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
Past Winners
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