Here is a time lapse video of the making of "Metaphorest," an entry by Tracy Van Duinen in the 2011 ArtPrize competition in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Evertt Beidler has entered ArtPrize 2011 with three short films. I think they are brilliant. Here is "Moves Manager":

Moves Manager (kinetic sculpture & performance) from Evertt Beidler on Vimeo.

And "The Business of Staying the Same Is Always Changing"

The Business of Staying the Same is Always Changing (wearable sculpture & performance) from Evertt Beidler on Vimeo.

Brian Kelly at ArtPrize: Double Whammy from Brian Kelly Films on Vimeo.

Brian Kelly is the official videographer for ArtPrize, an extraordinary art competition in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Here is his first video.

Brian Kelly at ArtPrize 2011: Let's Do This! from Brian Kelly Films on Vimeo.

ArtPrize 2011 kicks off today in Grand Rapids.  Over 1,500 artists will display their entries at over 160 venues in a 3 square mile area around the city center.  Local television station WOOD TV8 broadcast its early morning show from the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

With a land mass of nearly 6 million acres, Denali National Park and Preserve is the size of Massachusetts.  "Denali" is Koyukon Athabaskan for "the high one," the name given by the indiginous people to what white settles named Mount McKinley.  At 20,030 feet above sea Denali is the highest peak in North America.  

Located on the southern end of the Kenai Penisula, Homer offers breathtaking views across Kachemak Bay.  Homer is home to the Pratt Gallery, a lovely museum of culture and art, and many art galleries.  It is also home to "The Spit," a spit of land that juts 5 miles out into the bay.  The Spit attracts fishermen and tourists.  It also attracts Bald Eagles.  

Seward is on the east side of the Kenai Peninsula on Resurrection Bay.  Seward is a charming little town with a population of about 2,700.  It is the historic starting point for the Iditarod Race.  It is also the gate way to the beautiful Kenai Fjords National Park.