of homelessness.

MICHIGAN---Art with a conscience and a message is the theme for the ArtPrize 2012 exhibition at Fountain Street Church. [Twenty-seven] 27 artists created work based on the theme “Art to Change the World: Confronting Oppression, Embracing the Human Spirit.” Together with the American Civil Liberties Union, Fountain Street Church has awarded two $1,000 prizes at its opening reception on Wednesday. Lorri Acott, of Colorado, won a $1,000 ACLU Award for her cast aluminum, outdoor sculpture titled “Peace.” Student artist, Robert Coombs, of Grand Rapids, won the $1,000 Social Action Award for his series of digital photographs titled “Disabilities and Sexuality.” [link]