GRAND RAPIDS, MI — For the next two weeks, bars, restaurants, shops and venues around Grand Rapids will host hundreds of entries from local and international artists.

ArtPrize 2025 kicked off Thursday Sept. 18, featuring 931 entries created by over 1,110 artists, but there are only a handful of opportunities to meet the artists in person.

Below are seven bars, restaurants, cafés and other popular venues that plan to host artist meet-and-greet parties during ArtPrize .

City Built Brewing Company

City Built Brewing Company plans to host Grand Rapids artist Aaron McCall for a meet-and-greet party and exclusive beer release at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, at 820 Monroe Ave. NW.

McCall will discuss his 2025 ArtPrize entry titled “Bone Zone,” a 2D painting of a pixelated skeleton that symbol

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