MI Great Artist Competition Voting Starts Today

More than 120 artists who live, work or go to school in the Economic Growth Alliance (EGA) region submitted works for the MI Great Artist competition, and online voting starts today. 

Voting at MIGreatArtist.com will continue through Aug. 17 and is open to anyone. 

Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson and Park West Gallery Founder/CEO Albert Scaglione  as another premier quality of life event for the region.

“Some great works of art were submitted to the MIGreatArtist website,” Patterson said. “We encourage the artists and their supporters to use their social media to encourage votes not just locally but from around the world.”

The top 20 artists will be posted at MIGreatArtist.com on Aug. 18. A five-member jury of arts professionals will select five semi-finalists from the top 20 artists. The five semi-finalists will be announced Aug. 24, and the winner will be determined by a combination of jury score and public vote.

The semi-finalists will be on display at Park West Gallery Sept. 4-28. The winner will be revealed Sept. 14 at an awards ceremony at Park West Gallery.

All submissions are original works of art that are 2-D, including oil, acrylic, watercolor, ink, pastel, and collage, among others. Photography and digital artworks were excluded from the competition.