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Kutiman is an artist who has made his name by taking hundreds of YouTube video clips and pasting them together to create a song. It is something that has to be seen to be appreciated.

Stevie Nicks was a huge role model, blazing trails for women in rock and roll. However, did you know she also may have helped blaze another trail, that of the photographic selfie? An exhibition of Polaroids from Nicks' career indicates she was taking selfies long before they were cool.

There are 1,537 artist entries from 42 U.S. states and 51 countries at ArtPrize 2014, which opened Wednesday. With the combination of a public vote and juried honors, the sixth annual event is awarding $560,000 in prizes. For the public vote, voting began at noon and round one closes at 11:59 p.m. Oct. 4, with the public vote finalists announced at 1 p.m. Oct. 2. Round two voting starts at 2 p.m.

ArtPrize is a radically open, independently organized international art competition and exhibition that runs today through Oct. 12 in Grand Rapids. Here are 20 sweet venues to check out during ArtPrize, and these are just the tip of the artistic iceberg for the public art extravaganza.

This is the opening day for ArtPrize 2014. Welcome to the festivities for the sixth annual event, which runs today through Oct. 12 in Grand Rapids. As ArtPrize relates: Definitely more of a 'day of events' than a single happening, opening day is an exciting time to be at ArtPrize...

Chalk artists and fans gathered in Byron Center over the weekend for the West Michigan Chalk Art Festival.

Want to be a hit at parties, or at least know what to say when the silent anger builds up to a point at the dinner table where everyone is just seething and glaring at each other? Have we got a Tumblr for you!!

We know art comes in all sorts of forms, from the grumpy to the banana variety. But something we don't see all-that-often is the kind that uses your own fingers as the canvas.

Etch-A-Sketches are one of those childhood toys that never go out of style. If you're like most people, a few hours' worth of entertainment usually produced some pretty bad art, although it never really mattered. But there are the select few who are really good at Etch-A-Sketching. Like, really really good.

The great thing about art is that we can express ourselves in endless ways. Feeling inspired by Grumpy Cat? Paint a detailed portrait of Tardar Sauce-- we won't judge. Or maybe 'Star Wars' gets you all jazzed. Heck, make a Lego scene to reflect those feelings! It's all fun in our books, and we're especially fans of the offbeat type of art, like that of the banana variety.

Oh no, the Egyptians are going to be maaaaad...

Anything goes when it comes to art, particularly on the internet. Feel like constructing an ode to Grumpy Cat? Knock yourself out. What about a collection of Disney/Star Wars mashups? That, my friends, is also possible.