Rick DeVos discusses his new project, ArtPrize, in Grand Rapids, Thursday, April 23, 2009.

Rick DeVos announces a worldwide art competition, April 23, 2009

Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell at the ArtPrize announcement in Grand Rapids, Thursday, April 23, 2009.

An artwork installed at The Castle at the corner of College and Cherry, part of the ArtPrize competition (August 5, 2009)

Tracy and Corey Van Duinen, the brothers behind the Bricolage Mosaic, talk to 24 Hour News 8's Jennifer Moss, Aug. 12, 2009.

Michael Glenn Monroe was welding his The Sharing Tree Project at Cathedral Square on Sunday and the tree caught fire (Courtesy John Eisenschenk, Sept. 13, 2009).

The Blue Men will be stationed around the city to help visitors find the art during ArtPrize (September 17, 2009)

A giant table is placed on a platform in the Grand River, part of ArtPrize (September 23, 2009)

ArtPrize exhibits are being installed at The Bob in downtown Grand Rapids (September 19, 2009)

Visitors to ArtPrize can also participate in helping create art (September 24, 2009)

Translucent flying figures will fill the west lobby of City Hall, with a nightly light show at 8 p.m. The ArtPrize entry comes from BIGthink, (September 25, 2009, courtesy photo)

This mural by Mimi Kato of Japan is inside the Grand Rapids Art Museum, part of ArtPrize (September 26, 2009)

This sculpture, a fist with a bird on it, is across from the Grand Rapids Art Museum, part of ArtPrize (September 26, 2009)

Downtown Grand Rapids on the first Sunday of ArtPrize (Sept. 27, 2009)

High winds damaged some of the outside displays at ArtPrize (September 28, 2009)

A light show on the side of The BOB, part of ArtPrize (September 30, 2009)

Some of the artists who made the ArtPrize Top 10 (October 1, 2009)