ArtPrize 2011 Top 10 - Tracy Van Duinen "Metaphorest" - mixed media mosaic mural
ArtPrize 2011 Top 10 - Tracy Van Duinen "Metaphorest" - mixed media mosaic mural
ArtPrize 2011 MetaPhorest Mosaic - Tracy VanDuinen
"Metaphorest" - Mosaic Detail - mixed media mosaic mural
"Metaphorest" - Mosaic Face Detail - mixed media mosaic mural
"Metaphorest" - Mosaic Face Detail - mosaic mural
"Metaphorest" - Mosaic Face Detail - mixed media mosaic mural
Title: Metaphorest
Art form: 2-D, 3-D
Medium: Multi media mosaic mural
Year created: 2011
Description of work: Is a metaphorical tribute to the potential building power of the arts and Grand Rapid’s youth. Meta-Phorest is a large-scale public artwork that will be produced in conjunction with the West Michigan Center for Arts & Technology’s faculty, staff, students, and the greater Grand Rapids community. We will be hosting several workshops for communities around the city for people, young and old, to create a unique element for the inclusion in the mural.
"Metaphorest" - Reaching for the Stars Mosaic Detail
"Metaphorest" - Ladder to the Stars Mosaic Detail
"Metaphorest" - What's going on up there? Mosaic Detail
You can follow the team’s ArtPrize statistics at their personal page and read more about their 2011 submission here. As for voting on the work – unfortunately you must register in person, but for those of you already registered or in the area – Week 2 voting ends 11:59PM, October 5… don’t forget to vote. Good Luck Guys!
Emily Zoladz / The Grand Rapids Press - Tracy Van Duinen, stands in front the sketch of his 2011 ArtPrize entry, titled "Metaphorest"
Mosaic Artist – Tracy Van Duinen
Tracy Van Duinen was co-lead for the 2nd place 2009 Artprize entry Imagine That. He has recently completed Happiness Is for the Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital Lobby. Van Duinen, a Kendall College of Art & Design graduate, works in the Chicago Public Schools using public art to help urban teenagers connect with their community.
Tracy Van Duinen's mosaic mural "Imagine That!" - Artprize 2009
Todd Osborne is co-lead for Imagine That and Happiness is at the Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital. He has been teaching art on the South side of Chicago for the past six years. Osborne and Van Duinen have been working with inner-city youth to create large-scale multimedia murals on blighted underpasses and playgrounds all over Chicago.
Happiness Is ... What makes you happy? Hundreds of children helped artists Tracey VanDuinen and Todd Osbourne define happiness in this massive bricolage mural - the centerpiece of the lobby. The mural is 160 feet long and 19 feet high.
Phil Schuster is a sculptor with over 25 years experience in creating bas-relief sculptures and public art environments. Schuster has made innovative works involving communities of large scale, site-specific artworks. Schuster has made dozens of unique art installations, creating whimsical concrete gardens in urban spaces.
What makes you happy? Hundreds of children helped artists Tracey VanDuinen and Todd Osbourne define happiness in this massive mosaic mural
Mosaic Art Source 
Color is so important in our lives and these made my day!!! How I would love to see them in person!
Tweeted this one, too. You did a fabulous job of covering the mosaic triumphs at ArtPrize 2011. brava!