ArtPrize is a radically open, independently organized international art competition and exhibition that runs today through Oct. 12 in Grand Rapids.

Here are 20 sweet venues to check out during ArtPrize, and these are just the tip of the artistic iceberg for the public art extravaganza.

This year’s event is the sixth annual, with 1,826 artists having 1,537 entries at 174 venues.

For 19 days, three square miles of downtown Grand Rapids and Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in suburban Grand Rapids become an open playing field where anyone can find a voice in the conversation about what is art and why it matters.

Art from around the world pops up, and it’s all free and open to the public.

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