2018
2018 Winners
Public Vote Grand Prize
The String Project – Chelsea Nix and Mariano Cortez

2018: Public Vote

Two-Dimensional
The String Project – Chelsea Nix and Mariano Cortez

Three Dimensional
The Phoenix – Joe Butts

Time-Based
Moving Experience – #shangled

Installation
Sonder – Megan Constance Altieri
Juried Grand Prize Winner
brown, carmine, and blue – Le'Andra LeSeur

2018: Juried Awards

Two-Dimensional
PULSE Nightclub: 49 Elegies – John Gutoskey

Three-Dimensional
108 Death Masks: A Communal Prayer for Peace and Justice – Nikesha Breeze

Installation
Heidelbergology; 2+2=8 – Tyree Guyton Heidelberg

Venue
Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives
2018: Independent Awards

Best Feature Film
Love, Gilda– Lisa D’ Apolito

Best Short Film
Starry Skies – Sarah Schmidt

HopCat WYCE ArtPrize Song of the Year
Shine – Molly

Youth Collaboration Award
More Than Words – Zeeland Public Schools

Youth Collaboration Award
Creation: 20 Paneled Public Art – Lakeland Cardinal Collaborative

Educator Award
Cities of Silhouettes: A Visual Journal – Missy Dunaway

Contemporary Black Art Award
108 Death Masks: A Communal Prayer for Peace and Justice – Nikesha Breeze

Artista Latino Award
THE STRING PROJECT – Chelsea Nix & Mariano Cortez

Asian Artist Award
Black Panther – YanFang Inlow

Asian Artist Award
Pure Michigan – Huaming Wang

Decon + Reuse Vote Award
Abiding In The Shadow – Jeff Best

American Civil Liberties Union Award
By Her Own Hand – Lora Robertson

Social Action Committee Award
Reverse Alchemy – Anthony Thompson


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