WHAT: ArtPrize Bus Trip
WHERE: Grand Rapids, MI
WHEN: September 20-22
COST: $475
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: July 20, 2017
Attend the event recognized by the New York Times as a must-visit destination. ArtPrize® in Grand Rapids, MI is the world’s largest art competition. Travel on a luxury coach with Wi-Fi, restroom, breakfast and lunch, to Grand Rapids where you will start an immersion in visual art with a tour of outdoor sculptures featuring Rodin and other renowned artists at the Frederik Meijer Gardens. Stay at a downtown Grand Rapids hotel within walking distance of over 1400 works of art at 182 venues, plus shopping, restaurants and bars. Enjoy a private, docent lead tour at the Grand Rapids Art Museum and the Meyer-May Frank Lloyd Wright House. Register to vote for your favorite art and help decide who will win $200,000 in the world’s largest art competition. Enjoy a group dinner at the Knickerbocker Brewpub & Distillery to compare notes on the best art-all for $475, per person based on double occupancy. Contact: Doris Unterzuber 563-343-2618 to reserve your seat by July 20, 2017.
The Quad City Arts Center Gallery is located at 1715 Second Avenue in the Arts and Entertainment District of Rock Island. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m.–5 p.m. All Quad City Arts programs are funded in part by Festival of Trees; Quad City Arts Partners; and operating grants from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; and the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs. Quad City Arts is a nonprofit local arts agency dedicated to the growth and vitality of the Quad City region through the presentation, development and celebration of the arts and humanities. For more information, contact Dawn Wohlford-Metallo 309-793-1213 X108.
